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SilverStarApple


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Aug
22nd
2015

OC Test for Silver Star · 9:46pm Aug 22nd, 2015

I have already undergone the basic Mary Sue Litmus Test, and gained a lower score with Silver Star Apple than Princess Twilight. Or Season One Twilight. In any case, this one seems tailor-made to MLPFIM, so it should yield more precise results.

Let's begin.

( ) Your OC has more than 2 colors in his/her coat.
( ) Your OC has Bat Wings/Ears.
( ) They have an ethereal/flowing mane.
( ) They have sparkles in their design. (Though I make reference to a gleam in Silver's eyes, I am referring to a similar visual cue used in assorted animes. His eyes do not actually physically sparkle or flash brightly.)
( ) Your OC has had his/hers eyes change colors. (I'm assuming this refers to a Batpony/Saiyan-like transformation, or the strange tendency for a Sue's colour to change colour when angry or at will, not usage of magical/nonmagical disguises)
( ) Your OC has Slit/Snake/Dragon/Bat Pony Eyes. (Absolutely not. Though, an initial design of Silver Star had him as a half-Dragon Unicorn, struggling with his internal greed and the fact that his size-shifting and dragon power relies on greed. Upon realizing that this was too similar to the most powerful OC I ever created, a 22-year old gambler that found an Orange Lantern ring and went Fixer Sue on the world in the name of logic, it was changed. Interesting trivia: Another early design for Silver had him as a Pegasus, of all things, using magical items.)
( ) Your OC uses a form of dark magic. (Do I lose one Suepoint for my character having a specific dislike for dark magic, finding it distasteful, tacky, inferior to proper magic gained through hard work and study, and inferior to proper power gained through intelligence, manipulation or clever spells/tricks? ...Probably not, or it would say as such, and the generic Superman-like/Goku-like hero godmoders would gain a bonus.)
( ) Your OC has changed species.
( )x5 Your OC is an alicorn (+5 pts.) (That's hardly fair. A non-sueish Alicorn OC could exist, if written by a competent writer that didn't take the "She's not a REAL Alicorn! She's actually WEAKER than a pure Unicorn or Pegasus! And since sueishness equals power according to that guide I read, my character ain't no sue!" Copout. But no, Silver is no Alicorn.)
( ) Your OC contains neon colors. (Hm... Ponies are brightly coloured... But I take it this means Hideous Pink, Oh God No Purple, Somewhat Cool Blue, and Kill It With Fire Green. No, these colours are not present on Silver.)
( ) Your OC has non-canon markings. (As in Zebra markings, or tron lines? No, Silver does not naturally have those. The resistance runes he uses for training do not count, for they are almost always invisible, and they're the result of a spell he casts upon himself, not a naturally-occuring Symbol of Specialness. Note: there was a "?" in the box when I got this. Does this mean the question was not understood, or that a confused shrug was the question's answer?)
( ) Your OC has rainbow colors (You could not pay me enough to include these on an OC of mine. ...Actually, yes, you could. I'll set the opening bidding at hundred british pound sterling, and whoever makes the winning bid gets to design an OC I need to create a 100,000 word story about.)
( ) Your OC's name is an anagram. (You mean that thing where a Mary-Sue Nobody is named Alex, and its Somebody was named Ale, right? Or that sueish thing where Samantha calls her vampire or Cthulhu OC Sathamaa, an anagram of her own name? Or when Voldemort's name happens to spell something amusing, like "Mad I Mood E, RV Troll"?)
( ) Your OC's cutie mark has something to do with the elements of harmony. (Nope! ...No, no, definitely not. Nope! Connections is a very broad concept that can cover multiple things, but connections have no intentional connection to harmony. And Twilight is The Spark That Ignites The Fires of Friendship, not The Connection. Arguably, Rainbow is The Rainbow Connection. But no, I'm not about to insist that there's a secret seventh element to give my character a lazy relevance-boost. I actually once read a fic where the author, ponified, hops out of nowhere once the Elements fail in episode 2 to say that you also need A Pure Heart. Uh... Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Arguably Rarity have that one covered.)
( ) Your OC has their own version of the elements of harmony. (Ha! No. What would that even look like? What would they be? Behold, the legendary, all-powerful... Backup Elements! They are: Music, Big Red Horses, Also Music, Music Again, Food, Time Travel, and the most important element of all... Unusual Eyes!)
( ) Does your OC have multi-colored eyes?
