This is for all those "Original" characters running around EFC fanfic. (Joyce Belman and Liam strike me as Mary Sues...) I blame Carver and Rayjay. They helped me with a bunch of reasons. They rock. http://cadetdru.homestead.com Don't Skrill me. I'm a Mary Sue. I'm invincible!!

1: Is your character a fraction of an alien?

2: Is your character amazingly attractive?

3: Is you character amazingly young? (anything under 25)

4: Can your character save the day in such a way that 99.9999999% of the Earth would never know we were in danger?

5: Is your character's last name Boone, Marquette, or Kincaid?

6: Is your character part of the Resistance AND Companions?

7: Does the character have an un-necessarily exotic name? (Siobahn Beckett = necessary -- K'Rinya Hunter = unnecessary)

8: Is the character named after you?

9: Is the character disgustingly naive, but you're the only one who doesn't notice?

10: Are you more concerned with the character's romances than your own?

11: Does the character have the job you want?

12: Is the character super-human or whatever species s/he is?

13: Was your character born with supernatural inexplicable abilities such as being able to fix that green puzzle thing from FOIK within seconds of birth?

14: Is the character married to or dating your crush?

15: Is your character highly emotional/hormonal/a "bleeding heart"?

16: Is your character wearing the latest fashions of our time?

17: Does your character love nineties pop music? Or any type of music from a certain era that will be horribly dated by the time your story is set?

18: Are their morals only the highest for a spy if they are one which they probably are?

19: Is your character automatically in charge?

20: Is your character seducing your crush?

21: Is your crush IMMEDIATELY attracted to your character?

22: Does your character live in a snazzy apartment but has no signs of a paycheck, let alone a well-paying job? (Waitress at the FPC ain't that good!)

23: Does everyone come to your character for help?

24: Does your character spout off witticisms?

25: Does your character go to the Lair, the FPC, the mother-ship, Liam's loft, et cetera, on a regular basis?

26: Does your character have a sidekick who mysteriously resembles your best friend?

27: Does Sandoval (or insert "human" of choice) trust your character?

28: Does Zo'or? (or insert "alien" of choice)

29: Is the character based on another writer?

30: Does your character boss Augur (or insert resistance member of choice) around?

31: how about Sandoval (or insert companion person of choice)?

32: Is your character the child of some sci-fi hero, not necessarily EFC?

33: Is your character invulnerable?

34: Does your character eat?

35: If so, is it only at the FPC?

36: Does your character incite disgusted eye rolls even from your best friend?

37: Does your character have authority issues?

38: Is your character an orphan?

39: Does your character skirt the law -- anybody's law -- with no consequences?

40: Does your character know EVERYONE? (Everyone being Augur, Boone, Kincaid, the other Kincaid, Renee, Da'an, T'than, Zo'or, Lili, et cetera.)

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