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[[Image:Marysue.jpg|thumb|375px|Some [[fan fiction]] [[loser]] makes fun of other [[fan fiction]] losers.]] | [[Image:Marysue.jpg|thumb|375px|Some [[fan fiction]] [[loser]] makes fun of other [[fan fiction]] losers.]] | ||
A '''Mary Sue''' (also known as Sue; [[Rule 63|Marty Sue, Marty Stu, Mary Stu, or Gary Stu if male]]) is the end result of someone becoming so obsessed with being part of an nonexistent universe that they simply had to make a character that they can project themselves on to be part of said universe. However, the character always ends up being an overcompensated, overly-perfect wish-fulfillment of the author, inflicting nothing but his or her own [[Unwarranted Self-Importance|arrogance]]. | :<small>''Were you looking for feminazi, internet shit-rag'' '''''[[TheMarySue]]''''' ''?''</small><br /> | ||
A '''Mary Sue''' (also known as Sue; [[Rule 63|Marty Sue, Marty Stu, Mary Stu, or Gary Stu if male]]) is an unbelievable character that usually is just [[dickgirls|too good to be true]]. This is often the end result of someone becoming so obsessed with being part of an nonexistent universe that they simply had to make a character that they can project themselves on to be part of said universe. However, the character always ends up being an overcompensated, overly-perfect wish-fulfillment of the author, inflicting nothing but his or her own [[Unwarranted Self-Importance|arrogance]] onto the fiction and/or fandom. | |||
Despite being a literary criticism, Mary Sues have managed to invade every medium of entertainment, as nearly every single fictional video game, movie, TV show, and book has at least one, to the point that they have evolved into an entire character archetype. | Despite being a literary criticism, Mary Sues have managed to invade every medium of entertainment, as nearly every single fictional video game, movie, TV show, and book has at least one, to the point that they have evolved into an entire character archetype. | ||
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==Signs of a Mary Sue== | ==Signs of a Mary Sue== | ||
[[Image:hpmarysue.jpg|thumb|Meet Laura, who currently has [[ | [[Image:hpmarysue.jpg|thumb|Meet Laura, who currently has [[Whore|35 boyfriends]] at Hogwarts and is [[Harry Potter]]'s sister and [[Emma Watson|Hermione]]'s daughter, despite being fuck ugly]] | ||
[[File:Rei mary sued.jpg|thumb|right|250px|We'd tap that ass even if she is a Mary Sue]] | |||
'''Name includes...''' | '''Name includes...''' | ||
* Unusual spellings, usually with K's or Y's in weird places such as Ravyn, Jennifyr, Erika, Elizabetteth, etc. (ex: [[AishaxNekox|Skye]]) | * Unusual spellings, usually with K's or Y's in weird places such as Ravyn, Jennifyr, Erika, Elizabetteth, etc. (ex: [[AishaxNekox|Skye]]) | ||
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In short, a "perfect" character that supersedes everybody in looks, personality, etc. | In short, a "perfect" character that supersedes everybody in looks, personality, etc. | ||
*Note that even though Mary Sues have no real personality, other characters constantly remark on the Sue's personality | *Note that even though Mary Sues have no real personality, other characters constantly remark on the Sue's personality | ||
*Being in a romantic relationship with the author's favorite character | |||
*Having multiple characters be in love with them | |||
==The Many Faces of Mary Sue== | ==The Many Faces of Mary Sue== | ||
[[image:Maria_Susan.jpg|180px|right]] | [[image:Maria_Susan.jpg|180px|right]] | ||
Some argue that the best way to identify a Mary Sue is if they suffer no realistic consequences for their actions. For example, if your character is murdering people left and right and doesn't have the fucking military in their pursuit, then it might be time to get new hobby besides creative writing, such as learning how to actually be fucking creative, or prostitution. This makes the character less believable, and the first thing we want to do when we read stories about wizards and aliens is to be cockslapped back to reality. | |||
The worst of these attention-starved suethors will try compensate for this by slapping some sort of bullshit "flaw" in order to get people to stop calling out their literary-abominations for what they are. Coincidentally, these "flaws" often coincide with the author's dislikes due to lazy-as-balls writing (as the hastle to write slashfic with a goddess such as Sparkles Starbeam to Sazuke is too overwhelming). These "flaws" often appear in three flavors: | |||
*"Flaws" that can often be used to excuse the Sue's annoying and angsty behavior, such as beating the shit out of a bunch of fak prepz and the teacher looking the other way because "Her mother died when she was young, so it's okay for her to beat them up." | |||
