Post by Hobbit-eyes on Dec 14, 2004 5:51:34 GMT -5
You may be getting the idea I'm obsessed with Mary-Sues, but I'm not...
I already had this contest on my old OFUT board, but now have moved it here.
Basically, write a Mary-Sue, and the best - or worst - one wins!
What they win is... ummm... a nice pretty picture, or something? No idea. Pride. Yes, that'd be it.
For those of you who don't know, a Mary-Sue is a story where a girl or several girls (or a boy, I have known Gary-Stus) enter a story as a completely unfeasible character and mess up the plot, usually taking charge of the story and making characters fall in love with them, and making everyone else out of character.
For examples, just look on ff.net for any of those stories where 'Legolas meets a beautiful female elf' or 'a girl ends up in Middle-earth and joins the Fellowship'. You'll know the type.
It had been just Troy fanfictions, but I've decided to extend it to other genres now that the contest is here. LOTR, POTC, Star Wars, Troy, anything - just make it bad, oh-so-horrible-and-disturbing.
Thought of a prize! The PPC (Protectors of the Plot Continuum) of Troy, Claire and Alison, will enter your story and personally murder your Mary-Sue! And the chapter will be put on here!
Not much of a prize, but I'M looking forward to it!
Deadline is January 1st, I've decided, so you have plenty of time. Try to keep them PG-13, I've read some VERY graphic Mary-Sues (shudder) And don't hold back! Complete changes in plot and character, Jedi turning up in Middle-earth, misplaced apostrophes, I want it all!!!
GO WREAK EVIL!!!
I already had this contest on my old OFUT board, but now have moved it here.
Basically, write a Mary-Sue, and the best - or worst - one wins!
What they win is... ummm... a nice pretty picture, or something? No idea. Pride. Yes, that'd be it.
For those of you who don't know, a Mary-Sue is a story where a girl or several girls (or a boy, I have known Gary-Stus) enter a story as a completely unfeasible character and mess up the plot, usually taking charge of the story and making characters fall in love with them, and making everyone else out of character.
For examples, just look on ff.net for any of those stories where 'Legolas meets a beautiful female elf' or 'a girl ends up in Middle-earth and joins the Fellowship'. You'll know the type.
It had been just Troy fanfictions, but I've decided to extend it to other genres now that the contest is here. LOTR, POTC, Star Wars, Troy, anything - just make it bad, oh-so-horrible-and-disturbing.
Thought of a prize! The PPC (Protectors of the Plot Continuum) of Troy, Claire and Alison, will enter your story and personally murder your Mary-Sue! And the chapter will be put on here!
Not much of a prize, but I'M looking forward to it!
Deadline is January 1st, I've decided, so you have plenty of time. Try to keep them PG-13, I've read some VERY graphic Mary-Sues (shudder) And don't hold back! Complete changes in plot and character, Jedi turning up in Middle-earth, misplaced apostrophes, I want it all!!!
GO WREAK EVIL!!!