It'd be like a social science experiment.

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How sick is it that I actually kind of want to write a Mary Sue fic just to see if I can beat the system at avatarsues?

But what does "beat the system" mean? Does it mean writing the best Sue ever, or the worst? I'm guessing there are two possibilities for such a challenge:

a) To write a fic that embodies every cliche of Suefic, but write it in such a way that I get an "OK" rating [the best they give]. Is it possible to get an "OK" rating with a total Mary Sue-i-fied story?--Is she even still a Sue? How to I do both at once?

b) To write a fic that gets the "Apocalypse: time to die!" rating. Or at least a very love "Abyssmal".



Yeah, okay, I'm bored. Or self-destructive? Or maybe it's a secret desire to see if I can write an OC an integrate her/him with the main cast and, like, get away with it. Of course, if I did go to all that trouble and never got rated at any Mary Sues sites I'd be very disappointed.

Perhaps a penname is called for, to protect what existing positive reputation I might or might not have? But would having an alternate penname suck all the fun out of it? Where's the fun if I can't be held accountable for my crimes against the internet?


EDIT: I could layer it with literary references. The whole thing could be a reinactment of Through the Looking Glass, the way Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? was a psuedo version of The Odyssey! ...::geeking::

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

The character in your fic wasn't a Mary Sue because of one thing: he was dead. Now, if he regularly made appearences as a guardian angel and gave advice to the group... that would do it. But death pretty much kills any Sue-ish potential.

[easytodistract.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I know. Poor Sacha. XD I really wanted to give Katara a husband who was Woah..., but I also knew he'd have to go. My intention mainly was so that Katara was a widow with two very young children at the start of the story.

I thought you were quite the savvy observer when you immediately spotted how interesting it would be if Katara was a widow with kids when Zuko became interested in her. Yeah... it was supposed to be Zutara from the start, but Aang just began writing himself.