Very nice fill, by the way! taking the prompt in a very different direction, but very interesting! OP is not a big fan of Japan's, but she's always been a bit angry when people accuse him of being a Mary Sue; I think that the problem is that his caricature is much subtler than the other nations', due to the author being japanese and taking on subtler things to parody. It's very good that Kiku is so polite and that you captured his voice perfectly; he's so rational here, and I'm glad somebody brought up many of these topics regarding the caracter, since at times he seems to be one of the most controversial ones, at least in the English speaking fandom ( which is also helluvah scary, Honda-san xD).
I was nodding and sometimes chuckling throughout all the fic, but this made me LOL:
However, I do believe that there is a personality somewhere underneath my apparently emotionless, doormat-like, and even vaguely sociopathic shell
OP is very glad that all you anons have such a good grasp on the characters' voices, and that all these fills somehow complement each other; Prussia being so self-centered and his letter a total chaotic rant/self shout-out, Finland being sweet and kindly reproachful and Kiku taking the loooong way and answering each and every point that concerns his fictional fandom selfXD (and being all analitical, observant and unfailingly POLITE, damnitXD)
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February 9 2010, 07:58:49 UTC
I'm glad to get such a comprehensive comment from you, OP, and also that you liked it in spite of it not being exactly what you asked for.
Ah, is that one of the main reasons for the 'Mary Sue' thing, then? That does make a fair amount of sense; I've noticed that some English fans think that I'm not an exaggerated enough stereotype because I'm not overtly 'otaku'-like (really though, they'd be surprised if they ever caught me in one of my gaming or cosplaying moods).
I'm immensely glad to hear that my letter came across the way I wanted it to, and that you found it to be properly informative without being boring or too dry. (I also must admit that most of the humor was intentional, because I apparently can have a sense of humor in spite of being an emotionless doormat who only sits and stares blankly at world meetings without saying a word.)
Now that I think of all the topics I wanted to bring up, though, I should also have included a section touching on my relationship with China and the other Asian nations. But my letter was getting worryingly long by that point and if I spend too much of my afternoon typing on this computer, a certain other nation in my room is going to feel neglected...
(...Is it? I think I'll let America and England deal with the majority of English fandom in that case.)
They really do, don't they? I'm impressed at how well these anons captured these nations' personalities. Assuming that they're not the actual nations going undercover, of course.
Very nice fill, by the way! taking the prompt in a very different direction, but very interesting! OP is not a big fan of Japan's, but she's always been a bit angry when people accuse him of being a Mary Sue; I think that the problem is that his caricature is much subtler than the other nations', due to the author being japanese and taking on subtler things to parody.
It's very good that Kiku is so polite and that you captured his voice perfectly; he's so rational here, and I'm glad somebody brought up many of these topics regarding the caracter, since at times he seems to be one of the most controversial ones, at least in the English speaking fandom ( which is also helluvah scary, Honda-san xD).
I was nodding and sometimes chuckling throughout all the fic, but this made me LOL:
However, I do believe that there is a personality somewhere underneath my apparently emotionless, doormat-like, and even vaguely sociopathic shell
OP is very glad that all you anons have such a good grasp on the characters' voices, and that all these fills somehow complement each other; Prussia being so self-centered and his letter a total chaotic rant/self shout-out, Finland being sweet and kindly reproachful and Kiku taking the loooong way and answering each and every point that concerns his fictional fandom selfXD (and being all analitical, observant and unfailingly POLITE, damnitXD)
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Ah, is that one of the main reasons for the 'Mary Sue' thing, then? That does make a fair amount of sense; I've noticed that some English fans think that I'm not an exaggerated enough stereotype because I'm not overtly 'otaku'-like (really though, they'd be surprised if they ever caught me in one of my gaming or cosplaying moods).
I'm immensely glad to hear that my letter came across the way I wanted it to, and that you found it to be properly informative without being boring or too dry. (I also must admit that most of the humor was intentional, because I apparently can have a sense of humor in spite of being an emotionless doormat who only sits and stares blankly at world meetings without saying a word.)
Now that I think of all the topics I wanted to bring up, though, I should also have included a section touching on my relationship with China and the other Asian nations. But my letter was getting worryingly long by that point and if I spend too much of my afternoon typing on this computer, a certain other nation in my room is going to feel neglected...
(...Is it? I think I'll let America and England deal with the majority of English fandom in that case.)
They really do, don't they? I'm impressed at how well these anons captured these nations' personalities. Assuming that they're not the actual nations going undercover, of course.
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