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Author: Black Charizard

Jun 7th 2008 at 4:50:20 PM

I support DieHard's suggestion. The only obstacle I could see is that most MarySues have several traits at the same time, so it could be difficult to sort each case onto the appropiate article. Then again, most cases have some trait that stands more than the others, so it should be doable.

Adding to that classification, TheOtherWiki adds some more categories such as:

*The Anti-Sue: This Sue is basically making a YouSuck character so overdosed with flaws that it becomes as annoying as a flawless classical MarySue.
*The Villain Sue: MarySue on the villains' side. For all purposes this Sue can be as angsty (or even more, as she's been forced to be a villain and do Bad Things) and have the same traits as a more heroic MarySue, with the difference that this Sue is involved with the baddies instead of the main characters.
*The Self Insertion Sue: Usually the most blatant trait of a Mary Sue. The author stand-in, this Sue acts and thinks like the writer [[FanficChopSuey (and probably likes the same things, too)]], and can even share the same name, or pseudonym. Doesn't include things like overidealization and asskickery, as those are separate traits, but is probably the root cause for them, which is why this trait is seldom found alone.

Also, not only does the body of the article need a rewrite, but the examples need some cleanup, too. I don't know if Dagny Taggart from Atlas Shrugged is an example, but if it is, it should go into CanonSue, not here.