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 Who's Ryan Mercury? |
 Jan 20 2006, 01:29 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 18-August 03 From: North VA Member No.: 5,519  |
Personally, I think the best way to introduce the death of Ryan Mercury into canon would be the following post:
"It's like how everybody remembers where they were when Haeffner was assassinated, or when Ryan Mercury died of autoerotic asphyxiation." |
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Jan 20 2006, 01:37 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I should have the runners kill him. That would be fun.
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Jan 20 2006, 10:18 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
I can't accept the idea of calling Ryan Mercury a Mary Sue if for no other reason than because Jak Koke did not before nor hasn't since shown any specific love for the character, who was in all likelihood imposed on him by the same person who brought us SURGE (namely, Mike Mulvihill).
It's not like he was Jak's first major PC, who became his editorial voice in a series of sourcebooks he wrote before coming back from the dead to star in a series of novels which further reinforce the fact that said PC/protagonist is a thinly veiled SR version of the author, complete with personality traits and biases. No, that would be the province of another author who shall remain namele... *cough* Steve Kenson *cough* Excuse me. Damn cough. I hate him because I am jealous that a hot older woman who shouldn't loves him. But really, I don't particularly care about how much he sucks. He was a ninja who was through into a series of un-ninjalike situations and still lived. But he was also effectively a kid who was forced to grow up, and in spite of that fact did so when it would have been far easier to follow his impulses. I've seen gamers whose characters never grew up so much in years, so yeah... He sucks. Okay. |
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Jan 20 2006, 10:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Mercury is no :nuyen: Platinum :nuyen: Yakuza Ninja Assasin for the Watada-Gumi/Shadowrunner. |
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Jan 21 2006, 04:52 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Does he have sex with Nadja Daviar?
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Jan 21 2006, 05:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
uh, well the Bunrunku BTL induces elven hooker with cosmetic surgery count? |
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Jan 21 2006, 05:24 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
*shudder* |
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Jan 21 2006, 10:35 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Yes. Hence all the jokes about her nipples. |
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Jan 21 2006, 10:49 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I was talking about Mr. Platinum's character.
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