I Know My Value

Hi, I have quick question and I know you're still watching. Did Bobbi tell anybody why Ward and Kara tortured her or she kept that to herself?

As of yet, there’s no indication she’s told anyone.

kajtena

That’s interesting, so she could be still protecting her secret about why Kara was in Hydra in the first place, or she told them and they don’t care.

Both are possible. I hope it’s the first one though - I really want the truth to come out and for Bobbi to get what’s coming to her, at least a little.

ddh1973

Honestly, if Coulson or May knew, it wouldn’t surprise me or even Mack or Hunter but Skye and Fitz, despite how much they have changed, I suspect would have a problem with it. Although the latter has been focused on getting Simmons back, so who knows.

This show has multiple plotholes. I still have questions from season 1 that haven’t been answered.

I think they know and don’t care. In their eyes Kara and Ward’s sin is much greater than Bobbi’s. Look at how they treat Kara even after they know she’s been brainwashed.

fyeahtheraceofmen

And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.

jrrtolkiennerd

shinewithward-deactivated201512

One of the few ‘ships I liked. Lovely and doesn’t distract from the main story, namely fight Sauron and orcs.

Lolling so had at the AOS ratings right now. Can you spell (well deserved) freefall?

shinewithward-deactivated201512

I guessed 1.4, am I close?

You’re on point!

Am I clairvoyant or what? :D

thenameisgul

That’s what happens when you’re down to the point that you don’t just recycle plots, but characters as well. Seriously AOS, the man who ‘saved’ Lincoln could’ve been named nothing but JOHN?!

seems like the whole point of this show now is to proof the Ward fans wrong they are literally taking every argument we ever made and putting a counter argument (albeit pathetic ones) into the story it would be flattering if only they weren’t so bad at doing even that

shojunermc

They just took our outcry at the blatant victim blaming and put a spin on it to show that there are good victims. Just what the hell did i sign up for by watching season 1? Victim blaming sure is not it.

shinewithward-deactivated201512

Yeah. They saw our criticism and instead of addressing the problem they made it worse.

Crossing fingers that Brett has something working wise up his sleeve and will kiss these idiots goodbye at the first opportunity. I’m fine if he and I am both go in May. Clarky and Mingna are welcome to their falling ratings in their Marvel sponsored season 4.

oneyoungladymoran

It’s to the point I wish the series was cancelled just to free the actors from a crappy show.

writing-questions-answered

I think the original cast is contracted for 3 years so don’t be surprised if many characters jump ship at the end of the season if it gets renewal.

I just feel bad because it might take Agent Carter with it and it’s 10 times better.

Guide: Avoiding Mary Sues

eutrophian asked:

I have this kind of embarrassing habit that I’m very aware of but just can’t shake. I feel like all my characters (ESPECIALLY main characters) are Marie Sues. I know that’s a really bad thing and I shouldn’t do that and I constantly try to think of how not to, but I just can’t shake the habit. Do you have any advice on how not to make my characters Marie Sues?

WQA’s Guide to Avoiding Mary Sues

1) Give your character flaws. Make sure at least one or two of those flaws impact the story in a meaningful way. 2) Have the character make mistakes now and then. Create meaningful consequences for those mistakes, and make sure the character learns from them. 3) Make sure there are at least a few people who don’t like your character. In real life, we all have people–whether they’re classmates, co-workers, neighbors, or acquaintances–who just don’t like us for whatever reason. 4) Try to avoid the “Plain Jane Who Everyone is Madly in Love With” scenario. If your character is a “Plain Jane” and has multiple love interests, make sure it’s clear to the reader what the attraction is. Maybe she’s really smart and funny, a really good athlete, or is super confident and charming despite her plain appearance. 5) It’s okay for characters to have multiple love interests, but not every potential love interest should be madly in love with or even interested in your character and vice verse. 6) Don’t make your character’s love interest “the hottest guy in school” (or “the hottest guy at work” or “the hottest astronaut on this mission,” etc.) The “hottest” anything is painfully cliche. It’s okay for your character to be interested in an average person and vice verse. 7) While it’s okay for your character to have special skills, knowledge, and abilities, make sure they’re not masters of all things. Characters who know everything and ace every new thing they try are unbelievable and boring. Real people are good at some things and bad at others. Also, make sure no new knowledge, skills, or abilities are acquired without explanation, such as through training or drinking a magic potion. 8) Also, avoid an unlikely or unbelievable mix of traits, skills, knowledge, and abilities. If your character saves the day because they take down the bad guys using a combination of martial arts and their awesome sniper skills, then use their medical training to save the lives of their fallen buddies, and finally fix their damaged aircraft and fly it out of the enemy lair during a terrible snowstorm–you’ve got yourself a Mary Sue!

