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Captain Mystery vs. Fan Fiction 25 Apr, 2002, 16:46 / 11 comments

By Jake


The SCUMM Bar's outspoken columnist, Captain Mystery, has returned with a new article titled Stories Guaranteed To Give You A Headache - Why Your Fan Fiction Ain?t Good.

As the title implies, Captain Mystery has gone and read lots of LucasArts-themed fanfic, and didn't like it so much. Fanfic writers, haters, and bored readers should all read it and write him back.
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  • LucasTones on 26 Apr, 2002, 03:38…
    I wrote a great fanfic once. I'll upload it tonight.
  • MetaFox on 25 Apr, 2002, 20:59…
    He mentioned LucasArts games, but only touched on the Monkey Island series. Sure it's on a Monkey Island site, but why only delve into Monkey Island when LucasArts as a whole is mentioned? I have read some really fantastic fanfics for Grim Fandango and The Dig. He needs to do more research. Fanfics definately aren't "all bad".
  • Remi O on 26 Apr, 2002, 06:53…
    Well, I'm sure he could have mentioned other LEC games, but I think some of the reasoning behind the article was the PC Gamer story which singled MI fan fic out as fairly horrible.
  • Erwin_Br on 26 Apr, 2002, 05:01…
    I agree with you, but remember that you've just only read the captain's own opinion. It's not a FACT that all fanfic is bad.
  • Trapezoid on 25 Apr, 2002, 17:50…
    What a grouchy article. Fan fiction writers don't owe Captain Mystery anything. I bet he hasn't read/played Devil's Triangle.
  • Erwin_Br on 26 Apr, 2002, 05:03…
    His goal (according to the header image above his two articles) is to annoy/shock the #m-i community. Therefore I take his articles with a grain of salt.
  • Remi O on 26 Apr, 2002, 07:40…
    Now, "annoy" and "shock" are two different things. Besides, I was the one who made the header image, not Captain Mystery.
  • Trapezoid on 26 Apr, 2002, 07:02…
    So he's a troll with a column.
  • Squinky on 26 Apr, 2002, 12:26…
    It's not trolling, the way I see it. It's expressing a side of an argument that's sorely lacking in representation. The LEC community is very one-sided and I think it's high-time someone challenged the established norms.
  • MeddlingMonk on 28 Apr, 2002, 06:40…
    As Calvin (the comic-strip character, not the theologian) once said, there's a difference between provoking a reaction and saying something sigfinicant.
  • Trapezoid on 26 Apr, 2002, 17:10…
    I'm still pretty sure he just made up most of his opinions to piss us off. Saying "it all sucks, no exceptions" is either a wildly exaggerated opinion or one of someone we really don't want hanging around.