These are not stories about avatars (because there are a MILLION of those in countless categories) but rather tales about either the archtypical Mary Sue herself or about avatars who are actually aware of their status as writers' playthings...and, in most cases it seems, aren't entirely happy with the situation. ;) I do accept submissions, so send 'em in! I'll even consider essays and odes. Perhaps you can express this better than I...

General ~ Multi-Genre/General ~ Anime/Manga ~ Anita Blake
Buffy/Angel ~ Cartoons ~ Comics ~ Due South ~ Forever Knight
Harry Potter ~ Highlander ~ Lois & Clark ~ The Monkees
The Mummy ~ Pitch Black ~ Ronin Warriors ~ Star Trek ~ Star Wars
Subreality ~ Tolkien ~ Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea ~ The X-Files

General

It's The Mary Sue Show -- By Lara Ashleigh Lords
Once upon a time there was a perfect orphan girl named Salli... A fairy tale, of sorts. ;)

Know Me -- By Northlight
"See inside my mind, my heart, my life. I'm love and laughter and more than I can ever show them when not behind the words, fantasy and reality bleeding together..."

Ode To A Mary Sue -- By Sorciere
A wonderfully nasty flame poem. Don't hold back, Sorciere -- tell us how you really feel!

Woman Behind The Scenes -- By Trisha L. Sebastian
A sweet yet quite powerful poem written for a poetry reading which sets out to show, not explain, the difference between the dreamer and the Mundane.

A Convocation -- By Pamela "Hutch" Thalner
An eclectic collection of Pam's characters gather from all over her mindscape to discuss one issue: "Are any of us Mary Sues? And if some of us are...is this a bad thing?"

The Birth Of Lady Marya Louise Susanne DeZiga -- By Kaylee, Lyssie, & Mitai
Three writers. One chat room. And the creation of something monstrous...

How To Be A Mary Sue -- By Tapestry & Various
First Tapestry posted a terribly funny list of Mary Sue Rules. Then everyone else on the board got into the act with analyses and commentary from their own Mary Sues...

Mary Sue Deville, And Why She Must Die, Too -- By Alara Rogers
An essay on the nature of villainesses who are just a little too much to be believed...

My Own Ghosts -- By Seraph
Can neglected childhood favorites forgive their wayward writer when she finally favors them with a too-brief visit? Can the writer truly return? Or is Never-Never Land lost forever?

On The Back Of A Drowning Dog -- By Suzene Campos
It's bad enough, knowing that you're just part of a lonely girl's mind. It's worse when that girl -- your entire existence -- is on the edge of oblivion...and there's nothing you can do.

Variations On A Common Theme -- By Emby Quinn
What happens when you create archetypes within archetypes? One writer comes face-to-face -- literally -- with some rather startling truths about her younger self...

The Adventures Of The Wonderful Perfect Girl -- By Faux Boon
Gah! There's only so much perfection the Digimon cast -- or their reality -- can stand!

Four Redheads -- By Emby Quinn
Alike and yet different -- these ladies have their own minds despite identical appearances bestowed by their creators, thank god. A little slice of life behind the fanfic scenes.

Horrors Of The Over-Done Mary Sue -- By Noseless Wonder
Mary Sue and two nameless friends (to make her look good) pop into DBZ -- as usual!

Leo's Lecture On DBZ Mary-Sues -- By Sailor Leo
Pay attention, DragonBall Z writers, because Professor Leo has today's lesson ready...

Mary Sue Goes To Pewter (And Pallet Too!) -- By Stephanie A.
*snicker* What happens when a writer figures out that the best way to score with her fave animated guys is to invade their world as a Mary Sue? It's not as easy as you'd think!

Mimi And Trunks' Guide To Mary Sues -- By digigirl132
Demonstration presented with the help of a remote control and an unwilling DBZ fictive.

Sailor Mary-Sue! -- By Konitsu The Lady Fate
Who needs the Sailor Scouts? Sakura Jones can do everything they can, and more!