( ) Are they taller than Big Macintosh? (No. Would someone actually make an OC like that? His entire gimmick is that he's Xbaws Hueg. Making a bigger one would be spitting on that character. Unless there's a justification, like Giraffe ancestry.)
(X) Are they in a romantic relationship with a canon character? (Not... Right... Now? But some day? Mendokusei, I'll take it. I'm not about to be that guy that talks himself out of everything. *Presses a Soundboard button on his phone, causing a small Ding sound.*)
(x) Are they in a romantic relationship with one of the mane-six? (Are there Canon characters besides those worth getting into a relationship with? ...That was a joke, Vinyl and Octavia are awesome. But as things are currently planned out, Silver won't have any romance with them. Possibly some shiptease, though. ...Ding me. DING!)
( ) Are they in a romantic relationship with royalty? (No!)
( ) Are they royalty? (*Makes Vegeta sounds* No! No, he is not royalty! There's an arc planned soon, but that will not count, and neither will arc seven, because [SPOILERS REDACTED].)
( ) Do they have three or more colors in their mane?
( ) Does their tail have more colors than their mane?
( ) Gradient on their legs/wings/face? (Ew, no.)
( ) Are they enemies with Chrysalis/Tirek/Etc? (Add an extra point for every canon villain) (Hmm... He's never met any of those, though he would dislike Chrysalis... The canon one, not the likable Fluffle Puff one. The main one he'd object to would be Pony Amon, and her Cult. There's hatred, there's hatred for bad things, and then there's hatred for cults. But, I don't plan on them ever meeting... perhaps in a semi-canon side-story, a funny one? I have a great farming joke ready for that. But no, no canon character enemies.)
EDIT: This was written long before Starlight Glimmer was turned into the Seventh Main Character everypony thought they wanted until now, and a colossal Mary Sue that seems to exist solely to prove that the "All OCs are bad because some are OP!" people are simply chanting memes, and they have no actual standards.
(X) (X) (X) (X) () () Is your OC friends with one of the mane six? (Add an extra point for every extra character) (That's right! A moment of silence for Fluttershy and Rarity, everypony. He likes the other four way, way more. They don't hate each other... The other four are just way more likable, in his opinion. I personally like all six. Besides, the Mane Six have a diverse range of personality types, someone becoming the best friend of all six at once is unrealistic, even if Silver does subconsciously mirror the ponies he is with.)
(0.5) Your OC has used Rainbow Power/The Elements of Harmony/Strong Magic (Ha, no, absolutely not, and... SON OF A ***ING **** ****! ...Is what I'd say if I felt emotion over something so small. Sue traits do not instantly make an OC a Sue. But strong magic? Really? ...Wait, are you talking about the wide-area, world-ending kind of thing? Spirit Bomb, and the like? The kind of thing you'd see in a Level 3 Super Attack? Because Silver doesn't have anything like that, and his strongest tricks are made of lower-level spells. Then again... would turning two of his ribs into magical items count? No, that was performed by a carefully-researched ritual, not a spell casually tossed around like a kamehameha. But time travel... He doesn't interfere with his own timeline, he just goes on adventures he missed, but... would that count? Not to mention the [SEASON ONE FINALE SPOILER REDACTED]. Oh, that'll be epic.)
( ) Your OC's Coat is Black (Buck no.)
( ) Your OC has black and red in their design. (Sweet Celestia, no.
(X) Your OC has more than three major virtues/vices. (BAKTAG! What human has only one virtue and vice? What human acts like a one-dimensional cartoon character?! ...What PONY acts like a one-dimensional cartoon character?! Did you mean to say "Too many virtues and not enough vices, or vice - heh - versa"? Because simply having more than three... I don't see how this is a sue trait.)
( ) Your OC has powers from an alternative franchise/crossover
( ) Your OC has encountered a non-revamped generation 1 character. (...What? I... I don't even... Has this happened?)
( ) Your OC is adored by all they meet.
( ) Your OC is hated by everyone. (I take it being a rich Jackass - if such a thing could exist when Donkeys in Equestria suck so much - is not valid cause for invalidati- No, you meant as a nonsensical, automatic thing, a la Jinchuriki or Zecora. In that case, no, multiple ponies and nonponies either like or despise him, or do not really care, or have never heard of him.)
( ) Except one?
( ) Do they have a similar/same mane to a character from the show. (No. The godawful Pony Creator placeholder pic I'm using is exactly that, a placeholder, an approximation of how he looks. And the Creator didn't have the right manestyle, so I went with Spitfire-ish.)
( ) Your OC is a shippingbaby (it is the child of either a canonxcanon ship or CanonxOC ship.

7.5, huh? ...Wow.

