Aeris: a mary-sue?

Aeris isn't a Mary-Sue... she's a daemon's soul in an angel's body, that tricky little bi@tch. ;.;

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I thought he was kidding, but nevertheless *IMPRESSED*
Do you have contacts in Square or something?

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No, don't be silly. Of course he doesn't have contacts at Square-Enix. Squall's just a sliver of God's supernal spirit, handed to us on a silver platter. :crying2: We are so blessed to have such a beautiful wellspring of knowledge and love in our company. :crying2: He writes in a fanciful and elegant style, but not nearly enough. He has beautifully wicked eyes that one girl cannot help but gaze into for hours upon end. His smile is heartfelt and spreads to her face whenever she sees it. He profusely envelops the dragon lady's heart with love, and goes to her as balm for all scars. :crying2:

But my lionheart must learn to be still, for there's a revolution ready to pounce, when at last he will hold his love in his arms, and we will taste Heaven.

But do not fret, dear Destai, for you too can learn how to read online articles regarding Final Fantasy VII and regurgitate them before an assemblage of pixels representing people. :spin:

~Rogue :skull3:

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Originally Posted by Luthien Rogue

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What she said, Destai. ^_^

I just thinks she's an evil demon of the underworld out to consume Cloud's soul. But I called her a Mary Sue because I hate Mary Sues. *Holds up sheild in preperation for angry beating from Aeris fans*

She doesn't fit either definition of Mary Sue.

However, I'm curious if the term comes from an actual person/character named Mary Sue.

The name comes from a Star Trek fanfiction writer whose character Mary-Sue (I believe it was the author's name as well) was made specifically to be a love interest for Spock. Her character changed Spock's personality completly, and then she died in some dramatic way, causing a butt-load of angst (Aerith does fit honorable death = super angst clause).

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Originally Posted by TurkSlayer

I just thinks she's an evil demon of the underworld out to consume Cloud's soul. But I called her a Mary Sue because I hate Mary Sues. *Holds up sheild in preperation for angry beating from Aeris fans*

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Um, yeah, okay...you must be a major Tifa fan. This is really getting annoying now. :mad:

But um, on topic, she's about the closest thing you're going to get to a Mary Sue in an FF game. That's not saying that much though (considering that every character seems to have some problem and a lot of characters did seem to like Aeris, not head over heels though). Actually, if anyone is a Mary Sue, it's probably Yuna. Aeris was no where near naive or shy, she was outspoken and usually had a good idea of what was really going on. That's why I like her. I've never really liked a shy character because in a game, particularly an FF game because of how much a character's personality matters, it just annoys me. I'm not by any means saying that a shy character is bad, but they just annoy me for some reason. I guess I just don't have enough patience for them.

While I don't consider Aeris to be a Mary-Sue, I do agree with whoever said earlier that the fan interpertation of her overlooks the flaws and makes her seem very Sue-ish.

Nothing against Aeris, and if one were too really look at her character and whatnot, she's really not that unbalanced. She'll still never be one of my favorites, but that is just my personal opinion. ^^

In short Aeris isn't a Sue, despite how so many of the fans characterize. She does embody some Sue-like qualities (ie. tragedy and magical powers) but not enough that it overwhelms her entire character.

A lot of characters in RPG's tend to mirror at least one or two of the generalized "Mary-Sue traits" - I think it's just the nature of the genre.

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Originally Posted by TurkSlayer

I just thinks she's an evil demon of the underworld out to consume Cloud's soul. But I called her a Mary Sue because I hate Mary Sues. *Holds up sheild in preperation for angry beating from Aeris fans*

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Um, yeah, okay...you must be a major Tifa fan. This is really getting annoying now. :mad:
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Actually, I'm not too huge of a Tifa fan. I like her a lot more than Aeris, but I'm not a major fan. I just Really HATE Aeris.