Yes. Few to no original characters, grammar and spelling that shows at least mediocre intelligence, canon canon canon...
I would agree with writing rp posts and fic to the same standard, but that standard does not, for me, include 'no original characters'. No Mary-Sues, perhaps, but I don't think the two are synonymous.
I find, especially in RP, the definition of an OC is very unclear. I mean, I play Yaxley in one game. He is a canon name - a DE, but that's all we know about him. I have called him Gideon, and given him a wife, Stella (who I also play, and who is Rita's sister), but does that make him an original character, or not? His name is in canon, but his character certainly isn't.
As fr fanfic characters in RP, I;m not entirely sure what you mean. I write Rita in fanfic a lot, and I play her in two different games. But they're not really the same Rita. They've got different versions of the same family in both games. In my ff100 series, Rita has two sisters - Stella, who ran off to marry a muggle, and Alice, who became Alice Longbottom. In the Merlin's Legacy game, she just has Stella, who is as I mentioned married to a DE in that game, and doesn't have Alice because it was completely pointless - I also play Neville/Augusta - and because it would have had a large impact on her friendship with Narcissa Malfoy in the game. In The Leaky, I've kept Alice because I thought it would be an interesting thing to play with the Neville player, and done away with Stella as superfluous). They also have different attitudes/relationships in the different worlds. So while the characters I fic are often the same, the versions of them are quite different.
I don't think OC = Mary Sue either, but some people do. *Shrugs* Not going to get into my own views on the matter here, though. ;) Your characters sound interesting, by the way!
When I said "fanfic", I meant original characters, and said fanfic instead. Gaaaah.
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Date: 2006-10-21 12:16 pm (UTC)Yes. Few to no original characters, grammar and spelling that shows at least mediocre intelligence, canon canon canon...
I would agree with writing rp posts and fic to the same standard, but that standard does not, for me, include 'no original characters'. No Mary-Sues, perhaps, but I don't think the two are synonymous.
I find, especially in RP, the definition of an OC is very unclear. I mean, I play Yaxley in one game. He is a canon name - a DE, but that's all we know about him. I have called him Gideon, and given him a wife, Stella (who I also play, and who is Rita's sister), but does that make him an original character, or not? His name is in canon, but his character certainly isn't.
As fr fanfic characters in RP, I;m not entirely sure what you mean. I write Rita in fanfic a lot, and I play her in two different games. But they're not really the same Rita. They've got different versions of the same family in both games. In my ff100 series, Rita has two sisters - Stella, who ran off to marry a muggle, and Alice, who became Alice Longbottom. In the Merlin's Legacy game, she just has Stella, who is as I mentioned married to a DE in that game, and doesn't have Alice because it was completely pointless - I also play Neville/Augusta - and because it would have had a large impact on her friendship with Narcissa Malfoy in the game. In The Leaky, I've kept Alice because I thought it would be an interesting thing to play with the Neville player, and done away with Stella as superfluous). They also have different attitudes/relationships in the different worlds. So while the characters I fic are often the same, the versions of them are quite different.
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Date: 2006-10-22 12:08 pm (UTC)When I said "fanfic", I meant original characters, and said fanfic instead. Gaaaah.