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Parody of Matrix Fan Fiction
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Author of this story is Byl Glinka;
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Hey everybody... Are you all getting as tired as I am of all
the
cliche scenes in Matrix fan fics? Are you ready to scream if
you
see a
common mistake happen just one more time? Then join me for a
fun
filled romp into the twisted world of second-rate fan fiction!
And
try
not to take it too personally if any of this hits too close to
home,
I
only put it in here if I saw it happen at LEAST three times, so
you're
not the only one who made that mistake. Just remember, this is
all
in
fun! But it wouldn't hurt if you took something away with you
that
improved your fan fiction.
--Byl Glinka
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"I'm having the worst feeling of deja-vu..." Morpheus
said to no one
in particular. "There's something not right about all
this."
"Like what?" Trinity asked, her eyes still glued to
the
monitor,
keeping an eye on the happenings in the Construct.
"Well, haven't you noticed that everything that's been
going
on with
our new recruit was kind of... I don't know...
familiar?"
"No, I guess I didn't. How do you mean?"
"Well first the Agents came after him, then we contacted
him,
then the
Agents bugged him, and not only that, but it was the same
freakin'
Agent that bugged Neo, then we de-bugged him and brought him
into
the
real world... only to watch him go through the exact same
complications with the unplugging procedure as Neo went
through,
right
down to the mirror crawling up his arm." Morpheus
started.
"I'm not following you." Trinity looked up at
him.
"Wait, there's more. So we brought him out, repaired his
muscles, gave
him his first meal, and I found myself using almost the exact
same
speech I gave Neo when we brought him up to date on what's
going on."
"Meaning..." Trinity still wasn't getting it.
"It's like everything is repeating itself. Almost word for
word,
action for action." Morpheus tried to clarify it.
"Only
with this new
guy instead of Neo. And another thing, have you noticed that
we're
both completely out of character?"
"Oh, that... Morpheus, we're in a fan fic." Trinity
explained to him.
"What did you think, this was the sequel or
something?"
"What's a 'fan fic'?" Morpheus was confused.
"Oh, sorry. I forgot how long ago you were pulled out of
The
Matrix.
It's like this... when an aspiring writer is getting started,
they're
either not creative enough to write their own original plot
yet, or
they don't want to waste their good ideas on learning how to
write.
So
they write a story based on a movie, TV show, video game,
or
whatever."
"I think I get it..." Morpheus answered. "So
everything's been going
so similarly because the author is trying to explain it to
anyone
who
didn't see the movie?"
"Well, no." Trinity answered.
"Then it's because the author is paying homage to the
movie?"
"Actually, that's not it either."
"Well what then?" Morpheus was confused.
"Usually they're just too lazy to come up with something
original."
Trinity explained.
"But wouldn't that turn the whole fan fic into a
novelization
of the
movie?"
"Oh no, usually things start deviating from the movie at
either the
Kung-Fu training or The Jump."
"Speaking of which, how's the Kung-Fu training
going?"
Morpheus asked.
"Oh pretty typical for a fan fiction. The new guy's
beating
the crap
out of Neo."
"WHAT!?" Morpheus dove for the monitor.
"How?"
"Well the author wanted to outdo the movie, so he created
a
character
more powerful than Neo, who learned how to manipulate The
Matrix in
one day instead of slowly, over the course of the
plot."
"But wouldn't that cut to the very core of the movie?
Neo's
The One,
the most powerful person ever to fight the machines, he's
supposed
to
be special. And it's ruining the drama to have the new guy
learn so
fast." Morpheus was clearly stunned by what he saw. The
new
guy was
clearly stronger and faster than Neo, who seemed to have
forgotten
how
to slow time and fly.
"Like I said, fan fics are a learning experience."
Trinity told him.
"Well at least he'll get reviewed by other authors and his
skills will
improve, right?"
"Not really... the other authors tend to be at around the
same
skill
level and don't feel right giving too much negative feedback.
They
usually harp on the story's good points and ignore the
problems.
And
the few people who do say something's wrong usually just say
something
like 'sorry dude, yer story sucks and you're gay.'"
"Hasn't anyone ever heard of constructive criticism?"
Morpheus asked.
Trinity had to suppress a laugh. "All that went out of
style
with the
political correctness movement."
Just then Neo unplugged himself from the Construct. "Whew!
Man,
that's
new guys' good!" He said, with a smile on his face.
"Remind
me not to
get on his bad side."
"Neo..." Morpheus started, "Aren't you even the
least bit bothered by
the fact that you went through a whole movie to learn your
skills
and
this guy has bested you in everything you're proud of in just
one
day?"
"Nah." Neo brushed it off. "I think I'll just
back
down now and accept
my new title."
