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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
teaching Classical Mechanics to humans is her mission
If she were to act as the hero, there would be no villain that could even scratch her.
A villain does not need to physically scratch her to foil ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Just give her one power, the power of illusion. Or alternatively, instant hypnosis.
All of those things you've got? She can create illusions that do the same thing.
And as magical illusions, they have ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Those powers sound more interesting than the mechanics she wants to teach
Your Mary Sue has all sorts of powers - but what about social skills? What about expectations she comes in with? What about ...
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Is it okay if I use a historical figure's name for a work of fiction completely unrelated to history?
You don't give an example, so I'll assume you want to call your detective Julius Caesar or your murderer Oliver Cromwell.
When does that make sense?
If you want to play with the similarities and/or ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Actually her magic does not make her a Mary Sue. It might even hinder her in her mission:
Just imagine her telling someone: "Look, this stone over there does not move without any force being ...
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Is it okay if I use a historical figure's name for a work of fiction completely unrelated to history?
I wouldn't do that, unless I wanted my character to be embarrassed by it.
Mark picked up papers from his desk. "I have your application, here. 'B. Josiah Franklin'. What does the B stand for?&...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
The problem is, I've endowed her with too many magics.
I don't think this is necessarily a problem. There are several stories with effectively-omnipotent main characters, and they work. However, if ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
There are two primary solutions: make her weaker or make the villain stronger.
There are many methods of teaching. I'm unsure what precise setting she will be teaching in, but imagine: in a classroom ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
The right thing to do is probably to go with Faith, Authority, and Stupidity as the main antagonists, since they will work quite well.
Alternatively, why not relativistic physics? Your main character ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Once upon a time, I stumbled upon a character named Broadway.
Broadway was a super hero. She could summon anything she could imagine into being, control gravity, make herself giant... you name it. She ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Place a restriction upon her powers. She cannot hurt or help any people directly with her powers, only teach. The prohibition could be absolute, in which case she has to have a poker face that makes ...
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How to safely pose this Mary Sue character?
Maybe your hero can only use a limited amount of magic because it is tiring.
Analogy: Give me a 1 kilogram stone in a backpack, and I can carry it around all day with little trouble. Give me a 10 ...
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