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I got 27%

I did this for my SIO (self-insert oc) for welcome home named Soba

She's a Tanuki puppet who has Schizophrenia, Tics, and ADHD

She's supposed to be a somewhat recreation of me (ex: Black hair, Schizo, ADHD, clumsy, etc.) I also made her fall in love with one of the main characters. She's possessed by a demon who can cover half of her body in toxic black ink with tentacles on her back. She's soft-spoken and barely talks, usually using hand gestures or her head.

She's multilingual (She can speak Japanese, English, Spanish, German, and Russian) with her nationality being Japanese.

I might add more, being that shes still in development, if anyone has tips for her/me, please do tell!

I got a 23% on my Original Character named Clarissa (she goes by Claire more often though.) I think my character was rated 23% pretty fairly, but she also isn't fully developed, I've actually been focusing on some side plots and side characters while trying to develop her more at the same time. (Here's some of her backstory and what I'm trying to accomplish.)

So basically, this story started from a dream (I actually want to do the same thing when I have the money.) I had at the starting of 2020, some characters were going on a road trip. I don't know they're reasons, maybe they just wanted adventure? Anyways, they all had many flaws, one girl was fairly overweight and was discouraged about dating at all. But her group of friends helped her gain confidence and she actually ended up having some sort of love triangle with some already existing characters that were with them. And they basically just explored their universe. But I've come a long way with MY actual universe that has my OC Claire in it. Their government is trying it's best to keep its citizens safe, but some characters in my side plot discuss that more and what is going on behind closed doors. Claire and her friends come from all walks of life and want to find their place in the world. She brings a close friend of hers from school along the way with her. She has no mental illnesses so far, I'm not attracted to the idea of her (the protagonist) having a severe mental illness, side characters mostly represent the problems people face with certain mental issues. She is rather moody and can snap sometimes. She actually started as a self-insert character, but I'm slowly trying to make here, her own person and NOT just me. I think I would feel too vulnerable to have a character that close to myself being public anyways. Anyways, she is supposed to grow as a person at the end, as for other characters stay the same, the biggest problem I think I'm facing is not thinking of how the story ends... I know I won't be

Got around a 30% Mary Sue, didn't know what I was expecting and my character is still vastly unwritten for now, but that's alright.

For those out of the loop, my character is Maru "Pluto" Realta. In the universe he comes from, planets and moons have vast concentrations of godly energy at their cores, called World Souls, which can be forged into god-like avatars. Maru is the World Soul of the dwarf planet Pluto. He is aware of a prophecy of a human-borne beast who ushers in an era of chaos and discord, bringing an end to all life in the solar system. And what does Maru, a human-borne beast do? He ushers in an era of chaos and discord, bringing an end to all life in the solar system, naively believing that ending humanity will put a stop to the prophecy, whilst at the same time fulfilling it. The story involves so many other characters, including Eris, Arrokoth, Sedna, Nemesis, Nibiru, Tyche, and so many others I could not name all of them here.

Hope y'all enjoyed; I look forward to your thoughts.

26% is lower than I was expecting - these tests are unable to take a lot of context into the equation, so they tend to be inaccurate at best and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Though I guess I know how to handle my overpowered, immortal energy beings well if all a major leader scores is 26% on a casual test when being one of the most powerful pieces in the game, so to speak.

But then, I also just focus on making my characters be well-rounded people first and foremost, and worry about anything else later.

The character I ran through this is an angel named Ambriel, who is the angel of harmony. Very powerful by mortal standards, and able to draw upon the energies of his home plane to augment his own when needed.

He's also a sweetheart dork who gets stage fright and has been through his fair share of troubled and fantastic experiences.

