Well, I was thinking about Mary Sues, and I had a thought.
Suppose someone writes a fic, and s/he needs an original character for it. S/he creates one that is not at all Mary Sueish. It's just an average person, with strengths and weaknesses, that takes part in the action just like everyone else.
So far, so good.
But the thing is, you happen to know a few things about this person. And his/her original character is basically himself/herself, with the same character, same personality traits, same interests, same everything. Does that make the character a Mary Sue? (Or Gary Stu, at that?)
See ya,
AnnaBtG.
