Post by Den on Jul 15, 2008 18:41:29 GMT -5
Is your character described as beautiful? (+1)
She has some beauty but not I have not put such descriptions in my posts or in her profile.
Unusually or astonishingly beautiful? (+2)
No
The most beautiful Transformer who’s ever lived? (+3)
No
Are her optics an unusual colour? (+1)
Gold
Do they change colour according to her mood? (+1)
No
Does she have long flowing hair? (+2)
She is a robot. Robots do not have hair.
Do you describe it on the first page of the story (+2)
I've never been on the first page.
Do you describe it more than once? (+3)
No.
Is she a recoloured and/or “feminized” version of a canon character (+1)
She retains the colors of her father, Skywarp but that's nature of most children to retain physical characteristics of their creators.
Is she a Seeker? (+1)
I don't know how being a Seeker relates to being a Mary-Sue but yes she is a Seeker.
Do you spend more than two consecutive paragraphs describing her physical appearance? (+1)
No
Do you begin the story with her description (+1)
No
Do you make it a point to mention that she’s as tall or taller than the average male? (+1)
No
Does the story begin with something like, “Hi, there! I’m (character name) and this is my story…” etc.? (+10)
No
Does she have wings on her shoulders (+1)
No she's still a sparkling. She will have wings in her adult form since she IS a Seeker.
Does she have wings on her butt? (-20 and you’re excused from the rest of the test.)
No
Does she have more than one alt mode? (+1)
No
More than two? (+2)
No
More than three? (+ 3)
No
Is her robot mode surprisingly lacking in the “kibble” that would logically be necessary to transform into all these things (‘cause she wouldn’t be a purty)? (+2)
No
Does she transform via “magic” or some advanced and/or alien technology? (+2)
No
Is one of her alt modes an animal with wings? (+1)
No (I still don't see what having wings has to do with being a Mary-Sue.)
An animal that doesn’t typically have wings (like a cat)? (+2)
No
Any fantasy type creature (dragon, unicorn, griffin, etc.)? (+2)
No
Is one of her alt modes organic or partly organic (if she’s G1)? (+2)
No.
Does her name contain one or more of the following:
Star/Sun/Sky (+1)
Fire/Flame (+1)
Night/Day/Dawn/Shadow (+1)
Black/Silver (+1)
Cat/Wolf/Raptor/Dragon (+1)
Dark/Blood/Death/Blade (+1)
No
Any variation of Optimus, Ultra, Mega, Galva, etc. (Inc. Prime and –tron suffixes)? (+2)
No
A deliberately misspelled word, like Fyre or Darke? (+2)
No
An inexplicable capital letter in the middle of the name? (+2)
No
Does she have a two-part name composed entirely of the previous, like FyreBlade NightDragyn? (+20, and come on)
No
Does her full name include a “the”, followed by some supposedly cool-sounding descriptive, like, “DeathWolf the Soul-Flayer”? (+2)
No
Is her name a completely made up word like nothing any canon TF has ever had, just because you thought it sounded cool? (+3)
Illuminescence. (I don't know how it can be a word if it does not have a definition.)
Is her name a painfully blatant feminization of a canon name, like “Starscreamia” or “Lady Optimus”?
No
Have you used the same name for a non-TF character in another universe (+1)
No
Two or more universes? (+2)
No
Is it because she’s actually the same character and has the ability to travel between dimensions and alter her appearance to suit each one, or some such? (+10, and sigh)
No
Does she have any of the following abilities:
Telepathy? (+1)
More powerful than Soundwaves’s? (+2)
No
Teleportation? (+1)
More powerful than Skywarp’s? (+2)
No
Super-speed? (+1)
Faster than Blurr’s? (+2)
No
Unusually keen senses? (sight, hearing, smell, etc) (+1 for each)
No
Telekenesis (+2)
No
“Magical” powers, often vaguely defined or whatever the situation calls for (Including magical healing of self or others)? (+2)
No
Time travel under her own power (+2)
No
Control of the weather or other natural elements? (+2)
No
The ability to communicate with animals? (+2)
No
Precognition or a “sixth sense” regarding imminent danger (including precognitive dreams or visions)? (+2)
No
Any ability which no canon TF has ever been shown to have? (+3)
Uses lens (which of course will be hidden until us) on herself to magnify sunlight in order to temporarily blind her adversary and buy her a little time to escape.
All of the above? (+100 points and kindly never write anything again)
Only the last one.
A brilliant scientist and/or inventor (+1)
No.
So brilliant that she effortlessly solves problems that Wheeljack, Ratchet and/or Perceptor couldn’t? (+2)
No
Is she a phenomenally skilled martial artist? (+1)
You're funny. No.
In Metallikato? (+2)
WTF?! No. I don't even know what this word means.
In some hitherto-unknown Cybertronian martial art that you just made up? (+3)
No
Is she the only female ever to be trained in this art? (+1)
No
Is she an incredible sharpshooter? (+1)
No
At any distance? (+1)
No
With any weapon? (+1)
No
If you’ve made tech specs for her:
Are they all sevens and/or eights? (+1)
Nines and/or tens? (+2)
Higher than tens? (+5)
What are tech specs? No.
Does she have a beautiful singing voice? (+1)
Unsure.
Does she play a musical instrument? (+1)
No
Is it the bagpipes? (-20)
No
Is she extremely fond of a particular Earth musical group, TV show, movie, etc.?
No.
Does it just happen to be YOUR favourite musical group, TV show, movie, etc?
No.
