Gears Of War Fanon:Mary Sue

A Mary Sue is a type of Original Character. As termed by User:Screennameless in a review of a story:

"A Mary Sue can be any original character in a fanfiction, although they are often female. Mary Sues have many defining features, but the key components are that every character takes an instant liking to Mary Sue and that the laws of the universe seem to bend for him/her. Sue is always the focal point of the story and all the other characters exist almost solely to support and otherwise fawn over him/her. Sue is brilliant at everything and can pick up very difficult skills very quickly, impressing everyone around her. A Mary Sue is mostly an exercise in author wish fulfillment: a "perfect" character to the point of being infuriating. Perhaps the worst quality of a Mary Sue is the tendency to change the personalities of the other characters. Previously cynical, antisocial characters will flock to Sue and attempt to woo him/her. Chaste heroes will want to have sex with him/her. Even the villains might take a shine to him/her, reform their evil ways, and join the Mary Sue fanclub. Basically, Mary Sue ruins everything good about the original material."

- Screennameless

Mary Sues are heavily discouraged and are the most hated form of Original Character known to reader and writer alike. They can occur in roleplays as well as fanfiction, and have even occured in canon works (it is argued that Captain Kirk was the original Mary Sue). An essay on Mary Sues creates a strong image:

"Mary Sue is often easy to spot because she's impossible to miss. Put simply, Mary Sue is more: more charming, more belligerent, more understanding, more beautiful, more graceful, more eccentric, more spiritual, more klutzy. She has better hair, better clothes, better weapons, better brains, better sex, and better karma than anyone else. Even next to the strong and interesting heroines of twentieth-century media and fiction, she stands out. She is singular; she is impossible to ignore."

- Pat Pflieger