So about my story...and mary sue talk · 1:25am Oct 14th, 2018
Well, it hasn't been out long, and not only have I been attacked by a hater, but haven't gotten any constructive criticism yet. The words he said were...rather unsavory. If there's something I could do to be better, I really, really hope you'll tell me what it is instead of forcing me to guess for myself. I just want to be a good writer, and make things that people will enjoy. I'm not expecting money for it. I just want to do this for fun and to make other people happy. I have depression, sleep ap, asbergers, ptsd, insomnia, and too many anxiety disorders to list, so please go easy on me. Don't just throw insults at me with the goal of breaking my spirit. That's not what anybody needs.
Also, I've put my OC through multiple mary sue tests, and he passed as a very well balanced character. Several nuances come into place that balance out many of his otherwise mary sue traits. Including:
1- Has dead parents, but this actually DOES affect his actions in the here and now, and he wouldn't be nearly the same without this fact.
2- Has great power, but far from the strongest being in this universe. He even loses a fight in the first chapter, so, while strong, I don't see how he could be overpowered in the context of the story.
3- Has to combat a force that the main cast of the show can't handle on their own, but he can't handle it on his own, either.
Things like that make a huge difference in the long run. A lot of people don't fully understand what a mary sue is and use the term when it isn't called for. If you'd like to understand what a mary sue actually is, I have a video for you to watch.
