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Fan fiction rant
September 08, 2006

Hurray, another rant!

In fanfiction.net, there is a very small, devout fandom for Drakengard, all of which has no more than 47 fan fictions, all of which I have read. Amazingly enough, most of them are well-written, though mostly one-shots, and are pleasing to read. However, there is one that has plagued the fandom.

A three-chapter Mary-Sue has reared its ugly head under the title of "For the Love of a Lord" or something to that extent. It's God awful. For one thing, Caim talks. Out loud. Even though he can't talk because of his pact to Angelus, he talks. A lot. Secondly, Caim is ridiculously out of character. He is no longer the strong, silent, bloodthirsty Union soldier so many people have come to love and adore, oh no, he is now a lovey-dovey pussy that doesn't want anything to do with war. All he wants to do is be with his lovely "Lady Kara". In chapter 2, he actually marries her.

As you can probably tell, this is the Mary-Sue taking the form of "Lady Kara". Everyone LOVES Lady Kara. (That is part of her power.) Angelus, who, in the game, didn't give her name to Caim until the very, very end, freely gives to Lady Kara when they first meet. Angelus also seems to have given up her discontent for humankind because of her relationship with LADY KARA.

Then there's Furiae, who was over the border of incest with her love for her brother, doesn't mind the relationship that Caim and LADY KARA instantly share. (Lady Kara just pops out of the blue and everyone instantly loves her beyond their capacity to think.) Furiae wants Caim for her own, but that doesn't matter because EVERYONE LOVES LADY KARA.

Of course, I could still enjoy the story, even with the non-existant characterization if not for the terrible nararration. For instance, have a look at this excerpt:

"Are you guys ready to go?" Caim asked us as he walked outside with Furiae.

"Yes," Angelus and i both said to him.

"It's good to see you again Lady Kara." Furiae said smiling at me.

I smiled back at her as I said, "it's good to see you too, Lady Furiae."

"You can just call me Furiae, Kara." Furiae said smiling at me.

"Okay," I said smiling back at her.

"You have grown since I last saw you." Furiae said smiling at me.

"Thanks." I paused then said smiling at her, "I don't feel like I have though."

"You have. You look even more beautiful than when we last met." Furiae paused then asked smiling at Caim, "don't you think so Caim?"

Caim smiled at me with love in his eyes, "yes, she is."

I felt myself smile at him as I blushed at his words.

Caim had helped Furiae onto Angelus's back.

No I did not change this excerpt in any way. Since Furiae's first line on there, they smiled for nine lines of horrible dialogue. NINE LINES! You'd think that the author would be able to see the redundancy of the "smiling" and "looking", but no! Everyone just keeps on smiling at each other, probably twitching and seizuring because they're smiling so damn often! They never stop! That's all they'll be able to do is look at each other, smile, and then DIE from a smiling-induced seizure.

Now you might be wondering why I even read this at all. The first time I did read it, I nearly threw up, but I didn't because I was in a public library. Since the Drakengard fandom is so small, I always read new fics. I did leave this one alone at first, but when I showed it to one of my friends, we had a wonderful time making fun of it. It was great. So now, I sit and read with her while we have a good time at this person's expense.

That's all for now.

Ja!

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EmP EmP - September 08, 2006 (08:37 AM)
As a DIE-HARD DRAKENGARD FAN, the amount of smiling in that poorly-written crapfest makes me shake my manly fist at the screen in anger!

The ONLY time Caim smiles is when slaughtering soliders/orcs/golems/children.

Urgh. The perspective it's written in indecates it's less of a fanfic and more of a fantasy of the author. SHE wasnts to be loved by everyone around her and be so adored that it changes the scope of THE WORLD. Where's an angry mob when you need one?

PS - HG needs more Drakengard fanfics. Maybe I should see what I can make. OR our slacky Fanfic editor can go round more up -- one of the two.
lasthero lasthero - September 08, 2006 (09:06 AM)
*continues to slack in defiance*
Genj Genj - September 08, 2006 (03:03 PM)
Someone should spoof this idea and do like an ultra serious and violent Mario fan fic.
silverishness silverishness - September 11, 2006 (06:42 AM)
Dude, I am totally with you! That's why this fanfic lowers my faith in humanity! And of course this is an author's fantasy... that's what all Mary Sue's are. Don't tell me you're new to the Mary-Sue. If you are, you are a very lucky and sheltered man.

Haha, Mario violence. Gang members... or hey, even a Godfather spoof. Mario could be Mike and Luigi... well... Sonny. Ha ha ha.

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