The Mary Sue

''They didn't earn high tier. They stole it.''

The Self Insert who is so perfect that they're uninteresting and boring to watch since they overcome any challenges they face with ridiculous ease. Not even in the realm of fiction would the Mary Sue's perfection be considered possible. On the flip side, because they're so flawless, other characters love the Mary Sue due to their usefulness, cleverness, charisma, and/or attractiveness. The Fictional Love of the creator, the one the Mary Sue is supposed to act as an in-universe avatar for, may develop a crush for the Mary Sue, a way for the writer to feel closer to their Fictional Love. A male Mary Sue may be referred to as a Gary Stu.

As they're a Self Insert, in-universe characters wouldn't treat the Mary Sue differently from how they would a Sweetheart, a role who garners similar levels of affection from others. The Poison Envy, however, doesn't take too kindly to those who are apparently better than them, so they either try to tarnish the reputation of the Mary Sue (which, Pro Tip, They Fucking Cannot) or say that they don't need the Mary Sue to get their job done. But as the story is unwilling to show any flaws in the Mary Sue's character, the Poison Envy will have to eat their words later down the line by starting to show that they were Tsundere Crushing the Mary Sue the whole time or the Poison Envy eventually gets in trouble and needs the help of the Mary Sue to get out of it.

The Mary Sue's Mirrors
Nutshell: The near-perfect character who's the creator's in-universe representative and that everybody loves.

Enhanced: The perfect character who's the creator in-universe representative and who has so many people that love them that even the creator's Fictional Love falls for them. This is further Enhanced if it is shown that not even antagonists are safe from adoring the Mary Sue.

Cruel: No Mirror.

Inverse: The Self Demon.

Atypical: The Mary Sue sometimes messes up, is disliked by a few of the non-antagonists, or has flaws that often get in their and their friends' way.

Up: The Enhanced Mary Sue eventually enters a romantic relationship with the creator's crush. This can be further Up if the two marry at some point or are already married.

Down: Over time, the Mary Sue changes from playing their role to becoming a regular protagonist by not being as unrealistically loved by the characters or by taking on an identity separate from their creator's.

Back: No Mirror.

Forth: No Mirror.

Wrong: The Mary Sue is more of an average Self Insert by not being Universally or Galactically Loved. This can be more Wrong if they're loosely based on the creator, making them also being a partially Wrong Self Insert.

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UnStat Avg. 5.47 (A)

''Because the Mary Sue is meant to be a nearly perfect character, their stats are unsurprisingly given all-around boosts in comparison to the Hero's, who this role is plus a Self Insert and Sweetheart. The Reputation of the Mary Sue is held back from being a perfect 10 only due to how there are Mary Sues who are only Galactically Loved instead of Universally Loved by protagonists and neutragonists thanks to the possible presence of a Hater Of Good or Poison Envy. The 7-score Repeat of the Mary Sue is because of how outside of being based on their creators' own personalities, which could have caused Repeat to score incredibly low, Mary Sues don't vary much in the way of their helpfulness to the Good Guys, fighting capabilities, and sociability. In spite of the Mary Sue's unfairly high stats granted mostly by how borderline overpowered the creator writes them to be, they manage to be placed on the high end of A tier, just hovering below S, with an UnStat Average of 5.47.''