~How to Write a Teen Titans fanfiction~
By Urhairsmellsnice

Chapter 2:
How to Keep Your O/C from Becoming a Mary Sue

The key to writing a non-Mary Sue is this: perfection!
As long as your character is comparable to Mary Poppins (Practically Perfect in Every Way ©Disney) you should be okay! There are so many ways to NOT create a Mary Sue that I'm going to break this chapter of How to Write a Teen Titans Fanfiction™ into segments.

Part 1) The Naming of The Sue.

In order to name your Non-Sue you must expel all names that are ordinary. Yes, I know, it is disappointing; however, you must stray from the regular. Because names that are plain or boring are the very essence of a Mary Sue.
Never, under any circumstance use the names Jane, Beth, Frances, Mary, Linn, Kaye, Chelsea, or anything normal like that.
If you are going to use a normal name make sure you spell it as weird and exotic as possible, adding unnecessary X's, Z's, K's and Y's.
Such as Jayne, Beethh, Francez, Maray, Lhynne, Kayy or Chelzay. Anything like that will make your character so real that people will just love her to death!

Another good method for naming your Non-Sue is to use nouns, adjectives or animal names. Anything that describes how incredibly awesome she is like Hunter, Tigress, Crow, Dove, Lioness, Cute, Beauty, Princess or anything of that affect.

Give your Non-Sue any name that is a different culture than her, it makes her interesting. So if your character is a white girl from a small town in Oregon you should name her something like Shanaynay, Ebony, Alejandra, Maria, Lola, Eugenia, Shequila, Akira, Jaden, Jasmine or Kiara.

Guy's names make GREAT girls names therefore you should try and name your character a male name so she sounds tough but yet sweet. Try names like Blake, Tommi, Jay, Tyler, Bryant or Frankie.

You may also name your Non-Sue after yourself or some variation of your name, your best friend's name or a relative's name.

Or you could take a name from your favorite show, comic, anime, movie, book, play, or celebrity. Some examples are Hermione Beiber, Selena Weasley, Desdemona Everdeen, Katniss Potter, Peeta Grayson etc.

Sometimes it's good to make up names yourself.

You should also make sure that your character has at least three middle names if not more. Something like; Taimani Arasbeth Jay Mariana Tommalina Evangeline Nicola Marie Yvette Jameson. Now thatis a total non-sue name

Part 2) Stephanie Meyer Syndrome (I suggest that any and all Twilighters and those who find men that sparkle sexy and/or appealing in anyway, skip this section)

While SMS may sound like a dreadful terminal illness (cough) it is in fact something very desirable in characters that are not to be Mary Sues.

What is SMS? You may ask. Well, let me explain.

Stephanie Meyer Syndrome is a story where the main character has a quite similar appearance to the author though it is stated blatantly many times throughout the story that the character is in fact not pretty, beautiful, or attractive in any way. However, as the story goes on the characters looks are mention frequently, even though the story is told in said character's point of view.

The second symptom of *cough cough* I mean the second way to achieve SMS is true love. The hottest, coolest person of the male persuasion in the fandom will fall madly in love with her for her utter lack of intelligence or wit.
That's right; you want your Non-Sue to be a mopey, angsty blob who will sit around and wait for people to make her life good without ever taking charge of anything over the course of her long, pathetic life.
Overall, she should also be rather unintelligent and very dull; no one likes a know-it-all, so your character should be a little bit slow on the uptake.

Then her majorly hot boyfriend turns out to be a vampire (monster, super hero, super villain, werewolf etc. works as well.) and leaves her because their relationship is so dangerous.

Your character will (being the listless blob she is) lose all will to live and start doing suicidal stunts just so she can feel alive again. All the feminists out there will really love your character for this one.
Her sexy ex boyfriend must then come and make her happy again. Did I mention that her boyfriend has to be feminized within centimeters of being gay but still just straight enough to date your listless blob; it also helps if he is glamorous so he should do something like shine, glitter or sparkle.
Towards the end of your story, you Non-Sue should be begging for her feminized and sexily sparkly man to turn her into a vampire/werewolf/superhero/super villain/any other weird creature so that she can be cool/pretty/hot/sexy/confident/ferocious/not-a-listless-angsty-mopey-blob too.

Part 3) Canon Family

Making sure your Non-Sue is directly related to a canon character also helps a lot.

She could be a child of two of the canon characters (I.E. Robin and Raven's love child that Raven hid from him until now)

She could be a child of one of your previous OCs and a Canon Character. Such as my character Liz/Renegade in my story, I Feel Like a Monster, if she were to marry Beast Boy and they had a child together, that would be excellent because if you character is the child of two familiar characters and has all the good traits from both characters and none of the bad ones it's really good

Your Non-Sue could also be a sister (preferably twin) of one of the canon. Like if Cyborg had a sister that he thought was dead she could come back with cool powers and just be plain awesome.

Part 4) Appearance

Your Non-Sue should never be plain or unattractive. She must always be drop dead gorgeous at any given moment throughout the story. Therefore, if the Titans and your Non-Sue come out of the forest after two weeks o barely having any food and no showers she should be beautiful while the others are sweat drenched, tired, and covered in dirt.

When describing the eyes of your Non-Sue there are some key words you should use I.e. glowing, sparkling, piercing, enchanting, haunted, deep, sapphire, emerald, ruby, amethyst, diamond, icy, smoldering, gem, magnificent, or magical.
The eyes also should not be just one color but they should change with her mood, get red when she's angry, pink when she's in love, blue when she's sad, and so on.

When describing your Non-Sue's hair make sure you describe the color like fiery red, honey blonde, shining gold, warm auburn, chestnut brown, black as midnight, etc.
Her hair should never be frizzy and/or out of place no matter what events may have occurred (I.E. the Joker has been torturing her for a week and she's on the verge of death) her hair must always be perfect. The hair of a Non-Sue can never be flat or just lie there; it either cascades flamboyantly down her back in a shower of perfect shining ringlet curls, or it's silky soft and straight and glides gracefully down her back resting no higher than her shoulder blades,

She should wear things that are really popular and/or slutty. Things like miniskirts, dresses, cargo pants, fingerless gloves, knee high boots, spandex, tight tank tops, black t-shirts, or any outfit that you really wish you had/could wear yourself

If you follow these steps for making your character you can be rest assured that everyone will love her and anyone who does not is just jealous. Following this chapter will make sure that your character doesn't even come close to being a Mary Sue.

A/N Thank you for reading the second chapter of How to Write a Teen Titans Fanfiction: A Guide to Success.Thanks to all of you that reviewed, I shall require at least another 10 before I update the next chapter. Again if you have any issues, problems, complaints or questions about How to Write A Teen Titans Fanfiction please review or message me and I will gladly write an article. I also must ask, did ANYONE catch the Shakespeare reference in Part 1? The Naming of the Sue sounds like The Taming of the Shrew? Eh eh? No? Figures. Well, anyway review please xD

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**Disclaimer** I am not responsible for any emotionally scarring flames or Private Messages you may receive after following my "advice". I am not responsible for any lawsuits filed against you for depleting most of the Teen Titans' fandom's IQ points. I am not responsible for any angry mobs that come after you because your fanfictions suck. I am not responsible for the fact that after you get up from the computer and go to get something to drink you will trip over something. I am not responsible for pointing and laughing after you trip. I am not responsible for any BB, Robin, or Cyborg fan-girls that come after you for pairing their favorite character with a total ditz. I am not responsible for any sudden earge to over use italics after reading this guide.

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