For this part, subtract 1 point from your previous total for every "X".
( ) Your OC is an alcoholic. (Remember, kids! Give your character a drinking habit, and you'll actually lose Sue points, according to this test!)
( ) Your OC is an Earth Pony. (It's the Bull, to the ****, and it's all over this test like ****! Watch your step, or you might fall face-first into it! It's ********-licious! Earth Pony Sues can and do exist, especially if one amps up the famous "Earth Pony inferiority/superiority complex" to an absurd degree, turning them all into long-distance runners thst could outfight non-transformed Saiyans, giving them an UNREASONABLY TITANIC ***** that could double as a baseball bat, rather than a whip or meat tenderizer a la actual horses (Thank you, the internet, for granting me knowledge in many things whether I wanted it or not) while also having the ability to last for a time unreasonable to BOTH HUMAN AND PONY, and nerfing other races down into Unimportant Background Potion-Machines, Girlfriend Material, Strawman Faux-Intellectuals, and Airheaded Designated Jerk Characters, (dis)respectively! A Sue is NOT decided by power or species, it is decided PARTLY by personality traits and PARTLY by power levels, but MAINLY by the CHARACTER ITSELF and the REACTIONS OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM/HER/IT, and I have yet to see anything address this! Who created this test? Why is it so skewed in favour of Earth Ponies that have no interaction with any canon characters, living in their own little bubble of Ultimate Strong and Fast Horse?)
(X) Your OC is selfish.
( ) Your OC is a smoker. (>Implying that one can buy cancersticks or Hipster Accessories in Equestria. >Implying Celestia didn't bring down the banhammer the second ponies realized they were unhealthy, if they even existed in the first place. >Implying that smoking is grounds for an instant minus one Suepoint, rather than plus three.)
(X)x3 Your OC has a severe flaw that hinders them. (subtract 3 points)
(X)x3 Your OC's cutie mark is something lame (Subtract 3 points) (>Implying that a lame Cutie Mark exists. >Implying that a Cutie Mark can BE lame. >Implying that a pony can be of Cutie Mark-gaining age, and still not come up with AT LEAST ONE useful use for their lame mark. ...Actually, I think I might take this one. "Ultra Fast Racer" and "God of Magic" are a lot cooler than the lame "Can see connections". That's right, my OC's Cutie Mark is 'Lame'. Poor me. Never mind the fact that I make that 'Lame' mark work for me, thanks to intelligence and creativity on the part of myself and my OC. My mark is 'Lame', and that means minus three points in this AMAZING test. Forget creativity, forget personality, yes, the sueishness of a character is definitely determined by whether it has a horn upon that head. Heh... Did the creator of this test see one too many Unicorn Master Race memes? Does such a thing exist? Both for there to be too much Unicorn mastery, and for there to actually be a UMR meme?)

Wait...

Minus seven.

My total here is minus seven.

So, all in all, My score is... 0.5?

Add up all points, and here are the scores.
1-9: Your OC is safe, relatively unique but not over the top.
10-19: Your OC is Moderate, but a little out of Show-Canon.
20-29: Your OC is a bit Mary-Sueish, you may want to revise some of their capabilities.
30-36: Your OC is a Mary Sue/Gary Stu, you really should revise their capabilities.
36+: Your OC is an extreme Mary Sue/Gary Stu, you NEED to revise this character.

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Heh...

Heh heh heh...

PFFFT-BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAAA! HAHA, HAHAHA, HA-HAHA-HAHA, HA... AHA... AHAHA... HA... Haaa...

...Heh.

On this scale... SILVER STAR APPLE IS ONLY ZERO POINT FIVE?!

{Begins to laugh so hard, it is heard across all of time and space. Those in faraway places, those in alternate universes, Gods, the dead... even his awesome son from the desolate and ruined future brought about by a certain subhuman con-artist heard it.}

I... I didn't even go back and alter my answers to manipulate my answers and get these results! I DIDN'T NEED TO! Aha, ahaha, ahahahahahahahaaaa! This is...

I can't tell if this is too stupid to be funny, or too funny to be stupid! But right now, it's a little of both! HA!

OH, WOW. Zero point five... Zero... Point five! On a scale of one to 36+! I'm almost tempted to go back, find an excuse to get rid of one of my Xes or that 0.5, and act as if I got a Zero the first time around! Not that there'd be much point, since there's already nothing on the scale to accomodate a Zero Point Five!

*Pinkiegasp*

Wait a second... I broke a scale just by looking at it?!

I HAVE ASCENDED! I HAVE REACHED THE HUMAN EQUIVALENT OF FANON TWILIGHT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY C.M., NOT HERS. I AM BECOME HUMANICORN, HUMANICORN PRINCE OF CONNECTIONS!

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