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Post by naru on Aug 31, 2006 22:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by gandalan on Sept 1, 2006 23:17:39 GMT -5
... *waves small flag* 'BOO MARY SUES' ;D
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Post by kura on Nov 5, 2006 3:39:37 GMT -5
Can't think... mind... gone... avatardthelastmister.com/MiSTs/guidetowank.html*twitchspaz* I read that, and seriously, I just sat there with my mouth hanging for two minutes. For those who don't want to read the whole thing (fair warning: don't!) here are a few memorable quotes: If an OC (Other Character) gets matched up with a character from Avatar then so what? There are OCs in the cartoon as well. Such as Jun, she was only in one episode and that was the first time we ever saw her. I would say Jet was an OC too but he'll be in another episode so I’ll just forget about that. I would also say Haru was an OC but he will also be in later episodes too. OC means "Other Character" right? Rape, torture, and malady are devices that have nothing to get worked up about either. If the author has used rape, torture, or malady as a plot device then it is to only help you understand the plot. We all know that there are four elements. But if an author has put a fifth element in their story it is only to help the plot. Sleeping is a cliché and eating is a cliché...what our characters shouldn't eat and sleep? (And of course, saving the best for last): But if a Sue-author is to write about a person who has been mentally and physically abused all his/her life and may have looks and brains but still has a wretched life and is a possible masochist then that person is not a Mary-sue at all. ..... *weeps in her corner of woe*
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Post by jialingjin on Nov 5, 2006 10:10:06 GMT -5
*Grabs Kura and shakes her* No! You must be strong! We are Xia's angels! We are the front line defense of Feng Shui! Pull yourself together, Man!
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Post by kura on Nov 5, 2006 15:08:20 GMT -5
But... but... it's too much, Jia! I can deal with Mary Sues, but this?! *whimpers*
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Post by jialingjin on Nov 5, 2006 15:44:06 GMT -5
The author is in denial! He's obviously brainwashed! C'mon Kura.. FOR THE GOOD OF THE AVA-VERSE!
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The Lion Turtle
Ishvara Spirits
"Your own spirit must be unbendable."
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Post by The Lion Turtle on Nov 5, 2006 15:51:19 GMT -5
*bows and procedes to commit sepukku*
"Rape, torture, and malady are devices that have nothing to get worked up about either. If the author has used rape, torture, or malady as a plot device then it is to only help you understand the plot."?
That is very offensive to me.
Take it from a girl who was put through that: IT BAD!S PEOPLE UP. SERIOUSLY.
I could go on a rant about it, but it just hurts too much (am I making a big deal about it?).
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Post by yumi on Nov 5, 2006 17:32:46 GMT -5
That is offensive it really is. It is also really offensive when the character doesn't even react to that kind of abuse. For people who have been raped or tortured before and actually know what it means to be abused like that, I feel very bad. It's insulting. And like Jia said, they must be in denial
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Post by kura on Nov 5, 2006 17:54:21 GMT -5
I could go on a rant about it, but it just hurts too much (am I making a big deal about it?). It should be made into a big deal. While everything else in that... thing... made me headdesk like crazy, that part got me really angry.
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Post by yumi on Nov 5, 2006 17:59:49 GMT -5
*Comforts Kura*
I'm sure it got most people who read it angry >>
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Post by chamir on Nov 5, 2006 18:04:13 GMT -5
Just whoa and f'in' wow... it just begs the question with the person--"reality bend much"?
The others are definitely headdesk... in the you-slamming-their-head-to-the-desk. But that other one...
They've lost on sooooo many levels with that one.
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Post by jialingjin on Nov 5, 2006 19:22:30 GMT -5
and this is exactly we don't let character's have BAD!ed up history filled with beatings, assualt, and abuse because people, unless they've been through it, or are close to someone who has, can not convey the right mental state to role play a character who has had that.
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Ishvara Spirits
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Post by The Lion Turtle on Nov 5, 2006 19:31:37 GMT -5
I wonder if I could do it... nah, probably just be MSish since I have been through it.
Hell, I don't even know what it's done to me completely, and I don't think I ever will (unless I see someone about it).
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Post by jialingjin on Jan 3, 2007 23:01:03 GMT -5
NEWBS!
