Voldemort/Trevor doesn't hold a candle to Voldemort/Pikachu.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still like Trevor. Toady *schnoogles*
as long as the character's flawed in some way, then I don't consider the character a Mary Sue
There are many half-elven-transfer-students writers who claim their character are no Mary Sues 'because they have flaws'. I think that Mary Sues are open for interpretation, and I don't make a great difference between Mary Sues and OFC. I make a difference between a well-written and a mind-bogglingly badly written character. Um. I think I'm not explaining it correctly. What I mean is: if "Mary Sue = author's self insert" then "OFC-who-gets-off-with-author's-crush = Mary Sue". If a well written OFC who gets the chance to get into Harry's knickers (in my case, Remus's knickers, or Sirius's knickers) is not necessarily a Mary Sue, then the definition of Mary Sue is not self insert.
I think you'd do quite well at making an OFC not be a Mary Sue.
Thanks a lot for your trust in my abilities! *g*
I don't intend writing a Mary Sue - apart from the fact that she will have to shag Lupin. But that's part of the challenge, so there...
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Date: 2004-01-19 08:36 pm (UTC)Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still like Trevor. Toady *schnoogles*
as long as the character's flawed in some way, then I don't consider the character a Mary Sue
There are many half-elven-transfer-students writers who claim their character are no Mary Sues 'because they have flaws'. I think that Mary Sues are open for interpretation, and I don't make a great difference between Mary Sues and OFC. I make a difference between a well-written and a mind-bogglingly badly written character. Um. I think I'm not explaining it correctly. What I mean is: if "Mary Sue = author's self insert" then "OFC-who-gets-off-with-author's-crush = Mary Sue". If a well written OFC who gets the chance to get into Harry's knickers (in my case, Remus's knickers, or Sirius's knickers) is not necessarily a Mary Sue, then the definition of Mary Sue is not self insert.
I think you'd do quite well at making an OFC not be a Mary Sue.
Thanks a lot for your trust in my abilities! *g*
I don't intend writing a Mary Sue - apart from the fact that she will have to shag Lupin. But that's part of the challenge, so there...