"I received 18%, I consider it a good result. Well, of course, the grade isn't perfect, but I'll work on it and come back here. The character has nothing of mine, and is even of a different gender. His name is Baltazar, and he is a young adult at the age of 36 (looks his age). I didn't mention it earlier, but he is an elf (in his world, there are plenty of supernatural beings, and they keep their distance from humans). As for the history, I have everything done. His father was the leader of the Dashwood clan, and his mother was a warrior of the Teko clan. Unfortunately, she passed away during childbirth, and the father, who never wanted a child and didn't have time to take care of him, handed him over to his relative from another clan. When he grew up between two clans, a war broke out, and some children were afraid of him, while others treated him as an enemy. He tried to compensate for his genes with studying and hard work, but it didn't always work out. He was both intelligent and humorous, so he got along well with animals and excelled in academics, but he was clumsy in combat and magic studies. He was chosen as the guardian of dragons. (This role involves living away from the village in a large building and taking care of magical creatures.) He liked it because he had contact with magnificent creatures and could train with his new master, who was an elf. He continued his education until he became an adult. After a while, his master died, and he decided to take on his first student, who was a hybrid of a human and a wolf. Aster, as his student was called, was energetic, but it was hard for him to focus. Unfortunately, he died at the hands of a warrior from the Dashwood clan, and Baltazar blamed himself for it for the rest of his life. Some time passed, and he learned that he had siblings, but that's a long side story. Returning to the present. He decided to mentor another student, this time a hybrid of an elf and a deer. He trained him as best as he could. He on

I did this for fun with my character. He started out as a self insert but has kinda evolved into his own thing, as well as a staple part of my storie and world building. I know this is old as s---, but I will take literally any opportunity to talk about my OC universe. He is part of the pantheon that I'm working on (and currently he's the only polished one) of gods. He's the God of saltwater (and can breathe only in salt water) and he is also in charge of marine life. He actually doesn't take the form of human very much anymore because after some things that go down in his pantheon (one of the gods wipes out the people who worshipped them) he and his pantheon fell from grace and lost the strength in their powers. Now he's unable to maintain a human form for long periods of time because condensing his original body into such a small form takes a lot of power. His normal look is a gigantic sea monster who slithers the depths. My current main OC for a webtoon I'm working on is actually a descendant of his, though he doesn't have really any powers other than the usual water-based stuff. Anyway, he's pretty pathetic especially when compared to the other gods, and him and the rest of his pantheon are looked down upon and ridiculed for the things that happened, which makes him hate interacting with other gods. His story revolves around him rebuilding his follower count and coming back into power in hopes of making life easier.

I got 20% I made an oc who is just really morally gray she's mishaps and many people hate her for being all around anoing she will help when it's convenient for her , she has my flaws such as dyslexia and asma and a constant habit of talking to her self she really doesn't have a backstory she just showed up one day and hopes between worlds to mes with the casts of the shows such as pranking harry Potter or anoin deku to his braking point and just likes having fun

I got 17%! Firstly, my character's an OC for a story I'm making. He's not human, but nobody in the story is human, either. Does that count as a Mary/Gary Sue trait? He's called Alexei Bane, or Alex - he prefers this - for short. He has blue eyes and white hair (unnaturally colored hair is common in the world though), and he's 20 years old. He's a hero in the story - but it's a job. Kind of like the heroes in MHA or the ADA in BSD?

He does attract attention when he goes out, because he's known as a celebrity. He has a reputation for being an angel of sorts, his looks play a part in this, though in actuality he's quite emotional and angry.

He does have a boyfriend (bisexual), no he hasn't slept with other people a lot because he has a boyfriend and neither of them are interested in a polyromantic relationship. For his parents, they're dead. They were former heroes who were famous, and though they had a good reputation, he was pressured to become a hero by them. He's traumatised by them and has difficulty expressing himself and venting it healthily, but he's seeking out help with a therapist. Due to his trauma, he has anxiety (coming from a person who has anxiety I'm not adding this in because iT's CoOl or whatever). He takes safe space with his boyfriend.

He does have a supernatural power, but everybody has them in the story. He has teleportation and is quite good at hand to hand combat. He dreams of being an artist, but is scared of the backlash if he quits his job so suddenly. He's the victim of a tragedy where multiple heroes and civilians were massacred by a criminal group. He did suffer some injuries, however he survived. His parents were also killed from this, and he feels guilt for being glad at the moment that he heard that they died (his parents did all the things you're not supposed to do to a living being that starts with an a and ends with an e). Due to this and his trauma, he became a hero and constantly hates it.

