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30 Day Fandom Meme Day 8
Day 08 – Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
Yes. I’ve written male and female OCs, peripheral and important. Any female OC who is romantically involved with a canon guy is automatically a Sue to most people, but I try to make my OCs human, and only involve them in what’s necessary and realistic for their level of skill. My OCs are almost never beautiful to anyone except those who love them (like most people) and although they always have skills, they’re never superheroes. I do tend to make them articulate and sometimes too verbally clever, and that’s a definite flaw in my characterization. Not everyone is clever.
Yes. I’ve written male and female OCs, peripheral and important. Any female OC who is romantically involved with a canon guy is automatically a Sue to most people, but I try to make my OCs human, and only involve them in what’s necessary and realistic for their level of skill. My OCs are almost never beautiful to anyone except those who love them (like most people) and although they always have skills, they’re never superheroes. I do tend to make them articulate and sometimes too verbally clever, and that’s a definite flaw in my characterization. Not everyone is clever.
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This is key to preventing the self insert or the Mary Sue. Everyone does something - some things are big, somethings are small - but if someone's just there to look shiny, that someone's often a Sue (just as someone who's there to fix everything for everyone, toss off smart remarks, and save the day, is a Sue).
If you decide to use her elsewhere, you know how the internet is - I bet you can find some Seminole folks (at least descendants) who can guide you!