Gamers Against Weed is definitely a GoI that I can get into. I like this scip, because I think it holds up as something actually interesting while also being fairly funny. And I think that's what makes this a main-lister more than a -J. It answers your "Really?" with a strong affirmative and takes everything seriously. I'm into Project Crowdread. I'm happy for the meme boy.
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I'll make my own Little Misters! With references! And memes! Actually, forget the references.
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Anyways, this is my spin on the Little Misters. Instead of trying to build an SCP out of a vague descriptor, try to squeeze one out of these rather weird and specific descriptors. Restrictions breed creativity, after all. If you write your own Mister Against Weed (or anything else by Gamers Against Weed) and want my help or input, feel free to message me.
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tuxedo guy holding a sewing machine in front of a crashed truck
I'm really more of a "sick wheelie in front of a blowjob and dogs" guy personally
Just make sure they Oolong Johnson while popping the wheelie.
I'm very uncertain of how I feel about this. I suspect that it would work better if this was the only one of its series, but that is unlikely to be the case, knowing the site's propensities. As such, I would advocate that, as well as having to work with the names, each of the Misters Against Weed articles should have the Mister working for the Foundation in some capacity, as is the case here.
I suppose that could be interesting if used sparingly, but having them ALL be like that would just get samey and overly restrictive. Giving them all the desire to use their anomalous properties, I can get behind that, but if they're different personalities I don't see why they would all want to or be able to work for the Foundation.
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Well I was considering having Mr. Original Character working for ORIA…
At this rate, is there any actual restriction that the Mister Gamers (or whatever they're called) have to be in the SCP format?
As far as I'm concerned, no. The Misters Against Weed could be a good opportunity to write Little Misters situated in GOI formats or tales IMO.
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Actually, having each of the Misters Against Weed working for different GOIs would be a great idea, I would like to see that!
So we got the real thing, a Hispanic knockoff of the real thing, and whatever this is.
And I agree with psul that this should be the only one of its kind because this whole internet culture schtick can get old real fast.
Honestly? It's refreshing and it gives this (sometimes necessary) feel that anomalies (and the website's writing properly adjust to our current culture from time to time. In fact, this skip is pretty human, which is good, and the article provides a plausible reason in-universe to allow it to help without falling into self-insertness1 Now, I am aware GAW is suposed to rip the hell off Wondertainment, but was it so necessary to add a discontinued Mr Ominous?
TL;DR: Neat, nice characterization and everthing works well. +1.
Footnotes
1. I'm not taking in count that you used to be a shitposting machine Scan.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Now, I am aware GAW is suposed to rip the hell off Wondertainment, but was it so necessary to add a discontinued Mr Ominous?
I can go over my headcanoned motivations and ideas for Gamers Against Weed if you're interested, but let's examine the SCP itself to see what we get.
The list is unmistakably a reference to Wondertainment, and imitates him in a lot of aspects (up to and including lifting text from the Little Misters note). They admit to this, but instead of "Based on Dr. Wondertainment's Little Misters" or "Not related to Dr. Wondertainment's Little Misters", it's "Who is Dr. Wondertainment?"
Now, GAW obviously knows the Dr. Wondertainment brand thoroughly, to the point where they would create an actual human being in its image. They ask 'Who is Dr. Wondertainment?" as a way of dismissing him: he is, symbolically, beneath GAW's notice. The message is "we can do it better, we don't take your work seriously, and we don't even take ourselves seriously". Given how Wondertainment is particularly protective of its intellectual property, it's a pretty big slap in the face too.
It's not a rip-off, it's a parody — and not a particularly friendly one either. Riffing on as many elements of Wondertainment's style as possible, and subjectively improving upon his products where they can, makes the parody clearer and stronger. With Mr. Ominous, they're calling attention to the fact that putting a 'discontinued' tag next to the guy with the weird name is, well, ominous as shit.
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If it's parody, does that mean that Mr. Litigation can't get involved (assuming GAW operates out of the US or other countries with parody protection laws)? Or will we get Mr. Original Character vs. Mr. Litigation in a cool tale?
Huh, I figured that GAW was an a new 'edgy' product line from Dr. Wondertainment, trying to remain relevant to millenials…
Hmnn, this is a difficult one. On the one hand, the writing is pretty solid, but on the other hand nothing really stands out about it. On the one hand this is about the best you can get out of this idea, but on the other hand this idea really isn't good to begin with.
Sorry, but this will be a downvote for me. This might have worked better if it wasn't so overly long - none of the addenda really add that much to this guy. They do need to exist for this to be interesting beyond the basics of 'what does he do' but they're just too long. But most of all this just doesn't grab me, and I'm not sure you really can do anything with this concept to make it more interesting than it is.
Sorry that this didn't work for you, and thanks for leaving detailed feedback anyways.
I'm always open to the possibility that my articles are too drawn out — if you can believe it, the first draft was even longer, with even less characterization. Striking the right balance for length is where I struggle most as a writer, tbqh.
Did you find that there were any parts in particular that felt like a slog to get through, or that didn't add enough to justify their inclusion?
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So, it's been a while since I've last read this, and upon re-reading I still stand by most of my points, except for the length thing. As the article is right now its length is just fine. It's what is accomplished in that length, or rather, what isn't accomplished, that bothers me.
The characterization for Mr. Meme is rather weak, for instance. He's just a generic 21 year old dude for the most part, nothing really makes me care about him as a character. Nothing much is done with the idea of a GOI that decided to take the Little Misters and remake them for the 'hip youngsters crowd' in this article either.
For instance, take the whole bit about him being used to aid in finding POI. He's feeling kind of lethargic about having nothing to do, so he makes a request. There's a short interview log that only really has one relevant line (the one explaining that), and the rest doesn't really add anything to the concept or the character either.
So, maybe it's better to say what I want to see out of this guy. I want him to be weirder, in whatever way he can be. Go into how bizarre it is that this guy exists in the first place, go into the whole meme thing and try to make that funny, I don't know, just anything that makes this not be just a dude with a barely anomalous ability.
On top of that, this guy is called Mr. Meme! The last thing that this article should be is boring, since memes are never that. They can be funny, they can be cringeworthy, they can be infuriating when they're used wrong but they are pretty much never boring. That should be reflected in the feel of the article in one way or another.
All in all I'm keeping the downvote in spite of how solid the writing is technically, which is still true. But if it isn't interesting that all just feels like a waste of effort.
(account deleted)I have to admit, while I love this as its own thing, what this really gets me excited for is "Little Misters: Generation II"
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