Intermission - A self-made Quiz

I made this quiz up some time ago on my DeviantArt page. I still find it amusing. Snurch if you wish, but be warned that it is utter madness.

1. If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
Hawk -big, bad flyers. Or dolphin - for I do love the water so.

2. Super powers?
Shapeshifting.

3. Animal (yeah, back on that again) that you believe most defines your personality and why?
Cat - Nocturnal, generally laid back, can nap anywhere.

4. Favorite graphic novel?
Courtney Crumrin and Bone.

5. How are you unusual?
I think I answered this on something else. I still have imaginary friends. I'm obsessive without the compulsive.

6. What tries your patience?
Dogs.

7. What soothes you?
Solitude and listening to music.

8. What really gets you mad?
Politics, sudden loud noises, being told what to do, making tacos and having no guacamole.

9. Phopbias?
Spiders, sometimes. Stairs, I hate going down stairs.

10. Favorite character/s YOU created for a story, graphic novel, computer game, roll playing game, or just for fun.
Hmmm, that's a tough one. Giovanni from my story Dimensia. Carmine from my story Arcane, Zeke from Blue Star... oh the list goes on and on.

11. Song that best defines you, in your opinion?
I'm in Over My Head!

12. Favorite movie quote?
" Surly you can't be serious?"
" I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."
" My Prrrecioussss..."

13. Odd thing you like to say? Not really a personal quote or saying, just something wierd that pops out of your mouth for no reason.
Fashizzle and 'ello love!

14. Favorite food?
Fettucini Alfredo

15. Shiny or sparkly?
Um, both.

16. What the crap is wrong with this questionnaire?
I'm writng it at one in the morning. Everything's wrong with it.

17. Weapon/s of choice?
Scythe, shapeshifting, machetes, rifle, Samuri sword, Vorpal blade, exploding jack in the box, chainsaw... what can I say, I'm violent

18. Killer rabbits, hell hounds, nightmares, demon cats or mutations?
Nightmares.

19. Vampires or werewolves?
Werewolves.

20. What kind of hero would you be?
Slightly pyschotic, tempermental, always carrying around a butcher knife.

21. Villain?
Same as hero.

22. Alter ego?
No, it's all me.

23. Muses?
Cannibal pygmies, fluffy the mutant rabbit, Clone of Jack Sparrow, the wolves, the boys (my characters) pirhanas, the dragons, and Master Woot the unicorn goblin.

24. Favorite TV characters (if you watch)
Danny Messer - CSI New York
Harper - Andromeda
John Sheppard - Stargate Atlantis
Liam Kincaid - Earth: Final Conflict (no one could ever kill him)
Dean - Supernatural

25. Dumbest movie you ever saw?
Mom and Dad Save the World

26. Favorite movie character?
Young Obi Wan Kenobi
Wolverine
Are we starting to see a pattern here?

27. Socks or slippers?
Both.

28. This Questionnaire?
I wrote it - it sucks! Oh well. Bunch of random crap getting me to reveal stuff I probably shouldn't reveal. Oh, wait, that's what these things are for.

Intermission - Mary Sues

Someone around these parts has a kick-butt icon with a brief but very exact (in my opinion) definition of a Mary Sue. Whoever you are, kudos to you.

I ran into a story (I won't say the title as that would be rude) with a character I'm pretty sure is a Mary Sue even if the author tried to argue otherwise. I know there's been all kinds of definitions given concerning Mary Sues, but I would like to give mine based on the Mary Sues I have come across.

Little-miss (Mr.) perfect who can do no wrong and has all the answers. Upstaging the actual characters and making them look like dorks or idiots. Everyone likes her (him) and is protective of them. Either that or everyone hates them at first then comes to like them because it just can't be helped. They don't really learn squat or change as a character, they're just there to be really cool and unflappable. They take all the good whump. They're clever, stoic, bubbly, have an attitude, can outsmart everyone, and have the perfect body. They also have an unusual name that no sensible parent would ever actually name their kid. As much as the author hopes the readers will like them, very few actually do as all that perfection tends to irritate the crap out of the reader.

Many say a Mary Sue is the author's way of planting themselves into the story, and I agree with that. I also say it's an original character with the above mentioned quilities - if not all then some. I've come across well thought-out and written OCs, and OCs that I just want to strangle. The author tries to make them come across as all cute and loveable but all I see is a very irritating individual who needs to be put in their place, yet instead ends up getting their way.

But what really irks me is when that Mary Sue character does or says something that puts down my favorite character. That goes from pushing it to digging one's own grave.