Broken Link Screen Shot: ‘Mary Sue’

I nabbed this screen shot from the

Internet Wayback Machine, for another broken link I’ve found within the

August 7, 2006 post entitled:  “Mary-Sue Litmus Test.”  Originally this link explained what a “Mary Sue” is, and how it came to be. 

When I start churning out fiction, I hope I don’t create any “Mary Sues” or any “Gary Stus.”  Unless that is the whole point of the story.  >:D

Screen Shot for broken link: Original Fiction Mary-Sue Litmus Test

Good evening. 

Here is a screen shot for an old link which I posted on my August 7, 2006:  “Mary-Sue Litmus Test” entry of this blog.  I nabbed it from the Internet Wayback Machine.  The title of this page was, “The Original Fiction Mary Sue Litmus Test.” 

It gave a brief introduction about why you would want to check to see if you’ve created a Mary Sue character, and how to take the litmus test.  After scoring your answers to the questions, your character could be: 

1. an “anti-sue” —the very antithesis of a Mary Sue. 
2. a “non-sue” —a well developed balanced person. 
3. a “borderline-sue” —cutting it close. 
4. a “mary-sue” —needs work to be believeable (paraphrase). 
5. an “uber-sue” —might not be salvageable (paraphrase). 
6. an “irredeemable-sue” —start over (paraphrase). 

If memory serves, I chose to answer the questions using Anita Blake who is an “uber-sue” on the litmus test.