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	Mary Sue - Encyclopedia Dramatica
		Mary Sues are sporked by such fagging loser groups as Deleterius, GAFF, the PPC, and various MSTs.
		The name itself comes from what is considered the classic, if not the first, Mary Sue story—a Star Trek fanfic about Ensign Mary Sue Somebodorother, "the youngest officer in Star Fleet", who fell in love with Kirk or Spock or somebody and died tragically in his arms after saving the Enterprise and/or the known universe.
		This Sue type is characterized by the stereotypical villain behavior such as sadism, long bouts of insane cackling, and attempting to kill canon characters, usually punctuated by angst-ridden soliloquies.
	www.encyclopediadramatica.com /index.php/Mary_Sue (980 words)

	Reflection's Edge
		Mary Sues have so much going for them, that any difficulty is merely swept away with the wave of a hand and problems are solved with little more effort than turning a switch.
		Mary Sue characters are already perfect or nearly-so; they do not need to grow in order to accomplish their goals.
		Mary Sue characters rarely are faced with the need to change their beliefs, or principles as a result of the events -- more often, Mary Sue will be proved to have been right all along.
	www.reflectionsedge.com /archives/dec2004/sms_jl.html (1325 words)

	Who Is Mary Sue?
		A Mary Sue is a character that the author identifies with so strongly that the story is warped by it.
		Mary Sues sometimes appear in valid works of fiction, but more often they render the story unreadable, a source of satisfaction to the writer alone.
		Mary Sues are frequently accompanied by trite plots, generic backgrounds, and a cast of minor characters who define their existence only through the Sue.
	fmwriters.com /Visionback/Issue30/marysue.htm (912 words)

	Guide to writing Forever Knight “Mary Sue” Fanfiction
		She can also be scared of Mary Sue due to a long ago experience that had taught her a lesson not to mess with the all mighty one.
		Screed, being a man after all, secretly harbours Mary Sue’s love in his heart, but since he knows that a lovely creature such as her would never go for a rat eater like him, he keeps his love to himself and secretly admires her from afar.
		This Mary Sue essentially starts off on the wrong side, but her absolutely amazing skills and knowledge attract the good guys to her and they make her eventually realize her wrongness and turn toward the good side.
	www.lacountess.com /FKnight/MarySueGuide.html (1775 words)

	What's In a Name? -- Harry Potter and the Mary Sue Litmus Test
		Mary Sue is the perky, bright, helpful sixteen-year-old witch who hangs out with the main characters as though she was always a part of J.K.'s universe.
		Mary Sue is an brilliant sorceress, a helpful friend, a good leader, a cunning and skilled dueler, and is stunningly beautiful.
		Mary Sue's twin brother, Gary Stu can often be identified by his brooding, solitary behaviour, matched by his maverick disregard for authority.
	www.theninemuses.net /hp/work/marysue.html (1108 words)

	Mary Sue: An Explanation
		Mary Sue, as this archetype became known, was at first any brilliant, beautiful young Starfleet officer who joined the Enterprise crew to be the center of attention, set everything right, make off with the main male canon character's heart (or several of them!), and/or die dramatically in someone's arms.
		Mary Sue is any original or deeply altered character who represents a slice of his/her creator's own ego; s/he is treasured by his/her creator but only rarely by anyone else.
		However, to be fair, even the most trite Mary Sue serves a psychological purpose for his or her creator...and sometimes, believe it or not, the best can wind up being lauded as legitimate characters and gathering fans beyond their original scope.
	www.subreality.com /marysue/explain.htm (431 words)

	The Mary Sue Litmus Test
		Sues have a tendency towards being a omniscent narrator: She knows all, sees all, and only lets it slip when she feels like saying it.
		Sues, once again, are usually some reflection of their creator, or what their creator wants to be.
		Sues will usually pick one character as their foil (personal supposed "antagonist", rival, etc), most likely a character that the author doesn't particularly like (such as anime Rei/Mars), take them out of character, and pit their character against them.
	www.sailorpandora.com /marysue/Explaination.html (4355 words)

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		Fanfiction is when a person writes a story using another person’s characters and often setting.
		With all that room for creativity, one might expect the world of fanfiction to be a great opportunity for fans of a certain literary, television, or other work to use their imaginations and develop storylines far beyond those of the original version.
		MARY SUE (or, MARTY STU): This is another romance fic, but instead of two characters from the original work, this time, the author inserts himself/herself into the story, and one of the characters falls in love with them.
	xepher.net /~aetre/fanfictionrant.html (1274 words)

	Mary-Sue character - Uncyclopedia
		In fanfiction, a Mary-Sue character is a character that is a thinly-veiled representation of Captain Kirk in a story that is ostensibly about lesbians.
		Accusing someone's fanfiction of containing a Mary-Sue is a good way to set off a flame war.
		It has been theorized that all fanfiction writers are lesbians anyway, which is why they won't sleep with me despite how good I am at Pokemon cosplay; they may use these flame wars as a way to sublimate their intense attraction to each other.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Mary-Sue_character (363 words)

