MOW: Mary-Sues/Characters Part 2

Here is the video I promised about Mary Sues and I mixed in basic character stuff with it links to everything are listed bellow. Hope you guys enjoy.
For names I would suggest going to baby name sites to find good names.

Character Chart- http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html
Mini-Bio- http://s726.photobucket.com/albums/ww265/MelinaPendulum/?action=view&curr...
Emotional-Bio- http://s726.photobucket.com/albums/ww265/MelinaPendulum/?action=view&curr...

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[DarkKendall]

Is it a bad thing for a character to be hipcritical?

[MelinaPendulum]

It isn't as long as its seen as a flaw

[DarkKendall]

Since when is being a hypocrit a good thing?

[MelinaPendulum]

I mean its a good character flaw

[animechic02]

Im in love with your thoughts your a genius

[Veelez]

Your character being alone won't make them a Sue. A Sue is more of an accumulation of typical characteristics that makes your character cliché and unbelievable. It sometimes have to do with characters taken to the extreme. A character defined by their loneliness, and only that, and the way they mope around because of it is no interesting. A character who acts on it, like your relative, is. Some people tend to generalize the term. One characteristic is not enough to call a character a Sue.

[melsibrith]

I'm confused when people read books for the minor characters. In my own opinion, a book isn't worth reading if the main character is annoying or uninteresting. I have to spend the most time with that character, so I want to like them. It's like the "if we were the last people on earth" predicament. If you would pick a minor character to be the last person on earth with you (figuratively, within that book setting), that character should be the MC.

IMOP.

[NinjaOutfitInTheWash]

@PhantomZoner75 That's what published writers do. They have to rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. But of course if writing is just a hobby and something you do just for fun you don't have to worry so much about it. But the reason why for example twilight is so bad is because it was never really meant to be published, and the author only wrote for her own pleasure. Really good litterature is a lot more thought through and takes a really intelligent author.

I think Melinda would write amazing books

[PhantomZoner75]

I get why you do what you do when writing but I personally couldn't write like you do. I do analyze my characters to a point but I think going to the level that you go to when writing would take all the fun out of writing itself. I would lose my self to paranoia and rewrite my book so many times I would never get it finished if I stopped at every word to ask if my main character is a Mary Sue.

[Icy199512]

This character chart is amazing and I personlly thank you for it because its funny as your writing is you learn things about your own characters that you never knew yourself.

[1998sara]

I love making insane characters.... i think im disturbed

[NVGZBreta]

My characters don't smoke or drink....some of the questions I can't answer!!! Is that bad? (My characters are kids mostly...!)

[chipmunkspy5]

thank you for the links they were very helpful :)

[hotwhire]

I think you need to do a vid on what makes a character "badass" and what makes a character annoying or overpowered.

[hotwhire]

@Veelez Goku is kind of a mary-sue cause everyone just loves him for nothing deeper then him saving their lives. DBZ did do any real social introductions to the characters.

[hotwhire]

@Veelez I mean with Vegeta, you either liked him or u didnt. And Bardock shown us WHY we like him rather then saying it. I hate sasuke simply becuase he doesnt do shit and tells us what he wants rather then shows us.he also has no legit reason to be a douche to naruto when he actually tries hard