Lost Humanity01 [10:12 PM]: Evening. RegalFlames [10:13 PM]: Hello Lost Humanity01 [10:13 PM]: The name is Ezra.-Extends his hand.- Is there an Rp going on? RegalFlames [10:14 PM]: ((Not right. We're really just discussing our bad run-ins with people who don't seem to get Avatar and how to RP it correctly.)) Lost Humanity01 [10:14 PM]: Ah. Lost Humanity01 [10:14 PM]: I've never had a chance to get an rp going. Lost Humanity01 [10:14 PM]: Avatar at least. Lost Humanity01 [10:15 PM]: I picked up that you don't believe that someone can learn to bend more than one element? RegalFlames [10:15 PM]: Sorry to hear that, Avatar RP is scarce on AOL that's for sure. I mostly stick with an Forum RPG Lost Humanity01 [10:15 PM]: lol i noticed. Lost Humanity01 [10:21 PM]: Lets discuss this in IM. ((In reference to a Hair-dye comment in the chatroom)) RegalFlames [10:21 PM]: Fine by me Lost Humanity01 [10:21 PM]: So we dont lose patrons of the chat. Lost Humanity01 [10:22 PM]: I understand you have learn't much in history. But I am saying the technology the fire nation uses is far more advanced for the setting of clothes and the society they use. If they allow that kind of technology why shouldn't hair dye be allowed? RegalFlames [10:23 PM]: Well think about this. When the Industrial Revolution exploded in London.. was it considered far more advanced for the setting of clothes and the society? Yes. It was a new technology, it was strange.. it was mystifying and magical. Lost Humanity01 [10:24 PM]: Mhmm. RegalFlames [10:24 PM]: And Hair dye is not really a new technology, but rather an improvement. Wool can be dyed and has been for centuries. However, the human hair follice contains some of the largest amounts of pigment in the animal world. RegalFlames [10:24 PM]: When you go from a darker color to a lighter color, as anyone in Avatar would have to.. you need to bleach it correct? Lost Humanity01 [10:25 PM]: Unless there is some kind of natural chemical they could have found which has the same aspects. Lost Humanity01 [10:25 PM]: And I am sure there is one. RegalFlames [10:25 PM]: I'm not aware of anything other than cholrine. Lost Humanity01 [10:25 PM]: Niether am I but I don't think of myself as an expert either. Lost Humanity01 [10:25 PM]: I'm just saying hair can by dyed my regular dye. Lost Humanity01 [10:26 PM]: It isn't as potent in the job but it works. RegalFlames [10:26 PM]: Hair can be dyed by regular dye, I'm not denying that. I am denying the existance of any bleaching agent Lost Humanity01 [10:26 PM]: I agree. RegalFlames [10:27 PM]: Chlorine is found mostly in salts, and without proper methods, can not be seperated out. I doubt the ancient cultures of Asian had this. Lost Humanity01 [10:27 PM]: From what I gathered you two were dicsussing the color Blue no? RegalFlames [10:27 PM]: Nothing in Avatar really involves anything on the chemical level. Even the Fire Nation.. they don't understand how fire works chemically.. just that it causes metals to seperate and become refined. Blue was an example because at the RP forum I Moderator for we've received quite a few young girls wanting baby blue hair for their characters Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: OH Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: Baby blue. Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: xD Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: I was argueing on the darker tents like green. Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: and dark blue. Lost Humanity01 [10:28 PM]: Any hair can be tinted those colors. RegalFlames [10:29 PM]: Not Black hair. Not easily. RegalFlames [10:29 PM]: And Not without the hair losing the color quickly Lost Humanity01 [10:29 PM]: -Shrugs.- Quality isnt my point I'm just saying it CAN be done. Lost Humanity01 [10:29 PM]: Not that is was. RegalFlames [10:29 PM]: It can, but not the point where someone's hair would be green for days on end. Lost Humanity01 [10:30 PM]: No of course not, you would have to reapply the agent. RegalFlames [10:30 PM]: Black hair does not hold color well, not at all. Lost Humanity01 [10:30 PM]: I know. Lost Humanity01 [10:37 PM]: Obviously your old enough to be in college, how old are you? RegalFlames [10:37 PM]: I keep my personal information a secret, if you understand. Lost Humanity01 [10:38 PM]: I understand ^^ RegalFlames [10:39 PM]: As for where I get my knowledge.. I attribute it to my upbringing, a desire to understand history and technology, a variety of classes and the wonder that is Wikipedia. Lost Humanity01 [10:39 PM]: lol
Seta Mijoku: Working in his shop, or rather, the front patio-like face of the shop, the young Firebender would work his bending skills in making the statuette before the crowd of customers. Tenshen Ci would focus on the chunk of clay as he Seta Mijoku: molded it with both his hands and Firebending, using a very fluid movement akin to a Waterbender's fighting style. Instead of using the Northern Shaolin style of Firebending, Tenshen used a mix of Tai Chi and Jeet Kun Do for both Seta Mijoku: fluidity and unpredictability in his movements. Hazel eyes would be narrowed as he finally finished his piece of art, having shaped the piece of clay into a statuette of a priest. When he was done, the little crowd applauded the Seta Mijoku: show he had given them, before the customer who asked for the piece came forward and purchased it, as Tenshen got another piece of semi-wet clay to make another piece.
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Post by kura on Jan 3, 2007 23:16:44 GMT -5
That's an interesting (and informative) conversation you had there, Jia, but I'm a little lost as to what the blurb with Seta Mijoku is all about ^^;
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