3505: The Worlds Worst... -- Charlotte Cartwrite and company

[pottersues]

Don't forget about the Thirteenth Annual Pottersue Fanfic Contestt. You've got until January 31 to get your entries in.
- The link of the day is OC vs. Mary Sue. I bring this one in simply because it amuses me. The character on the left can still be a Sue, and on the left we have exaggerations along with traits which aren't necessarily Sue traits.

Comments

[piper_audrey]

(3/3)But regardless, in response to you argument that I can't "blame the reader on this one, as you only covered Charlotte being taken back to her parents in a paragraph comprised of two sentences" By that logic if there's a story that says: "'I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love when you're looking at me when I'm nuts. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.' The man said, sarcastically." It's the writers fault if the reader in confused because they skipped the word 'Sarcastically'. As a reader, you can skip over things as much as you want, as long as you're enjoying the story, but that's considering that you're simply reading for enjoyment. However, if your reading in the attempt to prove a point and make an argument you have to read everything, otherwise your argument will be completely off. It's one of the first things we learned in my English II class. I mean, If you were taking a test and skipped over that 'sarcastically' Then proceeded to write an entire essay proving that the man in the story was in love, the person grading your test isn't going to go: "Well, the author did only say the word sarcastically once, let's give them a 100%" They're just going give you a 0. But that's just a sort of metaphor, I understand that this isn't a test, it's just a small debate of sorts, it's clearly not that serious.

But you know, It's kind of clear that you and I aren't really going to agree on this anyway, and with nothing riding on me winning this little debate, I suppose it doesn't really matter at all. After all It's not like I risk losing followers on my fan fiction because of this, in fact the only thing I really have riding on this is my own pride, but I'd be a complete fool if I let that control my actions, and I imagine that's the kind of fool you find yourself writing about. So, this is where I try to prove that I'm at least a little smarter than I think you preserve me to be, and bid you adieu. I wish you luck on this blog you're running. I know it might seem odd for me to say this as one of these "Suethors" that you write about, but I actually have a lot of respect for you and what your doing. I find it quite impressive, although I still say you should consider letting the authors know you're writing about them. They could use your help and insight, like I did, although I also understand the reluctance, given how uncivil people can can be, I sincerely hope I haven't come across as such.

-Piper-Audrey

[pottersues]

First, you've not come across as uncivil at all, but I do think you'll understand what we're saying a lot more when you've got more experience under your belt. Just be patient for yourself. The point of bringing things up isn't to win the debate, but to hopefully make you think, which you're doing far better then other writers who've found their stories here.

This said, the argument you put forth doesn't work.

First, the example you gave can be interpreted as someone whose annoyed with the person they're in love with, questioning whether they are really in love. Second, a writer can still write an essay proving that the man is in love with said person. That sentence would amount 1% or less of a given work, so if the context of the other 99% indicates the man is in love, than that one sentence wouldn't matter. The reader can argue what I mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph, bur they could argue it's a mistake on the writers part.