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SylviaSybil
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03:17:09 PM Mar 16th 2010
Would Alpha And Omega be a decent redirect? Or should we just lump it together under Mercy Thompson Universe?
ParadiscaCorbasi
04:19:20 PM Mar 16th 2010
Good question. I feel too wembly about it to make a decision, since both ideas have merit.
SylviaSybil
05:47:43 PM Mar 16th 2010
If we do Alpha And Omega, we should rewrite the main description a little so that it makes sense for both series. I'm leaning towards Mercy Thompson Universe myself. For one thing, there's more set in this universe than even these two series. "Seeing Eye" in Strange Brew is set here and doesn't have characters from either series appear.

The author's forum alternates between calling it The Weres and Mercy's Universe, but I don't think either of these names would work for TV tropes.
ParadiscaCorbasi
12:58:25 PM Mar 17th 2010
If "Seeing Eye" mentions the Marrok we could call it the Marrok and Mercy Universe...?
SylviaSybil
02:29:00 PM Mar 17th 2010
The Marrok is one thing they have all in common, but I'm not sure that title is easily accessible. The books are marketed under the Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega labels, which is how most readers will think of them. And since Mercy Thompson was first and is more popular, I tend to think we should just call it the Mercy Thompson Universe to cover all possibilities.
SylviaSybil
11:30:34 PM Mar 26th 2010
Well, I went ahead and created a redirect for Mercy Thompson Universe, since that title is unlikely to be taken by anything else. If we think we need more redirects we can do those too.
ParadiscaCorbasi
11:58:37 AM Mar 27th 2010
Sounds like a plan, Sylvia Sybil. Good work!
SylviaSybil
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02:21:34 PM Oct 20th 2010
Cleaned up some natter. Remember that double bullet points are for multiple examples of the same trope, not for elaborating on previous examples. It should not look like a conversation.

I saved some of the AlternateCharacterInterpretations for Stephan below, in case somebody wanted to use it elsewhere.

  • The jury is out as to whether this can be counted for Stefan. He could be a fairly nice guy with a different set of morals from humans. But everyone knows that all vampires are evil.
  • Stefan may genuinely be a unique vampire with a heart and conscience. Alternately, maybe there's nothing metaphysical making vampires Always Chaotic Evil, it's just a coping mechanism to deal with their need to feed on people, and Stefan has found some different way of coping. Alternately, maybe Stefan actually is as cold-blooded and sociopathic as all other vampires, but he's looking for a way to improve vampire/human relations simply out of enlightened self-interest.
SylviaSybil
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01:34:58 PM Dec 8th 2010
The phrasing of Innocent Fanservice Girl needs some help. The old version said "Averted ... Mercy is realistically self-conscious about being seen as a nude human as a result of shapeshifting," which isn't right since Mercy doesn't really care about her nudity and appears nude in front of werewolves frequently.

But the new version, "Averted ... As a long-time shape-shifter, Mercy isn't self-conscious about nudity at all, but it isn't used for fan-service," isn't right either because Mercy is aware that other people think nudity is sexual. There's a scene at the beginning of Blood Bound when Mercy goes into her bedroom to change into a coyote, because she doesn't want to give Stefan the wrong impression through her casual nudity.

I propose something like, "Averted ... Mercy doesn't mind being seen nude by those who are familiar with shapechangers, but makes a conscious effort to keep herself covered in front of those who might misinterpret her casual nudity as casual sexuality."
flyingferret
05:44:46 PM Jan 6th 2011
then Go for it!
SylviaSybil
06:03:04 PM Jan 6th 2011
Hey, I'd forgotten about this! Done =)
summonerx
07:01:47 PM Jan 23rd 2011
Do you feel Weirdness Magnet may be a good one to add to the main article?
SylviaSybil
08:42:51 PM Jan 23rd 2011
Yes, I think it's pretty clear that Mercy gets more than her share of supernatural nasties.
thatguywithsquirrels
03:37:45 PM Jan 31st 2011
Only Mercy, hell if you're anything more than a background extra that's human, you're in line for that trope in this universe.
SylviaSybil
08:27:03 PM Jan 31st 2011
Well, if everyone's getting it, that's a different trope, perhaps City Of Adventure. Weirdness Magnet is a single person. But I don't think most people attract nasties. Charles is sent by the Marrok to find the nasties, David specializes in hunting them down and Moira had a personal connection to one case and the other was the predictable result of the Marrok scheduling an international werewolf meeting in her city.

I'd stay with only Mercy being a Weirdness Magnet.
thatguywithsquirrels
10:39:44 PM Jan 31st 2011
Perhaps Anna as, I mean it's not like she exactly chose to become a werewolf.
SylviaSybil
10:42:57 PM Feb 1st 2011
She was chosen to become a werewolf by someone who evaluated her innate qualities and decided she'd be good at it. After that, everything unusual that happened to her was because she went looking for it. Weird, yes, magnetic, no.
thatguywithsquirrels
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12:51:29 PM Feb 10th 2011
Would the whole (from Blood Bound)

Mercy: I have a dead man in my closet

person other than mercy: You killed someone?

count as a running gag?
SylviaSybil
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09:04:55 PM Apr 13th 2011
To the person who deleted half the page with no discussion and no reason given...why?

I restored to the previous version until a decision can be reached.
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