gunsmoke_sues ([info]gunsmoke_sues) wrote,
@ 2004-01-28 09:25:00
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Cowboy Andy should not breed.
Time to break the pattern and report a Cowboy Bebop sue. I suppose I should mention that are quite a few sues/stus in this fanfic. They aren't that bad, but should be used as evidence against the pairing of FayeXAndy. The characters the author added aren't really that bad, it's just the story is full of !!!!!!!!!!!, bad grammar, a plot going to the bleak outskirts of nowhere, and frankly, is already too long to maintain any interest.

So yeah. It's bad. Not grusesome bad, like the past few Sues, but just.....bad.

Story Or Series Title: Better Days
Fandom: Damnit. Cowboy Bebop.
Culprit Author's Name: RadicalEd4Ein The implications of that name scare me.

Full Name (plus titles if any): They are Faye! Childen sues/stus. Names as follows: Carson, Jordan, Sierra, Julian, Andy (Jr.).
Full Species(es): Human. Or Gremlins. You decide.
Hair Color (include adjectives): Not mentioned. But considering the parents...*shudder*
Eye Color (include adjectives): Not mentioned.
Unusual Markings/Colorations: I don't think so.
Special Possessions (if any): Really annoying cowboy suits and Samurai costumes?

Annoying Origin: Andy and Faye got together. I'll leave it at that.
Annoying Connections To Canon Characters: Faye's their mother. And she's the one whos's looking after them. Ironic, really. Personally, she doesn't strike me as the kind to settle down and well, raise children. She's a self-centered person, who had a hard enough time staying on the Bebop, let alone in a house. And Andy? WTF?
Annoying Special Abilities: Able to make Faye an OCC. I think that counts?
Other Annoying Traits: Just.....Annoying. And angsty. "Oooh, I hate the world".

I suppose it should be mentioned that thankfully, these childen don't seem to play a large role in the fanfiction...thus far. The story is clearly a WIP, so who knows. Or I suppose I should say....who cares? I think the plot....or the very poor imitation of one; plans to reunite everyone together. A tired formula indeed.

Please include a small sample of the worst of this story:

This is the beginning of a long story that some friends and I got the idea for. So, this is just the opening to a complicated plot. Pay very close attention to every sentence of every chapter. ^.^

Pay close attention? I could barely keep my eyes open.

"You suck .." He muttered to her. She hit him on the back of the head.
"Excuse me?" she yelled at him. "You know, you could go live with your father if you wanted"
"Id rather live on the streets than live with either of you" He hissed at her. Jordan was the kind of kid who had the against the world attitude
"Go ahead, be my guest" Faye said casually. Jordan's jaw dropped slightly.
"As a mom, you're supposed to try to sto.." There was a loud crash heard from inside, and they soon realized that the troublesome trio was gone. They rushed inside, Sierra tagging along behind them to find them in the kitchen, each of them standing on another shoulders. Glass was shattered all over the floor as they tried to reach for a jar on a high shelf.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Faye shrieked.
"Boys will be boys." A familiar voice said coolly behind them. Faye grinded her teeth, and clenched her fists tightly as she turned around to find Andy leaning against the wall, his hat tipped slightly in front of his face.
"That's easy for you to say, you don't have to clean it up." Faye growled at him. The three boys looked over at them surprisingly, and fell onto the ground into a pile.
"Daddy!" they all yelled as they got up and tackled him
"Whoa there partners!" Andy chuckled as he caught his balance. He looked at Andy.
"Howdy there cowboy" Andy said to Him.
"I hate you" he growled as he walked into the living room. He frowned and got onto his knees and laughed
"Saddle up partners" he said to his toddlers. They all squealed with joy and jumped onto his back.
"Get off the floor, I just mopped. I don't want your dirty bacteria all over my clean floor." Faye told him as she crossed her arms.
"Looks like mommy's got PMS" he whispered to his sons. They giggled at the word and scurried off into the living room. Andy got up and brushed himself off.
"Faye, there's something I need to tell you." Faye looked away, and tapped her foot. Andy waited.
"Okay, im listening" she said, still looking away.
"There's an enormous bounty on a hacker on."


Okay. An example of using poorly fleshed out new chracters making a canon character OOC. I mean just when was Faye a neat freak? I'll agree with Andy, she does have PMS at times, but still. It's rather painful, and reminds me constantly of why anime characters shouldn't settle down for a family. it never works, my dear Sue-authors!

