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[[File:Society_Logo_1892.jpg|frame|We find the pen to be more or less equal to the sword, actually.]]
[[File:Society_Logo_1892.jpg|frame|We find the pen to be more or less equal to the sword, actually.]]


{{quote|''"Welcome to the Society. If you have any sanity left, please leave it at the door."''|''--Tash''}}
{{quote|''"Welcome to the Society. If you have any sanity left, please leave it at the door."''|''Tash''}}


The Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society, usually abbreviated to ACMSES or just "the Society", is a [[Meta Fiction|Metafictional]] [[Shared Universe]] operated by thirty-some fledgeling writers in their teens and twenties.
The Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society, usually abbreviated to ACMSES or just "the Society", is a [[Meta Fiction|Metafictional]] [[Shared Universe]] operated by thirty-some fledgeling writers in their teens and twenties.
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The series itself gains mixed reviews, mainly positive for its multi-authoral collaboration sense and original motive for removing Sues, and negative for a perceived intrusion into fandoms for the purpose of writing [[Parody Sue|Parody Sues]] and glorifying their own self-inserted characters and plotlines. Nevertheless, the snarky humor, which is self-deprecating just as often as not, leads one to believe that the hypocrisy of combating Mary Sues with Self-Inserts is indeed part of the joke. Add that to the magical tool of [[Lampshade Hanging]] (Agent Sues/Stus are blatantly stated to be such and are currently trying to be "rehabilitated", and any positive traits of characters are often reflected as ''negative'') and the fact that most of the extremely powerful Agents have such power offset by their personalities (most of the Agents have been regarded as insane at one point, and there is not a single Agent who has been taken as well to by other characters as the typical Sue), and you've got something to read and chuckle at, if nothing else.
The series itself gains mixed reviews, mainly positive for its multi-authoral collaboration sense and original motive for removing Sues, and negative for a perceived intrusion into fandoms for the purpose of writing [[Parody Sue|Parody Sues]] and glorifying their own self-inserted characters and plotlines. Nevertheless, the snarky humor, which is self-deprecating just as often as not, leads one to believe that the hypocrisy of combating Mary Sues with Self-Inserts is indeed part of the joke. Add that to the magical tool of [[Lampshade Hanging]] (Agent Sues/Stus are blatantly stated to be such and are currently trying to be "rehabilitated", and any positive traits of characters are often reflected as ''negative'') and the fact that most of the extremely powerful Agents have such power offset by their personalities (most of the Agents have been regarded as insane at one point, and there is not a single Agent who has been taken as well to by other characters as the typical Sue), and you've got something to read and chuckle at, if nothing else.


And hey, you might grow to like the self-insert characters anyway. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety There are quite a lot of them, you know].
And hey, you might grow to like the self-insert characters anyway. [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society|There are quite a lot of them, you know]].


The Society is similar to, but distinct from, the [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]], which has more members and a more diverse history; the Society has more strict requirements for joining.
The Society is similar to, but distinct from, the [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]], which has more members and a more diverse history; the Society has more strict requirements for joining.
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* [[A God Am I]]: Most of the Mary-Sues and Gary-Stus have fanatical belief in their own superiorty when compared to the rest of the Multiverse's residents. Willowe, however, wants to take this a step further and make it fact.
* [[A God Am I]]: Most of the Mary-Sues and Gary-Stus have fanatical belief in their own superiorty when compared to the rest of the Multiverse's residents. Willowe, however, wants to take this a step further and make it fact.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: @, who is -error- -error- describe @ here - ' is very beautiful yes very beautiful indeed very perfect oh so perfect ha ha ha {{color|gray| ♥}}.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: @, who is -error- -error- describe @ here - ' is very beautiful yes very beautiful indeed very perfect oh so perfect ha ha ha {{color|gray| ♥}}.
** [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|Damnit, @! Get off TVTropes!]]
** [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|Damnit, @! Get off All The Tropes!]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The [http://acmses.wikia.com/wiki/ACMSES_Wiki ACMSES Wiki].
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The [http://acmses.wikia.com/wiki/ACMSES_Wiki ACMSES Wiki].
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: The Sues' takeover of the Library in "Insert Red Skies Twilight Here".
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: The Sues' takeover of the Library in "Insert Red Skies Twilight Here".
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[[Category:Sandbox (New Media)]]
[[Category:Main/New Media/Fantasy/Sandbox]]
[[Category:Fantasy Web Originals]]
[[Category:Fantasy Web Originals]]
[[Category:Anti Cliche And Mary Sue Elimination Society]]
[[Category:Anti Cliche And Mary Sue Elimination Society]]
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