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Since 'Mary Sue' refers to 'self insert' qualities in a negative manner I find that it can quite easily be applied to some of the more...controversial characters that exist within this community as well.
You know the type - the sort of character that pretty much requires the lore to be ignored or changed significantly to justify their existence. So stuff like a character being one of Minfilia's close friends, a secret major Ascian working alongside Lahabrea or a relative to a major existing lore character.
...and yes, quite a few role-players do go down that sort of route and worse yet quite a few people choose to acknowledge them. That in turn causes a chain reaction where people with no interest in that sort of thing feel obliged to distance themselves from those who choose to include them in their own role-play.
You know the type - the sort of character that pretty much requires the lore to be ignored or changed significantly to justify their existence. So stuff like a character being one of Minfilia's close friends, a secret major Ascian working alongside Lahabrea or a relative to a major existing lore character.
...and yes, quite a few role-players do go down that sort of route and worse yet quite a few people choose to acknowledge them. That in turn causes a chain reaction where people with no interest in that sort of thing feel obliged to distance themselves from those who choose to include them in their own role-play.