Is you character a Mary Sue/Gary Stu?

We all know the Sues and Stus, the nightmare of every reader! Sues and Stus are characters who are too perfect and attractive, with no sense of reality whatsoever. Maybe it is the lack of identification, or maybe it is the fact that they're hugely overt, sort of cliché, fairytale-y sort of character, but fact remains, you do NOT want a Mary Sue or Gary Stu on your story, unless you want almost everyone to hate them. This quiz represents the thoughts of a fellow reader and writer on whether your character is indeed a Sue/Stu, or not.

Because many of these tests disregard non-original characters as well, this test was designed to include all types of characters, including canon ones, so if you want to know whether your fanfic character is a Sue/Stu or not, this test is for you.

Created by: whoever

First question: does your character look as old as they are?
- Yes
- No, they look younger
- No, they look older
- No, but that's normal for their species
What is their gender?
- Cis female
- Cis male
- Trans female
- Trans male
- Genderfluid
- Non-binary
- They have no gender
- Other
What is their sexuality?
- Straight
- Gay/Lesbian
- Bi
- Pan
- Assexual
- Demi
- Other
How's their personality?
- Smart, witty, bubbly and sarcastic
- Kind, clumsy, funny and confident
- Rude, mean, bitter yet a good person
- Rude, cruel, bitter and overall bad
- Charismatic, bitter, extremist and a good speaker
- Lovely, gorgeous, gentle and sensual
- Scared, bitter, angry and traumatized
- Clumsy, kind, insecure and funny
Does your character use some sort of weapon that is uncommon to the time they're living in? (Ex: sword in the 21st century, fire gun in the Ancient Age, etc.)
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but that's because they're from another planet/universe
- They don't use weapons
Do they have powers? If so, how many?
- 1-3
- 4-6
- 6-8
- More than 8
- A lot of powers, but that's common for the universe (Ex: Harry Potter AU)
- No powers
What is their clothing preference?
- Really fashionable, if it's on fashion, they'll buy it!
- They don't really care about fashion. If it fits them, they'll use it.
- They crossdress (wearing clothes that society designates as being of the opposite gender)
- They are a female who likes to dress in rather masculine outfits
- Casual wear at all times, even special events. Which draws attention... a lot.
- Military outfits, which is normal for a soldier/marine/pilot/navy sailor
- Suits or fancy dresses at all times!
- Casual, unless the situation calls for a different outfit. Then, they can get quite stylish.
What's their hair color?
- Natural (brown, black, auburn, blonde, gray/white, ginger, etc.)
- Unusual, but natural to their species or due to their powers (red, yellow, pink, purple, green or blue, etc.)
- Unusual, but dyed
- They're bald
Are they royalty?
- Born and grown into it
- Yes, but they don't know it yet
- Yes, but most of the characters are nobility/the story is set in royal environment
- No, as normal as you and me
How's their name like? (Answers 1 and 2 apply for characters, such as transgenders, that legally changed their names)
- Normal name for where/when they're from (Ex: russian character named Alexei, british character named Ryan)
- Unusual name (Crystal Eyes, Black Soul, etc.)
- Unusual name for where they're from (American character with japanese name, although they do not have japanese background, etc.)
- They don't have a name
- They don't like to use their name (like Tom Riddle, who likes to be called Voldemort, or even so, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, but it's still legally called Tom Riddle, etc.)
- They share my first, middle and/or last name, and it's an original character
What do they do for a living?
- They have a military career
- Serial adventurers/trained warriors who are set to save the world from a threat
- They're famous for something they do, but they're constantly harassed and can't be themselves, so it's not exactly all fun and games
- They're famous for their talents, and they're living the dream
- They work as politicians/diplomats/interpreters
- They're doctors/lawyers/engineers
- Ordinary jobs (teachers, journalists, uni
- Other jobs not listed above
Are they in some sort of forbidden relationship?
- Yes, like Romeo and Juliet
- Yes, like a Nazi and a Jew/Soviet communist and American capitalist
- Yes, but that's because homosexuality was still a crime *sighs*
- Nope
Tragic backstory?
- OMG, so sad, their parents were brutally killed, and then they were bullied, they grew up in some awful environment, it's just so horrible I can't even...
- Tragic. Dad beat mum up, dad beat THEM up, and it caused them to become really depressive and traumatized
- They were bullied, but overcame it
- They were bullied, and it still haunts them
- Normal, fair share of ups and downs
- PER-FECT
- One of their parents left/or died, but they don't care about it/or overcame it
- They were physically abused, which left them many scars
Flaws?
- Nope, they're amazing
- You mean, being SO PERFECT it's a fLaW? (honestly, mate)
- 1-3 flaws
- 4-6 flaws
- 6-8
- More than 8
- Yep, so many, they're awful
Talents?
- They're really good at singing/playing instruments, but it took them a fair share of practising
- They have a beautiful voice and are great at playing any musical instruments without even trying
- They are great cookers/bakers
- They can draw/paint really well
- They are very good in learning new languages
- They are great in war strategies
- ALL of them, they are very good in EVERYTHING they do
- They're horrible in everything they do
Eye color?
- Natural
- Unusual but natural
- Unusual but only because they use lens
- Mismatched eyes with natural colors
- Mismatched eyes but one of them has an natural but unusual color (Ex: Harry Potter character Gellert Grindelwald has one black eye and the other one is white due to his powers as a Seer, those colors are both natural, but the white one is unusual)
- Mismatched eyes, both with unusual colors
- Their eyes were blinded
- Black, like a demon's
How many people fall in love with your character during your story?
- 1-3
- 4-6
- 7-10
- 10+
- Literally EVERYONE falls in love with them
- No one falls in love with my character
If a fanfiction, do they end up with the main canon character?
- Yes, even though they get hurt more often then not (abusive relationship alert, stop romanticising it)
- Yes, and they'd die without each other
- They ARE the canon character
- Yes, but they are a canon character already
- Nope
- They don't fall in love whatsoever
- Skip this if not a fanfic character
If I say your character is bad, how would you react?
- I'd take that as positive criticism and ask what I can do to improve my character
- I'd be a little offended at first, but I'd work on it eventually
- HOW DARE YOU?? MY CHARACTER IS PERFECT
- You won't say it, 'cause I know it's perfect
At last: would you say your character is attractive?
- Attraction is a point of view. I find them really gorgeous and cute, but some people might not
- YES, everyone is either enchanted or envious of them the minute they walk into the room
- No, they're ugly af
- They are and they brag a lot about it
- They're really good looking, but are too humble to admit it
Thank you for taking this test, did you like it? If so, would you like a part 2 of it?
- I liked it, but I'm all good
- Yes, and I'd really like a part 2!
- Nah, it was awful! (not cool, mate)

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