C.R.A.Z.Y
Joined: 18 Feb 2008
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:23 pm |
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Asterax
Joined: 21 Nov 2002
Posts: 1883
Location: Maine |
huh? |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:28 pm |
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jehu
Joined: 25 Aug 2002
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i have no idea why, but i love the name penny. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:49 pm |
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futuristxen
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 19343
Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt |
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What are people's thoughts on this sort of thing? I've run into it often on the internet, and my feeling has always been that it's inconsequential. You are ostensibly who my experience makes you, and the experiences that I have with a character are as real as they are with someone who is "real". Everyone on the internet is real, even when they aren't. Maybe especially when they aren't.
Point being that I don't think the writer past a certain point can "retire" a character. What about people who don't see this post, or who died before you got to post it? Or what if people just disregard it? At this point the character as an experience is out of your hands.
There's an egoism to the reveal though that is interesting. The idea that you the author are in control of the audience to the degree that you can pick the story's end in this sort of setting is a special level of arrogance. There's an inate notion of "oh I fooled you", but the person who has been fooled is you because this entire time you thought you were more real than your creation, when in the eyes of the audience there is still no difference.
What's the difference between a Crazy Amy or a Penny Anne Meyer? Just different characters. Neither more real to anyone here than another, y'know.
I'd be interested to know why you bothered with "retiring"? |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:01 pm |
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AdamBomb
Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Posts: 3136
Location: Louisiana |
Its cool. Like I've said in the past...the majority of us are all aliases from the mind of one sick person with a lot of time on his hands. He just communicates back and forth with all the aliases he has created. But you should already know this. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:07 pm |
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Mikal kHill
Joined: 29 Jun 2002
Posts: 6818
Location: http://mikalkhill.com |
I never thought Crazy Amy was real, and the chats we've had in text in IM form cemented that. Cool beans, though. Seemed like the character was fading out a bit over the past few months anyways. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:07 pm |
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futuristxen
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 19343
Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt |
I thought Prolific Memorie was ghostwriting for a little bit there. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:18 pm |
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JohnSchwan
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 667
Location: Baton Rouge, LA/MA |
Yo Penny I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish but Raoul Degrout had one of the greatest aliases of all time. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:36 pm |
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tommi teardrop
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Posts: 2180
Location: Las Vegas |
So it goes.
tommi teardrop shall proceed and continue. |
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Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:10 pm |
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Disharmony
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Posts: 2988
Location: Buried in Minnesota dirt. |
Figured this out a lonnnnng time ago. Purposely skipped over any of your posts. Internet characters are boring. |
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:12 am |
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tommi teardrop
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Posts: 2180
Location: Las Vegas |
Wait, does this mean that the guy didn't really shit his pants? Did you really even kill that person? Or was that mem?
Transfer your character to mem, please. |
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:46 am |
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Neuro
A champion of Kurtis SP
Joined: 19 Jul 2002
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who the
what the
whats going on here |
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:51 am |
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TurnpikeGates
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 517
Location: Bay Area |
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futuristxen wrote:
What are people's thoughts on this sort of thing? I've run into it often on the internet, and my feeling has always been that it's inconsequential. You are ostensibly who my experience makes you, and the experiences that I have with a character are as real as they are with someone who is "real". Everyone on the internet is real, even when they aren't. Maybe especially when they aren't.
Point being that I don't think the writer past a certain point can "retire" a character. What about people who don't see this post, or who died before you got to post it? Or what if people just disregard it? At this point the character as an experience is out of your hands.
There's an egoism to the reveal though that is interesting. The idea that you the author are in control of the audience to the degree that you can pick the story's end in this sort of setting is a special level of arrogance. There's an inate notion of "oh I fooled you", but the person who has been fooled is you because this entire time you thought you were more real than your creation, when in the eyes of the audience there is still no difference.
What's the difference between a Crazy Amy or a Penny Anne Meyer? Just different characters. Neither more real to anyone here than another, y'know.
I'd be interested to know why you bothered with "retiring"?
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Delete everything after this post then exit through the gift shop (and lock it). |
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:52 am |
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neveragainlikesheep
Joined: 22 May 2008
Posts: 2536
Location: TKO from Tokyo |
Meh.
Never was a fan. Never had much of a reaction either.
Good for you, I guess. |
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:58 am |
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Flossin
Joined: 28 Jul 2009
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Disharmony wrote:
Internet characters are boring.
Yeah, I think this sort of thing is pretty lame. I know I'm not a longtime forum poster like a lot of you guys, but I didn't have much of a reaction either and the 'big reveal' fell flat for me. There are instances of internet characters being entertaining (at least from time to time) etc, but I think it's generally boring and not worth it (not worth it for you, CRAZY, since you say it was hard work and I personally don't exactly think you won any internets with this). Interacting with 'internet characters' isn't really fun. |
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