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erikakaiser
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:18 pm


You guys have probably all taken this at some point or another. xd Now it has fancy checkboxes and everything. Back in my day, we had to walk uphill both ways to take the litmus test, and add it up ourselves. While knee-deep in snow.

This test is more for fun than anything else -- it's not particularly accurate, because, for the most part, it really does depend on how the character works and fits in the story as to whether or not they're a Sue.

Here's the link: http://www.onlyfiction.net/marysue2.html

For those unfamiliar with it, you pick a character, check boxes to answer in regards to them, and then click the button at the end. It'll add up your score and tell you how much of a Mary Sue your character is.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:46 pm


My results:
Janus: -8
Kasume: -4
Iris: -1

Leon: 3
Victor: 15
Ania: -1

Janus only scores so well because she has so many addictions and vices. xd Victor's score is kind of meh, largely due to the fact that she was physically abused and had what I consider an "angsty" past.

erikakaiser
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:52 am


Ouch. Vitae scored a 38.

And WTF? Nathan scored less than Vitae! Though it was still a 32.

Yinda got a 12.

And now I'm just screwing things up. I might have to re-test the latter two tomorrow.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:15 am


Charlosi scored a 16. Shi is the Non-Sue.

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Kita-Ysabell

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:46 pm


Stephen: 2
Jack: 11
Blake: -7 (and that's even with losing weight in prison!)
Magdalena: 19 (it's her name. Magdalena is a form of Magdalene, as in Mary Magdalene. And the whole "freedom fighter" bit)

Talia Rose: 15
Fox: 11
Capt. Blythe: 20
Cat: 6 (I honestly thought she'd get higher)

And just for fun, I did the fairy people. I was expecting som real Sues in here, but I guess I was wrong.

MC: 21
Love Intrest: 23
Prince: 17
Princess: 26
And even with her horrendous title, the Dark Swan only got 19
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:28 am


I'm going to do the 'most liable to be Mary-Sues' to see how they turn out.

Shall we?

Shigure: an amazing 5. FIVE! That's... unheard of! Then again, he used to be a horrible Sue, and I put a lot of work into reversing that trend. And now he's an anti-Sue. Hah.

And actually, I don't really have time to do another one. This is very time consuming...

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La Spanadienne

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:57 am


Wow, I don't even think I can take this because it's an anime-character quiz, isn't it? XD And I looked at some of the questions, and it's somewhat of a snag for me. o__o; It takes place in a war, so of course there's going to be historical events, people dying of battle wounds, etc. etc. I'll take it some time later though. XD
PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:23 pm


@Kathri: It's a quiz specifically for original fiction characters, actually, although the idea for the quiz itself came from a quiz for Gargoyles fanfiction characters. It does have a lot of questions about anime and whatnot because so many people have Sue characters influenced by them, though.

@Rae: xd How did Vitae manage to get more points than Nathan?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:05 pm


Erin: 39

Drazora: 35

...What the hell. Drazora got less then Erin?! O_o Must be the hair.

Also: I must be an awful person. I'm the only one who has characters who go above 30. domokun
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:04 pm


erikakaiser
@Rae: xd How did Vitae manage to get more points than Nathan?

He survived a major catastrophe and is the last surviving member of his race (well, not exactly--there are those Scilonians who weren't in the country at the time of the attack. But he's the only one from within the country that survived.) and I think his score got a little screwy because I was getting confused about whether they were asking about backstory or in-story. @_@

Vitae's score likes to jump around a lot, though.

@ VR: Vitae and Nathan both scored above 30. talk2hand

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jestingly.yours

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:10 am


Mag: 7
Aralla: 16
(and the numbers begin to climb xd )

I'll do more later. When I have more time. Jesus but that's long.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:39 am


Whee... score time. whee I took a different test though. I bet all my scores are going to rocket sky high. *shot*

Nik: 20 [Dur, it must have been because I killed birth/blood/whateveryoucallit family in front of him and made him kill his adoptive parents and the rest of the screwy life I gave him. >_o; *slaps score*)

And the rest are probably going to be significantly lower because they're not really "main characters". XD

Ralph: 16
Brad: 23 [Oh well, might be a tad too innocent. XD]

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:33 pm


Raincrow

@ VR: Vitae and Nathan both scored above 30. talk2hand


...How did I misread that? @_@ I could have sworn it was below thirty...
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:56 pm


If it makes anybody feel better about their getting Mary-Sue scores

Karatael: 68


eek gonk cry

kaotic_drake


Kita-Ysabell

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:03 pm


Vierad: 29 gonk I don't get it.
Key: 15 ...okay. I kept cracking up about certain questions, like "Does your character have a faithful pet or farmiliar?" My characer is a faithful pet or farmiliar. xd Stuff like that.

Rora: 1
Ebry: 5 Not having a past makes your scores plummet
Wile: 13
Kita: 34 with the Unfortunate Naming Incident (I really don't want this screenname, but it's not like I can just ditch it) 14 without. Think what you like about that.
Feragel: 16
Icar: 13
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