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It is the most ridiculously ham-fisted Mary Sue pastiche that I have ever seen, but the art is nice.

• scotty79 13y ago
  I think Mary Sue is only when character is posed as in any way ordinary.
  • kaybe 13y ago
    No, Mary Sues are really awesome, in all aspects. "The prototypical Mary Sue is an original female character in a fanfic who obviously serves as an idealized version of the author mainly for the purpose of Wish Fulfillment. She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name. She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting. She also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws — either that or her "flaws" are obviously meant to be endearing. " I apologize in advance, and DO NOT click the link if you don't have time.. (because linking to TV Tropes is evil; click it and wake up a few hours later wondering what happened - you've been warned.) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue
    • Millennium 13y ago
      There's more to it even than that. One-dimensional perfection (within the context of the story; "flawed" characters whose flaws are treated as meaningless still quality) is an important aspect of Mary Sues, but it takes more than that to be a Sue. Perfection is, in fact, one of three critical aspects. The second critical aspect of a Mary Sue is being unnaturally placed at the center of the plot. The "unnatural" part is important: a character who makes sense as the focal point of his or her own plotlines is not a Sue. This is what makes Sues in fanfiction easier to spot than Sues in original works: you can compare a fanfiction to the original story, and see if it flows the same way. When the work itself is original, you have no basis for comparison: you have to look at more subtle (but, in some ways, more egregious) flaws in the writing. It happens, but it's easier to mask. All Sues are wish-fulfillment characters, but not all wish-fulfillment characters are Sues. The difference between them brings us to the third critical aspect. Most wish-fulfillment characters represent the reader, but a Sue, by contrast, represents the author in particular. Authors and readers can of course have the same fantasies -indeed, some would say the entire point of fiction is to make this happen- but a Sue gets too intensely personal, to the point where it becomes harder for anyone but the author to relate to the Sue: it breaks the rapport between the character and the reader.
    • saraid216 13y ago
      Then I'll just quote the first paragraph: > Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fan Fic circles to describe a particular type of character. This much everyone can agree on. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person. Also, http://adventuresofcomicbookgirl.tumblr.com/post/13913540194/mary-sue-what-are-you-or-why-the-concept-of-sue-is http://adventuresofcomicbookgirl.tumblr.com/post/13913540194...