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:Steel Doe is fighting against the Heroic mental conditioning from her Origin there, so it's a mix of archaic and modern forms. :) --[[User:JonBuck|Buck]] 21:38, 2 March 2008 (EST) | :Steel Doe is fighting against the Heroic mental conditioning from her Origin there, so it's a mix of archaic and modern forms. :) --[[User:JonBuck|Buck]] 21:38, 2 March 2008 (EST) | ||
==Reminds me of one of my old writing circles== | |||
Cute. Save for the illustrations (which are also nice, BTW), it's the sort of thing that would almost fit right in on the superhero-parody listserv, [http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/26/supergu/ SUPERGUY], that I wrote on for a number of years. (It's one of the oldest still-active Internet writing circles, in fact; it was started (in the form of its SF-based predecessor, which it later absorbed) in 1987.) | |||
Superguy also had a lot of fun playing with heroic tropes. Such as the "Mask Principle"—a physical law that stated that any attempt at a disguise, no matter how ridiculously minimal, would ''always'' be sufficient to obscure the true identity of the hero or villain in question. (There were only one or two exceptions to that rule, for comedic effect—such as "Mighty Guy," aka Kent Clark, who was so huge, strong, and clumsy that he completely overpowered it…and he was also not terribly smart, which meant that he was the only one who didn't realize ''everyone else in the world'' knew his "secret identity".) | |||
And fourth-wall-breaking was common, too, as was the sort of open discussion of narrative principles featured in your story. (In fact, arguing with the narrator was something characters did quite a lot, especially in the early days.) | |||
There was some damned fine stuff on that list. Boy, this takes me back. :) —[[User:Robotech Master|Robotech Master]] 07:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
:This setting was more or less inspired by the Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide. Most people are pretty genre savvy in this setting (Hence Origin Studies, etc.). And transformations happen so much that it's really ''no big deal'' to most people if your best friend suddenly changes into a woman. There's a List for just such an event. | |||
:I also suggest Steel City. That one is based off a dream I had. --[[User:JonBuck|Buck]] 18:52, 11 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 11 June 2009
- "...if thee wants to read them."
The archaic second person form would probably be "if thou wantest" or more likely "if thou dost want" or "if thou desirest". "thee" is object, "thou" is subject. See http://members.cox.net/hapnueby/language.html#thou . --Trismegistus Shandy 21:24, 2 March 2008 (EST)
- Steel Doe is fighting against the Heroic mental conditioning from her Origin there, so it's a mix of archaic and modern forms. :) --Buck 21:38, 2 March 2008 (EST)
Reminds me of one of my old writing circles
Cute. Save for the illustrations (which are also nice, BTW), it's the sort of thing that would almost fit right in on the superhero-parody listserv, SUPERGUY, that I wrote on for a number of years. (It's one of the oldest still-active Internet writing circles, in fact; it was started (in the form of its SF-based predecessor, which it later absorbed) in 1987.)
Superguy also had a lot of fun playing with heroic tropes. Such as the "Mask Principle"—a physical law that stated that any attempt at a disguise, no matter how ridiculously minimal, would always be sufficient to obscure the true identity of the hero or villain in question. (There were only one or two exceptions to that rule, for comedic effect—such as "Mighty Guy," aka Kent Clark, who was so huge, strong, and clumsy that he completely overpowered it…and he was also not terribly smart, which meant that he was the only one who didn't realize everyone else in the world knew his "secret identity".)
And fourth-wall-breaking was common, too, as was the sort of open discussion of narrative principles featured in your story. (In fact, arguing with the narrator was something characters did quite a lot, especially in the early days.)
There was some damned fine stuff on that list. Boy, this takes me back. :) —Robotech Master 07:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
- This setting was more or less inspired by the Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide. Most people are pretty genre savvy in this setting (Hence Origin Studies, etc.). And transformations happen so much that it's really no big deal to most people if your best friend suddenly changes into a woman. There's a List for just such an event.
- I also suggest Steel City. That one is based off a dream I had. --Buck 18:52, 11 June 2009 (UTC)