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Dunno if this has been linked before
seradhe:
funny replies :P
I actually find the test a little fun. I spent the better part of my time online running through it with various lead characters from my stories (best was a 12, worst was a 97)
makes me want to know how other literary characters stack up, just for kicks of course.
Pendergast, Max Ride, even Harry come to mind
Ursiel:
-eyetwitch- Borderline?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? -murders test- >_>
redneckwitch18:
--- Quote from: Battle Gnome on October 28, 2007, 07:22:53 AM ----eyetwitch- Borderline?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? -murders test- >_>
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hahahahahahahaha. *wipes eyes and helps with the murdering*
meg_evonne:
there was another thread sometime ago that used this test I think. I didn't know what a mary sue character was either ;D
there is also an interesting thread about the number of stories and novellas authors have stuffed away...
Shecky:
--- Quote from: heretic on October 27, 2007, 02:24:19 PM ---I'm no writer, but I thought a "Mary Sue" was a character based (at least loosely) on an idealized self-portrait by the author. Often similar background, perhaps superficially similar appearance, gets away with stuff the author wishes s/he could, etc.
Along the same lines, Mary Sue is little Miss Perfect - always has the right skill for the particular task, always knows the crucial piece of obscure lore to figure out the mystery etc.
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Interesting. The idea of the author doing a self-portrait (be it consciously or unconsciously) or a picture of himself as he'd LIKE to be is an old one; I'd just never heard a name given to this. Anyone have any idea where the term came from? Doesn't seem immediately evident.
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