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| - Mary Sue is a character who is obnoxiously competent and receives a disproportionate amount of the spotlight. Although the term comes from fanfic, it is often applicable in rpg contexts. Such a character may be the fantasy of a power-gaming munchkin or a GMPC who becomes an avatar of the acting-out GM.
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- In fan fiction, a Mary Sue is an idealized character representing the author.
- Mary Sues are penguins with no flaws and are unrealisticly perfect in almost every way.
- Mary Sue est le plus grand personnage de fiction de tous les temps et tous ceux qui pensent le contraire sont juste de gros jaloux.
- A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly perhaps Fanfiction) which is "perfect" or "flawless". A Mary Sue will be lacking noteworthy flaws, or may have flaws which will be intended to make the character more likeable, and will be too unrealistic. No living human is perfect in every way, so neither should a fictional character be or become. Male Mary Sues are often called Gary Stus or Marty Stus. Mary Sue is the general term since female Sues are more common.
- La cosiddetta Mary Sue è la creatura più temuta da tutti i personaggi di libri, film, fumetti, cartoni, anime e manga vari.
- A Mary sue is a character idealized or flawless to the point of being cliché and annoying. They tend to contain traits that are overly advantageous, do not belong in Warcraft or are over the top in some other way. Most Mary sues are roleplayed in a way that tries to steal the spotlight, overcome most challenges or constantly claim moral superiority.
- A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly in fan fiction, a perojative form and one of ficiton) who is lacking flaws (being perfect), over-idealized, unrealistic, and acts as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the author. The practice of writing a character as a Mary Sue is almost universally looked down upon and considered one of the worst traps a writer can fall into. Many Mary Sues are self-insertions.
- Mary Sue was a girl who got it on with every male in the galaxy. Despite this, she was still a virgin. Every male wanted to have relations with Mary Sue, as did some of the females. Mary Sue was Han Solo's sister. Unlike her brother, though, Mary Sue was extremely Force-sensitive, even more so than Luke Skywalker.
- Lieutenant Mary Sue was a half-Vulcan/half-Human Starfleet officer who served on the USS Enterprise when she was only "fifteen and a half years old." James T. Kirk found her exceptionally attractive (for a minor) and Spock admired her mind. She joined Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty on a mission to Rigel XXXVII, where they were attacked by green androids and subsequently imprisoned. Mary Sue picked the lock with her hairpin and the crew escaped back to the ship.
- Seth and Ryan meet a girl, Mary Sue, whose grandmother lives in the same guest house where the Nana lives. Mary Sue asks Seth to be her partner in a dance contest broadcast on tv, and he accepts. It turns out the contest involves Mary Sue covered with whipped cream and Seth "licking it all off". While Seth's try "I'm a little bit lactose intolerant" isn't that successful, Ryan's hope is that "Summer hasn't paid her cable bill". Played by Jaime King.
- Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fanfic 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. Even back then, there wasn't a total consensus on what was or wasn't Mary Sue, since it's not always immediately obvious which character is an Author Avatar. As this essay reveals, suspiciously Mary Sue-like characters were noted in subscriber-submitted articles for 19th-century childrens' magazines, making this trope Older Than You Think. See also:
- Mary Sue , alternatively written as marysue, is a negative term to refer to a particular type of flawed original character. Although the word is a name, the term is not, and correspondingly, it is generally not capitalized. Mary sue is a gender neutral term, but some use the term gary stu to refer to male characters of this type.
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* Unusually colored
* Not a standard starter (or not a standard regional starter)
* Unusual ability (speech, ability to use unusual moves)
* Significantly stronger than normal
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- This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well. Female characters of this type are the most common in South Park fanfiction due to female fanfic authors being more numerous than male, and a tendency for younger authors to focus on their own idealized traits. Within the fandom, they often form romantic relationships with various Canon characters.
- This article discusses the term Mary Sue as understood by the PPC, both in-universe and externally. A Mary Sue is a fictional character that achieves its goals in the story with minimal effort, out of proportion to what the audience would expect given the setting(s), culture(s), and other inhabitants of that universe. In order to accomplish this, a Mary Sue will have character traits heavily skewed in favor of outstanding attributes over significant flaws. This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well.
- A Mary Sue (sometimes just Sue), in literary criticism and particularly in fan fiction, is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
- See also: See also Online text based role playing game, Role Playing This article is about the concept in modern literary criticism. Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot on such a scale that suspension of disbelief fails due to the character's traits, skills and abilities being tenuously or inadequately justified. Such a character is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clichéd mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character
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