Mary-Sue Test

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2006-03-30 11:19pm

Oddly enough, that drops it down to 49.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-03-30 11:24pm

Pick wrote:Ditto, which I think is unfair. I think that personality is much more of an important factor in defining what is and is not a Mary Sue. A wanked character is, in my opinion, an entirely different species than a real "Mary Sue".

I think I got it. Although it's deviating from the directions, it can't be helped. If your characters have any of the abilities on the list but they have them due to magic don't check them. Just check "general magic and sorcery" and leave individual spell effects like teleportation and pyromancy blank.

Try that.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-03-31 07:36am

Well, on a whim, I decided to to test Orione, the cyborg child-assassin from Get It By Your Hands. I can get a thirty if I don't tick her abilities as being common, a twenty if they are. I'm quite surprised really; I'd of thought that she'd have come out worse off, what with her plethora of skillz.

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2006-03-31 07:42am

Sci-fi military personel seem like they would really suffer from this test. The ability to have skills and technology not available to normal population(ie not normal) shifts this test up many points, even if said skills and technology could be considered appropriate for someone of their military position to possess. Of course, as said before, this is a litmus test, and not the be all end all.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-03-31 07:47am

Darth Raptor wrote:The list of powers and abilities kill my characters.

Did you check the box saying "Are these skills considered normal in your universe?" Because that negates all points gained from the powers section.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-04-01 01:04am

Rahim Sayed scores a 10. Elijah Fitzthomas is a 23. Kim Tran is a 31. I didn't feel like doing the rest of them.

The test is a litmus. There are potential mitigating explanations for most of the Mary Sueish traits on the list. However, the higher the score, the more unlikely those explanations need to be to mitigate all of them. A low score, on the other hand, ought to be a pretty solid indicator there's no Mary Sueing going on.

Robo Jesus · Post by **Robo Jesus** » 2006-04-01 01:50am

My characters Mary Sue score is a whopping 6. He is Anti-Sue!

Winston Blake · Post by **Winston Blake** » 2006-04-02 06:23am

That was pretty funny. Just for the record, the maximum has to be somewhere around...

Your Mary Sue Score: 593

...since while i read through it i checked all the mary-sue-ish options.