tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post9104617814255513811..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Narcissus in Chains--chapter 62+63Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-51609685951382462862013-02-01T08:49:37.682-08:002013-02-01T08:49:37.682-08:00" Stop trying to make being crazy something s..." Stop trying to make being crazy something sparkly and special."<br /><br />There's that Mary Sue aspect again. Whatever Anita does is Special, whatever Anita is is Just Right. Anita is such a special snowflake that anything she does, no matter how mundane, is unique and precious only to her. And if other people do it too, Anita does it in a way that is absolutely special. And the writer wants us to know it.<br /><br />Oh, and you called The Host fanfic. I just realized that the Anita Blake stories are fanfic too - Check out Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse from White Wolf Games (I think the company's out of business, but the brands live on). Bloodlines, special clans with unique powers, elders dominating their 'offspring', supernatural beings acting as hidden gangs within society? Check, check, and check.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.com