User blog:Sparrowsong/The Mary-Sue Challenge

Ok, the idea is that you write a character that has Mary-Sue traits, but you try to not make them a Mary-Sue.

Rules: After you're done, add up all your points (you can use a calculator if you want).
 * It can be 1-8 chapters long.
 * There is no reason why your character can't be male, but female Mary-Sues are more common. So, we'll refer to the character as Mary-Sue and use female pronouns.
 * It has to be a Percy Jackson story.
 * It has to be G, PG, or PG-13.
 * It has to be your own work.
 * You have to credit me, saying something like "for Sparrow's Mary-Sue challenge."
 * No graphic sex.
 * You have to finish it within three weeks of starting it.

+800 points if she turns out to NOT be a Mary-Sue (determined by the readers and this Mary-Sue litmus test. This one is fine, too.)

-775 points if she turns out to be a Mary-Sue.

+80 points if she's a child of Kronos.

+100 points if she's a child of Zeus.

+150 points if she's a child of Hades.

+250 points if she's a child of Poseidon.

+50 points if she's a quarter-blood.

+25 points if she's related to a canon character (i.e. Grover's sister, Annabeth's daughter). Being related to them through a god parent (i.e. being Luke's half-sister by being a daughter of Hermes) doesn't count.

+20 points if she has baby-blue, jewel-blue, electric blue, or ice-blue eyes.

+40 points if she has ice-blue eyes without being a descendant of Hermes.

+40 points if she has electric blue eyes without being related to Thalia.

+10 points if she is a daughter of Athena but doesn't have grey eyes.

+50 points if she is emotionally abused.

+70 points if she is physically abused.

+90 points if she is sexually abused.

+105 points if she is raped.

+20 points if she gets pregnant as a teenager.

+5 points if she has a miscarriage.

+10 points if she keeps her baby.

+35 points if she gives her baby up for adoption.

+35 points if she has an abortion and regrets it.

+45 points if she has twins or triplets.

+60 points if she has more than three babies.

+100 points if she has more than six babies.

+70 points if her name is Raven, Angel, Angelina, Angelica, Hunter, Ophelia, Sapphire, Willow, Ebony, Bella, or any other name that sounds Mary Sue-ish.

+55 points if she goes to Camp Half-Blood despite being a mortal.

+70 points if she is pretty.

+95 points if she is beautiful.

+200 points if she has an unusual hair color, i.e. purple, blue, green, etc.

+105 points if she comes from France or England.

+270 points if she comes from Japan.

+425 points if she has a foreign name despite not being foreign.

+600 points if it is an Asian name.

+100 points if she gets a crush on a canon character.

+60 points if it's Percy.

+90 points if it's Luke.

+135 points if she kisses said canon character.

+150 points if she has sex with said canon character.

+300 points if it was rape.

+500 points if she marries said canon character.

+400 points if said canon character was already in a relationship.

+100 points if she dies and everyone mourns her.

+250 points if she is punk.

+250 points if she is emo.

+300 points if she is goth.

+400 points if she is punk, emo, and goth.

-Song