Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-14415732-20151030024920/@comment-26814804-20151229073728

True, but in those cases it is their Mary Sueness that is the whole point to their character. Everybody knows that theyre Mary Sues, and that is what makes them funny.

On the other hand, if you try to make a serious character, but it is very Mary Sueish, that is where you run into a problem.