The Ballad of Miss Mary-Sue

[Nephthys]

Hey there! Welcome to The Ballad of Miss Mary-Sue. Questions? General chat? It all goes here.

And if my introduction was totally long, boring, and/or confusing, please don't be deterred from making a character. Just ask for clarification. We totally want you here, so don't just walk away!

I am so going to guilt you into playing. Just you wait.

[Nephthys]

A great 'character sheet,' if you will, from limyaael, writer of the Sue Classifications:

Full Name, plus titles (if any):
Full Species(es): (Sue-type and actual species)
Hair Colour:
Eye Colour:
Unusual Markings/Colourations:
Unusual Possessions:
Annoying Origin: (History)
Annoying Special Abilities:
Other Annoying Traits:

:p use this in conjunction with the other necessary information and I will love you forever a brief period of time.

[XShishioX]

I looked at this in my feed and was all like, "Nah, that GM can't possibly mean what I think they mean. That would be completely outrageous, people would be warping reality left and right and we could have whole universes full of silliness. That would be far too ridiculous and the GM would die from insanity overload."


............ Aaaaaaand then you did it. I might just make a character so I can laugh at it and feel good about my ability to make not stupidly overpowered characters. Cheers mate, this is brilliant.

[LawOfTheLand]

roleplay/the-multiverse/characters/mary-susan

Now if only I could pull Marin away from World of Warcraft's pretty moving pictures. <<

This roleplay is absolutely scathing in how accurately it sums up the existence of these things. It's brilliant in that regard. However, as a GM, you best be ready to dig your heels in regarding Sue powers if you want to present any meaningful challenge.

[Nephthys]

But... but see, since we're all Sues here...

Casey has used the defensive move, 'Not That Kind of Guy!'

Anyway. The thing about powers is:

a) In terms of interpersonal relationships, it's up to the players to play them with responsibility— though, in the technical sense, these characters are Mary-Sues, we shouldn't play them like we're the type of people who would create Mary-Sues. Any responsible RPer will let his or her character fail at some point even if the option of failure has never presented itself to the character in the past. Remember, these Sues are out of their element. While a real Suethor would continue making the Sue even more what it is, hopefully we can move beyond that :/ And remember: when you pit two things that are unable to fail against each other— well, let's just say that two perfectly 'equally strong' things only exist in the world of thought exercises and lab conditions. One thing is always a bit weaker than another in some sense, even if it is as strong as diamonds. They might have been created as Sues, but we're going to play them as realistic, if not overpowered, people. Yes, they can fail.

b) I'mma going to go add something about character development in a while. Probably.

c) Again, we don't suck as RPers and (I hope) we're not going to get into a little whiny flame-fit when, shockingly, the Big Bad and his 'minions' are able to last longer than expected.

d) I'll dig my heels in when necessary. Don't worry. Overpowering to some extent is okay, but creating an omniscient, omnipotent character is very different from giving her the Sue-power of... mind-reading or prescience or something.

If it's going to be annoying instead of funny, please don't do it >> that is all.

Also. SueLit of the Day.

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[Nephthys]

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Gaiz. My flash memory decided to self-combust along with all of my RAM for no reason in particular, thus sending my computer into MASSIVE HARDWARE FAILURE, F*CK YOU, I'MMA NOT BOOT MODE. So I'm not going to be typing anything long for a few days until I can unbury my old clunker of a laptop.

The worst part? My entire CS disappeared. Because I decided, of all the silly things, to write it IN THE ACTUAL BROWSER WINDOW. Bad idea. So while my actual storage memory and all my files are 100% intact, genius me has to write the character all over. Seriously, that is the most muse-killing thing ever.

This is by no means the end of the RP >__> Just expect it to be, like, next week before I can get anything done. If I'm AWOL, I'm either writing the entire memory of my computer to an external drive and praying to the Elder Gods of Darkness and Rainbow Bunnies for deliverance or seriously AFK.

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So. Yeah. TT_TT and if that syntax sucked, it's because I can't see through my own metaphorical tears of raeg.

[XShishioX]

I'm so sorry... I know your pain ma'am.

EDIT: I've submitted a WIP, should be finished soon. For now, I just wanna sleep. :P