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THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!!!! A rant.
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THE SUES. JESUS THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
No, seriously. Any time I do a search here on deviantart it pulls up OCs. Now, I realize that on a site dedicated to people making art that of course this is going to be a place where people are going to present their OCs. In fact, I have done the same thing myself with Artemis and Musashi. However, this is where Sturgeon's Law comes into effect. Almost every OC that I have ever seen here has been either crappy, or a Mary Sue. I don't mean in terms of art, I pass no judgement on people that aren't as artistically gifted as others. Hell, most of the stuff in my own gallery looks like crap. XD But in terms of the character and the information they give about them is just...crap. It's all very vague. Not to mention that they run around with absurd powers such as an invisible armies or violating canon laws of physics in the universe. Why? Why would you want to show everyone your poorly developed wish fulfillment? It just seems sad to me.
If you're going to put an original character of yours up on DeviantArt, it should be one that you've put a lot of thought and time into. The best characters are never the most powerful, they're usually the most flawed. In fact, some of my favorite characters have been amongst the weakest in their respective series. Not to mention that flawed characters have a lot more room to grow and change, which makes them even better! A character should never be a fully-formed, functioning person with crazy-ass powers. They should be a person trying to survive, dealing with their own problems and trying to find their own happiness. I can understand why not many people do it, because its a very difficult thing to make a weak person. We don't really want to be reminded of our own frailties, so we make these almighty personas that we can turn to and feel comfortable in. But a real OC, the ones that we remember, are the ones that not only we enjoy RPing as, but also teach us things about ourselves. The RPer usually makes a character a kind of person that they admire and want to be in some way, good or evil. What most don't realize is that we have the potential to become that kind of person if we really want to. That's probably the real reason that I can't stand Mary Sues. Because they're a stagnant existence. They don't change, and they don't teach you anything about yourself, other than you want to be someone else.
I guess if I really boiled it down, then my thoughts are that Mary Sues, by being wish-fulfillment, actually don't fulfill our wishes at all.
No, seriously. Any time I do a search here on deviantart it pulls up OCs. Now, I realize that on a site dedicated to people making art that of course this is going to be a place where people are going to present their OCs. In fact, I have done the same thing myself with Artemis and Musashi. However, this is where Sturgeon's Law comes into effect. Almost every OC that I have ever seen here has been either crappy, or a Mary Sue. I don't mean in terms of art, I pass no judgement on people that aren't as artistically gifted as others. Hell, most of the stuff in my own gallery looks like crap. XD But in terms of the character and the information they give about them is just...crap. It's all very vague. Not to mention that they run around with absurd powers such as an invisible armies or violating canon laws of physics in the universe. Why? Why would you want to show everyone your poorly developed wish fulfillment? It just seems sad to me.
If you're going to put an original character of yours up on DeviantArt, it should be one that you've put a lot of thought and time into. The best characters are never the most powerful, they're usually the most flawed. In fact, some of my favorite characters have been amongst the weakest in their respective series. Not to mention that flawed characters have a lot more room to grow and change, which makes them even better! A character should never be a fully-formed, functioning person with crazy-ass powers. They should be a person trying to survive, dealing with their own problems and trying to find their own happiness. I can understand why not many people do it, because its a very difficult thing to make a weak person. We don't really want to be reminded of our own frailties, so we make these almighty personas that we can turn to and feel comfortable in. But a real OC, the ones that we remember, are the ones that not only we enjoy RPing as, but also teach us things about ourselves. The RPer usually makes a character a kind of person that they admire and want to be in some way, good or evil. What most don't realize is that we have the potential to become that kind of person if we really want to. That's probably the real reason that I can't stand Mary Sues. Because they're a stagnant existence. They don't change, and they don't teach you anything about yourself, other than you want to be someone else.
I guess if I really boiled it down, then my thoughts are that Mary Sues, by being wish-fulfillment, actually don't fulfill our wishes at all.
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THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!!!! A rant.
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THE SUES. JESUS THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
No, seriously. Any time I do a search here on deviantart it pulls up OCs. Now, I realize that on a site dedicated to people making art that of course this is going to be a place where people are going to present their OCs. In fact, I have done the same thing myself with Artemis and Musashi. However, this is where Sturgeon's Law comes into effect. Almost every OC that I have ever seen here has been either crappy, or a Mary Sue. I don't mean in terms of art, I pass no judgement on people that aren't as artistically gifted as others. Hell, most of the stuff in my own gallery looks like crap. XD But in terms of the character and the information they give about them is just...crap. It's all very vague. Not to mention that they run around with absurd powers such as an invisible armies or violating canon laws of physics in the universe. Why? Why would you want to show everyone your poorly developed wish fulfillment? It just seems sad to me.
If you're going to put an original character of yours up on DeviantArt, it should be one that you've put a lot of thought and time into. The best characters are never the most powerful, they're usually the most flawed. In fact, some of my favorite characters have been amongst the weakest in their respective series. Not to mention that flawed characters have a lot more room to grow and change, which makes them even better! A character should never be a fully-formed, functioning person with crazy-ass powers. They should be a person trying to survive, dealing with their own problems and trying to find their own happiness. I can understand why not many people do it, because its a very difficult thing to make a weak person. We don't really want to be reminded of our own frailties, so we make these almighty personas that we can turn to and feel comfortable in. But a real OC, the ones that we remember, are the ones that not only we enjoy RPing as, but also teach us things about ourselves. The RPer usually makes a character a kind of person that they admire and want to be in some way, good or evil. What most don't realize is that we have the potential to become that kind of person if we really want to. That's probably the real reason that I can't stand Mary Sues. Because they're a stagnant existence. They don't change, and they don't teach you anything about yourself, other than you want to be someone else.
