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[joysweeper]

Another make-a-hero generator.  Unfortunately it's in Spanish, and not all the options seem to be on.

"Yuri The Only One For Me".  The geek references are off the charts.
Dino egg and  paper egg.

 

“You only _just_ figured it out?”  Anj turned a pained look on the Writer.  “You only _just_ realized that you’ve been basing my character on others?”

 

“Well, yeah,” the Writer said, clearly uncomfortable.  “I kinda thought…  I kinda thought you were original.”

 

The Red Guard shook his head.  “Honestly, Joysweeper.  You’ve read about how there is no such thing as original.  Everything is a pastiche of things made before.  I’m not a passive viewpoint character like James-“

 

“Hey!  I’m getting some characterization in my next story, I’ll have you know!”

 

“- so _of course_ you’re ripping off bits and pieces from other people.  Established people.”

 

The Writer shifted her weight from one foot to the other, fingers blurring on the keyboard.  “Yeah.  Yeah.  You started off as a combination of my first roommate and one of my friends.”  Her shoulders slumped guiltily.  “I really hope she doesn’t see this anytime soon… the name’s a dead giveaway.  And then you turned into my dad.”

 

Anj started shaking his head.  “No, he’s not the strongest element you put in me.  Don’t you get it?  Don’t you see what you’ve been doing?”

 

“Would you be telling me if I did?” the Writer asked, annoyed.  Then she blinked.  “Actually, you are.  But I’m not the Writer myself, I’m a one-shot character acting as a mouthpiece.  So I don’t know.”

 

“Let’s see.  We’ve got the soldier angle, obviously.  And the specialness.  I’m a Red Guard, after all.  We’ve got nationalistic themes which you really should clarify.  And then there’s the “good guy” element, coupled with occasionally falling victim to some kind of mishap which never happens to other viewpoints.  On the surface, it’s not very obvious.  But I can tell.  You’re basing some part of me off Steve Rogers.”

 

Instantly the Writer turns red.  “What?  I’m not!  I wouldn’t-“ She has started a full-face flush.

 

Anj is enjoying this.  “Yes.  You are.  You’ve got a crush on him, he reminds you of your dad but more open, and so you’re putting him into a lot of different male characters.  Including me.  _Especially_ me.”

 

“No!  I don’t- I like Cap too much to write him.”  The Writer’s voice drops to a whisper.  “It would be too embarrassing.”

 

“I wonder.  If I could find a nice round shield, could I throw it to come back to me?” Anj wondered.