Ed rushed down hill as fast as she could, all she could think about was finding a way around the avalanche rather than try to out run it. As Ed ran down faster and faster her scream soon turned into laughter. Only to someone like Ed could this be considered fun. Just than a familiar sound was heard as she was avoiding the "avalanche".

"Woof.....Woooof"

Ed quickly stopped, almost as if in mid air, but snapping out of her trance soon enough to jump to the ledge where the sound was coming from.

"EIIIIIIIN there you are! I found you!"

As she stepped on the ledge, the "avalanche" of rocks raced by her and continued down the hill. Ed's smile and joy for finding Ein soon turned into a wince of pain, as she looked down at her cut up feet. Ein moaned sympathetically.

"Heh... Ein, maybe we she take it easy on the hide and go seek eh?" she said with only half-seriousness.

"Woof."

-End Scene- "Dr. Kiko?...odd..." Ed yelled, then whispered. "Kiko would respond to Ed immediately... let's go look Ein!" Ein gave a bark of approval.

Ed walked into Dr. Kiko's office expecting him to be at his desk. Ed, with Ein right at her side, started to walk around to the back of the office. She then saw Dr. Kiko sitting down in the basement, his attention focused towards the T.V. From where she was, she couldn't hear, nor see what Dr. Kiko was so intent on. Must have been something good if the good doctor didn't even hear Ed's screaming, she thought. She started to walk down the steps, and put her finger to her mouth, signaling for Ein to keep quiet. As she got closer to the basement floor she heard...


Just an exmaple of how she cuts to different characters/places without warning. o_O; I got confused. Still am, actually. Who the hell is Doctor Kiko? And isn't Kiko a female name? Listen author, if your'e going to chuck characters in, at least explain who the hell they are.

"This is no home Ein, this is just a building with us two living inside..but the bebop, well that was different. Ed thought leaving the bebop was going to lead me to my true home. But instead Ed end up here."

"WOOF"

"Do you think their still up their Ein? Spike, Jet and Faye?, floating around, catching criminals....staying together....like a family. * sigh * it would be impossible to find them now, all bounty hunters have Stealth Computers installed on their ships, un-hackable...even by Ed"

Ed picked up the picture and held it close. She observed everything about it. As she looked at the picture something caught her attention. The pinwheel that was in her hand. Her eyes lit up with joy.

"OF COURSE EIN!!! The pinwheel!!!"

"woof"

"That's the pinwheel Ed gave to spike, the same pinwheel that installed an emergency locator just in case those bakas tried running out on Ed..again. But with the stealth computers installed I'm not sure that signal would still be accessible through public connections. And who knows, jet might have taken it off years ago..I could try hac.."

Ed looked back at the boxes lying on the ground.

"but the promise Ein....no more hacking..OH well I guess Ed can make an exception!"

"Woof"

-End scene-

Hours later Ed sat at her desk with her old computer online and ready. She reached for her goggles.

"well Ein here goes nothing"

Ed slipped the goggles on over her eyes. All she could see was darkness.

"c'mon you piece of shit! WORK!"

"woof"

Ed took off her goggles looking down at where Ein was barking.

"what is it Ein?"

"Woof"

Ed looked at where Ein was facing to see that the power cord wasn't plugged in.

*falls over anime style*

Ed got up and slipped the goggles back on over her eyes. Now with the power on, everything in cyberspace was now visible right in front of her eyes.

"Ok lets see, maybe if Ed ran a search on "Bebop"

Ed cycled for countless hours through hundred of files, searching endlessly through the deep corners of cyberspace. When Ed had finally slipped off her goggles her eyes were dilated and red.

"aye! Ein doesn't look like Ed be able to locate them without doing a little hacking"

Ed looked over to see Ein asleep on the cardboard couch.

"good idea Ein, Ed will just run an overnight search, their bound to turn up somewhere. Hmm what should.my.hacker name be.can't use Ed they'll automatically know its me..hmmmmm..AH I GOT IT!" Ed slowley looked at each key as she typed in her alias "swordfish".

Ed set down her goggles and dozed off in the spot where she was sitting at her computer.

*End Scene*


I had to say it. Ein's got the best dialogue in this story.



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[info]agonystar
2004-01-27 04:12 pm UTC (link)
Oh my God, it's the bastard love child of a Harlequin romance and Cowboy Bebop. As pro-life as I am, I think someone should have aborted this...

*shudders*

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*gags*
[info]spidersilk
2004-01-28 12:13 pm UTC (link)
I have to agree with [info]agonystar there! *grabs a spork*

~Ami

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