Brain
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Post by Brain on Jun 8, 2010 14:45:02 GMT -5
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Post by duckyaisha on Jun 8, 2010 18:59:35 GMT -5
People think the process is stringent enough already.
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I'd much rather have to go through 50 edits than go through 5 and come out with a cookie-cutter cliche cat (Alliteration FOR THE WIN) or a *suspenseful evil music like a scary thing is about to pop out at you like maybe Chuckie or a Zombie or something*
MARY-SUE! *Gasps, falls over, and dies.*
Sorry. This is what summer practice schedules do to me.
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Post by Ten on Jun 8, 2010 21:23:12 GMT -5
/forgets about characters all the time
Adderfang's still processing though, so the prefix isn't really taken.
And Ducky, unless a character is something like... Bloodyclaw, and is really blatant about it, then I don't want to say "this character is too flat" or "this character needs more development". To be honest, I thought Rainstripe was lacking in potential when I accepted her. xD Now look at her -- more of a drama bomb than Shortwhisker.
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Post by duckyaisha on Jun 9, 2010 9:21:42 GMT -5
Wait a min....but weren't you just talking about how you didn't want Feather- cats to be the stereotypical Feather- cat? Don't understand....
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Post by Ten on Jun 9, 2010 17:33:08 GMT -5
I was saying that, in dealing with a Typical Feather, my reason for not accepting the cat would have to be something other than it being a Typical Feather.
When I look over a bio, the things I'm looking for are standard English errors and any actions/beliefs that aren't backed up with any apparent reason or don't make sense, that sort of thing.
If a cat has a stereotypical "terrible past", and the cat is depressed and mopey, but has a reason to be depressed and mopey, then I'll have to accept it even if I think it's cheesy, because "it's cheesy" is subjective and my criteria for accepting a bio does not involve liking/admiring/sympathizing with the character or anything like that. It just has to make sense and not have any errors that I can see.
Going through the process should help writers develop their characters -- it'd be hard not to do some developing, seems like -- but I'm not going to say, "that's too overused and cliche; redo it."
But seriously, if anyone tries to make a cat seem intimidating by writing "Name| Bloodyclaw, if they ever DARE speak to him", I'm still going to laugh. I know there's someone out there who'd frown on me for picking on Fern, and I feel like I should be sorry for mocking her, in particular because I don't know her, but her posts and that cat = so. fraggin'. funny.
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Post by duckyaisha on Jun 13, 2010 7:07:25 GMT -5
I get it now! *lightbulb over head*
Wait a minute, I thought Bloodyclaw was your first warrior cat...
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Post by Cloud on Jun 14, 2010 13:23:14 GMT -5
TEN? NO. This was some silly guest who made a snort-worthy cat app.
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Post by duckyaisha on Jun 14, 2010 21:24:18 GMT -5
When I say first, I mean FIRST. I thought it was Ten's cat from when she was 9 and first read the books.
But I shouldn't assume such a thing of ten...
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Post by Cloud on Jun 15, 2010 12:13:37 GMT -5
Ohhhh, I see now. And perhaps not, Ducky, perhaps not. Still, even those as brilliant as Ten have their bumbling starting points, eh?
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Post by duckyaisha on Jun 15, 2010 17:59:38 GMT -5
I guess so....I wonder what her first cat /was/ named then?
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