"Mary Sue test" that can tell whether the story has fallen into the author's own narcissism

Despite being primarily secondary creation, the original character is not in the original work, despite the fact that "excellent" "special" has gone too far is called "Mary Sue", past the author's own narcissism There are times when you are criticized for not having it. It is difficult to notice that you are in self-euphoria while you are spinning a story yourself, but if you do "Mary Suie (Mary · Sue) test" before completion of the work, you will rediscover your work You may be able to do it.

Mary Sue test: question
https://iwatam-server.sakura.ne.jp/game/marysue/test.html

◆ What is Mary Sue?
The name "Mary Sue" is a secondary creation of the world popular SF drama · movie series "Star Trek"A Trekkie's TaleOriginating from the original character "Captain Mary Sue" appearing in " What is the story of "A Trekkie's Tale" is the manga of Tsutsui Yasutaka's SF novel "Fictional Fleet"False navy fleet read with Moe pictureIt is translated into Japanese by Mr. Kasuga known for such as.

Mr. Kasuga by Mary Sue's original story A Trekkie's Tale Japanese translation - Togetter Summary
https://togetter.com/li/676503

Mary Sue, who likes Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and Mr. Scott and who plays a big success with swordsmanship even if it gets into crisis, the setting of the original and the story itself are also messed up I have gone. The illustration below is Mary Sue, written by Paula Smith, author of "A Trekkie's Tale".


In its mischievousness, this secondary creation novel called "A Trekkie's Tale" itself is written in the sense that it says sarcasm to secondary creation that makes the author's own euphoric original character a big success without respect to the original That is why. The details of Mr. Paula · Smith 's answer to "Transformative Works and Cultures" interview on the circumstances of establishment, etc. are published at the following link.

A conversation with Paula Smith | Walker | Transformative Works and Cultures
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/243/205

Turning out of Mary Sue of "A Trekkie's Tale", letting the author's projections be too strong in the secondary creation, or spreading out the favorite self-evolving to steal and set the original setting Mary Sue "or as a character," Mary Sue "seems to be used as a bad mouth.

◆ Mary · Sue test
Mary Sue (Mary Sue) test is a test created by Mr. iwatam saying that he likes hard SF as an index to investigate whether it is such a thing as "Mary Sue". It was made in December 2004, but it is content which can pass well without problems even after more than 10 years have passed.


The first question is about 'name'. "XXX (character's name) is one of your name, nickname, handle name", and so on, from the hero's name you ask questions as to whether you are an alter ego of the author. Other questions about the name are "how much it took a whole day to think of the name XXX", "how big is the name of the protagonist, such as a woman's name though it's a man, or a man's name though it's a woman" There is something to ask. The final "XXX name is reminiscent of evil / death / destruction" only differs from other questions somewhat coat color.


Next is a question group of "appearance". "The color of eyes is different between the right eye and the left eye" "The color of the hair is a color that is not normally possible" "There is a big scar on the face that will not disappear, but because of that ugly face There is no reason to be evaluated as "It's a man but she is wearing a woman, though she is a woman, but she is not gay," but it's a line of choices.


The third is "Early life." "A secret child of a character, a brother who became a living brother, or a reincarnation" "It is an official of the last enemy (rasubosu) of this story" "There is no memory of the past" "From a different world (for that world) You came "and so on.


"I can learn difficult skills quickly without training" "About children and animals getting along well", I feel like the ability to give it all together.


In the item "Relationship with other people", it is quite apparent from the secondary creation that "the story ends with your character's wedding ceremony" "Someone in the character falls in love with someone in the original character or someone else's original character" It also contains pima. "Relationship between you and characters" is a series of questions asking whether the character is an alter ego of the author or an ideal existence.


Finally, the questions of the fundamental part of the story line up. About "the story", "I can put on wet clothes that I do not remember, but the reason is not explained at all" "In that story, more than half of the world's people die", "Your character saves the world" Questions such as "Your character has achieved such a feat that attracts attention to everyone, but no one in the world knows that".


Regarding the "Plot" which is the root of the story's "Story" further, "Your self introduction is in the first paragraph of the story you wrote" "Your story is all about your first person's viewpoint "You are thinking of writing a story of the story I wrote now" "There are only one person who can be called the hero in the story you wrote." Click "Scoring" when all the applicable items are checked.


The page moves to the scoring result. Your Mary Sue score was displayed on the table in points.


The table shows the risk of falling into "Mary Sue" by points. In the case of "0 to 24 points", "This is not a problem, there is somewhat in any novel."


"25 to 60 points" means "I was doing this test and I felt iterity and I could understand why I felt it. Correct it and give it a habit of seeing things objectively more objectively Let's notice that the novel as much as an amateur should not write a novel first person. "


"61 to 90 points" as "Why does not this test know about the novel I wrote?" Your novel is lacking in that originality as much as that However, it is not criticized as "it is Mary Sue" rather than "it is just a common setting and lacks originality", such as "There is really no problem with originality."


In the comment "91 to 124 points", "Let's consciously write it so as not to get caught up in this test.When it became possible to do it, you released your novel to the whole world in the past I will repent that "the work which you have published to date is a bit embarrassing".


Only "125-150 points" is bulleted for some reason. "Let's not impose the role of a psychiatrist on those who read your novels." "The kind calls a friend, it just gets worse as it leaves it." "The reality is as hostile as you think We are not full of bad luck "and we are lined with roundtables.


At "more than 151 points", "It is worth respecting that you can capture all the elements as much, you are doing deliberately, is not it?" A word of admiration. Looking at the contents of the trial "Let's take 151 points in the Mary Sue test", I can realize that it is not like 151 points can be taken.


There is no need to score high as long as you are aiming for writing, but there may be cases when it is useful to review the settings.