Another Mary-Sue Test

http://www.katfeete.net/writing/marysue.html

It's a test to see if your character is a Mary Sue. It's shorter and simpler than the Mary Sue Litmus Test and that's why I like it.

I hope you guys do too!

This is actually one of my favorite Mary Sue tests because it is automatic, so you don't have to keep track of your answers.

It's obviously expecting a high amounts of Mary Sues, and that's the only bad thing about it. There were some things where I skirted on it being true, but then some wording of the question got me off the hook. But, there's still room for original characters.

I took this test for my character Jack and got a score of 9, which is a good score. I almost got another point from the question 'Jack chose his own name' but even though Jack is a nickname, Spike technically chose it for him.

Now I have to go take it for Spike. Kay, Spike got a 10, but that was mostly because of her name. I specifically chose her name to be different and that got me more points. Though then the silly thing would yell at me because she didn't have anything else...

I also like how the third page has a 'start the test over' button, tis fun.

Score Breakdown
Do I Know This Guy? 3
He's The Anti-Cool 0
I'm Destined For What? 5
Healthy as a Horse 1
Momma HATES Him! 0
Total: 9

Merenor ain't no Mary Sue. Although... he is a lizard. I don't know what he'd get if he were a human.

This is Claudia's score:

Score Breakdown
I Love Her, I Let Her Go 8
She's The Anti-Cool 1
I'm Destined For What? 3
Can't Complain 6
Momma HATES Her! 1
Total: 19

Is that bad?

What did the site say?

Here's Jas' score:

Score Breakdown
I Love Her, I Let Her Go 5
She's The Anti-Cool 3
Plain Jane 0
Healthy as a Horse 0
Momma HATES Her! 0
Total: 8

Took the test, but they were completely wrong about her personality. (They said she was a geek when really my MC is more an anti-hero at first. She's amazingly cynical/sarcastic) I think it stems from the fact my character is from Fantasy, so a lot of it doesn't apply. The only thing that did was that I haven't handed her anything. She's learned over time/worked for all benefits I give her.

None of my characters score over ten...

Sweet. I like this test. I'm a little confused about the breakdown of the score though...

For my two main characters...

Red:

Score Breakdown
I Love Him, I Let Him Go 4
You Mean Plaid Is Out? 8
Plain Joe 2
Can't Complain 4
Momma HATES Him! 1
Total: 19

A bit wrong about his personality though...

Quina:

Score Breakdown
I Love Her, I Let Her Go 5
She's The Anti-Cool 0
Plain Jane 1
Can't Complain 6
Momma HATES Her! 0
Total: 12

Wow, what they said about Nendo describes him exactly. It's kind of scary...

Score breakdown (though I don't get this...)
I Love Him, I Let Him Go 4
He's The Anti-Cool 1
I'm Destined For What? 5
Can't Complain 7
Momma HATES Him! 0
Total: 17

For Darian, I'm not certain about the loved one thing (lost and brought back) because he did have a loved one who he thought died, but actually is alive. Does that count as being resurrected? O_o Well...his score is the same as Nendo's.

Love Him, I Let Him Go 5
He's The Anti-Cool 3
I'm Destined For What? 5
Healthy as a Horse 2
Momma HATES Him! 2
Total: 17

Oh, it says I'm too distant from Luanna...but I like her. O_o I mean, I thought she was like me, but I guess not.

Do I Know This Guy? 3
She's The Anti-Cool 1
I'm Destined For What? 3
Healthy as a Horse 0
Momma HATES Her! 0
Total: 7

That's all for today. BTW, I still don't get this score breakdown thing.

This test is awesome! I don't get the score thing through

Score Breakdown
She's Got My Nose 12
She's The Anti-Cool 2
Plain Jane 1
Healthy as a Horse 2
Momma HATES Her! 0
Total: 17


And they were completely right about her personality! Yay!

The first time I got eleven... then for fun I went through and checked all the boxes. This is what I got:


She isn't a character: she's you, or you as you'd like to be. She is so impossibly hip that she has difficulty seeing over her own pelvis; she'll probably die young, but d***, will it have been a good life. She'd have to be pretty dense to miss the signs that she is destined for great things; she can hardly take a walk without tripping over a sword in a stone or a mysterious old woman wanting to tell her fortune. She's had a rough life - to say the least! Angst? Histronics? Her speciality. And you, her creator, have spoilt her rotten and given her everything she wanted.

You identify far too heavily with schniekel, and defend her from all sides, never realizing that in your quest to make her perfect you are alienating your readers. Back off and take a break. Try writing the story from the viewpoint of a different character, one you have less sympathy with... or writing a different story and coming back to this one.

Hah! This was fun. As my character is fantasy many things didn't quite work out for her but this is what she got:

Score Breakdown
I Love Her, I Let Her Go 7
Yo! 10
I'm Destined For What? 9
Can't Complain 4
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child 9
Total: 39

This is for my two main characters that are going to be in my NaNoWriMo novel (yes, its only June and I'm already obssessing over it... and its only my first one. ):

Clarence:
Score Breakdown:
Do I Know This Guy? 2
You Mean Plaid Is Out? 8
Plain Joe 0
Can't Complain 3
Momma HATES Him! 2
Total: 15


Anya:
Score Breakdown
I Love Her, I Let Her Go 5
She's The Anti-Cool 3
Plain Jane 0
Can't Complain 4
Momma HATES Her! 2
Total: 14