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Fanfic cliches

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MellzBellz:

--- Quote from: mare on June 22, 2007, 08:00:31 PM ---There are plenty of fanfic cliches out there lol

To add to what Mel said, it seems like the problem is with every new story that gets written the cliche becomes more exaggerated until you feel like you're reading the Lifetime networks version of the story. (That was meant as an insult I hate the Lifetime Network lmao)


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LMAO Hey! I like those damn Lifetime movies! They always draw me in even though they are usually pretty cheesy LOl

mare:

--- Quote from: MellzBellz on June 22, 2007, 09:08:36 PM ---LMAO Hey! I like those damn Lifetime movies! They always draw me in even though they are usually pretty cheesy LOl

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I know most people do, that's why I had to say I meant it as an insult. See? At least i'm consistent. I don't enjoy romance or Lifetime Movies LOL
 

RokofAges75:
Good ones, thanks guys!!

And yeah, I agree - all it takes is one good story, and everyone gets inspired and copies it.  It's not always intentional, but it's hard to top whatever great story started the trend.  A story can be built off of a cliched storyline and still be a great story, but like Mel said, it needs to be different and better somehow.

I'm totally guilty of using cliches, so I'm not out to judge, but I think it would be fun to have a sort of litmus thing for it like Mary Sue.  Could be an eye-opener LOL.

moppy:
Ok I've been wondering for ages now, but could some please tell me WTF is a Mary Sue??  ???

nicksgal:
Ooh, I totally know one of those fics... Someone recomended "Oreos for Breakfast" to me... It got really poor and cliched by the end... but I think it totally started the Anti-Sue trend... *shakes head*

Anime/Manga-style definition (with examples from my faovrite series, Yuugiou)... Because it makes more sense to me to explain it this way...:
A Mary Sue is basically the term for a female character who is not normally part of the original universe of the show/cannon universe. She general either falls in love with or sleeps with the main characters or the author's favorite characters. She is stunningly beautiful, so much that every character, even ones who should hate her, adore her. The girl becomes friends with Yuugi-tachi but Kaiba is isntantly taken by her anyway. She does everything wonderfully. She is a master duelist rivaling both Yuugi and Kaiba. She can do everything amazingly from the first moment she tries it. She has never played Duel Monsters before and somehow defets Yuugi. She usually sings, or plays an instrument of some kind. And she can often have magical powers. She's young, trendy, and must wear a new outfit every three sentences. The author goes on and on and on about what she is wearing, because obviously it is the most important element of the story... ::) She is usually the narrator of the story and more often than not has the same name as the author.

The short version is... She's a perfect in every way, and then some, character posing as a perfected self-insert.

For Backstreet Boys fan fiction, all that cannon stuff I mentioned up there is usually replaced with the female in question being a magically amazing singer or dancer.

Mary Sues tend to be followed by a horde of cliched characters and plots lacking time continuity.

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