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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6673411" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Let's actually look at the facts. I.e., things that have actually happened in the books. And i know I'm missing several because I've probably only read half of the books with him in it:</p><p></p><p>[X] Does your character have a wierd/crazy hair color? Yes. His whole deal was to be exotic and unique from everyone else in the books. That's how he was introduced in fact.</p><p>[X] Is your character super beautiful/handsome and everyone loves him/her? Yes again. Reiterated many times throughout the books. Salvatore seems to really like describing how athletic, toned yet lithe, beautiful he is. All women end up wanting him, all men end up wanting to be him or kill him out of jealousy</p><p>[X] Does your character constantly angst over small things? OMG yes. Constantly. Between friendships, politics, racial identity, second guessing his violent nature, the list goes on and on and never stops.</p><p>[X] Does his/her inner dialogue stretch for more than two paragraphs? All. The. Freaking. Time.</p><p>[X] Does it take more than two paragraphs to describe what your character looks like? Yes. Salvatore went on for paragraphs describing him in The Crystal Shard</p><p>[X] Does it take more than two paragraphs to describe what your character acts like? Yep. And it's constantly being re-described in almost every book.</p><p>[X] Do other characters have a completely unfounded and unbased love for your character [If there is no backstory or growth between the two and the other character<s> suddenly tell people that they love him/her]? Yes again! Constantly being hit on by women who are infatuated with him. Even by the "bad guys"</s></p><p><s>[X] Is your character's name extremely KAWAII DESU or GRIMDARK? Definitely yes. Again, look at how he was introduced and written about originally. Because that context matters, not how in later books years later more drow were introduced with similar names.</s></p><p><s>[X] Is your character definitely the cutest or darkest thing ever, for forever ever? This one is obvious. I swear, I think DRizzt was the launch pad for the EMO culture, looking at the timeline when he came out, fans fell in love with him, and the emo/goth culture took off. It's almost as if Drizzt was an homage to Anne Rice's characters. Seriously, replace Louis with Driz'zt and it's the same book.</s></p><p><s>[] If your character is in an already made story, are the other characters still in character?</s></p><p><s>[] Does your character talk a whole lot?</s></p><p><s>[] Does your character constantly talk about things that they like/don't like?</s></p><p><s>[] Is your character getting hit on by characters from other books/animes/movies/comics? I'll say no here, only because Salvatore hasn't written about cross media in his books. However, the character itself is constantly being hit on in slashfic with fan creations</s></p><p><s>[] From the previous question, do more than two from two different medias hit on your character?</s></p><p><s>[X] Does you character say stuff like OMG LOL KAWAII ROFL DESU DESU, or DARK PAIN DARKNESS NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME? Yes, constantly complaining about inner turmoil that no one understands</s></p><p><s>[X] Do you think your character is perfect? well, that seems to be how Salvatore wrote him.</s></p><p><s>[X] Is your character unkillable? When every other main protagonist has died in your books, yet DRizzt always seems to come out unscathed (no permanent injury), it's a clear answer</s></p><p><s>[] Does your character get easily offended?</s></p><p><s>[X] Is your character over-dramatic over relationships? All the time. Especially with the loss of Catie-Brie and his friendship with Bruenor</s></p><p><s>[X] Does you character bitch and moan over all the relationship problems they have constantly? In monologues, yes. several times in several books</s></p><p><s>[] Does your character have a twin/alternate twin/has someone that looks just like him/her? </s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>0-5 - Thank god, you got away clean! Go celebrate!</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>5+ - Getting colder but not too problematic.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>10+ - Borderline Mary Sue/Gary Stu, tread lightly.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>15+ - Uh, you have some serious editing to do with your character.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>21 - You probably wrote My Immortal because that's what I used to make this.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>So that's 14? And I could probably check off more if I went through the stories again. Salvatore has written literally dozens of protagonists, and not a single one is like Drizzt, or garners the special attention he gets.</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6673411, member: 15700"] Let's actually look at the facts. I.e., things that have actually happened in the books. And i know I'm missing several because I've probably only read half of the books with him in it: [X] Does your character have a wierd/crazy hair color? Yes. His whole deal was to be exotic and unique from everyone else in the books. That's how he was introduced in fact. [X] Is your character super beautiful/handsome and everyone loves him/her? Yes again. Reiterated many times throughout the books. Salvatore seems to really like describing how athletic, toned yet lithe, beautiful he is. All women end up wanting him, all men end up wanting to be him or kill him out of jealousy [X] Does your character constantly angst over small things? OMG yes. Constantly. Between friendships, politics, racial identity, second guessing his violent nature, the list goes on and on and never stops. [X] Does his/her inner dialogue stretch for more than two paragraphs? All. The. Freaking. Time. [X] Does it take more than two paragraphs to describe what your character looks like? Yes. Salvatore went on for paragraphs describing him in The Crystal Shard [X] Does it take more than two paragraphs to describe what your character acts like? Yep. And it's constantly being re-described in almost every book. [X] Do other characters have a completely unfounded and unbased love for your character [If there is no backstory or growth between the two and the other character[s] suddenly tell people that they love him/her]? Yes again! Constantly being hit on by women who are infatuated with him. Even by the "bad guys" [X] Is your character's name extremely KAWAII DESU or GRIMDARK? Definitely yes. Again, look at how he was introduced and written about originally. Because that context matters, not how in later books years later more drow were introduced with similar names. [X] Is your character definitely the cutest or darkest thing ever, for forever ever? This one is obvious. I swear, I think DRizzt was the launch pad for the EMO culture, looking at the timeline when he came out, fans fell in love with him, and the emo/goth culture took off. It's almost as if Drizzt was an homage to Anne Rice's characters. Seriously, replace Louis with Driz'zt and it's the same book. [] If your character is in an already made story, are the other characters still in character? [] Does your character talk a whole lot? [] Does your character constantly talk about things that they like/don't like? [] Is your character getting hit on by characters from other books/animes/movies/comics? I'll say no here, only because Salvatore hasn't written about cross media in his books. However, the character itself is constantly being hit on in slashfic with fan creations [] From the previous question, do more than two from two different medias hit on your character? [X] Does you character say stuff like OMG LOL KAWAII ROFL DESU DESU, or DARK PAIN DARKNESS NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME? Yes, constantly complaining about inner turmoil that no one understands [X] Do you think your character is perfect? well, that seems to be how Salvatore wrote him. [X] Is your character unkillable? When every other main protagonist has died in your books, yet DRizzt always seems to come out unscathed (no permanent injury), it's a clear answer [] Does your character get easily offended? [X] Is your character over-dramatic over relationships? All the time. Especially with the loss of Catie-Brie and his friendship with Bruenor [X] Does you character bitch and moan over all the relationship problems they have constantly? In monologues, yes. several times in several books [] Does your character have a twin/alternate twin/has someone that looks just like him/her? 0-5 - Thank god, you got away clean! Go celebrate! 5+ - Getting colder but not too problematic. 10+ - Borderline Mary Sue/Gary Stu, tread lightly. 15+ - Uh, you have some serious editing to do with your character. 21 - You probably wrote My Immortal because that's what I used to make this. So that's 14? And I could probably check off more if I went through the stories again. Salvatore has written literally dozens of protagonists, and not a single one is like Drizzt, or garners the special attention he gets.[/s] [/QUOTE]
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