Giovenith wrote:As someone who has experienced many Sue's, and done much research on Sue's, since about age 10, I can probably safely say that I'm pretty good at sniffing them out by now. Unfortunately, there is something of a rise in the belief that as long as a character isn't a sparkly-poo, it's not a Sue, which is false. On the contrary, the most Sue's I've ever encountered are all either
Sympathy Sue's,
Jerk Sue's,
Villain Sue's, or a combination of all three, and a high amount of
wangst is usually involved. Char!Swith is balanced in that she does not use what she can do as a way of getting whatever she wants, nor does she unnecessarily condescend people, her sufferings happened understandably rather than coming across as a huge pile-up of random craptastic experiences in order to garner sympathy, you do not try to give half-assed excuses as to why her "evil" traits are
something she can't be criticized for, and there are ways to beat her, even if it is not easy.
Thanks, Gio. That makes me feel better.
She's able to be curb stomped, but it takes a clever player to do it. Dab's gender-bender bombs totally mess with her matrix (and killed it once already). Plus, no matter how powerful a character is, they should be governed by their personality and not by their powers. Swith
hates what she is. When she loses control (ie, when I use her as an OP/Co-OP tool), she goes through a bit of depression because it shatters her new-found perception of herself. She can't ever be mortal, but she'd rather live as a mortal lives and experience things from their perspective.
Although... it sucks! I miss out on so much fun stuff! Like gender-bends, body switches, possessions, Sandman's sand, and some of the good drama that goes into "help me... I've been shot!" At least she was able to get her ass handed to her during the Drone Invasion (loved that!) and she falls for pranks fairly easily. One day, I'll "open up the throttle" and play her at full power for grins... but not now, and not in the near future.