Breaking The Rules: A Mary Sue Parody -- By Senna
Senna uses the Buffy Litmus Test to pen a tongue-in-cheek tale of a girl you'll recognize...

Whistle When You're Dead -- By Marie-Claude Danis
Xander said it best: "Guys! Come quick! Spike is getting his ass kicked by a girl!"

Generic Mary Sue Story -- By Just Passing Through
Attention Invader Zim fans: she's invading your home turf too, and she's after Dib!

Mary Sue's Coming To Hillwood! -- By Houkanno Yuuhou
A good Mary Sue can even use her token fatal flaw to her advantage...as the cast of "Hey Arnold" are about to discover.

M.S.T. -- By Pip's Sister
Yes -- there are Mary Sues even in South Park. Join Matt&Trey's kids for a from-the-hip "documentary" explaining the concept to a whole new fanfic community...

Attack Of The Mary Sues -- By Natas
Comics + movie + you-know-who = mayhem. Oh, and "Marie" Sue gets pummeled. ;)

Mary Sue, X-Woman eXtraordinary -- By Sorciere
Yup, another one, much to the X-Men's horror...and poor Bobby's drawn the short straw!

The Rantings Of A Forgotten Mary Sue -- By Kaylee
Inspired by a conversation about the opening of this site: one old avatar has HAD IT with being stuffed into the equivalent of a dark hole and abandoned...

Revolt -- By Maggie The Cat
Gambit brings home the umpteenth "love of his life." Forced to mouth the usual cliches, the X-Men are driven to the snapping point. And, believe it or not, so is the gal in question!

The Saga Of Mary Sue -- By Lilo Stitch
"I'm tellin' ya, she followed me home! I tried to run but she's quick! Quick like some deranged, oversexed bunny!"

The Truth About Mary Sues -- By Ruth "Kat" Richter-Woytsek
Where Mary Sues go when their reign of terror is over? Ruth dares to ask.

When Dreams Come True -- By Dyce
Maybe it ain't so easy to become a Mary Sue after all, as one writer discovers in this humorous little poem when given the chance to dream whatever she likes...

My Mountie, My Love... -- By Adoratrice
This one is, to borrow some of Adoratrice's own words, a textbook example of what not to do in a Due South story...and she's absolutely right. Brace yourself--!

Mary Sue, Mary Sue. What The H*ll Has Gone Wrong With You?? -- By Jayne Leitch
Yikes! Oh my! In Jayne's own words: "Okay, you all asked for it. The Mary Sue absolutely NO ONE wants to read. (That give you enough warning???)"

Mary Sue Sets Things Right -- By Libby Singleton
If Nick and Natalie can't get their heads on straight, it's high time that someone stepped in and did it for them! Co-stars Screed in a way you really didn't need to see. ;)

How To Defeat Mary Sues -- By AIT The Almighty Spork
The Hogwarts girls join forces to drive away the evil one. Silly challenge fic.

Mary Sue Strikes Again -- By Tenchi Kaze
The new girl has Harry in her clutches! Can Draco banish her evil and win him back?

The Mary Sue That Wasn't -- By Mrs. Norris
What is Mary's secret, and why does she keep getting hit in the face with Quaffles?

Sandra (Aka Mary Sue) Comes To Hogwarts -- By Jaala
Augh! Not another one! Luckily, some Mary Sues are destined for a dramatic end.

The Ultimate Mary Sue Fic -- By elel88
"She perkily put the hat on and immediately it called, 'GRYFFINDOR FOR CHRISSAKE!'"

The Mary Sue Chronicles -- By Pamela Lin O'Grady
A beautifully written and dang funny series following this Immortal Mary Sue from her "birth" in King Arthur's Court through Sherwood Forest and onward towards modern day...

Writer's Block: A Mary Sue Intervention -- By StarKitty
When fictives go on strike, only one "person" is suave enough to get them back on duty.

