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Post by | | *~Kurokaze~* | | on Aug 22, 2008 19:15:22 GMT -5
1. No sexual themes, PLEASE. There are people who do not like looking at the stuff.
2. Too much gore will be deleted unless you put a warning on the title of the thread.
3. With fanfiction, if allowed constructive critisism, we will not be holding back.
4. Please do not make any of your characters Mary-sues.
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Post by K.K. Slider on Aug 23, 2008 12:06:06 GMT -5
To those of us who don't know (myself included) what persay is a mary-sue?
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Post by | | *~Kurokaze~* | | on Aug 23, 2008 15:41:59 GMT -5
Quoted from Wikipedia [because I hate explaining things]:
"Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clichéd mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
"Mary Sues" can be either male or female, but male characters are often dubbed "Marty Stu", "Gary Stu", or similar names. While the label "Mary Sue" itself originates from a parody of this type of character, most characters labeled "Mary Sues" by readers are not intended by authors as such.
While the term is generally limited to fan-created characters, and its most common usage today occurs within the fan fiction community or in reference to fan fiction, canon and original fiction characters are also sometimes criticized as being canon "Mary Sues" or "canon Sues". Wesley Crusher[1] from Star Trek: The Next Generation is probably the best-known example. In role-playing games, original characters may also be criticized as "Mary Sues" if they dominate the spotlight or are too unrealistic or unlikely in other ways."
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