Top 10 Things Mary Sues Aren't

1It is not simply a character you hate


2It is not a particularly attractive/fair-featured OC


3It is not simply the protagonist of a fanfiction


4It is not when an author self-inserts


5It is not a character who simply never loses


6It is not simply a very friendly character


7It is not a character with a particular talent


8It is not just a particularly intelligent character


9It is not a character with a cool weapon or two


10It is not a character who acts as a mouthpiece for the author's political/religious views


11It'™s not just a brightly colored character


12It'™s not just a character that is a higher-up figure (princess, president, etc)


13It is not simply a character with a unique name


14It is not exclusive to female characters


15It is not simply a character who has a tragic backstory


16It's not always someone who is optimistic about life.


17It's not always a character with a unique power.


18It is not always an emo kid


19It is not simply a character who's part of a prophecy


20It is not always a character who has magic or has connections to magic


21They're not always good in terms of morality.


22It's not always a girly-girl.


23It's not always someone who causes the popular person to fall for them.


24It's not always a blonde.


25It's not always a recolored canon character.