Prompt 060

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PROMPT 060:
MARY SUE/GARY STU
Links under the cut describe what a Sue is. For this prompt, you can create your own Sue, use a Sue char (like Jonathan in Superstar), or make a character into a Sue. Artists, if you create a Sue, use whatever image fits the Sue in your head whether it is a model, actor, musician, etc. (IE My Sue is named Marie and she looks like Catherine Zeta-Jones so I'd do five icons/arts of Catherine Zeta-Jones, maybe manipped in with the gang)

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REMEMBER: No screencaps this month. There are plenty of links listed on the Theme Post


LINKS:
- Mary Sue: An Explanation
- Encyclopedia Dramatica: Mary Sue (Not really safe for work)
- Wikipedia: Mary Sue
- The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
- Namarie Sue
- Mary Sue Generator


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Comments

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

I admit I understand the "concept" of a Mary Sue (or Gary Stu) but am not sure how to best icon it. Wait, flashbacks, dreams, etc count, right? (Plus, the obvious Jonathan in Superstar?)

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Images from scenes with perception altering spells like in Superstar, warped POV like in Storyteller, or yes dream sequences, flashbacks or anything else where the characters are perceived or portrayed by themselves or other characters in a "too good to be true" light would work. Also you can manip OCs (they can be portrayed by stars like in Kelly's example or just those too perfect looking models used in advertising) into an image, solving the problems the Scoobies couldn't or just being annoyingly perfect.

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

And for my next question: what about Spike becomming a "real" boy in Angel's messed up dreams (caused by Eve's weird mutant thingy)?

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

I think that would qualify, Spike's pretty Gary Stu in that Ep.