The Mary Sue Quiz!

Mary Sues (or Gary Stu's if they're male) are a nightmare. My first novel's main character was a Gary Stu... and such stereotypical characters! :s Anyway, I found this a while ago... http://www.katfeete.net/writing/marysue.html and luckily I had no Mary's or Gary's, although 2 characters were closer to a Gary/Mary than the other.

Anyway, I thought you'd all like it, and not meaning to be nosy or anything... but what did you get?

Mac

Here's what I got:

In general, you care deeply about Phoenix, but you're smart enough to let her stand on her own, without burdening her with your personal fantasies or propping her up with idealization and over-dramatization. Phoenix is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of her.

Total score: 17

When I first created this character she was pretty much a Mary Sue. Over time she's grown into something completely different. She's an OC for my Harry Potter fanfic.

My result: 23

Seth is only a little like you. He isn't really very cool: he blends into crowds, he hangs out on the fringes at parties, and wearing shades after dark makes him run into things. There's never been anything special about him that he could see; boy, is he in for a surprise. He's come in for his share of hurt, but gotten off with minor damage. And you've been sparing with the free handouts: whatever he gains, he's worked for.

In general, you care deeply about Seth, but you're smart enough to let him stand on his own, without burdening him with your personal fantasies or propping him up with idealization and over-dramatization. Seth is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of him.

'and wearing shades after dark makes him run into things'. That is so going in my story now. It describes him perfectly. Thanks. Mac!

Total: 9

Caden is only a little like you. He is not at all cool; in fact, he thinks cool is a temperature reading, and when he says "Oh, I just put on whatever old thing's lying around," he means "on the floor, where I threw it last night - but I turned the underwear inside out first." There's never been anything special about him that he could see; boy, is he in for a surprise. He's got no emotional scars to speak of. And he's gotten no slack from you.

In general, you've kept yourself a goodly distance from Caden and given him plenty of room - maybe a little too much. Don't distance yourself so far from Caden that you stop caring what happens to him.

I do care what happens to him!!!

Thanks Mac

Liam is only a little like you. He isn't really very cool: he blends into crowds, he hangs out on the fringes at parties, and wearing shades after dark makes him run into things. There's never been anything special about him that he could see; boy, is he in for a surprise. He's come in for his share of hurt, but gotten off with minor damage. And he's gotten no slack from you.

In general, you care deeply about Liam, but you're smart enough to let him stand on his own, without burdening him with your personal fantasies or propping him up with idealization and over-dramatization. Liam is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of him.


That's my result Apart from the sunglasses thing (which is SUCH an Omar Kareem thing (not Jack)) that's a lot like him


Oh and here's the result of another protagonist from my first novel (which was terrible).

Mac isn't a character: he's you, or you as you'd like to be. He is not at all cool; in fact, he thinks cool is a temperature reading, and when he says "Oh, I just put on whatever old thing's lying around," he means "on the floor, where I threw it last night - but I turned the underwear inside out first." There's never been anything special about him that he could see; boy, is he in for a surprise. He's come in for his share of hurt, but gotten off with minor damage. And you've been sparing with the free handouts: whatever he gains, he's worked for.

In general, you care deeply about Mac, but you're smart enough to let him stand on his own, without burdening him with your personal fantasies or propping him up with idealization and over-dramatization. Mac is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of him.

Wow a lot better than I thought XD As you can see, I call myself Mac because at the time I made him (more than a year and a half ago) I loved his name, so I nicked it. It kinda stuck and now everyone knows me by my real name (which no one at school can pronounce despite the fact it is said how it's spelt) or that name. Too late to change it. (At Least I like the name).

Has anyone ever felt like that?

Huh, I got a five. Is that bad or good?

Pretty Good! In fact, perfect! Just be careful not to 'not care' about the MC.

Diana: 29
Adrian: 36

Just like Tia:

Diana is only a little like you. She isn't really very cool: she blends into crowds, she hangs out on the fringes at parties, and wearing shades after dark makes her run into things. She always knew she was special, destined for great things - and probablyf made sure everyone else knew it too. She's come in for her share of hurt, but gotten off with minor damage. And you've been sparing with the free handouts: whatever she gains, she's worked for.

In general, you care deeply about Diana, but you're smart enough to let her stand on her own, without burdening her with your personal fantasies or propping her up with idealization and over-dramatization. Diana is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of her.

Same for Adrian