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Figure 1: Example of Sympathy Sue: Ivananana Breezesongcoldstormicecream EtA subspecies of the Angstius Sueus, Sympathy Sue uses her tearful past to catch her prey, as well as her bodily assets and seemingly angelic personality. These Sues are far more pervasive in fandoms where having a tragic past is practically part of each character description (e.g. Death Note); and therefore, harder to spot and eliminate.
Suethors commonly insert scenes of self-pity and "please help me, hot canon guy" content, to the point that the reader wonders when are they ever going to fucking stop and kill themselves already . A tragic past, for these Sues, usually consist of:
- seven scenes with blood in them
- six bullies at school
- five abusive family members
- four suicide attempts
- three scenes of child molestation and/or rape
- two murdered parents
- one "you can make it all better if you hook up with me"
oh, and
- over 9000 small cute animals killed
The extraordinary thing about these Sues is how easily they can leech the canon characters to their side. Normally psychopathic, sociopathic, violent, shy, lonely, weird, gay, or "just not just that into girls" characters suddenly find themselves falling head over heels for Sympathy Sue- probably because she appears to be the perfect girlfriend, with an all-caring personality and BOOBS and small angel wings growing out of her shoulders and BOOBS and a really short skirt, have I mentioned BOOBS? Incidentally, the canon characters seem to lose all traces of their former personalities and are instead content with being Sympathy Sue's bitch. Lemons ftw!
Not.
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Comments: 59
boosterjones1999 [2011-02-08 18:35:07 +0000 UTC]
Some time ago I used to know a girl who was just like that,
I wanted to help her sort her dad out (they did not get along well) but she didn't want me to so I did the only thing one should do to such scum...
BITCH at her like HELL!
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chocolateangel97 [2010-12-06 20:32:51 +0000 UTC]
we need to find a way to kill them before it is to let. I think we should pop their boobs. who has a needle?
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Arve-ni-arvedha [2010-11-14 12:47:10 +0000 UTC]
You are totally right! It is part boring part fustrating, when the characters lose theyr personalities, mostlΓ because we love them for those!
Gah, why are writing those people at all??
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to Obeliskgirljohanny [2010-10-25 23:32:42 +0000 UTC]
um, okay, what are you confused about?
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Obeliskgirljohanny In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-10-26 02:34:10 +0000 UTC]
u know where all the boys liking her. and she's not......you know dead??
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gdpr-4033231 [2010-05-10 01:42:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh my God, do I see L in there?! HEY SISTER! GET YOUR BOOBS OUTTA OUR FACE! (I'm speaking, of course, to the Sympathy Sue, not you, the artist.)
Still, I'm really liking your style! You should drum up another drawing like this to demonstrate another kind of Sue. Wonder how many types there are?
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to gdpr-4033231 [2010-05-10 22:49:50 +0000 UTC]
Meh, maybe when I think of a another type What other ones are there?
(lol, I was wondering who would notice those characters on the side..)
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gdpr-4033231 In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-05-10 23:44:56 +0000 UTC]
Oh, I think I got one. The Jerkass Sue! You can find more types at TV Tropes.com. They have a big list. And descriptions.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to gdpr-4033231 [2010-05-10 23:45:44 +0000 UTC]
I've been on that site.. so addictive
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to seyrii [2010-02-16 23:55:51 +0000 UTC]
welcome to the Mary Sue report.
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Bouzu-Hiso [2010-02-08 19:05:23 +0000 UTC]
Uhuhuh, you sure her name isn't Marta Lualdi? XD But wait... she lacks boobs, badly.
... pityful try of the game creators to not make her a Sue, I suppose! XD
But yes, this kind of Sue is one of the most annoying ones, next to the Babies'R Us-Sue.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to Bouzu-Hiso [2010-02-09 19:02:16 +0000 UTC]
Right. There's a lot of Sues in video games, for some reason. But games kind of need them more than most, because everyone needs a player that has their power level over 9000! and because it's harder to rate games as literature.
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ctrl-4lt-d3l In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-10-29 02:00:31 +0000 UTC]
I almost had a pregnant when I saw your epic meme use.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to ctrl-4lt-d3l [2010-10-29 21:21:43 +0000 UTC]
Weird, I don't remember really making that comment. And thanks, I guess?
