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[Maria Caliban]

Who's the most popular character? Which origin are people writing about the most? How much compatition is your story up against? Time to find out! 

ORIGINS
Cousland – 181
Amell- 72
Tabris – 50
Surana - 40
Mahariel – 33
Audecan – 14
Bosca – 11


LOVE INTERESTS
Alistiar – 291
Zevran – 66
Morrigan – 27
Leliana – 20


COMPANIONS
Sten – 19
Wynne – 8
Dog – 6
Loghain – 6
Oghran – 4
Shale – 2


OTHER NPCS
Cullen - 20
Duncan – 6
Teaghaaaaan! – 6
Griegor - 3
Anora – 3
Flemeth – 2

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 10 janvier 2010 - 11:29 .

[Sheryl Chee]

Maria Caliban wrote...
Shockingly, CULLEN, that one dude from the Mage origin who goes insane later on is as popular as one of the love interests and more popular than any of the regular companions.

I know right! I'm totally shocked by this too. If I'd known how popular he'd be, I would've written in some kind of closure for him and the femMagePC. Sorry, guys. I should've known, I guess. It seems the fangirls will set their sights on any male character who looks vaguely humanoid (see: Thane). Ah... hindsight. Anyway I'll know for next time, I guess?

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 11 janvier 2010 - 06:54 .

[Mary Kirby]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Sten doesn’t get any attention despite being big, silent, and dependable.

He's already got more fanfics than any other non-romanceable party member.  Poor man.  I can't even print the transcript of the conversation where I told him that.

[Sheryl Chee]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Between your misogyny and love of tragic romances, it might be better that you didn't go down that path.

I have gone down that path in my mind, and yes, it's nasty. Cullen is totally FUBAR'd.

Creature 1 wrote...

Sheryl Chee wrote...
I know right! I'm totally shocked by this too. If I'd known how popular he'd be, I would've written in some kind of closure for him and the femMagePC.

What do you think of him??  Is he tragic oppressed lad or creepy stalker nutcase? 

I'd say he starts out tragically oppressed with some tendencies towards creepy stalker (I think you'd have to be, to be a templar). He ends up, I believe, completely broken mentally and emotionally and hates both himself and the femMagePC. I think nothing, not even love, can redeem him. He's too far gone. Of course, that's not canon, it's just my take on it, and I revel in the angst and the pain.

[Mary Kirby]

Mary Kirby wrote...

He's already got more fanfics than any other non-romanceable party member.  Poor man.  I can't even print the transcript of the conversation where I told him that.

Oh, fine.  Sheryl sent me, like, four angry-face emoticons and some all-caps, so I guess I have to post it now...

Sten: Oh no. Not you again.

Me: You know you lurve me. Anyway, Sheryl sent me a link to a bunch of fanfiction about you!

Sten: Don't bother to tell me what that gibberish means. Just skip to the part about cat-girls so we can get this mockery over with.

Me:  Look! People are writing stories about you!

Sten: ...You don't follow directions very well, do you?

Me: Nope! So, what do you think?

Sten: I think you're an idiot.

Me: I meant about the fanfiction.

Sten: Yes, I know.

Me: Meanie.  Want me to read you some of them?

Sten: No.

Me: But they're all about you falling in love!

Sten:  This is the cat-girl thing again, isn't it?

Me: Pretty much, yeah.

Sten: Parshaara. Just tell them I hate them.

Me: ...You're going to wait until I leave and then read all these, aren't you?

Sten: I hate humans.

Alistair: Don't do it, Sten! I'm serious! You'll never recover!  My eyes still haven't uncrossed!

Oghren: ...Now I gotta see these things.

[Sheryl Chee]

Squee!

[Sheryl Chee]

Creature 1 wrote...

Jules8445 wrote...
Angst and pain = = good romance. 

Well, from what she said, only if your idea of a good romance involves being chained in a basement, beaten, (eventually) strangled, and buried in a shallow grave. 

