Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25360281-20150111053551/@comment-4849011-20150114140249

I'm glad we could help! I'm also glad to see people willing to take advice, criticism, suggestions, etc. Some people just bite your head off if you so much as say, "You know what might improve the story...," so it's good to see people not afraid to ask for critiques. Good luck with the next draft!

To Umbrello- I don't remember that particular episode, but there have been a few things on The Smurfs that you can look at and go, "Really?" Let's just leave it at that for now, though.

I can take or leave Uncle Grandpa, but here's something else that's bad about the nickname episode. The lad has to do yard work, slay a dragon, and all that, and when he asks Uncle G. what his cool nickname is, Uncle G. replies, "Your nickname is Cupcake." "'Cupcake'?" "Yeah, you like cupcakes, right?" This is somehow acceptable to the young man, but I'm thinking, "So wait, none of that dangerous and lowly stuff was necessary? You already knew what one of his attributes was? All that was just hazing!? Not cool, Uncle Grandpa! Not cool!"