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Mar 27, 2010 07:14AM
well I just hate bad authors who are mean
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How is an author mean? Like kills characters for no apparent reason?(oops. I sound like a mean author.)
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well it d..."
Nope. Not at all. I don't think most scars are cliche. :D
well how many times have yhou read a character has a scar on his face
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well like its cliche because of the countless movies its been in more than books but there are a lot of books with scarred faces
and they're there for no reason
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yeah but in movies it like always cliche
yep.
So we all agree that unexplained scars are cliche?
Yes. That means yours is not cliche!!!!!
MOST scars are cliche, not all of them.
A character in my story has a giant x on his left cheek. his back story's a little complecated though.
whats the backstory? Enlighten me.
My character's name is Tallis, his father Marinel is an important figure his mother was this man's maid. After the death of Marinel's wife Tallis's mother becomes Marinel's mistress. When his mother becomes pregnant she manages to hide Tallis. When she is pregnant again she is discovered and Marinel is disgusted and carves an x into Tallis's left cheek then leaves baby Tallis and his younger sister Talli in the woods to die. (Clearly they don't die)
yes I was right complecated...
I don't think scars are cliche. In every book I've read about a character with a scar, there's always a good reason for it. And in my own story, Revived, one of the characters has a scar... But there's a reason for it, and it's not a random reason, either. It has something to do with the plot.
Kriss wrote: "I hate it when they never give me any description about what the character looks like. Or if they never give a description of their eyes >:/"Has anybody read the Maze Runner? There is absolutely no character discription! It drives me mad!
I put it on my to-read list, and I probably will get around to reading it.
You could change up the scar. I think their cliche but in kind of a cool way. Where would Inigo Montoya be without the two scars running down his cheeks?
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Yeah! I like that to, to a sertain digree. Permanent injuries bother me though. Like in this one book she lost some fingers and it made me so depressed. I don't know why. I guess it was because she was in to music and she couldn't play anymore. Anyways, when it's on their face or something it doesn't bother me so much.
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Summer wrote: "You could change up the scar. I think their cliche but in kind of a cool way. Where would Inigo Montoya be without the two scars running down his cheeks?"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
LaNaria wrote: "My character's name is Tallis, his father Marinel is an important figure his mother was this man's maid. After the death of Marinel's wife Tallis's mother becomes Marinel's mistress. When his mothe..."cool backstory!
i hate characters who are my age, and don't say like. I mean, how many of you have met someone who is a child/preteen/teenager and doesn't say 'um,' or 'like', or 'er,' or even 'so...'? Honestly, it's like we're all amazingly articulate.
well, the computer always yells at you for doing that, so i dont.
seroiusly, my compute actually YELLS at me for doing that. It can talk, you know. *shifty eyes*
TheTrying to be Optimistic Pessimist (Dayna) wrote: "LOL! I seriously just laughed out loud :)"i am a very funny....STOP YELLING AT ME, MAC! DANG IT!
like, a mac computer.
Jordan wrote: "Cassie wrote: "I hate it when all the characters have perfect body types or only the losers have physical imperfections. I mean, criminy. It's so unrealistic."
criminy? Really? that's the best y..."
*folds arms and narrows eyes* Quit dissing my word choice or I'll eat your face again.
criminy? Really? that's the best y..."
*folds arms and narrows eyes* Quit dissing my word choice or I'll eat your face again.
no, not again!!!!! i like my face!!!
Jordan wrote: "no, not again!!!!! i like my face!!!"
Well, then stop dissing my vocabulary!
Well, then stop dissing my vocabulary!
Laura wrote: "My computer doesn't yell at me. :)"
Haha, neither does mine. However, I'm the one who does the yelling. And the death threats.
Haha, neither does mine. However, I'm the one who does the yelling. And the death threats.
I actually have a scar, cept its on my chest, because I had to have surgery, but on another note, you are right about the Maze Runners, no description at all,but I like imagining on my own.
i have a scar on my leg from a time when i was in hawaii. I was swinging on a vine rope and i went too low and hit my legs on the riverbed. I cut a gash in my leg like three inches long.
Cassie wrote: "Jordan wrote: "no, not again!!!!! i like my face!!!"Well, then stop dissing my vocabulary!"
ok, ok!
I can see it if like a character is insane or something but sane not so much
Gabrybunnychips wrote: "I actually have a scar, cept its on my chest, because I had to have surgery, but on another note, you are right about the Maze Runners, no description at all,but I like imagining on my own."
What happened to your chest!?
Oh, heart surgery. Though the funny thing I got from it is: It looks like a face, well if you connect stuff. But anyways, I agree with the weak girl characters.
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