Yes, there's nothing romantic about the scenario in my mind. I imagine it would be very quick, very violent, and only undertaken as a way to get her out of his system.

[Mary Kirby]

ReubenLiew wrote...

Catgirls?

Previous transcripts with Sten:

On his role in the party.
Introduction of the cat-girls
Sten answers all the questions you ever asked
Interview with Wynne, Sten, and Walter
Sten is a Drow temptress

[Mary Kirby]

Jules8445 wrote...

Can we just post fanfic in the forum here? Like I said, I don't have any accounts anywhere else...and I think I really like what I wrote today. I'd love some feedback.

I am pretty sure this forum was made for exactly that purpose.

[Sheryl Chee]

tallon1982 wrote...

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

At work I find that I'm most productive listening to techno. Loud techno. On headphones, thus shutting everything out.

What happens then is that I tend to get caught up in my work, and then someone comes into the office to talk to me (or with a baby or something--long story) and they go "Hi!" and I jump and shriek.

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 15 janvier 2010 - 02:48 .

[Sheryl Chee]

I'm really sorry some people were insulted by what I said. I didn't mean to be condescending at all.

Also, when I wrote Cullen, I hadn't heard of Twilight, so any similarities to Edward Cullen are coincidental. I did imagine him to be a young, fairly normal kid torn between his hormones and his duty. Like a more serious Alistair. Later on we decided we needed a templar survivor in the post-Uldred tower, and since people seem to enjoy it when they see people from their past, I decided to make it Cullen. In the beginning, he is sympathetic to the mages, but he comes away very changed by the things Uldred and the demons do to him.

As for the creepy stalker tendencies--er... I think that may have been started by David Gaider's little Cullen Romance snippet. I never imagined him as a creepy stalker.

Malaia wrote...
So intimating that we're silly girls that latch onto anything that smiles at us is a little harsh, imo.

Well, I don't get the Thane-obsession, or the Teagan obsession, and it has become clear to me that people will want to have romances with/write fanfic about pretty much any character. There is nothing wrong with this. I did not mean to be insulting. God knows I've had my "OMG DRACOOOOOOO!! *heart heart heart drool*" moments. I was expressing regret that I did not realize this at the time of the Broken Circle's writing, or I would have put in a bit more dialog for Cullen and closure for the female mage.

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 15 janvier 2010 - 04:49 .

[Sheryl Chee]

Malaia wrote...
Anyway...I really hope you don't feel bad Sheryl, but I am glad you responded how you did =).

Oh goody. I'm glad we cleared that up.

I think its great that there are so many people inspired to write fanfic. I believe I said several times before DA came out that I couldn't wait to see the fanfic. I follow the DA section of fanfiction.net quite closely, and the various LJ communities. I used to be a crazy Harry Potter fangirl. Old habits die hard.

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 15 janvier 2010 - 05:35 .

[Sheryl Chee]

Tasmen wrote...
crackfic.

I  crackfic.

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 15 janvier 2010 - 05:51 .

[Sheryl Chee]

ThessalyCousaland wrote...

I'm suddenly nervous that Sheryl singularly hates my one DA fanfic on .com.

Er... I do?

[Sheryl Chee]

Bio-Boy 3000 wrote...

Sheryl Chee wrote...

ThessalyCousaland wrote...

I'm suddenly nervous that Sheryl singularly hates my one DA fanfic on .com.

Er... I do?

I never got the impression that Sheryl didn't like any of the stuff the fans make. Unless of course it deals with Harry Potter and the doubious subject of mpreg. Or at least that it what I have read in the tabloids of my mind.

I wholeheartedly support fanfiction. It's true. Mpreg is not my thing though, I have to admit.

[Sheryl Chee]

Tasmen wrote...

The only part of cullen that 'sparkles' is his nose after he snorts lyrium off a mage's booty.

*head asplodes from the image*