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Tadir · **07-26-2010, 12:23 PM**

Goliam Wrote:in the world filled with people who can shoot lightning out of their arses.

Wait...that's not normal?

*Calls to make a doctor's appointment.*

Aveline · **07-26-2010, 12:29 PM**

I've always found it's much more fun to start with less and make your character work hard to get anywhere rather than bejewel them with special abilities, great wealth, or special relationships with gods. This is probably a throwback from my tabletop RP days, though.

Reminiscing story somewhat sidetracked from topic:

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Basically, the more creative I have to be with my character, the more fun the game is. But I understand why many people do gravitate toward the cliches, especially when just starting out.

Axl · **07-26-2010, 12:34 PM**

I like to make my character similar to a large rock with a face painted on it, the face being the base personality. over time, things will happen to the rock, shaping and moulding it through experience, and then you have an interesting, polished rock. I am a rock. Sad

sassaroth · **07-26-2010, 12:47 PM**

Axl Wrote:What about people that act like either cloud, or sephiroth, those guys are the scum of the earth.

oh dear I saw so many separoth, seppyroth, siepwrath, sefarath ect. I basically ignored them.

I made this name a long time ago before Final Fantasy's infamous character. I loved the how it rolls off the tongue and i prefer to be called Sass anyways. Then captain long hair had to show up with his katana of doom.

If I ever make a sephiroth character I am going to name him Septic Wrath and be a professional plumber.

Monadi Wrote:ALL THE PLOTS MUST REVOLVE AROUND ME.

Seriously. They must.

ALL YOUR PLOTS ARE BELONG TO US!

Axl · **07-26-2010, 12:51 PM**

Septic waste is my passion.

Monadi · **07-26-2010, 08:39 PM**

I just remembered one of the things that drives me most crazy: descriptions of eyes. Seriously. We used to have a guild application question that read "Are your character's eyes described as 'burning', 'piercing', 'haunting' or 'enchanting'?" If the answer was yes to any of those, usually we had a Mary Sue on our hands. Laugh

Just in case it hasn't been posted yet, you can check if your character might be a little too "over the top" with this Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test.

Eva · **07-27-2010, 12:24 AM**

If that's the test I think it is, Eva scored a -2 on it. >.> I had to actually change a couple things around just to make her somewhat interesting. Now I think she gets a 4.

Dyterium scored a fair bit higher, but I like to think I've learned some things in my old age.

And Eva's eyes aren't piercing/burning/etc. They're lavender... Tongue

DAISHI · **07-27-2010, 12:51 AM**

Monadi Wrote:I just remembered one of the things that drives me most crazy: descriptions of eyes. Seriously. We used to have a guild application question that read "Are your character's eyes described as 'burning', 'piercing', 'haunting' or 'enchanting'?" If the answer was yes to any of those, usually we had a Mary Sue on our hands.

Just in case it hasn't been posted yet, you can check if your character might be a little too "over the top" with this Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test.

Haunting's the only one of those that bugs me.

sassaroth · **07-27-2010, 02:09 AM**

Monadi Wrote:I just remembered one of the things that drives me most crazy: descriptions of eyes. Seriously. We used to have a guild application question that read "Are your character's eyes described as 'burning', 'piercing', 'haunting' or 'enchanting'?" If the answer was yes to any of those, usually we had a Mary Sue on our hands.

Just in case it hasn't been posted yet, you can check if your character might be a little too "over the top" with this Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test.

That is a great link! I scored in the lowest. Just fine for now I want him to be average. He only had a two week course on thaumaturgy. He'll probably loose his first fight to a wet paper sack, but hopefully the scars from the paper cuts will toughen him up.

Kashemia · **07-27-2010, 11:05 AM**

While the Mary Sue test can be great in many ways to be aware of some of the "dangers" in character creation, you always have to be careful with taking it as the complete truth. While a too high score might indicate that you might use one clichÃƒÂ© too many, having a very low score isn't always a guarantee that your char is not a Mary Sue either... It's a balance.

Axl · **07-27-2010, 08:22 PM**

^ wise words from scandinavia.

Zhavi · **07-27-2010, 09:11 PM**

Having a high score also doesn't mean your character can't be interesting or played properly, just as having a low score doesn't keep your character from being irritating or hard to rp with. That test....

Castiel wins again with moderation!

Going back a few pages, I want to see someone with trample scars and an embarrassing story about them, who then proceeds to lie his or her arse off with tales of glory about how they were received. Hee.

Or just someone with scars that are disfiguring in some way. Oof, those are hard.

I just got done reading Best Served Cold by joe (I think) Abercrombie. I was wincing the whole way through with the tactful reminders of how physically screwed up the main is. But all the same, I lapped that shiz right up. Mm, mm, good.

Lyriell · **09-26-2014, 10:03 AM**

While I like the discussion and all the examples mentioned in this thread I think no one should ever take any of it into consideration other than trying to do his/her best to make the plot work without screwing the whole lore.

Reason being is that there's literally not a single thing that won't be a clichÃ©.
We've heard so many stories, read so many books and we've seen so many movies now that doing something that isn't a clichÃ© in some sense simply isn't possible.

Make a gay roegadyn wearing a pink subligar riding on raptors that have chainsaw for hands and jump into an active volcano. You will find someone that has already done this before somewhere.

So my message is: If you're new and you have an awesome idea but you get scared cause you think it might be a clichÃ©, don't worry about it!
Making the story work is more about the execution nowadays, not about the fact that someone might consider it a clichÃ©. There's been countless of movies and books that have more or less copied something and they were still successful, because they executed the story in a good way and because the characters were interesting.

Just my 2 cents ^^

OttoVann · **09-26-2014, 10:19 AM**

The necro is real. Damn who knew this site was up in 2010.

TheLastCandle · **09-26-2014, 10:48 AM**

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