Re: Avatar - Forest of the dead
Posted: 2010-04-13 12:13pm
No matter what kind of fic it was "supposed" to be, it wasn't interesting, it wasn't fun to read, and it wasn't funny. Therefore, it's bad. Maybe it was meant to be a highly over-the-top mockery of Avatar-Bashing fics, but if so, it fell flat and just came across as equally insipid for all the same reasons.Geez, people should realise this is an "Avatar bashing fic" bashing fic. Next I am going to have General Zod push the moon into the Earth during the events of Superman II, where the Kryptonians lecture Kal-el on how primitive and barbaric the humans of the 20 th century are. Therefore its ok to kill them. Although I think that would be even more subtle than this fic.
Try again, dipshit. I clearly stated that the RDA was evil, that doesn't mean I enjoy seeing the employees slaughtered. The Nazi's were evil, would I read a fanfic all about feeding hundreds of Nazi's to the Vashta Nerada? No, because that, like this fanfic, would be utterly retarded. Instead of punishing those responsible proportionate to their crimes and resolving the underlying conflict so that Humanity and the Navi can work together, the Doctor uses his awesome power to butcher humans like cattle, and in doing so ensures that the Navi will be primitive forever.Ah, the "I was only following orders" argument. In the modern world its now become we are just "punch clock" workers right. Because killing the bad guys is wrong apparently. I sure wonder whether lazerus complains about the Doctor killing fleets of Daleks in "Journey's end" and an entire planet of Time Lords in "End of time", because I am going to say in those episodes he killed more individuals than he did in this fan fic. But thats ok, those bad guys really deserved it, unlike RDA employees who were just following orders? AM I RITE?
God like power, and all he uses it for is to be an arrogant, superior dick, addressing the immediate problem while making the underlying one's much worse, all with a double dose of the new-doctors holier-then-thou attitude.
No, he was Mary Sue'ish not because of his power -- but because he can do no wrong. Because he uses that power in an utterly ham-fisted way. Because he doesn't even try to address the fundamental problem, use subtly, or ensure that people are punished proportionate to what must be done. It's flat out, "If you agree with me, you're good, if you don't, eaten by aggressive nanite swarms." The fic clearly writes him as the hero when in reality, he's pretty much the worst of the canon Doctor rolled into one fanfic.The Doctor is more Mary sueish than usual. I suppose if John Sheriden's whitestar fleet turns up and defeats RDA's ships it would be Mary Sueish too, right? The fact is Avatar is a low powered sci fi setting, even less powerful than Star Trek. Doctor Who is a high end setting. By sheer difference in power the Doctor will automatically seem Mary Sueish. Seem being the definite word, because having the more powerful setting dominate the lesser setting is what you would expect.
Again, not because of his power, but because he, like you, is written as an utter moron, as gung-ho for slaughter against "The Bad Guys" as the military stereotype he opposes.Its also ridiculous on the surface when you have the Doctor saved not just one planet, but the WHOLE universe, how many times now? I mean he did it in "Journey's end", "The End of Time", "Logopolis", etc etc. But apparently just saving one planet makes him MORE Mary Sueish. WTF. Moreover he does it against high end technological foes which will make RDA shit in their pants, but hey, whatever.
Yes, I was pointing out the flaw in NecronLord's idea. That was not directed at you.Also I believe it was NecronLord's idea, not mine that the Na'vi benefit from the Library technology. The technology the Doctor gave Jake was from elsewhere, and he was the only Na'vi who would have an idea how to use technology more advanced than bows and arrows.
Why the fuck should I? Your fanfic blew like a cheap whore. It's "morality" would be hilariously hypocritical if it weren't so pathetic, the writing is shitty, the characterization is worse, and it manages to make the main character so unlikeable that the RDA seems okay -- because hey, which is worse, psuedo-conquistadors or a vengeful, petty, mass-murdering god?Sheesh, if you are going to criticise it, at least apply fair standard to things like what constitutes being "More Mary Sueish" than usual, or how about criticise ideas I made (as opposed to suggested by another poster). Yeah thats a thought.