Things That Suck - Mary Sues

So before I went on vacation last Friday, I was wandering around the intarwebs, as we all do, and happened to run across PotterSues. And like any other fanfic author (though my stuff is dead now since I've started work on original fantasy instead), I've got my share of old shameful stories. Since I was off to my grandmother's house, where the Internet is some series of tubes frequented by pedophiles and identity thieves, I decided to take along some of my old writing journals/diaries and see just how bad it was.

And oh god, it was bad.

Since I was bored, I decided to actually analyse all my Sues and see just how much of an effect they've had on my writing nowadays. And then I decided to post them here, since I really don't have anything better to do this month.

On to the Sues!

(Edit: Decided that since this bout of Sue-searching was inspired by PotterSues, I'd use her description things to make things simpler.)

FULL NAME: Siafire Kamare Nasune
SPECIES: Hylian (eventually Hylian/Sheikah)
HAIR: Platinum blond
EYES: Blue-violet, change to red when angry or using magic
MARKINGS: Triforce marking on her right hand
POSESSIONS: The Triforce of Wisdom, a sword, a horse named Moonblossom or something like that
CONNECTIONS TO CANON: Was, at separate times, Link's love interest and Link and Zelda's daughter.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Really powerful magic, was able to take the Triforce of Power from Ganondorf at some point.

NOTES: Siafire Kamare Nasune was probably my second Sue, but since I'm annoyingly picky about order and whatnot, she's first. I took her name from kasuto.net's Hylian dictionary, attempting to mean 'sapphire of the moon's night' or...something. Off to a good start.

So she's the princess of Hyrule for some reason; I think she was Zelda and Link's daughter if Majora's Mask never happened. Later on, when I was attempting to make things better, she was the daughter of some unnamed king and a Sheikah woman. Despite her beautiful, princessy looks, she was a tomboy and often attempted to sneak away from Hyrule Castle in Sheik-esque (read: exactly like his) disguises.

Initially, her love interest/tru wuv was Link. (But not in the same stories when he was her father. I wasn't that bad.) Then it was someone's roleplay character; the person probably got sick of her Sueness. Ugh. So after that, Sia became a warrior!Sue and I began roleplaying with a longtime friend whose character was a perfect Gary Stu to match her Mary Sue. He was the king of the Gerudo, a white-haired pretty boy who was Siafire's equal (and often her better) in magic and swordplay. And they went on grand adventures and whatnot...or they would have, if we could have gotten past the fluff.

Incidentally, the fluff was not my idea.

Siafire's legacy: When I finally came to my senses and began working on more realistic characters, I took her character (the not warrior!Sue aspect of her) and attempted to de-Sue her. Not sure how it's going, as I haven't yet had anyone read my newer stories yet. Although, the fact that I now hate the character instead of loving her unconditionally might be a sign of progress.