9) Avoid unnecessary tragic back stories. It’s one thing if a tragic incident in the character’s past plays a true role in the actual story–like what happened to Harry’s parents in the Harry Potter series–but don’t write in a bunch of tragic stuff just to give your character a painful past. It isn’t necessary and it’s a huge cliche. 10) Avoid character names that are randomly exotic, difficult to pronounce, or incongruous with the setting. (Pro-tip: save the Japanese names for Japanese characters.) 11) While it’s a good idea to give your character a believable tic or habit to make them more realistic, make sure it’s not overwrought or overused. 12) Avoid traits and background details that are superficial, like a character who is supposed to be extremely poor, yet lives in a reasonably sized home and goes to bed with a full stomach every night. 13) Make sure your character’s motivation is clear and understandable. Even if the reader doesn’t find the motivation to be rational, the reader should at least understand why it’s important to the character. 14) If your character is the “most special” in an already special group of people, make it clear why they are the “most special.” Not just what it is about them that makes them the most special, but how they happen to be the one who was blessed with that particular trait, skill, etc. 15) Look online for a Mary Sue Litmus test (or several) and try them with your character. While they shouldn’t be used as a 100% true analysis of your character, they can help you spot Sue-ish problems with your character that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred to you.

ozhawkauthor

Fantastic advice for writers worrying about their OC’s being Mary-Sues or Gary-Stus!

For myself, in the Marvel fandom, I have a couple rules of thumb for an OC when I’m writing;

1. Only one of the ‘heroes’ is allowed to fall in love with her.

2. Do not make her the ‘baby sister’ to everyone. She can be a friend, but they shouldn’t treat her like a child to coddle and protect.

3. At some point, she has to lose a one-on-one fight. Without her opponent cheating or her getting distracted. Otherwise, she’s overpowered.

The Mary Sue Litmus Test (the classic one of that name, though there are others) are often less useful than they seem, as they are subjective and what counts as a sue or a stu varies from fandom to fandom to genre to genre. But they are useful. And good points otherwise.

Before you write a novel, do a Role Playing Game character sheet for your main characters. It will force you to pick 5-10 disadvantages and 5 quirks.

A character can be a master of something but make sure they have long term training which means they can’t be a teenager and should be at least 25 to 35. It takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. Which if you train 6 hours a day will take 4 1/2 years. If your character is a child prodigy, make sure they are emotionally immature.

If you are writing a novel that takes place on modern day earth with human characters, make sure they have last names.

If you feel yourself getting too close to a character walk away and write another one for a little while.

allison221b

Aos rant/musings

I want this show to be so much more

I want Skye and Ward’s interactions to go beyond anger and disbelief and hurt, and be able to be complex, eventually each seeing the other’s perspective

I want the team’s reactions to Ward and what he did (because of loyalty to the man who “saved” him) to go beyond anger and hate and vengeance. I want to see them try to process it and be upset. We’ve only seen Fitz and Skye be upset about it, but then after that, everyone was hateful

I don’t want the team to turn into killers and haters

I want them to try and process their hurt, even if that means yelling at him.

I want to see them think about why Ward did what he did

I want to see Ward heal

I want to see the team heal

I want to them to see that in some ways, Ward’s choice was taken away from him

I want them to realize Shield isn’t perfection itself

I want Ward to become Hellfire.

I want this show to go beyond the expected route.

Also, they already made us hate Ward with his initial betrayal. They really didn’t need to try to make us hate him more

where we left off with him in 2x20? that was perfect.

I miss being excited about the future with Skye (now Daisy) and Ward. I miss being excited about the possibility of meeting more of the Ward family.

If they can redeem Cal, they can redeem Ward dammit.

chibi-masshuu-deactivated202508

I think I’m so frustrated with this show for it’s missed opportunities.

I figured out this morning what the problem with the show is. The storylines feel forced not natural.

lobsterkittens

aheartlightasair

i wasnt going to reblog but then

I’m just impressed someone can contort themselves into the stupid poses they put women in on the covers of comic books.

themarvelnerd-blog

Protect him

goji-goh

gravytape

antivanashes

He’s doing the lord’s work.

Must reblog...

skyewward

Well that Skye and Lincoln kiss was hilarious lmao they had literally no chemistry

how-sarahndipitous

I too thought it was extremely awkward. Although I actually found Lincoln to be a lot more interesting in this episode since they gave us a glimpse into his history. It didn’t do anything for his and Chloe’s chemistry though, or lack thereof.

