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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-08-07 06:58 pm

[ SECRET POST #2044 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2044 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Yamato nadeshiko Shichi Henge/Perfect Girl Evolution]


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[Suits]


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[A Song of Ice and Fire]


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[Yamato nadeshiko Shichi Henge]


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[Sherlock BBC]


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[Homestuck]


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[Sherlock]


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[Stargate Atlantis]


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[Cyborg 009]


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[The Amazing Spiderman]


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[Stargate Universe]


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[Avatar: the Last Airbender]


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[Bunheads/Game of Thrones]


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[thesyndicateproject (youtube)]


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[Codex Alera]


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[Wishbone]


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[The Game OverThinker]


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[K-ON!]


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[Magical Diary]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #292.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
tasogare_n_hime: (snape headdesk)

Re: Original Characters you love but know people will scream Mary Sue at?

[personal profile] tasogare_n_hime 2012-08-08 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
When you create a character without the plot in mind, you are floundering without a direction. It is a sign of a poor writer, and it makes me think either a) your OC unnecessary or b) you don't know how to tell a story.

You make a lot of assumptions, Anon.

The OC does advance the plot, that's why I want to use her rather than create a carbon copy OC just for that fic. The fic revolves around canon characters, but the OC does things that need to be done, and no canon characters fit into the role I needed.

Re: Original Characters you love but know people will scream Mary Sue at?

(Anonymous) 2012-08-08 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
The OC does advance the plot, that's why I want to use her rather than create a carbon copy OC just for that fic. The fic revolves around canon characters, but the OC does things that need to be done, and no canon characters fit into the role I needed.

Okay, fair enough. She advances the plot. What I don't understand is why you would feel the need to "create" her (and create is loaded word since I don't really consider a character created until they are actually involved in a narrative) prior to knowing what you needed to use her for. That seems pointless and stupid to me unless I'm misreading you.

Re: Original Characters you love but know people will scream Mary Sue at?

(Anonymous) 2012-08-08 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
there are many ways to create characters and narratives. A narrative can be character-driven, in which case a character can exist before a plot does, or the narrative drives the characters.

Also don't be silly, plenty of people create original and fancharacters without having a story for them and they're perfectly good characters. It's for fun dude.
tasogare_n_hime: (cheese)

Re: Original Characters you love but know people will scream Mary Sue at?

[personal profile] tasogare_n_hime 2012-08-08 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
plenty of people create original and fancharacters without having a story for them and they're perfectly good characters.

I do this all time, mostly because I really like to draw, and I'm a bit less bad at original characters than fanart. Most of the time they just stay drawings, but some of them like the OC I'm talking about get names, and develop personalities. When I came up with the plot line in the fic, and none of the canon characters would work I realized OC would be perfect for it.
tasogare_n_hime: (snape headdesk)

Re: Original Characters you love but know people will scream Mary Sue at?

[personal profile] tasogare_n_hime 2012-08-08 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well you're just going to have to go on thinking it's pointless and stupid because out minds work in very different ways.