It'd be like a social science experiment.

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How sick is it that I actually kind of want to write a Mary Sue fic just to see if I can beat the system at avatarsues?

But what does "beat the system" mean? Does it mean writing the best Sue ever, or the worst? I'm guessing there are two possibilities for such a challenge:

a) To write a fic that embodies every cliche of Suefic, but write it in such a way that I get an "OK" rating [the best they give]. Is it possible to get an "OK" rating with a total Mary Sue-i-fied story?--Is she even still a Sue? How to I do both at once?

b) To write a fic that gets the "Apocalypse: time to die!" rating. Or at least a very love "Abyssmal".



Yeah, okay, I'm bored. Or self-destructive? Or maybe it's a secret desire to see if I can write an OC an integrate her/him with the main cast and, like, get away with it. Of course, if I did go to all that trouble and never got rated at any Mary Sues sites I'd be very disappointed.

Perhaps a penname is called for, to protect what existing positive reputation I might or might not have? But would having an alternate penname suck all the fun out of it? Where's the fun if I can't be held accountable for my crimes against the internet?


EDIT: I could layer it with literary references. The whole thing could be a reinactment of Through the Looking Glass, the way Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? was a psuedo version of The Odyssey! ...::geeking::

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I briefly stuck my toe into the movieverse ficdom, being that I thought Wolverine/Rogue were totally hot in the first movie, but I didn't stay long. Too much of it required knowledge of the comics, which I don't have or really want.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Too much of it required knowledge of the comics, which I don't have or really want.

When I wrote movie-verse fic, I kept it to the movie canon. The one time I brought in a non-movie character - Dani Moonstar - I fully explained who she was and believe I represented her well enough people would understand what she was about. And why she's the best mutant EVER.

Did you look at the link octopedingenue left in her LJ, to the Spider-Man wank? That's mild wank, compared to some I've read in the X-Verse. I'm sure Spidey's had wank just as bad ... but ... yeah.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out; thanks for the linkage.


I did read a really cool XM/Highlander crossover based on the second movie, and how the guy who plays Methos in HL was one of the secret army leaders. It was pretty neat, and satisfied my addiction to crossovers.

If you know/have any movie fic with the Rogue/Wolverine pairing that you'd rec, send 'em my way.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine writes nothing but Rogue/Wolverine fic, and she writes extremely well: dawnie_faith. I'm not sure if she has links to her FF.net account in her Journal, though.

Most of my movie-verse fic consisted of John/Bobby/Rogue or John/Rogue, with an emphasis on unrequited love on John's part. I liked the movies well enough, and the only way I could deal with whiny!emo movie-verse Rogue was to write her into my OT3 or refer to her from another character's POV.

I DID, however, do a crossover between movie-verse and Witch Hunter Robin. John and Robin met one another by chance ... had a mini-adventure. (No, I wasn't pimping my fic! Yes, I was.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I remember reading that WHR fic! It was good. Flaunt it.

I'll poke around her journal and see if I can find some fic.