Talk:The High School Story

Which reminds me...

What really infuriates me about Chris's Mary Sues in particular is how they whip out supernatural powers as a way to arbitrarily get themselves out of danger. Especially psychic powers. While we've seen ComiChris whip out magic on the occasion, he more often relies on Magi-Chan's psionic abilities to dump his and his freaky monster pet... son... dudes out of trouble. I think that "inborn powers of the mind" which you don't have to study or mutate to use appeal to Chris greatly, since one could theoretically be a mighty psychic the same way some kids are born with an insane ability for math or athletics. Theoretically.

Maybe we should do a "Chris and superpowers" page someday. Though I'm afraid we'd just end up reiterating the obvious, i.e. Chris wants mighty magic powers delivered for arbitrary reasons so he doesn't have to actually work hard to solve things. Ensign disposable 13:22, 31 July 2009 (CEST)

Well, I've been toying with the idea of writing some longwinded and insightful critique on Chris's writing abilities one day - the frequent deus ex machina use is just one of the problems in his stories. Right now, if we want fun and relevant analysis of Chris's writing, there's always tvtropes.org. =) --wwwwolf (wake me when you need me) 15:05, 31 July 2009 (CEST)