It'd be like a social science experiment.
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timepiececlockHow 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 ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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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::
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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Date: 2006-05-01 05:27 am (UTC)(one-side to Sacha) Hear that, Sacha. You're not a Gary Stu, just an idealized character.
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Date: 2006-05-01 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-01 05:42 am (UTC)Yeah. You and Rashaka are right, he's not a Stu, but if I had kept him alive - he'd do a great impersonation of one and I would have no story.