Fanfiction: the definition of Mary-Sue

[Elennar Starfire]

I have rethought that potential story I posted earlier, made it (hopefully) as non-Sue as possible, without changing it entirely.

As for being "otherwise removed" that something you need to handle very delicatly, as that is a major Mary-Sue maker

I think I have the solution to that: It was all her dream, she wakes up.

You'd also have to answer Reader question such as,
"If she doesn't change things in a significant way, why are we reading about her? Why should I care?"

It's not a story about how she changes events, but about how events change her.

Also, she will not like (not that way, anyhow) whichever canon character I decide has an interest in her.

I think it will be interesting to see how this all turns out...

Maybe we should write our own Sue stories. I dare anyone to write a dwarf-Sue. Or an Uruk-sue.

I started that Uruk-Sue... I only have about the first two sentences, but it's a start! I had such an excellent description of her orcish beauty (or what an orc might consider beautiful [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]) but I didn't write it down when I thought it up and now I've forgotten it. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]