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What is a MartyStu and can they be saved? Personally, I grapple with this problem with a few of my favorite characters that I write with. Drake, and Lee.

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with a back story purposely left vague]].

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, [[Infinityplusonesword Infinity plus three sword]] or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with a back story purposely left vague]].

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, [[Infinityplusonesword Infinity plus]] or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with a back story purposely left vague]].

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}},[[Infinityplusonesword Infinity plus]] or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with a back story purposely left vague]].

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with a back story purposely left vague]] {{Laser guided amnesia}}.

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell. When put in a Canon that isn\\\'t mine...well, I have only started doing that now, and I\\\'ve scaled by his knowledge of the world, as well as his uber-power, but he\\\'s still meant to be me, living in that world, with a back story purposely left vague, usually {{Laser guided amnesia}}.

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, simply because he (I) made it, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell.

Now, the one I worry about. Lee. Which is to say, me. My own {{Author avatar}}. I usually use him in {{canon}}\\\'s that I have made myself, and call myself the Overlord, a la {{Disgaea}}, or often, Overlord Lee. Keeping to his Author avatar ways, Lee knows all that has, is, or ever will happen in the world he\\\'s in, and often make jokes about that (unless the canon isn\\\'t mine.) In games, he\\\'s often the strongest recruitable character, and, to my shame, goes after the woman I\\\'d go after, if the MC isn\\\'t courting her himself. When an enemy, he\\\'s either a {{Hopeless boss fight}} or a {{Bonus boss}}, that drops the {{Infinity plus one sword}}, which obviously is a {{game breaker}}, or teaches the {{Fantastic nuke}} spell.