User blog comment:Furrytoonosaurus/Can someone explain to me how a "Mary Sue" character is?/@comment-2075322-20141208012346

"Mary Sue" is a catchall term, so a lot of the time it's not constructive to use that as criticism against a character, I think.

Mostly it means the character is too perfect, and to some degree, unrealistic. Things to avoid if you're concerned your character is a Sue?

- don't make everything about your character; it's not realistic.

- every other character cannot like him/her

- cannot be too powerful! a LOT of characters on this site are guilty of this.

what are you concerned about in particular?