	Mary Sue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mary Sues are extremely physically attractive, and their appearance may include an unusual "natural" hair or eye color.
		Mary Sues are usually presented as highly moral, sometimes sacrificing their lives or happiness for the sake of other characters, even when this Western viewpoint would be uncommon for the setting of the story.
		Despite a plethora of "common traits" and a frequent consensus amongst some groups on which characters "are" or "are not" a Mary Sue, the term is used to convey a negative impression of the character in question, and thus is not objective.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Sue_fanfiction (3511 words)

	Beta Readers Pages - Mary Sue and Family in Fanfiction
		Mary Sues have long been a staple of fan fiction, however, not all original fanfic characters [OFC] are Mary Sues.
		Mary Sue and her counterpart, Gary Stu, are original characters that take over a story at the sacrifice of the canon characters.
		She's known the character for years, and even though she might not have seen them in just as long, she can 'see' that the love interests 'belong together', or she can pin-point just what is troubling a person and solve it in a few sage words of wisdom.
	www.geocities.com /betareadg/marysuefam.html (969 words)

	[Verboten]---Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mary Sues, Gary Lues, Larry Blues and Peggy Sues are all interchangeable names [the first two being the most popular, though, I’ve seen many more] used in fanfiction to describe an original character that is input into a pre-existing cast, with the very uncharacteristic effect of changing/altering the predetermined traits of the other characters.
		A Mary Sue, in short, is a girl OC [no, not the show, more like Original Character] who sweeps whoever the author wishes off his feet.
		Newbies are rather accepting of fics involving Mary Sues, and—whether they admit it or not—nearly all writers did, at one point or another, write their share of preposterous Mary Sues.
	www.freewebtown.com /weaveratropos/marysue.html (1158 words)

	Mary Sue: The Mary Sue Litmus Test For Labyrinth Fanfiction
		Mary Sue is an engineer, a doctor in training, a good leader, an excellent cook, and is usually a beautiful singer.
		If Mary Sue is very young, she is often the offspring of one or two already established characters.
		By the end of the story, Mary Sue will be in bed with the desired character, will have beamed away amid cheers from all the regulars, or will be dead, usually accompanied by heavy mourning from the cast.
	www.subreality.com /marysue/labyrinth.htm (1295 words)

	What is a Mary Sue?
		Mary Sues represent an idealized alterego of the author.
		Ultimately, the Mary Sue is the ultimate in hubris and vanity and it CLEARLY shows.
		Not to mention that Mary Sues tend to be intertwined with lemons, but let's not get into that.
	www.rpgclassics.com /fanfics/spazzymarysue.shtml (828 words)

	Bad Fanfiction: Interview with Mary Sue
		And a good writer who has a Mary Sue problem ends up with a pretty good omelette at the heart of which is concealed a giant lump of stink.
		The one thing that separates a Mary Sue from any other kind of character is that we aren't the result of any kind of process.
		The badness of Mary Sue sex is just one of the expressions of the major problem with us, which is that we're not real, and the readers know it.
	www.englishchick.com /badfic/msinterview.htm (2405 words)

	The Soapbox: Perfectoholics Anonymous
		Mary Sue is, in short, the embodiment of a fanfic writer's fantasy.
		Beauty, intelligence, wit, and power are hers in abundance, and, in certain fandoms, she is or is somehow related to a supernatural being.
		For instance, a Mary Sue may not be a self-insertation, or even a new character.
	students.washington.edu /kotori/soapbox/marysue.html (978 words)

	The Mary Sue Litmus Test
		For those whom do not have a clue what a Mary-Sue is, it was a Star Trek Fandom coined term for a particular character who was happy, cheerful, excelled at running the ship, tending to the sick, checking the generator, and capturing the hearts of the main male characters.
		No matter what kind you have, Mary Sues will always: one, steal the spotlight from the main characters, and two, cause the characters to be OOC (out of character), almost violating their whole character to some extreme points.
		Mary Sues are considered beginner writing; anyone can write them, but few can realize what they are and revise them.
	www.sailorpandora.com /marysue/intro.html (799 words)

	Does Gender Matter? Tolkien Fanfiction Paper
		"Mary Sue" is the common term for fanfiction in which an OFC is introduced and acts out the fantasy of the author in her stead.
		Mary Sue: A story that features a female non-canon character who is the author self-inserted in the story to act out her particular fantasy.
		Slash: A term from the 1960's originally referring to fanfiction stories that paired together Kirk and Spock from Star Trek, as in "Kirk/Spock." Slash within the Tolkien community indicates that the story is about a same-sex pairing, though the actual sexual content varies widely and includes male/male, female/female, and interspecies, such as man/hobbit.
	www.thrihyrne.net /FanfictionPaper.html (7226 words)

	The Thundercats Mary Sue
		Specifically, a “Mary Sue” is an original character of the fanfic author that is little more than a projection of the author him/herself into the universe being written about.
		Mary Sue is either brave and strong, willing to sacrifice herself for all her fellow Thundercats, making them go deep into mourning for her loss, or she is a lost or young soul that the Thundercats help to become brave and strong after facing her doubts about herself.
		Aside from the Thundercats Mary Sue Litmus test, there is also some general Thundercat Mary Sue information and the results of Al's own characters put through the test.
	www.cheezey.org /thundercats/fanfic/MarySue.htm (1373 words)

