ELOCs don't get much attention (except perhaps from me and CC and pannonian). Therefore, readers often feel indifferently about them. However, is there any ELOC that you just can't stand and want to strangle?
ELOCs don't get much attention (except perhaps from me and CC and pannonian). Therefore, readers often feel indifferently about them. However, is there any ELOC that you just can't stand and want to strangle?
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
I thought there was a list of acronyms somewhere, but I can't find it now. What's ELOC again?
你看这些云彩,聚了又散,散了又聚,人生离合也是一样。
Exposing Lovable Overlooked Character=ELOC.
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So that's what it mean.
But what does that mean?
What is an Exposing Loveable character?
What do they expose?
Overlooked? To the reader or to the people in the book?
We need examples...!!!
Like Lu Wushuang?
The purpose of ELOC is for us to bring to the spotlight overlooked novel characters -- characters who are not known to most wuxia fans. Examples include:
DGSD: FAST SABRE Qi Liu, KING OF SCALY DRAGON Taoist Buping, Taoist Priest 9 Wings, NEEDLE GOD from Xiaoyao Pai, etc
ROCH: HUMAN CHEF, Lan Tianhe, GOLDEN ARMOR LION KING Shi Shugang, Golden Wheel Monk's first disciple (who is much better than daerba), etc
HSDS: VIGOROUS GOLD BANNER LEADER Zhuang Zheng, THICK EARTH BANNER LEADER Yan Yuan, Mulinzi, etc
And then, there are certain quirks associated with people who aren't really ELOCs, but because they're so cool, we lump them into the ELOC category as well. Examples include BRAIN GOD Hu Fei, Zen Master Chengguan/Dengguan (there are 2 ways to pronounce his name), and HE WHO KILLS OTHERS AT SIGHT Zhong Wanchou (who transmitted voice clearly to 1 million+ miles far).
Last edited by PJ; 06-20-08 at 01:06 PM.
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
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