Would this count as a Mary/Gary Sue

Huh, a 20% not bad... I was honestly expecting a lot more because of how kinda O.P. (not a lot but still enough to be mentioned) my persona is.

Okie, SO! A little bit of context for how my persona was created (this will be really important in a sec). I can't have dreams that look realistic(e.g. lucid dreams, ones with real place or time settings e.x.) or else I'll have a Nightmare and wake up crying (roughly about 4 times out of ten) because of this I often have dreams that are in the fictional world and look like the art style as well. I have a type of photographic memory that allows my mind to remember things like this, but also alter the image if my mind doesn't like it(why I can dream in an art style). NOW this is the cool part. I can remember most of my dreams and because of this I remember what a character looked like too. I normally play as (or am represented)in said dream as a persona named Omega Bites.

Omega Bites is what I'd like to call my subconscious self as that's how they were created, by my dreams. They are a 7'0 to 7'6 (when on all fours) feet tall fluffy,gold and Blush-peach Pantherine (Wild cat, typically lion, or other with bird or other animal wings) Other Cat (a jumble of wild cat's so messed up ya don't know what type it is) with white wings, the tips turning to a rainbow like color. They have a freakishly long tail with a silver-gray mechanical claw-like mechanism on the end. The end of their tail can open up to reveal syringes and potion-like bottles. Said syringes can be fired at an impressive speed much like a bullet would. Omega Bites can also shape-shift and is mostly lurking, watching, or engaging with the main character's adventure in my dreams, since I typically don't like to make my dreams all about myself. Omega has a small,brown, pouch-like infinity bag wrapped around their neck. They often apply to cartoon logic when dealing with world physics or types of magic. Speaking of which! Omega's magic is pretty weird, although it's most

The OC used is part of an original story. She is one of three main characters, who are part of a group of five friends. She's minorly physically disabled and has a fear of heights. She has wings because she's not human, in a world full of not humans. She's 16, though I may change her age as she's only 16 because she was original a human fan character for a game and most of the game's protagonists are 16. She's introverted but has no problem interacting with people she knows well and trusts. She tends to bottle up her emotions and wants to show no weakness. She goes through an emotional journey throughout the course of the story showing her it's okay to show weakness and stuff like that, but she still continues to bottle up her emotions and tries not to show weakness because she doesn't like dealing with emotions. Her fear of heights is bad and often weighs the group down, and the group is usually annoyed. She's lesbian, and the other characters are a straight guy, a biromantic girl, a aromantic boy, and a toric (attracted to men) non binary person. Her only possible love interest in the group is the Bi woman, but neither see the other like that and she doesn't get to know any other people well in the course of the story, so doesn't get a love interest. Her parents divorced but she still keeps in touch with both of them and has a good relationship with them.

Do you think she's a mary sue?

33% isn't bad my oc is a lookism oc. She is arrogant and a bit two-faced. she is a prodigy at music and s---. she has brown hair and eyes. she comes from a rich family. Her parent 'treasure' her because she is talented. They have a good relationship but don't communicate a lot. affection is materialistic. She is very popular because of her looks and skills. she doesn't befriend the Mc as fast as others do. she is very dramatic and extra. she is ( to an extend) inspired by nadeshiko rurichou from kakegrui. She doesn't have supernatural ability, just a lot of training when she was a Child. like the Mc she is a beauty, how she first catches people attention. this is just a rough idea

I got 25% wow

I have a character who is recognized fairly easily but not in their first appearance since the first appearance of that character is in a crowded lunch room where everyone who is royalty eats (character is a queen) she did have a tragic past which gave her PTSD and a fear of knives. A lot of people fell in love with her because they think she is hot but she never really likes any of them. (most are fanboys/fangirls/fanthems) probably since she isn't ever gonna give her ghost hubby up. She does have purple eyes but they are pretty common as most people on her planet have weird eye or hair colors. Her PTSD is never blamed for her actions and she is pretty selfish sometimes. She actually only befriended the M.C to get revenge on her enemy, who the M.C dislikes. However, she does have a nice side that the M.C gets through to before the big bad fight. She never had a bad past with her parents so no need to apologize to them. That's about it

Oof. My character got 14%, says she could use some spicing up. Although, to be fair, some of the questions allow for some blind spots. *shrugs* Oh well, its just for fun. I still like the quiz.

