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Is your character a Mary Sue?
LizW65:
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By the way, Samurphy, I KNEW Dresden was a GS. Thanks for doing the test for him.
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I did the test on him before and after White Night came out. He was borderline Sue at first, then crossed over into full-blown - I think it was Lash's parting "gift" that pushed him over the edge. God forbid that any fictional character should be proficient in (click to show/hide)music, eh?
Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):
--- Quote from: LizW65 on July 20, 2007, 05:22:12 PM ---I did the test on him before and after White Night came out. He was borderline Sue at first, then crossed over into full-blown - I think it was Lash's parting "gift" that pushed him over the edge. God forbid that any fictional character should be proficient in (click to show/hide)music, eh?
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Well, it's not like the typical Mary Sue who can out-sing Sarah Brightman, or the late, great Beverly Sills, and usually does so on the first page (I have seen so many singer Sues, it isn't funny). The key to Arry Oo-ness is not so much *WHAT* is written, but *HOW*. Sure, a character might come out with a huge score on that test, but they might not actually *be* one, if the writer knows how to bring the character across in a believeable manner.
JamiSings:
--- Quote from: Morraeon on July 22, 2007, 08:59:28 PM ---Well, it's not like the typical Mary Sue who can out-sing Sarah Brightman, or the late, great Beverly Sills, and usually does so on the first page (I have seen so many singer Sues, it isn't funny).
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But what if you really do sing IRL? ;) (I might not be better then Sarah Brightman, but I think emotional depth speaking I'm better then Charlotte Church cause I have more life experience to draw from.)
Most of my characters are Mary Sues, I admit, again. I have a boring life. So I make up exciting and romantic ones for myself that I'll never have.
Erlkoeneg:
One typicaly solid way I've found to avoid mary-sue/gary-stue ness is to always remember this rule
Everything has a Price.
case in point, a kind of magic I came up with for some short stories, queromancy. Queromancy is the magic of asking a question, and getting reality to give you an answer. There are, however, many prices that come with this. for example, you wll never hear a queromancer speak a question in casual conversation. They have to be very good at this, becasue of the possible consequences. Said consequences being two things; 1) going crazy. These guys go crazy at the drop of a hat. for one to be sane past the age of twenty is almost unheard of.
2) Falling. As with any kind of magic, it is possible to screw up, and Fallen queromancers are some of the scariest s**t around.
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