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Post by victoriandreams on Nov 30, 2011 18:05:01 GMT -6
Is your character a Mary Sue/Gary Stu?An artist I follow on DeviantArt recently posted the above link to this site with one of his comics. It's a lot of questions (particularly the first section) but pretty helpful.  It'll help you to determine whether your character is a Mary Sue/Gary Stu, is in danger of being a Mary Sue/Gary Stu, or could use some spicing up to make he or she interesting. Also, the artist posted these as examples of some pitfalls for comic artists, but I find that they also apply to writing stories: RantingStraw Man (May help with arguments between characters or even an essay) Gary Stu/Wish FulfillmentStereotypes for Female Characters
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Post by ThunderDownOnGreenside on Dec 7, 2011 17:46:03 GMT -6
You're on DeviantArt???
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Post by ThunderDownOnGreenside on Dec 7, 2011 18:18:31 GMT -6
...I am seriously depressed right now. No kidding. I just got a 63 on that test with one of my fanfiction characters, Sett. I feel like an idiot. I don't want to make excuses or anything, but no test is perfect for figuring out Sue characters, especially because a simple test can't take the whole storyline into account, regardless of it being a fanfic or not. However...
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Post by victoriandreams on Dec 7, 2011 18:37:21 GMT -6
It's just an account to follow artists I like. ^^; I don't actually do any art. I just know I'll forget to check certain artists and fall behind on everything if I didn't have the account.
And it's actually easy to get a high score if you have a character that is "interesting." I got a 16 on a RP character that I'm currently using, but she's like a timid and normal person (nothing special). The main thing that got her was physical and sexual abuse on that test.
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Post by narelle on Dec 7, 2011 19:28:05 GMT -6
Got a 21 for Rhodes, an OC for a graphic novel series I'm working on.  (And I have a DA! Though I don't post on it much. ^^;; ) Going to test more characters, will edit with scores. EDIT1: Got a 26 for Jandro, another OC from the same series. Which is a surprise...he's mostly average and I kind of hate him. ^^;; |
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Post by horsestargirl27 on Dec 7, 2011 23:27:19 GMT -6
I got a 94 for a main character of my book I've been writing since I was in 4th grade. Not good.
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Post by sydneygazette on Dec 8, 2011 18:19:23 GMT -6
I got a 20, hazza. I consider this character to be nearly perfect in the rankings. Although I did have to go back and revise a few things which I had questioned when answering. I originally had a 9...too low.
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Post by XSFanatic on Dec 8, 2011 21:28:22 GMT -6
I got a 28 for my character Mira. Honestly, while I was reading some of these questions, I got a few cool ideas for stuff to happen, If I get it more off the ground, maybe I can lower that score.
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Post by bluexjay on Dec 14, 2011 21:36:53 GMT -6
wohoo! I'm physched I got a 22 for my main character in a story I'm writing along with a 21, 22, and 25 for my other central characters. Victory! Now ..if I could ....only ...actually ..write any of it down :/ aw man nevermind!!
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