Thread: Your Mary Sue

How many of you have put your Characters into the Mary Sue Test.

I decided, because it would be a great time sink to put my MP (Main Protagonist) and MA (Main Antagonist) into the test just to see how they measure up to what I should be writing.

MP - Score: 96

MA - Score: 194

Hummm... Dang, I feel like I am writing Storm Shadow vs Snake Eyes.

I loves it!

Here is another Test:

Original Fiction Mary Sue Test:

Of which my MP scored: 94

and The MA Scored: 128

Hummm.

Take that all as you will.

MC's score was 13. Last year was -6.

I have two mp's the first one is 16 and second is 28

The ma is a 7.

Protag is a 12.

Protag is a 12.

how do you all get such low scores?

Think of memorable characteristics in real people and chop them up, mix them in a blender and then pour them into the molds of your character.

I have a short, voluptuous (she prefers not to be called fat) girl who hates dressing up, couldn't be called a tom boy because she also hates sports, likes head banger rock and reading mysteries. She has frizzy red hair and freckles, still live at home, has no aspirations for college but is looking for a job.

And the other character is tall and slender with a dancer's build. She dresses outrageously just to piss her mother off. She is involved in chess, debate and used to be a cheerleader. She is incredibly intelligent but lacks ambition, has a college scholarship because of excellent SAT scores and a mother who filled out all her applications. She's incredibly naive and thinks herself unattractive. She's just sweet, kind of saccharine but good in a way that is hard to find often.

You see they are real people, someone you might know. They might contain bits and pieces of people I know, have seen or would love to meet. But they contain faults and gifts just like any person you'd meet at school or work.

Think of memorable characteristics in real people and chop them up, mix them in a blender and then pour them into the molds of your character.

I have a short, voluptuous (she prefers not to be called fat) girl who hates dressing up, couldn't be called a tom boy because she also hates sports, likes head banger rock and reading mysteries. She has frizzy red hair and freckles, still live at home, has no aspirations for college but is looking for a job.

And the other character is tall and slender with a dancer's build. She dresses outrageously just to piss her mother off. She is involved in chess, debate and used to be a cheerleader. She is incredibly intelligent but lacks ambition, has a college scholarship because of excellent SAT scores and a mother who filled out all her applications. She's incredibly naive and thinks herself unattractive. She's just sweet, kind of saccharine but good in a way that is hard to find often.

You see they are real people, someone you might know. They might contain bits and pieces of people I know, have seen or would love to meet. But they contain faults and gifts just like any person you'd meet at school or work.

For such a high score you must've done something wrong somewhere... the tally chart at the bottom of the page says 50+ kill character blah blah, so it means that scores shouldn't really be much over this...

I character from one of my stories got a 15.

"0-16 Points
Most likely Not-Sue. Characters at this level could probably take a little spicing up without hurting them any."

Originally Posted by Cefor

For such a high score you must've done something wrong somewhere... the tally chart at the bottom of the page says 50+ kill character blah blah, so it means that scores shouldn't really be much over this...

Maybe I did, but maybe it really is no different then Batman fighting Cap America. I'd read that.

I actually have that one.

on the first one my MC got 30,

on the seccond my MC got 23

Originally Posted by moderan

I actually have that one.

Oooo I am jealous, I only read the Marvel/DC crossover wars where Batman and Cap fought it out... kinda cool.

Off Topic:

Mindless fun for the most part. The setup was stupid but I enjoyed seeing the characters battle-that's what people paid their shekels for anyhow.
There were tons of additional comics associated with the original crossover series-some were called Amalgam and featured composite characters, and some had new teamups. Most of em were crappy. I've managed to hold onto them over the years.

Wanna make your Mary Sue more realistic? Try this template:
Height/weight:
Sex:
Hair (color, length, style):
Body type:
Face (shape, expressions):
Eyes:
Mouth:
Distinguishing physical characteristics (scars, tattoos):
Poses and Posture:
Imperfections:
Age:
Birthplace:
Home (this is often imaginary and sometimes done in great detail):
Habits:
Name:
This provides the beginning of a character that still needs a great deal more work. I might set this aside, filing these notes and coming back to them at some future point to fill out the details. Sometimes this deeper work takes place right away. The deeper work takes the form of questions I ask myself about the character. Sometimes these are random "what if" questions, sometimes they are more pointed. There are a few questions I ask about every character:
What does this character want?
What is this character willing to do to get what she wants?
What fears does this character have?
What "role" does this character fill in society?
Does this character have siblings?
Parents still living?
A significant other?
Children?
Random questions might follow:
How does this character react in a crisis?
What would this character consider a crisis?