Anti Mary-Sue Character Guide

By seza123

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Here is just my list of tips of how to avoid creating/writing a Mary-Sue character. Take them as you wish. Gr... More

Mary-Sue?
Section 1.1 - Story setting
1.2 - Applying a Character to a Setting
1.3 - Status
Gary-Stu
Section 2.1 - Appearance
Disclaimer
2.2 - Hair Colour
Albinos
2.3 - Eyes
2.4 - Tattoos
2.5 - Piercings
2.6 - (More) Hair
2.7 - Make-up
2.8 - Scars
2.9 - Body Shape
2.10 - Colour Changes
Gingers Without Freckles
My Mary Sue
Section 3.1 - Name
3.2 - Names in Settings and Context
3.3 - Names With Meanings Unfitting names that mean something
RP
Section 4.1 - Personality
4.2 - Cardboard Cutouts
4.3 - Overused Personalities
4.4 - Flawless Sass and Wit
1K!
Section 5.1 - Backstory
5.2 - Orphan
5.3 - Scientist Father/Mother
Section 6 - Interests
2K!
Section 7 - Clothes
Section 8 - Accents
8.2 - Nationalities
Section 9.1 - Powers
9.2 - Powers/Abilities
9.3 - Weapons
Nekos
5K!
Section 10 - Interactions with other characters
Section 10A - Connections with Readers
Age
Section 11 - Faults and Flaws
Staying Consistant
Mary-Sue test
Unoffically Finished
Thank You!
So Behind!
100K
Recolours
Anime/Manga
Copying Cannon Characters - Fanfiction

3.4 - Stereotypical Names

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By seza123

So this doesn't have a lot to do with a specific Mary-Sue but it does wind me up.

Every story has more than one character (I apologise if I'm wrong) which means that there will be more than one name in your story. Just because you have a character of a different race, doesn't mean you /have/ to use a stereotypical name. Perhaps your character prefers to use a different name. I for instance know a Turkish boy who prefers to have a British name.

I suppose surrounding a Mary-Sue (or Gary-Stu) with obvious (and often boring since they are so overused) names, means that they end up standing out more. In turn, this makes them appear even more Mary-Sue.

Yeah, this isn't a direct rant chapter but I'm sure many of you will agree with me on this. Side characters deserve names just as thought out as the main character.

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