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| High for a villain? Not a bit. Villains need to be interesting characters, too. | |
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| I wasn't using your test when Jafar scored a 30. I was using a different one. But still, a 16 is still rather high for a villain, don't you think? | |
| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I know it has its flaws. I've revised it a bit recently, so I'm hoping it's a bit more accurate than it was.
*Tests Jafar* He scores a 16 for me. |
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm...you make a good point. Then again, I've become a little more leery of Mary Sue tests ever since I put Jafar through one and he got a 30. I think the only way to find out if your character really is good or if it's a Mary Sue is to have someone read it, because the tests often assume that a powerful character is a Sue when the reality is that some characters NEED to be powerful or be exceptional in at least one way to be interesting. Frankly, if my characters scored more than 30 on a Mary Sue test, I'd revise them, but I'd also revise them if they scored less than 5 because with the type of questions on some of them, that means they're boring.
*Oh, I don't mind yours. I put Jafar through a different Mary Sue test entirely.* |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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An imp character, eh? I must say, I'm a bit curious about how that might be carried out. 
Jafaria - an imp Mary Sue might be easier than you think! 
-She would have the head of a "cool" animal, like a wolf, fox, or cat. Especially pretentious authors might go as far as to use a "kitsune." -She would be able to build cool stuff that Everyone would Adore. -She'd be able to out-machine Mechanicles. -She would have magical powers, possibly related to Egyptian mythology. It could be done. |
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Lol well, she's an Imp but not a Mary Sue, and I certainly didn't create her to hook up with any canon characters or even be anyone's friend or whatever. It was mostly for a website project. I just wanted to run her through the test for fun.  |
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 8:59 am Post subject: |
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| An imp Mary Sue... I'm with Jataria on this. I give ya points for creativity, I doubt many people would create an imp character. | |
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| I've never heard of an Imp Mary Sue before. I don't know if it could be done. | |
| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| *revives an old topic, but this is a really good test, thumbs up to Syera*
For the hell of it I took this test for Katala. I got a whopping 8. It would have been negative if "Is your character an Imp" on there because of course that would be worth -10 right there.
I laughed reading the questions. Bwaha. Hybrids. |
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| Exactly! That's why I said it! I didn't want to let you down! | |
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So I know, and do balance my characters out.
I knew someone would say that! |
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Oooooookay, what part of these are the symptoms, not the disease did you miss? 
The trouble with swords is, many times they're just objects given to characters to make them even shinier and kewler. There's often no solid reason for having a sword other than to further the character's badassery, especially if said character is female. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| If a character becomes too negative then they can be a Mary Sue just as easily as a perfect one. But I don't think just having a sword should count towards your total.
Just had to: "She's got a sword!" "You idiots! We've all got swords!" |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| *throws Kam into the test*
The most Mary Sue-ish thing I ever do with my characters is take their names in message boards concerning their fandoms. She recieved a 20. Most of her points came from being canon-connected. Dude, I am taking off the weapons question. She has a sword, big whoop. 18-ish. If negative canon traits are passed on, that doesn't scream Sue to me. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think you'd care much for Captain Geoffrey Slagg.
Writing an outline for your plot is useful. I just find that when I determine rules for characters straight away it tends to limit what I can let the characters get away with later on, and it's not conducive to my creative atmosphere. Instead, I prefer to choose a character theme - for Colin, it was "bored" - and let the character's personality develop around their reaction to the situation. |
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And you can all just guess who the pirate would be