"What new title?"
"Oh, I'm the Two now. The new guy's the new One."
"Well anyway, it's time for me to get into the Construct
and
show the
new guy The Jump." Morpheus said.
"Careful, Morpheus..." Trinity warned. "Whatever
you
do don't say the
line."
"What line? You mean 'nobody makes their first
jump'?"
"D'oh!" Trinity slapped her forehead. "Now
you've
done it. If you say
that before he jumps, he'll make it. If you had waited until
after
he
jumped to say it, he'd miss."
"Why?"
"I don't know, that's just how fan fictions
work."
Morpheus plugged himself into the Construct and explained the
idea
behind The Jump to the new guy, finishing his speech with
"Free
your
mind..." At which point he turned and demonstrated the
enormous leap
over to the next building.
"Okay, that looks easy enough." The new guy backed
off a
couple steps,
and took a huge leap over the edge of the building, morphed
into a
dragon, flew over to the next building, reverted to human form,
and
landed safely next to Morpheus.
"Aaaaarrrrggghhh!!" Morpheus backed off. "You
can't
do that! This is
supposed to be your residual self image! You can't change it
any
more
than you can alter the way you perceive yourself, to do so
would
clinically be insanity!"
"Oh that." The new guy brushed him off. "Well
this
isn't real so I can
do anything."
"No you can't do ANYTHING!" Morpheus tried to
explain.
"You have to
stay within the limits of human psychology and..."
"Oh don't give me that Frued babble. What's my next
challenge?
I'm
eager to easily overcome some more feats that ordinary mortals
would
consider difficult."
"Where's the adventure in that?" Morpheus asked
him.
"Adventure? This isn't about adventure. It's about who
kicks
the most
ass. I think I'm ahead of Neo by at least three asses now. I
think
I'm
ready to go into The Matrix now. Tank mentioned something about
an
Oracle I have to go see?"
"Well, yeah... usually we don't take people to her so
soon,
but I
guess we can make an exception in your case."
Minutes later, Morpheus, Trinity, Neo, and the new guy were all
in
the
Matrix, wearing sunglasses, tight shiny shirts, and heavy
black
leather trenchcoats even though it was the middle of summer and
almost
90 degrees outside. "Hey wait a minute..." Morpheus
stopped short. "If
we're ALL in The Matrix, who's still on the ship?"
"Tank." Neo answered.
"And who else? He's watching us, who's driving? Who's
keeping
an eye
out for Sentinels? Who's..."
"Morpheus, Morpheus, Morpheus..." Neo shook his head.
"You're thinking
too hard. Just try to settle down a little, okay? Just go with
the
flow. Look, we're here." Without any segway, they were at
the
Oracle's
apartment door.
"I can only show you the door, you have to open it
yourself."
Morpheus
told the new guy.
"Why's that?"
"Because the lock sticks, and you have to do this thing
were
you pull
and push at the same time, and I never got the hang of it. Just
jiggle
it a little I think..."
Once inside, Neo looked around a saw the Buddhist boy bending
the
spoon with his mind. "What the... hey kid? You're STILL
messing around
with that damn spoon? Have you been at that ever since the last
time I
was here? What's it been, like, a month now? Don't you have any
other
hobbies?"
"There is no spoon." The kid answered.
"Yeah, we've been over that. I mean shouldn't you have
moved
on to
something else, like, I don't know, bending steel bars or
something?"
"Um... the... there is no spoon." The kid said again,
suddenly
extremely uncomfortable.
Trinity leaned over to whisper in Neo's ear. "His
character
was never
developed enough to do anything else, time is standing still
for
him,
he's been stuck in that same moment ever since the
movie."
"Oh..." Neo said, understanding. "Sorry kid, I
didn't mean to put you
on the spot like that."
"There is no spoon!" The kid answered, happy
again.
"Well now, who have you brought to see me today? Oh,
surprise
surprise, it's the new main character. Like I didn't see that
coming.
Okay, open your mouth and show me your palms." The Oracle
said
as she
came out of the kitchen.
"Why?" The new guy asked.
"Because I did it in the movie and now I have to do it
every
time. I
have to give you a freshly-baked cookie too. I swear, just have
one
gimmick and they squeeze the life out of it. The routine gets
really
old, believe me. Some guys in here have had the most atrocious
breath.
Okay, now for the prophesy. You're going to kill a few
Agents,
overshadow Neo completely, have a stupid, pointless
disagreement
with
a fellow crew remember, and there will be a happy ending. Oh
yeah,
and
Trinity, as long as you're here, you're pregnant with Neo's
kid."
The
Oracle said between puffs on a cigarette.
"Wow, that's amazing!" The new guy said. "How
did
you know all that?"
