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EDIT 3: 11/22/09 You guys are kidding me XD For goodness sakes, reaaaaad the liink here: [link] Every time I get a comment that reads "the one on the left is a Mary Sue because she has green hair and a power," I realize that they're not reading the description which contains this link: [link]

tl;dr: If 'special' traits fit in with the universe, it doesn't automatically make the character a Mary Sue. What if everyone else in Ami Machida's universe has green/blue/purple hair? What if everyone else has a cat power? Does that make her a Mary Sue? Not necessarily.

Please, spare me the time from having to point you BACK to the silly description and just take a minute to read the link. You know, the one I linked to a bunch of times up above. And the link here: [link]

EDIT 2: 10/11/09 I suppose this is long overdue, but for those of you with confusion, here is an explanation on why I perceive the one on the left as not a Mary Sue: [link] For the love of god stop whining about it D:

EDIT: 6/21/09 Okay, everyone, please chill with all the 'hay is my character a mary-sue!?11" questions. I get about 3 a day now and one thing you need to understand - I AM NOT AN AUTHORITY ON MARY SUES. This picture is a parody. Just for fun. The one on the right is obviously an extreme exaggeration of a stereotype and not the definitive definition for a Mary Sue. D:

Please full view. You won't be able to read the text if you don't.

For those of you who don't know, a Mary Sue, in a nutshell, is a fanmade character that is usually extremely beautiful, powerful, smart, talented, and in plain words, perfect in every way.

These characters tend to be quite a bother in fanfiction and role playing, since they simply can't be beat, and thus become boring.

Have any of you ever been rping, and come across a character who is like, " oh, well, that planet in the way isn't a problem *blows it up*"

Or, is like, "well, Vegeta and Goten and Trunks and Goku ALL have a crush on my character"

Yep. That's a Mary Sue.

So, for people who still don't understand, I made this little picture/diagram. Usually, Mary Sues have TONS of talents and TONS of powers, and no weaknesses.

Enjoy ^_^

-Done in Copic Markers, with the background and text done on computer -
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~PolarisNightlord 22 hours ago
xD I love "Jasmine Rose Silverlight" Description! Hobbies: "Exploring mayan ruins"
And I love her species too... too many halves.
I once had a Mary Sue, but I was like eight years old... I was drawing a comic about her. And I kept her to myself. I didn't have a computer to show her to the world (Thanks God xD)
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~AnnLay 2 days ago
Oh my god, I so want to use Ami in a fanfic now XD
My first Mary-Sue was a girl named Lola, she was perfect, but I was eight and quickly trashed her

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~woopsadaisy10 May 20, 2012
I remember my first mary sue...
She was an angel, in middle earth, had a tragic past and purple hair and kidnapped preteen Legolas.
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I was 10 when I made her up, though ...

I remember her flaws being: Can't cook, is an idiot, messy and bossy.

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~Kishex-Nevarx May 18, 2012  Student Digital Artist
ma'am. this is where you win.
although there i would like to note you sometime, for any tips and stuff :aww:
kinda plan to make an oc, but she won't take over my gallery :'D

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~EdieMammon May 18, 2012
I love this chart, and actually now that I think about it, the Mary Sue part isn't as dated as I first thought, as this type is still particularly rife; especially in Harry Potter and anime/manga fandoms. I see a lot of people bash Ami on behalf of her tail, ears and green hair, but I myself can easily imagine her living in a world where everyone has tails and ears, and at least one odd color to their hair and or eyes. It's like in the Marioverse, where the human characters are portrayed as relatively normal-looking, whereas the Koopa characters have more unnatural color schemes and overall are more flamboyant-looking. Yellow eyes aren't uncommon in either manga or anime either; they would only count as Sue-age if they were described as "citrine", or "beryl", for instance. Instead they are simply yellow. It's when it gets excessive, and in combination with a lot of purple prose and superpowers of the arbitrary and "impossible" kind.

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~Chamst May 17, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Mm... I dunno, to me both are mary sues

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~BlackWolfHumanoid May 19, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Look closely and read, the Left is a Original character while the right is a Mary-sue.
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~Chamst May 19, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Yeah, I know but I'm just saying the left seems like a mary sue to me...

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~BlackWolfHumanoid May 19, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Not really to be honest The Left has Flaws and Weaknesses while the right doesn't.
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~Chamst May 19, 2012  Student Digital Artist
However, she has odd color hair and eyes and everyone is pretty much a nerd that has cat ears. It's highly used and common. I believe the left character isn't a believable character due to the fact it's unoriginal.

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