1) Is the character named after you?
(This can be your first name, middle name, or the name you go by in chat or irc.)

2) Does the character have a really cool name that you wish you had?

3) Does the character have more than one name?

4) Did you spend more than a day looking for just the right name?

5) Have you considered naming your pet or child the character's name?

6) Have the last name McCloud or Skywalker?

7) Is the character the same gender as you?

8) Is the character from the same racial group as you?
(If a Lylatian/Furry answer yes to this one)

9) Is the character a hybrid of two or more species?

10) Is the character a teenager or in her/his early twenties?

11) Does the character look like s/he is a teenager or in her/his early twenties for no apparent reason?
(For Example: He/she SHOULD BE older/younger but is not)
11a) For a magical reason? (Jedi skills count!)
11b) That you plan on making a plot point later?

12) Is the character the age you would like to be?

13) Is the character beautiful or roguishly handsome?
13a) Does one or more of the regulars find the character highly attractive?
13b) Do other regulars see him/her as a threat because of this?

14) Does the character have an unusual eye color for no apparent reason?
14a) Will this be a plot point later?

15) Does the character have an accent, which you do not share?

16) Is the character the long-lost child or descendent or sibling of a regular or recurring character?
16a) Of Fox McCloud or another member of StarFox?
16b) Of Luke Skywalker?
16c) Of another original character for whom you intend to write another story or even another series?

17) Did the character have an unusual birth?

18) Does the character have a twin, a clone, or a sibling of the same gender?
18a) About whom you plan on writing another story later?

19) Does the character have a very good singing voice?
19a) Or play a musical instrument amazingly well?

20) Does the character have better taste in music than you do?
(For example: Does your character own CD's that you think educated people ought to own, even though you've never actually listened to the music yourself?)

21) Does the character do what you do for fun or profit?
(This includes having the same job you have, or would like to have when you're older, or having a job that sounds like a lot of fun even though you know nothing about it. It can also mean RPing, computer programming, whatever.)

22) Does the character make more wisecracks than Falco/Han Solo?
22a) Because Falco/Han is your favorite character?

23) Does everyone end up liking the character (among the regulars you like)?

24) Is the character a Jedi?
24a) But doesn't find out until the middle or end of the story, or will find out in a future story you already have planned?
24b) Did Obi Wan, Yoda, or Vader train him?

25) Does the character, not being a Jedi, have magical/mutant powers anyway?

26) Does the character have telekinesis or telepathy? (Twins count.)

27) Does the character just "know things" for no apparent reason?

28) Can the character fly?
28a) Without the aid of wings?

29) Can the character heal with a touch and/or thought?

30) Do animals instinctively like the character?

31) Does the character fall in love with and/or have sex with Fox and/or Luke and/or Han?
(And if anyone writes a story with all three being "AND" send me a copy.)
31a) With another recurring character from the Game/Movies?
31b) With whom you would like to fall in love and/or have sex?
31c) With another original character?
31d) With whom you would like to fall in love and/or have sex?

32) Does the story end with the character's wedding?
32a) Is it attended by more than one member of StarFox/or Jedi/or Jedi Counsel?

33) Would you like to be friends with the character if you met in real life?

34) Do you think everyone who reads the story should automatically like the character and want to be friends with the character?

35) If someone tells you he/she doesn't like your character, do you take it as a personal attack on you?
(Be honest!)

36) Do you ever pretend, just to yourself, that you are the character, with the same strengths and abilities?

37) Do you introduce the character on the first page of the story?

38) Do you tell the story from the character's point of view, all or mostly?

39) Does the character meet the StarFox/Luke and Co, and after a few tense pages of plot, become friends with them?

40) Does the character manage to develop a friendship with an otherwise villainous character, and through this friendship, reform the other character?
40a) Is the villain in question Darth Vader/Andross?
40b) Does the villain become evil again after the character dies, but retain some last vestige of goodness from his/her interaction with the character, evidenced in one selfless action at the end of the story?

41) Is the character transformed into a magical or genetically-altered being?
41a) Is the character happier in her/his new form?
41b) Do you wish you could be transformed because of the neat powers?

42) Does the character save the day and/or another character's life?
42a) Through magical/mystical intervention? (Jedi powers count!)
42b) Through dying?
42c) Does everyone go into mourning?
42d) Does s/he get not dead by the end of the story?
42e) In the sequel?

43) Does the character go to Corneria/Corisant at the end of the story?

44) Does the character end up living at the GreatFox/Falcon?

45) Do you plan to write many more stories revolving around this character?

Possible Points: 72 (assuming some questions obviate the rest) If you care to score your own character and send me the results, I'll post them. Preliminary testing suggests the following basic scoring scheme:

0-14 Developed character, unlikely Mary Sue/Gary Stu.
15-19 Borderline character, Characters in this range are potential Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's, who can go either way dependent on the author's skill.
20-34 Mary Sue/Gary Stu. Proceed with greatest caution.
35+ Reconsider your character and plot. Please.

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