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2008-02-02, 13:43
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2008-02-02, 15:05
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Okay, time to throw up what I've got.
"Crash the Test Dummy." Genre: Action Comedy (With a hint of Parody) Prologue and Chapter one (This links to SheezyArt. SheezyArt may occaisionally be down or optimising its database.) Associated Sound Cinema sequences: http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1441314/ http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1506219/ |
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2008-02-02, 16:12
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She isn't stupid enough to believe Candy, no matter how much pressure. Besides, I thinks he's smart enough to know what it was only her and Candy out there, and no one else was with them taking a smoking break. Besides, how good is that for her image? She wants them to convey a message of confidence. Smoking is nothing more than a flimsy hiding spot that will do more harm than good if her immune system is worth  all against the affects of inhaling all that .If anything, she should have outright refused the girl, and let her smoke by herself, and head back in. That really ruins Nanoha's image both in terms of the story, and in terms of the reader's POV. Nanoha is smarter than that, and we all know it. Despite the fact there are things about herself she's uncomfortable with, I honestly believe she knows smoking could do more harm than good for her. The addiction could possibly destroy everything that she's worked hard to gain, up to this point. The last thing she needs is something like this to ruin what could be a promising career, especially if her friends give up on her if the addiction runs rampant. P.S. Before you flying off the handle, this is the major danger of fanfictions and why people are commenting heavily when a character strays and become OOC. You had established Nanoha to simply have some confidence issues, and wanting to changer herself so that she can one day teach others how to be just an confident as she is when she becomes a model. However, the fact she gave in so easily to Candy's smoking offer, derails what you have established thus far, creating a discrepancy, a major one at that, in Nanoha's character. It may be a plot device, but it has to work out to the character's personality. One person isn't going to affect her if she doesn't trust their words truly, like she trusts Fate and Yuuno. They've left their mark on her, so she trusts their judgment wholly. Candy doesn't have Nanoha's respect in that sense yet. She hasn't gained a spot in Nanoha's list of close friends to be able to influence her like that so easily. You know...kind of funny how only yesterday you were asking why people were freaking out at fanfics that have their characters go OOC, and now you've just fallen into one of the major traps of OOC fanfictions or original works: Throwing them into situations that are against what the characters have been established as.
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2008-02-02, 16:27
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Sleep beneath the flowers
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Lording above all of humanity >;3
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Oh my how the mighty have fallen... Ragnaros the dragon reduced to a photographer as well
 Seems all the raid bosses get tired of people beating them up and retire to a nice peaceful job of photography  It was a nice read though. I kind of suspected that ending when Nanoha had that tattoo seen... I just know this won't end well  I actually did finish the date in SoL... But really no one expect anything great. It is more of a friend kind of date... So don't expect much from it I think I might finish it by next week or the week after. Depends on how long this essay takes *Prods it* Evil thing.
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2008-02-02, 16:32
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2008-02-02, 16:34
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There are very openly gay people in this fic and there's nobody judging them (Did you know that in real world these still aren't all that accepable by some people  ) so I am very doubtful that her friends would leave Nanoha just because she would have to take a joint every hour or so. Sure it would cause well reasoned worry to them and need to help her, but not in anyone's dreams would they leave her by herself just because of it.But otherwise I agree 100% with you. That was very unlike Nanoha and she already knew that Candy was a itch so she shoudn't have thought that she would tell the 'truth' in any way. 'Rude' not to smoke? I can't see many people believing that.Either health education fails majorly in wherever this fic is placed or Nanoha had a momentary brain failure. |
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2008-02-02, 16:44
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The Dang-meister
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Oops. Yeah that last bit was my mistake, but on the whole at least people are seeing my point.
So...no offense Satashi, but I think you bungled this chapter up a bit with that smoking bit. It was a bit of a mood killer. But if Nanoha was in an extremely confused state and had no idea of wtf to do, then I could see it possibly happening, or if she was pressured by a group of people. That work make sense. But just Candy? Uh uh, not happening. She shouldn't be trusting Candy on that one bit. And I think I can safely say, that a reasonable amount of your readers are going to agree with the point Sam brought up.
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2008-02-02, 17:02
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to the smoking thing, I can agree with the others(I also thought Nanoha would refuse), but at that time she was shy and Candy has some experience and so Nanoha would look up to her a little bit. With that I can understand, that nanoha wanted to try the smoking thing
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2008-02-02, 18:27
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Lots of disagreeing on smoking part, but I put it there for a reason. Can't exactly reveal WHY right now but you'll just have to trust me on it.