*Flaws that aren't flaws, such as "her boobs are TOO big!", or end up being fodder for a Gimp Sue. | |||
*Flaws that are lazily slapped on that will never be relevant to the story. | |||
Because so many self-enamored gits write Mary Sues, there are many different kinds of Sues in the world. Trying to list them all would be impossible, but here are a few of the general categories into which a Sue can fall. Feel free to [[troll]], [[flame]], and [[b&|report]] the ever-loving shit out of anyone who writes this garbage. Besides, the retards who write this shit have glass egos thus [[BAW]] most beautifully when confronted. | Because so many self-enamored gits write Mary Sues, there are many different kinds of Sues in the world. Trying to list them all would be impossible, but here are a few of the general categories into which a Sue can fall. Feel free to [[troll]], [[flame]], and [[b&|report]] the ever-loving shit out of anyone who writes this garbage. Besides, the retards who write this shit have glass egos thus [[BAW]] most beautifully when confronted. | ||
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Canon Sue is a corruption of a legitimate canon character within the [[fandom]] to the point that they resemble the fanfic author itself. They may acquire new powers, undergo a makeover (including the dreaded [[Hot Topic]] punk variety), become good friends with canon characters the author loves, usurp the positions of - or become enemies with - canon characters the author hates, or just act completely out of character in a way that makes those familiar with the canon scream in horror. The Canon Sue can be used as a [[self-insert]] in and of itself or in combination with an author's [[original character]] Sue. | Canon Sue is a corruption of a legitimate canon character within the [[fandom]] to the point that they resemble the fanfic author itself. They may acquire new powers, undergo a makeover (including the dreaded [[Hot Topic]] punk variety), become good friends with canon characters the author loves, usurp the positions of - or become enemies with - canon characters the author hates, or just act completely out of character in a way that makes those familiar with the canon scream in horror. The Canon Sue can be used as a [[self-insert]] in and of itself or in combination with an author's [[original character]] Sue. | ||
"Canon Sue" can also refer to shitty characters in the original canon itself (ex: [[Twilight|Bella Swan]] | "Canon Sue" can also refer to shitty characters in the original canon itself (ex: [[Twilight|Bella Swan]], [[Star Trek|Wesley Crusher]] and [[Star Wars|Rey]]), where it instantly turns into a [[flame war]]. | ||
===[[Rule 63|Clone Sue]]=== | ===[[Rule 63|Clone Sue]]=== | ||
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Image:DelenadarksideMS.jpg|Bonita One Prime's new Mary Sue, she just recolored and renamed her. She's still a Mary Sue. | Image:DelenadarksideMS.jpg|Bonita One Prime's new Mary Sue, she just recolored and renamed her. She's still a Mary Sue. | ||
Image:SaeLockhart.png|[[Wapanese|SweetxinsanityxSarah]]'s latest and greatest Mary Sue, a Shadow/Tifa lovechild who is Trunks' girlfriend and allergic to apples. [[Sarcasm|But she's not really a Mary Sue because she says so!]] | Image:SaeLockhart.png|[[Wapanese|SweetxinsanityxSarah]]'s latest and greatest Mary Sue, a Shadow/Tifa lovechild who is Trunks' girlfriend and allergic to apples. [[Sarcasm|But she's not really a Mary Sue because she says so!]] | ||
Image:Cat Mary Sue.png|"Her kindness and caring attitude overwhelms everybody she meets". Enough said. | |||
Image:PrincessOfFail.jpg|Aome. "OC" that is a Sakura and Kagome Crossover, paired with more then 5 Canon Characters | Image:PrincessOfFail.jpg|Aome. "OC" that is a Sakura and Kagome Crossover, paired with more then 5 Canon Characters | ||
Image:Sammychan816-the-whore.png|Surrounding herself in croc cocks because no real man would dare touch her. | Image:Sammychan816-the-whore.png|Surrounding herself in croc cocks because no real man would dare touch her. | ||
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* 2/3 of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] characters | * 2/3 of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] characters | ||
* 3/3 of [[Original Character|Original Characters]] | * 3/3 of [[Original Character|Original Characters]] | ||
* [[Chris Chan]] believes that [[God]] serves him and will turn his life into all his Mary Sue fantasies. | |||
* [[Sailor Moon]] The creator has admitted that she is a Mary Sue fantasy of what she wishes she could be. | |||
* [[EverQuest|Aataltaal]], whose only flaw in the ''Ocean of Tears'' novel is that he [[faggot|"cares too much"]] | * [[EverQuest|Aataltaal]], whose only flaw in the ''Ocean of Tears'' novel is that he [[faggot|"cares too much"]] | ||
