Thirty-Sue Pileup: Difference between revisions

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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|Possession Sues]] instead in order to fall under the [[Mary Sue Hunter]] radar.

[[Parody Sue]] is usually this done deliberately, although [[Poes 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 ~~rationals~~ behind this trope. After all; if everyone is a Sue who can complain?

[[Parody Sue]] is usually this done deliberately, although [[Poes 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?

'''No examples please, this just defines the trope'''.