What I can say is simple. You are all acting as if smoking is some ultra high-end bad thing to do. You have the extremist " omfg Nanoha is going to die of lung cancer " thing going. First, it's one cigarette. Nanoha isn't a smoking adict from it. Anyone in the real world will say the same thing: "35-40% of teenagers have tried smoking at one point." It's not a confidence issue, nor was it really peer pressure that did it. It most certainly wasn't Nanoha trying to fit in with Candy. Re-read it a little closer if you would. Candy told her that everyone smokes on breaks and it would be a good chance for her to meet the staff. Nanoha accepted and thought "If I can just stomach this long enough to..." Take away your extreme point of view and read it like it was. Nanoha doing something that might allow her to get to know everyone she works with. From that she is not weak nor do I think it was OOC for her to accept it in my story. In StrikerS yes. In 6th Division yes. But the Nanoha who is trying to climb her way up and become a model, no. She stated she didn't smoke, she didn't just take it but rather doubted it, and finally did it only so she could meet new people later on. So once again, I must ask you to not be so extreme on the issue and see it as just something that happened. Sorry if you didn't like it or thought it was too OOC but I wrote it for a reason ^^
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2008-02-02, 18:31
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Join Date: May 2007
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I mean if you would pick on anyone for being a smoking addict... You should all be beating up on my OC Rune instead.
 I always trust everything Satashi-sama writes has a reason. Even the little things that seem unimportant. :P
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2008-02-02, 18:48
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I understood that it had a reason. Otherwise it woudn't be there.
But there's still some contradiction in that. Nanoha is underaged, right? Why would the staff be smoking with her then? I can't see those cheerful stylists asking Nanoha to smoke with them. And if she plans to continue this route that she would meet the staff eventually in few years, she would definetly be addicted to it. After rereading that part another thing popped into my head. Quoting myself so I don't have to write too much and my point is more easily understood. Quote:
Assuming that it was Candy (Haven't seen anybody else bitchy enough) who did it. It really was just general bitching and Candy has proven that her mind using capability isn't the very best. This makes me wonder the building layout a little bit. Candy was in the office when they left but still managed to turn the emergency switch. Do they leave these things out for everybody to turn for their own amusement? This is just that I can't see anybody but Candy doing this kind of thing unless Satashi-sama hasn't revealed the real culprit yet, but that would leave more questions like why. This may be just me but these little things bother me very much Edit: Quote:
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2008-02-02, 20:35
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Quite frankly, while it is not like she took PCP, nevertheless. "Doing something to get to know everyone she works with" is IMHO a bending to peer pressure. Or rather, a perception of peer pressure, formed entirely on the hearsay of one idiot Candy. And she bent in way too few lines ... even a weak character would be expected to resist for more paragraphs before giving in. It might have been better, IMO, had this smoking thing been built up over several persuasion sessions by Candy. Or something. Just not in a period so short it filled maybe 1/3rd of a screen. Do something self destructive and law violating in that short a time? Hmm... OOC is fine (and yes I count this OOC even granting the different scenario) but frankly the buildup is too short and implausible this time and it felt like a break. Fijnal nitpick: Yunno is a Teacher's Assistant. It is highly unlikely that he'll be a Professor, an Assistant Professor or even a "Lecturer' (koushi). |
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2008-02-02, 21:07
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once again, you're seeing an extremist POV. There needs no build up. There doesn't need a storyline where she finally gives in. She didn't "give in" to it, she accepted the offer. She said she didn't smoke and then tried it anyway. She never said "oh it's bad for your health" or anything.
the legal age is 20 in Japan but in a lot of cases, people don't care. I'm sorry a few of you really don't like it, but still I'm going to run with what I originally had. Just try to see it as what it was, not blowing it up out of proportion. I mean, almost everyone said "okay" to the girls drinking alcohol at the sleepover but suddenly something "less threatening" and doesn't get them drunk as hell causes a huge commotion. Remember the alcohol was acceptable because it was 'in moderation' and 'for fun' and 'not get drunk' but you still all accepted it for laughs. The smoking was just like that, and the reason I took out the alcohol is because I didn't want Nanoha smoking and drinking. It's a small thing, don't let it bother you so much, you're thinking too hard on it. EDIT: Poll needed. What are on Nanoha's panties? http://snappoll.com/poll/249380.php (yes there is a reason I asked)
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2008-02-02, 21:42
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I debated a long time about if I should post this or not, but I guess here goes.
The smoking thing I didn't really care or not care about... I didn't feel that it was trigger warning lights like for a lot of others. There was a small typo that kinda confused me for a little "Word" instead of "World" I'm not trying to sound like a spelling tyrant here ^_^;; but it confused me for a spilt second. Overall though, I enjoyed the chapter, there was something off about this chapter compared to the rest but I'm not too sure what it is yet. Well I think I talk too much... so I'll end it at that. Ugh... I think I just blinded myself http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/...yrical-nanoha- |
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. Thanks for more reasons to hate Candy. You are going to kill her off, right? 
* and the end of the chapter was funny
