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Semiapies
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05:11:14 AM Mar 7th 2010
edited by Semiapies
To quote Ki TA: 'Criticisms of the work are appropriate; Criticisms of the author are appropriate when worded properly in specific tropes. "She pretty much bans anyone who disagrees with her about anything" doesn't hit that watermark.'

Oy. Well, this could be an entirely new person who's shown up obsessed with Alexandra Erin, how she's "famous" for banning people from her forums, and how anyone who disagrees with this person using the wiki as an avenue for personal attack is just trying to hide the truth. Or someone could have remembered when I pointed out that he was pretending to be entirely different people posting from the same IP. *shrug*

The Schedule Slip example as it now stands is correct, though. I don't believe Erin has managed more than two Tales Of MU posts a week at any point since medical problems back in mid-2009. Usually it's been one per week, with occasional updates of Other Tales of MU and missed weeks.
Willbyr
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09:47:24 PM Apr 16th 2010
Which would be more appropriate for Mack Daddy - Affably Evil or Evilly Affable?
Taelor
08:24:26 AM Apr 17th 2010
I thin you could probably make a strong case for either. Right now, I don't think we really know enough about him or his motivations to say one way or the other.
Semiapies
04:23:49 PM Apr 17th 2010
I think Affably Evil, as Evilly Affable is "we see this character doing horrible things, but we like him". He's manipulative as Hell (rim shot, please), but we never see Mack Daddy doing much that's blatantly evil, and he is, well, affable.
Willbyr
07:32:50 PM Apr 17th 2010
That's what I was thinking...I started to put it in as Affably Evil but thought I'd better get some opinions. I'll put it in, with some clarifications.
Semiapies
08:19:49 PM Apr 17th 2010
Good deal.
70.140.21.227
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12:11:00 PM May 17th 2010
From all I've seen on the archived discussion for this article, don't you think Het Is Ew is arguably justifiable for this article?
Willbyr
05:12:40 PM May 22nd 2010
Not necessarily...it's not a focal point, to be sure, but Ian's relationship with Mack is still there, just buried under all the other stuff going on right now.
Semiapies
05:54:15 PM May 22nd 2010
And buried under the super-Comic Book Time of the series. I don't think it's been five days since Mack was last over at his dorm.
70.140.21.227
07:30:25 PM Jun 3rd 2010
Hmm, I see. My opinion's kind of biased as the only sexual encounter of there's I've read is when she was ordered to give Ian a blowjob. Compared to how 'divine' the S&M RP between her and Amaranth is shown to be, Mack and Ian's sex was awkward, clumsy, and for the most part unsatisfying, with seething resentment from both sides. I dunno how their relationship develops in later chapters, but Ian so far to me has seemed to be a Take That of the stereotypical heterosexual college loser. Thats just me though
Semiapies
01:11:17 AM Jun 5th 2010
You may be a ways back in the story; Mack and Ian have worked out how to have a much better sex life.
Scherzo09
01:02:44 PM Jan 31st 2011
Well, Het Is Ew is more than just thinking being heterosexual is bad; its about portraying people who have 'normal' sex lives (Monogamous, vanilla sex) as being somehow 'repressed'.
Semiapies
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05:50:55 PM May 22nd 2010
edited by Semiapies
To answer your question in last edit explanation, Willbyr, I do think "MUniverse" is correct.
Willbyr
07:53:31 PM Jun 3rd 2010
Oh...heh, took me a second. I was actually asking if I'd spelled Callahan's real name right. :-)
Willbyr
06:44:09 AM Jul 23rd 2010
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Willbyr
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06:44:39 AM Jul 23rd 2010
edited by Willbyr
Per the last edit: The site's admin is really starting to crack down on use of first person and This Troper material in main pages, so if you see it anywhere in the page(s) you're looking at and have the time, please take a moment and cull it out.
Willbyr
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11:08:47 AM Aug 1st 2010
There needs to be a Show Within A Show entry about Mack's cycle warriors and Sooni's shoujo series...I'd do it but I don't have the time right now and I don't remember enough details about either.
Willbyr
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08:49:25 PM Mar 1st 2011
Per the last edit...if there's an alcohol-related trope that this could fit better, let's use it.

  • Wall Banger — Mackenzie is a serious lightweight, and becomes very plastered very quickly — literally falling-down drunk — when she drinks. But when the plot requires it, she's completely capable of perfectly clear-headed logical and moral reasoning, reaching the correct conclusion only moments before passing out. I wish I could do that!

NXTangl
04:21:27 PM Mar 10th 2011
I don't actually know, but I would like to add a Justification for posterity (since it isn't on YMMV anymore)

74.64.12.169
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11:11:06 AM Mar 13th 2011
Should there be a character page?
Willbyr
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06:14:18 AM Mar 23rd 2011
I can't remember if the story actually says, so: Are Maliko, Suzi, and Kai Petting Zoo People or Funny Animals?
Magus
02:06:10 PM Apr 10th 2011
Most likely the former.
nogard8910
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09:09:43 PM Jul 31st 2011
As Mack's father is referred to as The Man by the author, it sounds to me like it's better to use that than the fanon name Mack Daddy.
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