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Date Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2004, 20:57:49
Author: Catseye
Subject: Re: The kicker is...
In reply to: Emily Posts ;-) 's message, "Re: The kicker is..." on Mon, Apr 19 2004, 20:34:07

>There are ways of convincingly integrating truly minor
>characters into a believable LOTR fic. For example,
>the winner of the Mithril Awards' Best OC award, "The
>Rooster Man of Gondor" didn't even have a *person* to
>work with, just the sound of a rooster crowing. It was
>brilliant and convincing.

Come to think of it, one of the best OFC fics I've ever read featured a main character who did technically appear in canon in a Figwit-like role. Only, her canonical appearance only gets a very brief mention in the fic - you could quite easily skip the reference altogether without realising - and she's a great character. So, yes, I think it _can_ work, but the Figwit thing? Well. Um.

>The problem with Figwit is that the initial reason for
>his being noticed was Teh Hawtness, and that dictated
>his fanonical 'personality'.

Yes, and that makes it more difficult. You'd get all the downsides of canonical blank slates without any of the good points, like having the freedom to create your own character with no fanonical baggage.

>I admit, it's prejudice, but
>for God's sake, at that level, it doesn't matter what
>the extra's name or hair-color is; he's just a prop.

It's probably prejudice on my part, too, but I'd agree with that. Figwit could still be a nice peg to hang a good plot on, about an elf who doesn't get a mention in canon, but surely a story which did that wouldn't need to say "And by the way, he's the dark-haired one you see in this screenshot"?

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