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
3.4 - Stereotypical Names
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
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

Section 8 - Accents

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By seza123

This chapter was actually a comment from @AzaleaDrop but I felt I had to write it as a chapter because it's important.

Too many characters are given unnecessary accents for no other reason but to make them stand out. This could be to make them seem more appealing and sexy or to make them appear more villainous. Naturally, a Mary-Sue is typically the first one. 

Just make sure you have a reason why you want your character to have a particular accent and decide if it is a vital detail. If so, state why.

@AzaleaDrop also pointed out that sometimes characters use words from other languages in causal conversation. I can understand if on common words people slip up e.g. A French person saying 'merci' a lot. What is irritating is when it's very specific words like 'Baka' and 'kawaii' in Japanese get thrown in. This just makes your character seem like they are trying too hard to be foreign.

People do slip up with languages and that's normal, they're hard. But make it seem like they did accidentally make that mistake, not that they did it to purely stand out.

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