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[[Mary Sue]] [[I Am Legion|is legion]]. [[Mary Sue Tropes|She has many forms]], each more terrible than the one before. And she ''breeds''.
Some authors, through either myopia, self-absorption, or the fact that they're writing the story [[Self-Insert Fic|with or for a group of their friends]], don't stop at just one. They [[Gotta Catch Them All|pile the Sue on]]. "Let's see, [[Purity Sue]] for the heroine, of course. Plus a [[Relationship Sue]] for her love interest. [[Villain Sue]] pitted against her, because my villain should be cool, too. Wait, people might think this is stereotypical, let's put her friend [[Anti-Sue]] in there to show everyone I'm a serious author. And hey, while I'm at it, why don't I make the [[Ensemble Darkhorse
And then there are authors who don't want anyone stealing the limelight from [[Author Avatar|the surrogate]], so they pile ''[[Common Mary Sue Traits|every single Sue trait]]'' onto one character, creating a sort of... ''[[Hive Mind|Hive Sue]]''. On the other hand, authors that are slightly more [[Genre Savvy|fandom-savvy]] may forgo making original Sues and turn all their favorite canon characters into [[Possession Sue
[[Parody Sue]] is usually this done deliberately, although [[Poe's Law|it can become hard to tell it was supposed to be a joke]]. Parodies of multiple types of Sue tend to turn into a bloodbath (see page picture), as [[Black Hole Sue|there's usually only room for one]]. And the above example raises a kind of interesting question: When ''everyone'' is a [[Mary Sue]], [[Fridge Logic|would they cancel each other out]]? [[Divide by Zero|Or would the universe implode]]? The idea that they cancel each other out is one of the major rationales behind this trope. After all; if everyone is a Sue who can complain?
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[[Category:Mary Sue Tropes]]
[[Category:YMMV Trope]]
[[Category:Fanfic Tropes]]
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