Micky And The Mary Sue Quadruplets -- By Minja
Trouble comes in packs, as the Monkees discover when Mary Sue descends upon them...

Mary Sue Does Egypt -- By ellbee
Gack! Apparently, no man alive can resist a certain perfect orphan heiress adventuress!

How Mary Sue Got Killed -- By Arwen Lune
Some characters are immune to the effects of a Mary Sue. Take Riddick, for example...

Hi! My Name's Mary Sue! -- By Lady Kat
New student Mary Sue Johnson is practically perfect in every way. Of course!

Gunfight At The "Mary Sue" Corral -- By Debra Smith
Who's left standing when all of the ST uberkinder shoot it out over who's "top dog"?

The Life And Times Of Dr. Laura Masters -- By Debra Smith
A set of short, humorous, interlocked vignettes about Debra's rather unusual Mary Sue. For one, the good doctor is over thirty. For two...well, read it and find out!

Mary Que's Baby -- By Mercutio
The challenge: to write a story wherein Q travels back in time and impregnates a Mary Sue -- or a parody thereof. Guess which approach Mercutio took?

Mary Sue -- By Aubrey "Naomi Sisko" Minnick
Not everybody aboard the USS Tigris loves perfect Lt. Commander Alyssandra Dabine...

Writer's Block: A Mary Sue Intervention -- By StarKitty
When fictives go on strike, only one "person" is suave enough to get them back on duty.

How To Tell If You're Writing A Mary Sue Story For Obi-Wan Kenobi -- By Pamela "Hutch" Thalner
An amusing peek into post-TPM Kenobi-lust madness.

Self-Insertion Miasma, A Parody -- By Arco
Marysoo Starrr is the coolest, baddest smuggler ever to grace the universe. Yeah baby!

ACDOSR #10: The Center Holds -- By Kielle
The nail-biting climax of a hell of a good round robin...and the truth behind Mary Sue.

Alcheringa -- By Kielle
Can our sweet girl adapt when the fantasies turn dark? You damn well better bet on it.

Mary Sue's Wake -- By Rossi
Rossi's characters gather at the Cafe to say a fond farewell to an old friend.

Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Fan -- By Susan Crites
This one changed many minds about avatars. In a shadowy nook at the Subreality Cafe, one writer runs into an archetype with a captivating story to tell...

Welcome To The Show -- By Ian Phil Foster
Here Phil spins a dark yet amusing tale of what awaits naive writers in the gaps between chapters, and of what unexpected enemies -- and allies -- they might encounter there.

An Orc's Tale -- By Second Of Seventeen
Just how far will poor Legolas go to escape the inexorable invasion of self-insertions...?

Gil Shalos' BIIIIG List Of LOTR Fanfic Cliches And Mary Sue-Doms -- By Gil Shalos
A bit more than a litmus test. Very funny stuff -- you'll recognize these!

Lord Of The Rings Clichés -- By Yoko Albatou
Step One: Go to Middle-Earth. Step Two: Snog Legolas like there's no tomorrow...

Nine Men And A Little Lady -- By Kielle
Some very silly journal entries reveal an insidious evil within the ranks of the Fellowship.

The Tenth Rider -- By DarkRiver
If there's a tenth Walker, then logically there must also be an extra Nazgul. Hoo boy.

MarySue's Day -- By Coral
Win a Nobel Prize -- check. Entrance the captain -- check. Charm the crew -- check...

The Confessions Of Mary Sue -- By Mary Sue Who
Not even the Lone Gunmen were safe when this gal was on the prowl! Here's the scoop on the true (and doomed at increasing levels of improbability) love-lives of the X-Files men...

Mary Sue's "On X-Files Day" -- By Jennifer Stoy
Love trouble looming? The International Association of Mary Sues is on the case...and today's romantic Gordian knot is your favorite angst-ridden pair of FBI agents!

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