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Okay, apparently some people can't grasp the concept of what a real Mary Sue is. No, she's not every female fan character ever created, and there's more to it than just making her an official/cannon-character's love interest.

To qualify as an official %100 genuine Mary Sue, the character.....


...Has unbelievable god-like powers with no apparent weaknesses. She knows all, sees all, and only realizes every single one of her great powers when it's dire during certain perilous and life-threatening situations. Not to mention, she's either got one of the cannon's ability times ten- or all of the cannons' abilities. Like some freaky hybrid. She often has names that are taken from other obsessions, sometimes spelled a different way- a failure in trying to be original.

...Has no unique characteristics or personality. She often appears to be a re-color, or a trace with added features that are a poor attempt to make it unique because the cell line art remains crisp and clean while they did a shite job in Windows paint with a blunt brush tool.

To sum it up simply... void of originality or creativity.



HOWEVER......this is important too so pay attention. A Mary Sue is NOT.......

...any fan character that ultimately becomes a cannon character's love interest.
...has a normal name like "Jessie", "Mary", or "Annie". What's in a name, seriously? I prefer unique names, but that's just me.
...is limited to the female gender. Though the male version is "Marti Stu"
...characters with great power and/or significance. As long as the character is not phenomenally powerful (unless you plan on putting God in your story) with a sickening list of shape shifting, alchemical, magical, metamorphic, supernatural, elemental, celestial, necrotic, empathetic, and chaotic abilities.
...a fan character that has their own story/comic. But it should be titled in a way that makes it clear that it isn't about the cannons. Many fan characters gain interest and buttloads of fans, so it would be understandable if the fan is encouraged to elaborate on the char's background. It actually makes them less of a Sue/Stu (Unless they overshadow the cannons in a cannon-oriented story. Like having a comic titled "Knuckles: Guardian of the Floating Island" and have 'Katie-Jen' take up %90 of the story)

Hmmm......that's all I can think of to say. I just had to get that out there. I've had a few notes saying negative things about Haze, Muri-Na, and even Emerald. They are NOT Mary-Sues. Learn what one is first before you go dropping that bomb on people!

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