I'm a God Damned Hero: The Story of Prophet

That's really fucked up of them. At least you did the right thing!

Hey. Don't undermine your awesomeness! Your bosses can McPiss'n'Moan into a McBucket all they want. YOU did what was necessary. YOU stopped the fire from consuming the store. YOU saved the day. They ought to eat their bloody McPride with a side of humble pie and give you a bloody raise.

If they try to McFire you, remind them that it was going to happen even if you didn't do that.

Like Burger King!

They're pretty notorious here for treating their animals (and factory workers, but I care less about them lol) like shit. A lot of fast food places do here, but McDonald's is probably one of the worst just because of how widespread it is.

That sucks. Mcdonalds here consistently wins employer of the year awards. They give you scholarships and hAve huge incentives for their employees too. Everyone I know who ever worked there thought it wad great. Too bad. Hopefully this is the last of their crap foe you prophet

Update: I didn't get yelled at, my manager actually just called me a hero and said that she didn't care about how. I saved the store and the people in it so she doesn't care if, and I quote, "pissed the fire out."

God. Damned. Hero.

I suppose I owe some people some explanations round these parts. I don't know if it matters now anyway or not, but there's a lot of good people on this site that have been in the dark for a while.

As many of you may or may not know i spent the entirety of this past summer focused on one thing and one thing only. Joining the air force and making a career in the military. It took months, I got back into shape, did all the paperwork and humped through all the hoops. My test scores were in the upper percentiles, I graduated high in my class, I wrestled and ran track while maintaining a 3.4 Gpa along with band, a job, and drama for most of highschool.

There was only one thing holding me back. I was born with eczema. It's a skin condition in which my skin becomes irritated or itchy due to a multitude of reasons. Mine, However, is extremely minor in comparison to other cases.

I spent most of my summer waiting around to get a waiver for this skin condition, assured that mine was so minor that it wouldn't be an issue.

Fast forward a few months. Ive been disqualified from service because of my heart condition. I was heartbroken. My entire life plan, gone. Everything I had dreamed of, wanted, put money and time into. Gone. I had put so much into it that I didn't even bother with scholarships, why bother when i would be in the air force for free?

I was devastated. I sank into depression and didn't do much. Didnt see friends, didn't go out, stopped working out, I pretty much worked and slept. That's it. I was heartbroken. And that's why I really havent been on.

But dont worry, this story isn't done yet. For the first time in a year I have a plan, an idea of how I will make something of myself. I'm signed up for college and will be attending in January. I have been working my ass off to save up enough money to get myself through a semester or two that will get me what I need to become an EMT.

And there it is guys, if you've been curious as to why ive been so far gone or why I haven't replied to anything. There it is. In starting to feel like my old self again and its good. Ill be on a bit more frequently.

Yours truly

-Prophet

It's nice to see you back Prophet! Though it's a shame about your prior plans, I think you'll do great things!

You can do it Prophet!

Also, this is just Prophet talking because in my sudden desire to begin writing again I actually started writing a book. Yes I know, it's probably not that good and odds are I'll never finish it. But it helped me get out of my little funk. Howeve, because of this I started to talk to other aspiring writers and proof read some of their works. And I think I no understand something that we all have issues with doing and completely kills character interactions.


The Mary Sue. For those of you unfamiliar with the term I'd like to explain it to you briefly. Naruto. The end. Well...Fuck okay I'll explain it better.

A Mary Sue is a character (male or female) that is uncharacteristicly good at pretty much everything. They're smart, they're tough, they're pretty, they succeed against the odds and that's...Kind of the issue. They honestly probably shouldn't. Because they shouldn't be as good as they are. Yet, they are.

After proof reading several stories I had to give out this piece of criticism more than I think any other. "your character is a Mary Sue." "A what?"

So I figured I'd share it with you guys, this is something i do and have been trying to break my habit of recently, but it's dying hard. People, don't write Mary Sue's. It makes a story boring, a character unrelatable, and every struggle virtually meaningless because you know that some way or another they will win, unless they're supposed to actually be perfect. Give your characters flaws, make them human.

Because we don't relate based on what we've all done, we relate on what we've failed at. What mistakes we've made, how we grew from it, what we learned. And it's impossible for someone who is perfect at everything to grow or change from there.

Just food for thought.

Honestly, I may just post this sorta thing from time to time. Things that bug me or little writing quirks that I'm trying to break myself. It's kind of therapeutic really.

Can I like this more than once? Can we also pin this to every fucking board in this community? And every other community? THANK YOU. *MOTIONS VEHEMENTLY TO THIS POST!!* GIVE. YOUR. CHARACTERS. FLAWS!