Since everyone else is sharing too, Ill add that my character is Sinastra, a manipulative, greedy, selfish career criminal who lives in a cartoonish fantasy world. (Think the cartoon Chowder but with more magic). The world is made up of floating cities, populated by a variety of races (giants, spirits, zombies, etc) with Sinastra coming from a city mostly populated by humans and witches.

Sinastra is basically the Grinch, if the grinch was mixed with Kikis Delivery Service, and was an unusually tall and overly skinny woman with a hatred for modern technology. Modern technology in this case being puppets and marionettes (magical objects used by connecting the string of your soul to it).

When Sinastra steals an old marionette from a museum, she gets more than she bargained for with the curse it comes along with; binding Sinastras strings to the marionette permanently, and bringing the toy itself to life as an annoyingly happy child named Little Boy. Sinastras only hope to undo the curse (and to escape the authorities and the fellow criminals after the marionette) is to rely on a witch named Daz, a straight laced puppet enthusiast who believes in the merits of hard work, and wants to start her own business fixing marionettes. After them is a one-eyed zombie detective, a knightly mage who worships the moon, and Mr. Fritz, CEO of the worlds largest puppet conglomerate.

Any thoughts?

I got 26% Mary Sue. Her name is Lucky. At around 7, she is taken from her mother by an off- grid government program, where they intend to use her powers for experiments. She meets her friend there (kori), who has somewhat similar abilities. However, Kori is deemed too powerful, and taken for execution. Lucky is able to save her, and they both escape. 2 years later, They're both captured, again. This time, Lucky is taken for an attempt to weaken her powers. This causes her to lose skin pigmentation. Unfortunately, Kori is killed saving her. :( Lucky escapes, and undergoes procedures in an attempt to look like herself again. One goes wrong, causing her to lose one of her eyes. She gets it fixed, but now she looks absolutely unrecognizable. The bad guys are still trying to track her down, so she teams up with someone else to escape, and that's about all I have right now.

I got 4% and the comment said "go ahead and make her a little prettier!" :P ..She is already pretty, but she mostly doesn't know how to deal with the situation they've all ended up in and is trying her best to deal with it just as everyone else is (and yes, failing, and making bad decisions that she initially is sure are the right choices.. and then realizes she maybe picked the wrong side to begin with but it's too late so she has to kind of stick it out). Like everyone else involved, she has to learn to adjust to this new, horrible situation as it unfolds with no supernatural skills or magical weapons or anything, and they all have to use each others' strengths to try to make it through. She's a tracker and can find her way through an environment the others would be lost in, and knows how to use the land in that environment to survive (to not starve or die of thirst, where to find shelter etc), but the others are physically much stronger and highly trained in combat meaning they can fight the creatures hunting them, so they work with each other to survive in this brutal new reality they've all been thrust into. The problem is, as stated earlier, she realizes when it's too late that she maybe picked the wrong side. She has to sacrifice all of her own morals as a result which leads to catastrophic results.

I got 23% for my oc and her name is Estrella Esmeralda Cortez and shes a human being. Shes a character in a story and I was worried she was a Mary Sue due to the fact many people like her (probably because they feel bad for her?) and hates the fact of many people liking her. She has a wolfdog named lobo and a twin brother named Miguel. She is a Mexican. She has anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder. Even though she belongs to a rich family, lot of people despise her. Shes insecure, has trust issues, and pretty sadistic at times. She has a low self esteem and is definitely flawed. She believes shes not good enough and blames herself for the death of her older sister. Her character and design was based off me, your everyday sad potato. She is chubby and has anger issues.

