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[Hippsodeth]

*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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"What has my mother taught me? Everything that has given my life dimension. The understanding that empathy is all we have. And the love of whimsy that has saved my - *laughs* - what's left of it. She was a genious at saying 'so mine are the eccentricities of a nightingale. That makes my nightingale's song prettier.' " ~ ~ Kate Mulgrew, on her mother.

Joan Mulgrew passed away this summer. Attina, you're my nightingale and you've given me everything. I love you beyond eternity.

[Jafaria]

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!"

[Syera]

[Hippsodeth]

[Jafaria]

Exactly! That's why I said it! I didn't want to let you down!

[Katala]

*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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[Jafaria]

I've never heard of an Imp Mary Sue before. I don't know if it could be done.

[Emmlei]

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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[Katala]

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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[Syera]

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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[Jafaria]

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.*

[Syera]

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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[Jafaria]

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?

[Syera]

High for a villain? Not a bit. Villains need to be interesting characters, too.
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