"It happens in every fan fic." The Oracle answered.
"Here have a
cookie."
"Hey!" Neo stepped forward. "How come he gets
specific details about
the future and you just gave me a bunch of riddles and
deliberately
lied to me?"
"Because, my dialogue with you was written by
professionals."
The
Oracle answered.
"Oooohhh...." Neo had that lightbulb-just-turning-on
look
on his face,
fulfilling the overly hyphenated description quota for the fan
fic.
"Okay. Say as long as we're on the subject, what do you do
when we're
not around?"
"I start the next batch of cookies. There's enough fan
fics
going on
that I'm making cookies full-time now. It wouldn't be so bad if
I
could make one batch and give a cookie to each new guy that
walks
in,
but nooooo... I have to throw the rest of them away and give a
fresh
one to every single guy that walks in. I tell ya, this is no
life
for
an Oracle."
"I'm sorry." Neo apologized. "I'll see if
there's
anything I can do
about it."
"Well, thanks for the cookie!" The new guy said with
his
mouth full.
"What do we do now?"
Trinity looked at her watch. "Well this is the part where
we
head back
to the ship and get ambushed by Agents."
"Well, if we have to." Morpheus said. "Okay,
let's
go."
No sooner had the group left the run-down apartment building
than a
shot whizzed by Trinity's ear. "Agents!" She
screamed,
without even
looking to make sure. Everybody ran for the nearest hard line
out
of
The Matrix, which was a public phone, conveniently, a single
block
away. Morpheus was the first one out, but the Agent emptied his
entire
clip into the phone, ruining it for the others to escape,
instead
of
shooting at them and just outright killing them.
"I guess we have to stand and fight then." The new
guy
said. Everybody
pulled out their guns and started firing. A massive barrage of
lead
that rivaled the entire military power of Iraq was unleashed at
the
Agent, but he dodged every single one of them.
The new guy dropped his gun in shock. "Oh no! He dodged
every
single
bullet, just like you told me he would, but for some reason I'm
still
surprised. Say, where did all those bullets go, anyway? If they
didn't
hit him?"
"Oh they just kind of go away." Trinity answered.
"We
don't have to
worry about innocent bystanders or anything. In fact, nobody
even
heard us shooting or bothered to report the gunfire to the
police."
"Oh, well that's convenient. All right, Mr. Agent, let's
go!"
The new
guy leapt into hand to hand battle with the Agent. "Hey,
don't
I
recognize you from somewhere?"
"Yeah, I'm the Agent Neo deleted at the end of the
movie."
"Agent Smith?"
"No! Dammit stop calling me Agent Smith! Agents don't have
names! I
swear, these guys can pick up the tiniest little details like
the
year
the Neb was constructed and Neo's exact height and weight, but
for
some reason they can't hear the word 'a'! As in the
indefinite
article! I said 'I'm **A** Smith', not 'I'm Smith'! It was
deeply
symbolic of my character and everybody took it
literally!"
"Well, to be fair, you were listed that way in the
credits,
weren't
you?" Trinity asked.
"What!? Oh for crying out loud... I'll have to check that
after this
fic is over."
"Say, why aren't you deleted anyway? Neo killed you."
Trinity pointed
out.
"I dunno, maybe the author watched too many soap operas.
It's
easier
than making a new character. Now please keep the questions
down,
I'm
trying to fight hand to hand here and too much dialogue
distracts
from
the drama of a good fight."
The Agent and the new guy fought almost to a standstill, except
it
quickly became apparent that the new guy wasn't really putting
his
full heart into the fight. The first clue was that he had one
of
his
hands tied behind his back. The other clue was that he yawned
about
90
seconds into it.
Suddenly, the Agent pulled out a light sabre, hacking off the
new
guy's hand! "Aaarrrggghhh!" he screamed, falling
down.
"Luke..." the Agent started, "I am your father.
Join
me and we will
rule The Matrix as father and son!"
"Oh my God!" Trinity screamed. "It's worse than
I
thought! WE'RE IN A
CROSSOVER!!!"
The scene ended with the closing iris effect.
--To be Continued...
After a few seconds, a voice came out of the darkness.
"Hey,
Trin?"
"Yeah Neo?"
"So... is this going to be continued or not?"
"Oh, no, that was an empty promise. The author got bored
and
moved on
to something else."
"How can he just leave us hanging like this? I want to
know
what
happens next."
"Well, to be honest, he probably didn't even know himself.
When he
couldn't figure it out, he just stopped."
"Oh crap. So what happens to the new guy?"
"He fades into obscurity, to be replaced when the next fan
fic
comes
out."
"You mean we're going to have to do all this
again?"
"I'm afraid so, Neo."
--The End (really)