#I actually prefer emo maris outfit to normal mari

[miraculouscataclyyysm]

Honestly I’m in LOVE with villain mari/shadybugs design

They look so soo Good

[honhonluigi]

Rant Time

PSA-

Don’t judge authors by their character. This goes for characters who are evil, sexist, racist, or anything like that. But what I’m talking about right now is specifically “alternative” type characters- Goth, Emo, Scene, Grunge, Steampunk, etc. Because there’s a difference between an emo character and a character made by an emo kid. But no one seems to understand that. They see any character that looks remotely “alternative” and write them off as a Mary Sue, that their creator must be exactly like them and in their style. Listen, here’s the thing: when you’re making a Goth character, they have to dress like a Goth. You can’t make one who identifies as a Goth and say “well, this outfit looks too edgy, so I’ll dress her in pink and white frilly tutus.” That doesn’t mean that I am a Goth, or dress like one, or act like one, or identify with it at all. It’s just a character I made. Don’t immediately shriek “MARY SUE!!!” because their clothes look like their archetype. Sometimes a story calls for an Alternative character. They can be written right and we can all have fun with them. Mandy from Billy and Mandy, Sam from Danny Phantom, Gaz from Invader Zim, The Goths from South Park, and Gwen from Total Drama Island are all examples of decent alternative characters that aren’t Mary Sues just because they dress how they would like to dress. My characters’ dress and grooming should not have anything to do with my personal preferences. If they would be into it, they have to dress like it, whether I like that style or not. It’s not a reflection of myself and my wishes. If I make them all dress how I preferred to dress, they’d all be a bunch of self inserts. The point is: I can’t make my emo character look less emo just so you can think better of them, or I can feel more comfortable sharing them. Because then they won’t be a good character anymore. There’s a difference between a character dressed how emo kids dress vs. how emo kids wish they could dress; gloves, converse, and dark colors compared to the hair over one eye, ridiculously big or messy hair, weird colored eyes, and impossible to ever find in real life clothing. I have an emo character. She was created as a joke at first, but being a good writer when I started developing her I got attached. Not that I would like her as a person, that doesn’t matter. I like her as a character because she has character development and she fulfills her story role well. I play her like a normal person: with all the pros and cons of being an emo kid, take that how you will. She has flaws and strengths, she’s not overpowered or ‘special’ or magical, she doesn’t get crushed on by everyone in the cast, and she doesn’t constantly want to kill herself. Just because she ‘looks’ emo doesn’t mean a thing. If she looks emo, it’s probably because she is, but that’s just my theory. I am in college, a writing major, and I have spent my life working with others to hone my character making skills over 6 years. But I get lumped in with the same 12 year olds with their god-powered omnipotent suicidal furries. Because my character ‘looks’ emo. They are an emo character. I cannot change how they would dress, no matter what I think of it. That’s bad writing. And like I said, there’s a difference between what real people can look like and what’s not physically possible. I play them like a real person. Maybe take a look at their actual personality before writing them off- whether they have flaws and powers proportionate to their verse; or whether they’re basically a perfect god. Just remember that all those decent, famous alternative characters I mentioned were someone’s ocs once. People liked them because they were fun and humorous, which is what I do with my alternatives. Just because someone’s goth looking character isn’t in a published original work doesn’t change the quality of the character. Just look at the difference. I’m sick of this. A side character emo kid I typically portray as annoying and whiny- and they act like she’s my main character, overpowered to hell, and admired by everyone. People without published works aren’t allowed to write the same types of characters you eat up on TV?

 Tl;dr Just because a character looks Goth doesn’t mean I’m goth, and I made them exactly how I wanted to be, and overpowered them. Just because a character looks like an archetype that would make Mary Sues, doesn’t mean this character is a Mary Sue. Characters have to look like their archetypes. Don’t blame the authors.