So, I was having a very vehement discussion in the c-box and then thought, hey why not bring it to rants. It really is sickening when you see a character so much like a sue, it's like they used the example of the mary sue litmus test... for all of their character's traits. It really is horrible. But more than that, is when you look at their character... and it turns out they are an ADMIN or something of the sort. And their member base is pretty decent. How do people not see these things?!

EDIT: Psst, if this is short/not very logical I have an excuse: I am pretty damn tired. Sorry. D:

Haha, your post made me LOL! It's quite funny because I've noticed these things too. I haven't seen many characters with flaws lately, and it sucks especially when they're a staff member or a highly respected admin. x.x

Admin-played Sues send me running. I'm not likely to join a site run by someone who either doesn't realise they are playing a Sue, or doesn't care and feels entitled because they are an admin.

What boggles my mind is that so many Sues make it through the application process these days just because the roleplayer writes a long and convoluted application. Quantity =/= quality, and writing 700 words about how your character is good at everything and breezes through life even though they are suffering from an inordinately tragic past doesn't make a character any less of a Sue than when they are poorly written.

EDIT: There are some people who can pull off characters who might read like a Sue if you just read their basic stats, but are carried out beautifully within the roleplay. I'm not talking about these people. I'm talking about the roleplayers who mysteriously get away with badly developed Sue-ish characters just because they can write at a 'literate' level. But being able to churn out decent prose (or sometimes just wordy fluff) is not the same as employing good characterisation.