A Female Counterpart?
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I'm not crazy about the concept itself anyway, it's so hard to do without the character becoming a Mary Sue.
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Which series are you on about?
How would the woman 'be like' Captain Scarlet? Tall, dark and handsome, or indestructible?
I've said before that - for me - Scarlet is unique and I think any other character that shares his 'abilities' makes him a less striking figure and diminishes his 'gift and curse'...
That's my opinion - but others will disagree and if you can write it so that it makes sense of the 'similarities' - Go for it.
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Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot on such a scale that suspension of disbelief fails due to the character's traits, skills and abilities being tenuously or inadequately justified. Such a character is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clichéd mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly—kind of an "author's pet" effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue
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Trouble is, I agree that there's enormous potential for this character to be a Mary Sue. Unless treated with great skill and care, Mary Sues are obnoxious and off-putting. I loathe them with a passion.
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Right thanks for that definition Sage. I owe you one.
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My odd bursts of ninja googling baffle me sometimes too.
I have a vauge memory of reading a story where a woman [original female character] acquired retrometabolism. Pretty sure she ended up bitten by a snake in the story. Can't for the life of me remember the title or author though. Anyone know?
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I think I might just pull the plug on my idea. I wish I'd never thought of it. It sounds to similar to other ideas.
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That's what I had in mind.
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It's an interesting proposition, to say the least ! Quite how this could be achieved without Mysteron influence is hard to say, but if you've been watching "Heroes" ( which I really haven't, so I could be talking rubbish), but I don't think the origin of their various powers is really explained.
Maybe a little mystique is OK in science fic !
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