by Tolvo Tue May 22, 2012 8:40 am
Make sure you are answering questions correctly and only answering ones that apply to your character. If they are in an original work don't answer a fan character question of course, etc.
In regards to the Knives, it's the idea of your character carrying a ridiculous amount of Knives on their person at all times, "Just in case." A combat Knife, that's fine. It makes sense to carry one, but ten knives on your person all at once, at all times? That's ridiculous, and is a Sue trait that has become more common because of Assassin's Creed, the Main characters of that series being huge Mary Sues.
A Mary Sue is an over-powered character, a really Cliche character, or a character who who is just beyond typical. Think of it this way, every character in Twilight is a Mary Sue.
Basically being able to defeat six or more enemies at once is a Sue trait Viral, so that will help you with understanding in regards to your character kicking ***.
The exaggeration is done for Comedic effect, but mostly these tests are very accurate. Understand this, these tests/articles are tools to help you develop as a writer and build better worlds, characters, and stories. Do not try to take offense to them, and do not lie to yourself when taking them otherwise you're only hurting your skills. These show very typical and un-interesting characters from a perspective of an educated person. But as you know sometimes terrible things can be a success, so I suppose learning to make better characters might not make you more likely to make money. But if people look back on your stories some day it will make it more likely that you are remembered as an Author, rather than a sellout or lucky person.