I got a 9%. My character's name is Lila, she's a fandom character (Undertale) more specifically, she's one of the kids that Asgore took the soul of. She's an orphan, she grew up in an orphanage until she ran away at the age of 10. She climbed the mountain (I forget what it's called) and fell to the Underground. Toriel found her and took her in, and she stayed with Toriel for a few days until she grew tired of the same routine and managed to excape. However, Asgore found her and took her soul within a few hours, as she was grossly unprepared for the rest of the Underground. She contributes to a lot of Toriel's guilt about not being able to save any children.

Appearance-wise, she's skinny with stringy black hair, blue eyes, and freckles. She likes to dress extravagantly but she doesn't own many clothes. She most often wears a small, beat-up tutu.

She's super wimpy, scared of the dark, and she has asthma, which is why Asgore got her so quickly.

Dang, Isaac. You are incredibly boring. 4%. I get it. I purposefully made Isaac kinda average to make up for his status in the demon world. He is the heir to the underworld, but his father doesnt trust him, as Isaac is incredibly kind and sweet. Isaac has depression and anxiety. He is so unnoticeable in the overworld that the only people who know him are his small friend group made up of a few mistreated demons. Basically, he hated his life in the underworld so since his father was a reaper (a demon who teleports to the overworld to collect souls) before he became ruler, Isaac had that ability and used it to start a life in the overworld where he and his friends were just like every other human. He goes to a human high school and meets the love of his life, a human boy who happened to be the smartest kid in the entire school and was WAY out of Isaac's league.

I got 11% Mary Sue. My character is a Steven universe OC. His name is Titanite. He's extremely tall but slightly overweight. His eyes are peach colored and he's of feminine stature. He has no hair. He has extreme Claustrophobia and Autism. His backstory isn't entirely tragic since I'm still finding it out, but in the gem blast that the diamonds made, he managed to survive by hiding out with others. His closest friend, Zincite, didn't make it in time and ended up corrupted. When he came out, he saw her and had to shatter her to put an end to her misery. He's overly optimistic around other people, but at the end of the day, he always ends up thinking about Zincite. It practically haunts him to this day.

I got 31 percent my character has 2 alters that commit some really questionable things and all that she can do is watch well only with one alter her actions are slightly better than the other and with the other one it's just a complete different person and she can only switch back when the alters have their fun and she's just crying like holy s--- what did I just do she's dark skinned with curly dark hair with a Pink highlight she has dark brown eyes she wears cute clothing and doesn't attract attention her name is rose. It's pretty notice able which alter is controlling her because when shes in the 1st alter she has slightly less curly hair and with the second one it's not curly and is pointy her hair is short also her alters keep terrorizing this one guy named moon I don't have the confidence to tell you what they do but imma tell ya it uhh it... Gets em hard but they don't actually do anything he just got a dirty mind as you can guess the non alter has a crush on him but is too scared bc of what her alters have been doing. Any questions?

I'm surprised my character only got 18%

He's a MHA fan character named Koshiro Yuta, he's conventionally attractive: Tall, Long black hair (yes based off of Aizawa), purple eyes (Lavender), Dark academia aesthetic, calm, kind, smart etc. He's in college and isn't a hero or villain, just a normal college student trying to become a doctor. He has a decent quirk, the ability to turn any liquid to a different one (for example being able to turn water to milk or to acid) but he didn't want to be a hero. He wasn't popular but wasn't an outcast, just the smart, attractive guy who kept to himself. Also he wasn't socially anxious, he just didn't go out of his way to talk to people. He likes horror novels and the outdoors (especially during Autumn/Fall) and would read outside or in a caf.

In the story, he's doing his daily schedule and toga spots him reading outside during Autumn/fall. Since he's attractive, she thinks he's hot and likes him along side Deku. But Koshiro is Asexual so the whole story is him trying to go through existence with Toga trying to make him and Deku fall in love with her. They both eventually get kidnapped by her but get saved by class 1-A and Koshiro becomes like an ally and friend to class 1-A (especially Deku). Since he's smart this means Deku and Class 1-A asks him for help with things if Momo and/or Iida can't solve them or she's/He's unavailable. He asks them for help if Toga and ,now since the LOV are after him, the rest of the LOV are trying to kill him.

Since he's smarter than Momo and Iida (not combined!) and is attractive (to me at least) I thought he would've gotten higher.