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#190 [2004-05-02 21:34:16]

OT: This is bugging me.. HELP!

by mg_batt

Please I'm new to this whole fanfic and writing thing.... I visited
the anime-fiction.net and came across "Mary Sue". I've been fighting
the urge to ask but alas! I must know what it means.... HELP?

Thank you.

~wounds

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#191 [2004-05-02 21:44:52]

Re: [SHQ_Spy_Division] OT: This is bugging me.. HELP!

by spiritus_saitou

A Mary Sue is a story in which the author places herself as the love interest of the main character. She may or may not use her real name, but it's a way of living a fantasy. Often, they're perfect in every way, can solve anything, and the lead guy just can't live without her (among other traits). Someone else may have a better definition, but that'll give you some idea.

Don't ever hesitate to ask anything... some of us have been around for 30 years and still have to ask, "what the heck is that?" :-D

phil (who may be writing Mary Sue in disguise... as Sano?)

Grace Battista <mg_batt@...> wrote:
Please I'm new to this whole fanfic and writing thing.... I visited
the anime-fiction.net and came across "Mary Sue". I've been fighting
the urge to ask but alas! I must know what it means.... HELP?

Thank you.

~wounds



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#192 [2004-05-02 21:45:13]

Re: [SHQ_Spy_Division] OT: This is bugging me.. HELP!

by crouching_tiger_realm

Basically, it's an original character that is better than life itself, she/he has all the males pinning for her, is the most selfless creature around the universe, and despite an anguished past, has no (or so light) flaws. He/she is loved by everybody, and at the end of the fic, he/she saves the day sacrificing him/herself (technically May Sue is the female, John Stu the male version). However, what I think they mean in Anime-fiction. net is a fic containing ANY kind of OC. I refuse to accept such a concept since not very OC is a Mary Sue.
Read this to have an idea of what a Mary Sue is: http://www.geocities.com/sheshat/fanfic1/marysue.htm
http://enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de/~bastian/Ranma/MarySue.html
Hope this helps
Firuze
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Please I'm new to this whole fanfic and writing thing.... I visited
the anime-fiction.net and came across "Mary Sue". I've been fighting
the urge to ask but alas! I must know what it means.... HELP?

Thank you.

~wounds



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#194 [2004-05-02 23:22:54]

Re: OT: This is bugging me.. HELP!

by mg_batt

Thanks Phil and Firuze... Now I know... Hmmm. You see I want to be
an OC writer. I had a gut feeling this Mary Sue thing was very
important, and yikes! It really is!

Okay.. Got to go.. I have to re-read my fic to make sure it's not a
Mary Sue. Thank you again for the info.

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#195 [2004-05-03 03:56:59]

Re: [SHQ_Spy_Division] OT: This is bugging me.. HELP!

by bsher213

There may be other opinions on this but to me Mary Sue is an original
character who tends to pop up in a fan fic and be wonderful and
beautiful and close to perfect and everyone loves them and they save
the day from the bad guys and the hero of the anime/story adores them to
no end.


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