	Character Type: Mary Sue - Associated Content
		A Mary Sue is usually an original character that authors of fanfiction insert into the literary or television universes.
		A Mary Sue is also very intelligent and sassy and has the ability to put canon characters in their place, which results in them admiring her spunk.
		Some canon characters that have been accused of being Mary Sues are Rory Gilmore of Gilmore Girls (especially given the way boys fall for her and continue to be infatuated, regardless of her behavior towards them) and Lana Lang of Smallville.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/64791/character_type_mary_sue.html (426 words)

	The How and Who of Mary Sue
		As many of you may know, Mary Sue Whipple made her first forays in the world of fanfiction on the Godawful Fan Fiction Message Board—a subset of the Godawful Fan Fiction site (at that time, Godawful Trek Fan Fiction, which is why so much of Whipple's stuff is based in Trek).
		As the creator and one of the original authors of Mary Sue, it's my right to lay down what I consider to be the truth of the matter—other authors also have the right to dive in and tell me I'm wrong, wrong, and more than wrong.
		Mary Sue Whipple, as a character, is your typical bad fanwriter.
	www.sff.net /people/thyme/howandwho.htp (4022 words)

	In Defense of Original Characters (Well, At Least Some Of Them)
		We all know who Mary Sue is. And most of us really dislike her (hate is a strong word that I don’t like to use).
		There’s nothing wrong with that because the simple fact of the matter is that Mary Sues are far too numerous and basically identical, therefore a boring character, and you really can’t relate to her at all.
		Go ahead and tell Mary Sue authors to “get their heads out of the clouds,” because the sooner they realize that characters like that are not wanted, the better.
	eternally.reignblood.com /fanfiction/defense.htm (1075 words)

	The Mary Sue Litmus Test
		This test has been designed to help an aspiring author determine whether his or her character is a Mary Sue, or is simply another addition to the megaverse that is fanfiction.
		Mary Sues are much easier to do, but as a rule, they show lazy writing.
		And again, not all Mary Sues are bad, evil and awful, and mean that their authors are terrible folk what ought never be allowed to write again.
	missy.reimer.com /library/marysue.html (4032 words)

	angel fan fiction
		But I am saying that not only is it a cliché, it has become quite possibly the single most contrived hallmark of the Buffy Mary Sue, and as such should be avoided at all costs.
		Unless you're writing parody, or recasting Superstar with Mary Sue as Jonathan, avoid all extremes when creating an original character, and keep her abilities and skills to human level rather than Superhero.
		Mary Sue is as often martyred as she is married, and the series has thus far only done it once (Kendra) and is not likely to do so again.
	www.loony-archivist.com /angel/buffy_litmus.html (2366 words)

	LMFFI: Resources: The Plot - A Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The foggiest and perhaps the most difficult aspect of writing fanfiction is that of conceiving an original and interesting plot.
		Some writers seem to regard plot as secondary, but in doing so they are mistaken: the plot is the skeleton of a story, and while correct grammar and believable characterization are essential to good fiction, neither of these will salvage a plot that is ultimately stale or boring.
		A useful device, however, is to view fanfiction as a type of experiment.
	www.mv.com /users/ang/fanfic/info/plot.html (482 words)

	The Mary Sue Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the story she’s likely to be named Serena or Kaori or Artemis, but critics call her Mary Sue.
		Fanfiction readers love to mock the Mary Sue stories, which often plunge past the niceties of plot or purpose in order to get to the wish fulfillment.
		I love that in the Mary Sue Project my girls involve themselves so intimately in stories, take them personally, inhabit them — and read more critically as a result.
	www.hbook.com /publications/magazine/articles/nov06_almagor.asp (1390 words)

	Lord of the Rings Fanfiction :: A Tolkien Loving Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Not all original characters are Mary Sues, and not all characters that are Mary Sues are necessarily bad or annoying.
		There are authors that can take a Mary Sue character and write it into the universe beautifully, and make the character an interesting and fun addition to it.
		Unfortunately, for every fun and entertaining Mary Sue, there are at least 20 that are simply terrible.
	www.lotrfanfiction.com /help.php (798 words)

	Fanfiction - and about it : Mary Sue Test
		Perhaps you're asking now: 'Who is this Mary Sue person anyway?' Well, Mary Sue - and her male equivalent, Gary Stu - are the easiests to write, and often most annoying to read, characters out there.
		Mary Sue characters, while the easiest to write, are the hardest to write well.
		The questions partly are from other Mary Sue Tests, partly from stories I've read or written, partly from other experiences.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Trailer/3858/msnewsies.html (1622 words)

	The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test
		Fanfiction - a story set in a world you didn't make up.
		A character can go either way at this point, so fanfiction writers should pay attention to ensure that their characters aren't getting too Sue-ish.
		Fanfiction authors beware - Mary's on the loose.
	www.springhole.net /quizzes/marysue.htm (4061 words)

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