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ctrl-4lt-d3l In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-10-29 21:46:36 +0000 UTC]
I do that a lot, make comments and when people comment on them, forgot I ever made them.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to ctrl-4lt-d3l [2010-10-29 21:49:57 +0000 UTC]
Yep. Livestreaming in a while, because I'm bored and this has been a tiring week.
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Yomi-Oneechan [2010-02-05 19:19:13 +0000 UTC]
She's...adorable....crap,....I'm being...dragged in....SAVE ME FROM THE SUE-AGE!
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to Yomi-Oneechan [2010-02-05 19:27:34 +0000 UTC]
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Yomi-Oneechan In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-05 19:31:15 +0000 UTC]
YAYYYYYY~! YOU SAVED ME! *is now happy and chibi-looking and stuff*
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kungfoowiz [2010-02-05 10:19:08 +0000 UTC]
Those hearts and suckers tights are so girlish, I love them.
Fantastic piece btw, your colouring is so lively and expressive.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to kungfoowiz [2010-02-05 16:42:07 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. It came down to my observations of the girls and what they wore at my high school.
This is actually one of my more suckish pieces, because I was hurrying to finish it in time for the "Mary Sue" contest and then the deadline was extended.. yay ^^
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missdeviant95 [2010-02-05 09:15:13 +0000 UTC]
ok... now the pic is amazing!! but tell u the truth... i ddnt get a thing from the description u wrote! lol..
but otherwise, the pic is awesome, n i love the tights!! they're amazing!!!
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to missdeviant95 [2010-02-05 16:39:45 +0000 UTC]
Heh.. it's about a certain type of Mary Sue. If you like to write, you should definitely know more about this character archetype and how you can avoid it; it's basically the worst possible sin you can commit when writing, to create a Mary Sue. More info: [link]
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missdeviant95 In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-05 16:44:23 +0000 UTC]
oh kk.. thx 4 the info ...
will keep that in mind..
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to missdeviant95 [2010-02-05 16:48:26 +0000 UTC]
Sure, glad to be helpful. I'd hate to see a young writer accidentally make a Mary Sue and have the whole writing community coming down on her
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missdeviant95 In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-05 16:50:04 +0000 UTC]
lol.. k..
well tell u the truth.. im not rlly into writing.. lol.. but thx anyways
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Drewzers [2010-02-05 04:39:30 +0000 UTC]
Dude.
Im going to punch authors who make characters like that in the uterus.
It's gonna happen.
Someday.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to Drewzers [2010-02-05 16:29:57 +0000 UTC]
I'm totally with you.
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to bitterbeanie [2010-02-05 16:30:31 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. I was like, how can I do something so slutty yet cute? and that's what I came up with.
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bitterbeanie In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-06 01:30:50 +0000 UTC]
it didn't look slutty to me :<
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to bitterbeanie [2010-02-06 02:10:06 +0000 UTC]
Okay, more cheery than slutty, but still.. know lolicons (like in Japan, and in =Teruchan 's work?) That's what I was going for. It's disturbing, how many people like young schoolgirls. D:
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bitterbeanie In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-06 02:30:06 +0000 UTC]
yes I am familiar with his work, used to watch him.
that is the anime mind set xDD
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to bitterbeanie [2010-02-06 02:31:47 +0000 UTC]
lol.. well, apparently they have
schoolgirls' underwear in vending machines in Japan
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bitterbeanie In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-06 02:37:28 +0000 UTC]
omg I want to see this
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to bitterbeanie [2010-02-06 02:41:57 +0000 UTC]
Here's the site where they credit it as being true:
[link]
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SpartanNumber029 [2010-02-04 04:06:04 +0000 UTC]
Dang it...my contacts are going bad for the night...too small lettering for me to see...DX...stupid daily disposables...
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Saffy-in-the-Clouds In reply to SpartanNumber029 [2010-02-04 23:40:13 +0000 UTC]
Aww! -wonders if she should write it on the piece-
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SpartanNumber029 In reply to Saffy-in-the-Clouds [2010-02-04 23:59:45 +0000 UTC]
Nah, don't worry about it - I can see just fine, now...I had just had a long day, and my contacts didn't last as long as I would have wanted them to...
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