Why does Keen really do what he does?

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Okay but can we talk about the keen fanfiction on fanfiction.net?

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Smartest being in the galaxy doesn't know who Alfred Hitchcock is

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Second smartest being in the galaxy texts like a preteen

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John Carmack is in this story

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She has an IQ of 315 or something higher, right? I figured out the plot twist already and it hasn't been revealed yet

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Okay that's actually pretty funny

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Ahahaha what a loser

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This sounds oddly familiar. Rebels, able to sense people being alive...

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ooooooooooo

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This is also great, for the opposite reasons.
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ScarletFlame wrote: Image

John Carmack is in this story


JOHN FREEMAN WHO WAS GORDON FREEMANS BROTHER WAS ONE DAY AN OFFICE TYPING ON A COMPUTER...
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Graphics: 15% Complete
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Programming Modifications: 5% Complete (FINALLY! SOME PROGRESS!)

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T-Squared wrote:
ScarletFlame wrote: Image

John Carmack is in this story


JOHN FREEMAN WHO WAS GORDON FREEMANS BROTHER WAS ONE DAY AN OFFICE TYPING ON A COMPUTER...
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Plasma Captain wrote:Do you write somewhere? Like, somewhere other than random PCKF threads? If not... can you? Please?
I used to, but I never *finish* anything. So I stopped. Except for small things like that which I know I can do in one sitting.
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T-Squared wrote: JOHN FREEMAN WHO WAS GORDON FREEMANS BROTHER WAS ONE DAY AN OFFICE TYPING ON A COMPUTER...
"NO! I MUST KILL THE DEMONS" HE SHOUTED THE RADIO SAID "NO, JOHN. YOU ARE THE DEMONS"
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Levellass wrote:I used to, but I never *finish* anything. So I stopped. Except for small things like that which I know I can do in one sitting.
Oh. That's understandable. It's for this reason that most of my writing is just small snippets (also because I rarely feel compelled enough to record my ideas).

With that being said, I believe I don't speak only for myself if I also say that even very short paragraphs like these would be neat to read from time to time.
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ScarletFlame wrote:
T-Squared wrote: JOHN FREEMAN WHO WAS GORDON FREEMANS BROTHER WAS ONE DAY AN OFFICE TYPING ON A COMPUTER...
"NO! I MUST KILL THE DEMONS" HE SHOUTED THE RADIO SAID "NO, JOHN. YOU ARE THE DEMONS"
But that's Peter Chimaera, not squirrelking! which are about equal tbh
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ScarletFlame wrote: Image

John Carmack is in this story

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She has an IQ of 315 or something higher, right? I figured out the plot twist already and it hasn't been revealed yet
The mary sue-ism is just dripping off those sentences
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lololoolollolololololololllololol, it's better than blowing up the universe, right?
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VikingBoyBilly wrote: The mary sue-ism is just dripping off those sentences
I wouldn't say Edie's a mary sue, since she isn't the main focus of the story, but we don't really know much about her character. The author hasn't updated in a millennium, which sucks because I want to know what happens next.

As for Warren, I don't know. He's introduced, Mortimer pisses him off, and then disappears for the rest of the story.
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Wait, is this an actual fanfiction?

But I must defend the Mary Sue, they are oft written bad, but they need not be so.Is not Luke Skywalker one? Some random guy out in the sticks who finds out he's actually a prince and from a family of space wizards and he's got to singlehandedly bring down he Big Bad. (And his dad is evil! He wears all black all the time!) He maters everything he tires, from the light saber to being able to make one-in-a-million shot to destroy the Big Evil Thing. And let's steer clear of other 'chosen one' characters, many of whom fit right in the Sue Shoes.
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I always thought that the problem with Mary Sues is that they're injected into franchises with existing "hero" characters. So you've already got the super smart magic teenager who's destined to save the world, and then some kid writes a fanfiction with their own original character who also happens to be super smart and magical and destined to save the world alongside the original character. That's why it's annoying - the character doesn't really fit, and it feels like a fan's delusional self-insert.

People have gotten into a bad habit in recent years of mislabeling characters as "Mary Sues". It's not a Mary Sue if it's part of the original story. The only case that could be made is if it's something like, for example, you're literally a new comic writer for an existing franchise and you decide to inject yourself into the storyline. What makes a Mary Sue a Mary Sue is the fact that it's injected. Otherwise, Superman would be a Mary Sue, and he's not... he's just a poorly-conceived fantasy character.
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Levellass wrote:Wait, is this an actual fanfiction?
Go look for yourself. I thought I made it clear that they were all from fanfiction.net.
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ScarletFlame wrote:
Levellass wrote:Wait, is this an actual fanfiction?
Go look for yourself. I thought I made it clear that they were all from fanfiction.net.
Wait... Bablet wrote one?
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I don't pay much attention, who's Bablet?
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