The Mary Sue Litmus Test! *snark*

[Starba]

Sorry, I couldn't let this go unnoticed. Today I looked up "Mary Sue" on Wikipedia after seeing it over and over again in a comic strip I've been reading. I found out that it's a fictional (usually fan-fictional) character that is either cliched, meant to represent the author, meant to be the author's ideal, meant to be better than all other characters, etc. It originated with a Star Trek fan fiction parody character named Mary Sue Whipple in the 1970s.

Anyhow, the Wikipedia article had a link to a "Mary Sue Litmus Test" that's supposed to help you gauge whether or not the fictional character you've created is or is not a Mary Sue. I thought it was cute.

Link: http://www.onlyfiction.net/marysue2.html

[Vonwert]

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Hmmm, I got a 75 for my detective character, but I don't see how....oh well.

[Funk]

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His ears are ringing:

[Starba]

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Don't worry, Vonwert. I just put Batman in the Litmus Test and he got a 156.

[Funk]

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That's also Batman's IQ.

[hitogoroshi]

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25 for my character Hioku. Although it's mostly becauses he's mortal and in the past, which skips a lot of questions.

21-35 points: Borderline-Sue. Your character is cutting it close, and you may want to work on the details a bit, but you're well on your way to having a lovely original character. Good work.

[John Mora]

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That's also Batman's IQ.

Seems a little low.

[The Toecutter]

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My characters for my game scored between 4 and 71(That 71 was the only one to score over 35, as I intended for that character to be that way), but most of them were around the 15-30 area.

[Nixon]

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The one character I put to the test scored a 29. Huzzah.

[Goufunaki]

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i got 63. makes sense, cuz my character is an exaggerated version of me, plus other things I would like to have in common.

56-70 points: Über-Sue. You've got one hell of a Mary-Sue on your hands here, and it's not going to be easy to set things right. But do your best. There may be hope for you yet.

[Funk]

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Seems a little low.

Batman is smart, but I doubt he was smarter than Einstein. Batarang physics is a little easier than nuclear physics.

[The Toecutter]

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i got 63. makes sense, cuz my character is an exaggerated version of me, plus other things I would like to have in common.

My main character is like that, and got a 35.

[Magus]

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Does the character have a significant personality flaw

Oh, come on.

11-20 points: The Non-Sue. Your character is a well-developed, balanced person, and is almost certainly not a Mary Sue. Congratulations!

15. **** yeah, bitches.

And Batman can kick Einstein's ass.

[Starba]

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Low scores are great and all, but are all your characters as cool as Batman?

[Funk]

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The Batman makes The Fonz look like Potsie.