Obviously, I'm unable to comment on any specific cases of Suvians under the 'care' of the DMSE&R, in or out of partnership with Medical. But speaking in general, I'd like to observe that there are three categories of Mary Sue.
Four. ~Penny Smith, DMSE&R
All right, five. And - again in general - the effaciacy of treatment depends on the Suvian type in question.
1. First up, we have Suvians produced by the League - probably the most common variety. These can be drained of their glitter, but it is rarely worthwhile: their glitterless state is to be a blank nothingness, very similar to a crash test dummy. They show no personality outside that created by their story. They are not really people. Their genome literally spells out what they are supposed to-
Niamh, you're rambling. ~Penny
2. Secondly, there is the comparatively uncommon natural Suvian species. These have a low natural glitter level, but it is low - the League pumps their Sues full of the stuff. A natural Suvian can be trained to supress their Suvian instincts; many of the PPC's ex-Sues are natural.
3. Trained Suvians, created from fangirls. Under the Ispace Accords, these unfortunates are strictly outside the PPC's jurisdiction; they are fairly easy to redeem, though, since their Sueishness comes from indoctrination. Agent Penny believes that they are infused with glitter by their teachers, but when all you have is a centrifuge, I suppose everything looks like blood.
Hey!
At least I didn't say 'when all you have is training as an assassin...'.
Hey!
4. Possessed Suvians. These are usually (but not always) canon characters possessed by a wraith; liberating them is as simple as exorcising the spirit.
5. Artificial Suvians, created by infusing ordinary people with glitter. There are several diseases found in HQ which have this effect. Some of them are simple to cure, others are very difficult.
This whole picture is complicated by the fact that the genus Puella has traditionally been applied to all forms of Suvian. As the description above shows, one category (3) is strictly H. sapiens, while another (1) can be argued to not be a species at all. Sue-wraiths should be a clade in themselves, and-
Niamh, enough; we all know you've got a new cladistic chart planned. What was your actual point here? ~Penny
Oh, that. Um, if we're involved in 'caring for' a Suvian, it's probably of type 2 or 5; type 1 is irredemable, type 3 has been handed over to the Redemption Academy, and type 4 should've been dealt with by the agent on the ground.
But I'm not saying whether we are or not.
=Dr. Niamh, Department of Mary Sue Experiments and Research=
So, Niamh. Lily Winterwood has apparently designated her as Vietnamese - but only in an unpublished story dating back to 2008. Given that she has an Irish name and was seen with blonde hair back in 200
4, should a statement on the Wiki with only an unpublished source (for an agent who wasn't originally created by the person who sourced it) be considered binding?
I
can try and come up with an explanation, but I don't know if I
should.
hS