One of my largest pet peeves, which is not that big of a deal, actually, is the Insane Jolee concept. I mean, just making him act over the top crazy. Yes, he often goes off on tangents. And yes, he likes to be annoying. But he's a smart man. He's not actually crazy . No matter how many times you make him run around the Ebon Hawk spouting random phrases, he still isn't crazy. And his stories? They have points. They stand for something.
You know, I don't think I've seen this happen a whole lot, but I can totally see it happening so I'm kind of surprised that I haven't seen more of it (I must have missed those fics).
My biggest complaint about the treatment of Jolee is now a lot of post game fics treat Jolee as though he's got nothing better to do except run around and spout off advice to Revan and Carth (or Revan and Bastila) about their relationships (actually a lot of characters seem to do this... but I think Jolee is used that way the most). I mean, him giving people advice is okay – he does this a lot in the game, it's just that in a lot of fics, that's all he ever does. It would be interesting to see a story where Jolee had his own issues, motivations, problems that weren't completely Revan centric...
Yeah, anyways, about the whole Revan/Exile thing... too many Sues, as we all know. In the game, the character is nearly omnipotent, so fic writers have gotten it into their heads that-- OMG, Revan/Exile is teh BESTEST!
Oh man, I know. And this is really the subject of a very lengthy rant that someday I'll write... LOL.
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Date: 2005-07-05 02:46 pm (UTC)You know, I don't think I've seen this happen a whole lot, but I can totally see it happening so I'm kind of surprised that I haven't seen more of it (I must have missed those fics).
My biggest complaint about the treatment of Jolee is now a lot of post game fics treat Jolee as though he's got nothing better to do except run around and spout off advice to Revan and Carth (or Revan and Bastila) about their relationships (actually a lot of characters seem to do this... but I think Jolee is used that way the most). I mean, him giving people advice is okay – he does this a lot in the game, it's just that in a lot of fics, that's all he ever does. It would be interesting to see a story where Jolee had his own issues, motivations, problems that weren't completely Revan centric...
Yeah, anyways, about the whole Revan/Exile thing... too many Sues, as we all know. In the game, the character is nearly omnipotent, so fic writers have gotten it into their heads that-- OMG, Revan/Exile is teh BESTEST!
Oh man, I know. And this is really the subject of a very lengthy rant that someday I'll write... LOL.