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Tinker · 01-24-2004, 01:16 PM

Squee! That's the story. Thank you dragoneyes. My little barrow is lighted again with such humor.

I htink Mary-Sues are unavoidable. I've way too many stories that are unfinished, because I have to rethink the character to drag her out of Mary-Sue Land. Even so, I freely admit that each and everyone of my RPGing characters starts out as a Mary-Sue ::: hangs head in shame::: BUT! Then I look at the traits and start chipping things away until the character's more rounded.

So I supose they're aren't as completly evil as I had first thought. In fact they're pretty good starting points, as long as you keep an eye one them and chip away every so often.

Did I just Squee?

01-24-2004, 01:16 PM	#89
Tinker Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Along the border between Earth and Middle Earth Posts: 18	Squee! That's the story. Thank you dragoneyes. My little barrow is lighted again with such humor. I htink Mary-Sues are unavoidable. I've way too many stories that are unfinished, because I have to rethink the character to drag her out of Mary-Sue Land. Even so, I freely admit that each and everyone of my RPGing characters starts out as a Mary-Sue ::: hangs head in shame::: BUT! Then I look at the traits and start chipping things away until the character's more rounded. So I supose they're aren't as completly evil as I had first thought. In fact they're pretty good starting points, as long as you keep an eye one them and chip away every so often. Did I just Squee? __________________ Have you hugged your hobbit today? "He's hot. Not Faramir Hot, but hot" Tolkienitis, GS Symptom #6: A suddenly developed obsession/aversion with jewlery, esp. rings of gold.