* [[Final Fantasy 7|Aeris]] and [[Sephiroth]] | * [[Final Fantasy 7|Aeris]] and [[Sephiroth]] | ||
* [[Star Wars|Ahsoka Tano | * [[Star Wars|Ahsoka Tano, Galen Marek and Rey]] | ||
* [[Brad McQuaid|Aradune Mithara]] | * [[Brad McQuaid|Aradune Mithara]] | ||
* [[Dungeons and Dragons|Drizz't]] | * [[Dungeons and Dragons|Drizz't]] | ||
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* [[Play-Bys]] | * [[Play-Bys]] | ||
* [[Mimikayuko|Sailor Universe]] | * [[Mimikayuko|Sailor Universe]] | ||
* [[ParkourDude91|Jack Stryker]] | |||
* All of Anne McCaffery's female characters in the Dragonriders of Pern books (for the book in which that character is a protagonist). | * All of Anne McCaffery's female characters in the Dragonriders of Pern books (for the book in which that character is a protagonist). | ||
* The various female characters in David Edding's books. The mystery was explained when we found out that they were co-written with his wife. | * The various female characters in David Edding's books. The mystery was explained when we found out that they were co-written with his wife. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Suethors]] | |||
* [[TheMarySue]] - Unrelated but just as unbearable | |||
* [[Deus Ex Machina]] Always a part of a Mary Sue | |||
* [[Suethor|Suethors]] | |||
** [[Anne Rice]] | ** [[Anne Rice]] | ||
** [[Ayn Rand]] | ** [[Ayn Rand]] | ||
** [[Bean]] | ** [[Bean]] | ||
** [[Dalavesta]] | ** [[Dalavesta]] | ||
** [[Neil Gaiman's Sandman]] | |||
** [[Rose3212]] | ** [[Rose3212]] | ||
** [[SailorMercury90]]: Chronic self-inserter who can't think of an original idea for a character beyond "She's based on me, is a super cute goody-two shoes that everyone loves, has a French last name ((probably) like me), has a white husband or boyfriend, and has a super cute daughter that looks like her!", infests both the [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Ouran High School Host Club|Ouran]] [[fandom]]s, and also traces. + ** [[Chasethehedgehog]] | ** [[SailorMercury90]]: Chronic self-inserter who can't think of an original idea for a character beyond "She's based on me, is a super cute goody-two shoes that everyone loves, has a French last name ((probably) like me), has a white husband or boyfriend, and has a super cute daughter that looks like her!", infests both the [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Ouran High School Host Club|Ouran]] [[fandom]]s, and also traces. + ** [[Chasethehedgehog]] | ||
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/stevenadvancechronicles/steves_character_bio.htm/ Like as if not only ripping every other anime series is not bad enough...] Seriously, making a [[self-insert]] Sue that acts like some bigshot and kick ripped off villains will not let you get laid with several fictional women. | *[http://www.freewebs.com/stevenadvancechronicles/steves_character_bio.htm/ Like as if not only ripping every other anime series is not bad enough...] Seriously, making a [[self-insert]] Sue that acts like some bigshot and kick ripped off villains will not let you get laid with several fictional women. | ||
*[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6422456/1/No_Days_Like_The_Demon_Days/ No Days Like The Demon Days] A Gorillaz fanfiction (as if there weren't enough Suethors for that section already) about Anna Blue, a Gorillaz fan who, despite being soooooo shy and totally untalented, wows everybody at a talent competition and becomes the Gorillaz BFF (but not before several chapters about herself, because people looking for Gorillaz fanfiction totally wanna read about some OC's life). Oh, and she fucks Murdoc. Ya know, the middle aged one who never bathes. Hot. Be nice, the author cries when people give her bad reviews. T_T | *[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6422456/1/No_Days_Like_The_Demon_Days/ No Days Like The Demon Days] A Gorillaz fanfiction (as if there weren't enough Suethors for that section already) about Anna Blue, a Gorillaz fan who, despite being soooooo shy and totally untalented, wows everybody at a talent competition and becomes the Gorillaz BFF (but not before several chapters about herself, because people looking for Gorillaz fanfiction totally wanna read about some OC's life). Oh, and she fucks Murdoc. Ya know, the middle aged one who never bathes. Hot. Be nice, the author cries when people give her bad reviews. T_T | ||
*[http://www.minami-kousaka.deviantart.com Minami-Kousaka] A surprising aversion, in which the self-insert OC ''isn't'' a Mary Sue. That being said, a Capturing Lady with a Fangirl Harem of Captured Targets? Cringe. To be fair, she is Filipina... | |||
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