Lincoln doesn’t really do it for me. And I thought he acted stupid on the bus. He should have stopped the bus and exited with other passengers. Way to make everything they are saying about you on the news truth.

But yes. Luke and Chloe have zero chemistry. She has more chemistry with Price’s head goon.

The Good

Coulson vs Price. They got a wonderful actress with a lot of chemistry with Clark Gregg. I love them talking to each other wearing sunglasses and Price has her own Lola.

Hunter and his “friends” cockney subtitles. After 30 years of watching British TV I didn’t need the subtitles but it was a very funny scene.

Fitz, Simmons, her recovery and the twist that she left something (or someone) back on that planet.

Even though I dislike the “Let’s Kill Ward” storyline, the show actually framed Hunter murdering his friend as a bad thing. Congrads Hunter, you just killed a man so you can get close to another man to kill him. May left the men who tried to rape her still breathing.

May’s Blondie T-shirt.

The Bad

The inhumans storyline is as boring as paste. I have zero interest in Lincoln. What happen to Joey? What about the other inhumans. Agents of SHIELD will not have a season 4 if they drag out this storyline. It’s a dud. Daisy Johnson had her team together by page 8 of Secret Warriors. It’s now episode 3 and there are no Secret Warriors.

I have a theory Ward’s Hydra isn’t going to last long. Only because the Hydra goons aren’t really being developed. Unfortunately when I tried to guess what Ward’s plans were last season, they did a storyline that made no sense.

No Ward.

Bored now. So were the other viewers are the ratings sank to another series low.

Too many of the characters are props this season. May and Ward are props for Hunter. Mack and Lincoln are props for Skye, Bobbi is a prop for Fitz-Simmons and Hunter. The only acceptable prop is Price because she’s not a regular.

The Ugly.

I was so grateful to read two reviews of this episode that pointed out that Lincoln/Daisy have no chemistry. I feel vindicated. Daisy doesn’t have to be with Ward ever again (sorry Skyeward fans) but at least put her with an actor that she has chemistry with. Daisy has more chemistry with the flowers she bought Simmons than she did with Lincoln.

This episode was filler and I looked at my phone a lot.

#agents of shield review

If it wasn't for Brett Dalton's enthusiasm for Grant Ward and 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' I honestly would have no idea if he was still on it.

I think AoS biggest crime is wasting Brett’s talents. Especially an actor that promotes the show every chance he gets and is active on the con scene.

wardwolf

Now articles are saying that Baby Strucker is gonna take down Ward. Stop saying Ward is going to die.

colleensheadspace

*cracking up* wow, that is just RIDICULOUS!!!

Thanks for the laugh!

I know that Baby Strucker is going to try it. He’s got ‘attempted coup’ written all over him. But Ward is going to smack him down so hard. Also, thrilled that I’m not the only one calling him that. Did I start it, or was it just great minds think alike?

ladyofwarandmercy

People ain’t watching Agents of SHIELD to look at Baby Strucker.

This last Wardless episode was 3.83/1.4 Almost their lowest rated episode. If Ward gets killed off I predict they’ll be under 3 million viewers before the season ends. Brett still has a contract to end of the season.Then I hope ABC can find him a series that can use his talents properly.

precursorpress

Tom with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah.

From Instagram https://instagram.com/p/81iH_CtOQr/

Must watch this.

toptony

Requested by anonymous.

aspacebetween

PHIL “BAMF” COULSON.

pers-books

I’ll never not love the fact that Clark did his own stunts for ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Thor’s Hammer’ - because that’s just so cool…

lastcenturykindagirl

Pre-Phil Phil. Before he got his new heart.

oneyoungladymoran

This is the Phil Coulson I like.

I miss this Coulson. Maybe he was replaced by a Skrull.

vesperass-anuna

Regarding the obviously wide spread fear that Ward might be killed off, and killed off very soon (because it was said writers already know who’s going to die in s3) - that’s nonsense.

TV shows need dramatic tension to have something to work on. Ward is a character who can bring more dramatic tension alive than dead - in fact, the dramatic tension he’d bring into the show dead would be zero. Because none among other characters would grieve him, or be moved by his death in any way (and by that I mean moved into action). So if they want to create dramatic tension, and they do, they need to kill off someone from the “team good guys”.

My money is on Lincoln. He’s nothing but a prop for Skye’s story line and you won’t hear me complaining much about it. Not that it’s a great story telling - because he could be used in a much better way, but all things considered he will be used to motivate Skye. or demotivate her, depends how you’re looking at it.

For Ward’s death to mean something? Skye would first have to forgive him and warm up to him again, and that story needs yet to be told, so sit back and relax. Grant Ward isn’t going anywhere soon.

more-prawn-crackers

This exactly!