I guess if I really boiled it down, then my thoughts are that Mary Sues, by being wish-fulfillment, actually don't fulfill our wishes at all.
No, seriously. Any time I do a search here on deviantart it pulls up OCs. Now, I realize that on a site dedicated to people making art that of course this is going to be a place where people are going to present their OCs. In fact, I have done the same thing myself with Artemis and Musashi. However, this is where Sturgeon's Law comes into effect. Almost every OC that I have ever seen here has been either crappy, or a Mary Sue. I don't mean in terms of art, I pass no judgement on people that aren't as artistically gifted as others. Hell, most of the stuff in my own gallery looks like crap. XD But in terms of the character and the information they give about them is just...crap. It's all very vague. Not to mention that they run around with absurd powers such as an invisible armies or violating canon laws of physics in the universe. Why? Why would you want to show everyone your poorly developed wish fulfillment? It just seems sad to me.
If you're going to put an original character of yours up on DeviantArt, it should be one that you've put a lot of thought and time into. The best characters are never the most powerful, they're usually the most flawed. In fact, some of my favorite characters have been amongst the weakest in their respective series. Not to mention that flawed characters have a lot more room to grow and change, which makes them even better! A character should never be a fully-formed, functioning person with crazy-ass powers. They should be a person trying to survive, dealing with their own problems and trying to find their own happiness. I can understand why not many people do it, because its a very difficult thing to make a weak person. We don't really want to be reminded of our own frailties, so we make these almighty personas that we can turn to and feel comfortable in. But a real OC, the ones that we remember, are the ones that not only we enjoy RPing as, but also teach us things about ourselves. The RPer usually makes a character a kind of person that they admire and want to be in some way, good or evil. What most don't realize is that we have the potential to become that kind of person if we really want to. That's probably the real reason that I can't stand Mary Sues. Because they're a stagnant existence. They don't change, and they don't teach you anything about yourself, other than you want to be someone else.
I guess if I really boiled it down, then my thoughts are that Mary Sues, by being wish-fulfillment, actually don't fulfill our wishes at all.
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THIS IS THE BEST MONTH EVAH!!
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Alright, to sum it up, I got two visual novels FOR FREE! One of which includes references from CTHULHU FRICKING MYTHOS!! Thus, tentacle hugs and maw kisses to MagnumPheonixZX who got it for me. I LOVE YOU MAN!!
Anywhoo, have also been busy working on my Rosario+ Vampire fanfiction "Advent of Darkness" which I am getting ready to pull over to Fanfiction.net and maybe here on Deviantart, if I feel so inclined. I was a little worried at first that it might be rather lame, considering that I didn't have too many ideas for a plot, but recently things have started coming together in my mind. Of all the stuff that I've written, this is my most ambitious project to date, spanning at least 3 different universes. I've got a feeling that this is gonna be awesome! XD
Also, I'm now in finals week, and I'm fairly certain that I did okay with my math final (whew!) I was really sweating that one. I also had the oral part of my Spanish final and did that fairly well. Tomorrow will be the written section of Spanish, so I plan to spend a few hours studying for it tonight. Then on thursday there is my sociology final, of which I am certain that I shall take names and kick much ass.
Since it is finals week, that means that next week is the BEGINNING OF SPRING BREAK!! XD You don't know how ready I was for this! Now I'll have time to work on Advent of Darkness as well as start up Demonbane (THANKYOUSOMUCHPHEONIX!!). Who knows? Maybe I'll even get the first year of Advent done? Doubt it though.
Anyways, hope y'all have a wonderful day!
Anywhoo, have also been busy working on my Rosario+ Vampire fanfiction "Advent of Darkness" which I am getting ready to pull over to Fanfiction.net and maybe here on Deviantart, if I feel so inclined. I was a little worried at first that it might be rather lame, considering that I didn't have too many ideas for a plot, but recently things have started coming together in my mind. Of all the stuff that I've written, this is my most ambitious project to date, spanning at least 3 different universes. I've got a feeling that this is gonna be awesome! XD
Also, I'm now in finals week, and I'm fairly certain that I did okay with my math final (whew!) I was really sweating that one. I also had the oral part of my Spanish final and did that fairly well. Tomorrow will be the written section of Spanish, so I plan to spend a few hours studying for it tonight. Then on thursday there is my sociology final, of which I am certain that I shall take names and kick much ass.
Since it is finals week, that means that next week is the BEGINNING OF SPRING BREAK!! XD You don't know how ready I was for this! Now I'll have time to work on Advent of Darkness as well as start up Demonbane (THANKYOUSOMUCHPHEONIX!!). Who knows? Maybe I'll even get the first year of Advent done? Doubt it though.
Anyways, hope y'all have a wonderful day!
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The First Journal Entry!!
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Hullo there.
You're probably wondering, "Why does his profile have nothing on it to speak of?"
That's simply because I haven't bothered to put up anything I've done yet, as I'm possessed by a horrible case of lethargy, and my drawings look.....crude, at best.
However, I do plan on posting some of my writings at some undeclared point at time for the enjoyment of others. Just be gentle with me, because I wrote most of them a while back.
Lessee, other than writing various fanfictions that never get finished, I also participate heavily on RPOL and Gaiaonline in the forums.
You're probably wondering, "Why does his profile have nothing on it to speak of?"
That's simply because I haven't bothered to put up anything I've done yet, as I'm possessed by a horrible case of lethargy, and my drawings look.....crude, at best.
However, I do plan on posting some of my writings at some undeclared point at time for the enjoyment of others. Just be gentle with me, because I wrote most of them a while back.
Lessee, other than writing various fanfictions that never get finished, I also participate heavily on RPOL and Gaiaonline in the forums.
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