Quote Originally Posted by Forum Explorer View Post
I could say all of the Mane characters are sueish.

Rainbow Dash is the fastest pegasus alive with a rainbow mane and can perform a stunt that was otherwise legendary.

Fluttershy can stare down dragons and even a cockatrice. She has a special bond with animals and is an amazing singer. Also she became a world famous model.

Rarity is incredibly beautiful with all the stallions just instantly falling in love with her. She's also very rich and can generally just talk anything into doing what she wants.

Pinkie Pie has strange powers that no other pony can do or understand. Everypony is her friend and nothing bad really happens to her.

Celestia is a immortal princess with a unique mane who has powers over the sun. And everypony loves and admires her.
Now, see, this is exactly why I don't like the term "Sueish". You end up placing any kind of heroic, unusual, or just plain non-ordinary character into the group. Is Odysseus Sueish for surviving such Greek monsters? Is King Arthur Sueish for becoming king? Is Robin Hood Sueish for never being caught? Conan? Indiana Jones? The Three Musketeers?

There is a seriously large problem if entire genres of characters get clumped into such a negative term. Being strong doesn't make a character Mary Sue-like. Being unique, different, or interesting does not. It makes them an interesting protagonist. The problem with Mary Sues is that the aspects of their character remove all conflict within the story - Mary Sue is really a writing fault, regardless of what definition Wikipedia wants to give it. Calling something "Sueish" is implying that a character/story shares traits with Mary Sue writing, which is pretty negative for just saying some of a character's powers are not believable.


Nothing against Forum Explorer specifically; he just happened to bring up the point.