Is she so obsessed with a particular rock band that she named herself after it? (+10)
No
END PART ONE
She has some beauty but not I have not put such descriptions in my posts or in her profile.
Unusually or astonishingly beautiful? (+2)
No
The most beautiful Transformer who’s ever lived? (+3)
No
Are her optics an unusual colour? (+1)
Gold
Do they change colour according to her mood? (+1)
No
Does she have long flowing hair? (+2)
She is a robot. Robots do not have hair.
Do you describe it on the first page of the story (+2)
I've never been on the first page.
Do you describe it more than once? (+3)
No.
Is she a recoloured and/or “feminized” version of a canon character (+1)
She retains the colors of her father, Skywarp but that's nature of most children to retain physical characteristics of their creators.
Is she a Seeker? (+1)
I don't know how being a Seeker relates to being a Mary-Sue but yes she is a Seeker.
Do you spend more than two consecutive paragraphs describing her physical appearance? (+1)
No
Do you begin the story with her description (+1)
No
Do you make it a point to mention that she’s as tall or taller than the average male? (+1)
No
Does the story begin with something like, “Hi, there! I’m (character name) and this is my story…” etc.? (+10)
No
Does she have wings on her shoulders (+1)
No she's still a sparkling. She will have wings in her adult form since she IS a Seeker.
Does she have wings on her butt? (-20 and you’re excused from the rest of the test.)
No
Does she have more than one alt mode? (+1)
No
More than two? (+2)
No
More than three? (+ 3)
No
Is her robot mode surprisingly lacking in the “kibble” that would logically be necessary to transform into all these things (‘cause she wouldn’t be a purty)? (+2)
No
Does she transform via “magic” or some advanced and/or alien technology? (+2)
No
Is one of her alt modes an animal with wings? (+1)
No (I still don't see what having wings has to do with being a Mary-Sue.)
An animal that doesn’t typically have wings (like a cat)? (+2)
No
Any fantasy type creature (dragon, unicorn, griffin, etc.)? (+2)
No
Is one of her alt modes organic or partly organic (if she’s G1)? (+2)
No.
Does her name contain one or more of the following:
Star/Sun/Sky (+1)
Fire/Flame (+1)
Night/Day/Dawn/Shadow (+1)
Black/Silver (+1)
Cat/Wolf/Raptor/Dragon (+1)
Dark/Blood/Death/Blade (+1)
No
Any variation of Optimus, Ultra, Mega, Galva, etc. (Inc. Prime and –tron suffixes)? (+2)
No
A deliberately misspelled word, like Fyre or Darke? (+2)
No
An inexplicable capital letter in the middle of the name? (+2)
No
Does she have a two-part name composed entirely of the previous, like FyreBlade NightDragyn? (+20, and come on)
No
Does her full name include a “the”, followed by some supposedly cool-sounding descriptive, like, “DeathWolf the Soul-Flayer”? (+2)
No
Is her name a completely made up word like nothing any canon TF has ever had, just because you thought it sounded cool? (+3)
Illuminescence. (I don't know how it can be a word if it does not have a definition.)
Is her name a painfully blatant feminization of a canon name, like “Starscreamia” or “Lady Optimus”?
No
Have you used the same name for a non-TF character in another universe (+1)
No
Two or more universes? (+2)
No
Is it because she’s actually the same character and has the ability to travel between dimensions and alter her appearance to suit each one, or some such? (+10, and sigh)
No
Does she have any of the following abilities:
Telepathy? (+1)
More powerful than Soundwaves’s? (+2)
No
Teleportation? (+1)
More powerful than Skywarp’s? (+2)
No
Super-speed? (+1)
Faster than Blurr’s? (+2)
No
Unusually keen senses? (sight, hearing, smell, etc) (+1 for each)
No
Telekenesis (+2)
No
“Magical” powers, often vaguely defined or whatever the situation calls for (Including magical healing of self or others)? (+2)
No
Time travel under her own power (+2)
No
Control of the weather or other natural elements? (+2)
No
The ability to communicate with animals? (+2)
No
Precognition or a “sixth sense” regarding imminent danger (including precognitive dreams or visions)? (+2)
No
Any ability which no canon TF has ever been shown to have? (+3)
Uses lens (which of course will be hidden until us) on herself to magnify sunlight in order to temporarily blind her adversary and buy her a little time to escape.
All of the above? (+100 points and kindly never write anything again)
Only the last one.
A brilliant scientist and/or inventor (+1)
No.
So brilliant that she effortlessly solves problems that Wheeljack, Ratchet and/or Perceptor couldn’t? (+2)
No
Is she a phenomenally skilled martial artist? (+1)
You're funny. No.
In Metallikato? (+2)
WTF?! No. I don't even know what this word means.
In some hitherto-unknown Cybertronian martial art that you just made up? (+3)
No
Is she the only female ever to be trained in this art? (+1)
No
Is she an incredible sharpshooter? (+1)
No
At any distance? (+1)
No
With any weapon? (+1)
No
If you’ve made tech specs for her:
Are they all sevens and/or eights? (+1)
Nines and/or tens? (+2)
Higher than tens? (+5)
What are tech specs? No.
Does she have a beautiful singing voice? (+1)
Unsure.
Does she play a musical instrument? (+1)
No
Is it the bagpipes? (-20)
No
Is she extremely fond of a particular Earth musical group, TV show, movie, etc.?
No.
Does it just happen to be YOUR favourite musical group, TV show, movie, etc?
No.
Is she so obsessed with a particular rock band that she named herself after it? (+10)
No
END PART ONE