Subject: It sounds like it's explicitly Suvians and badfic rescues that are disappearing.
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Posted on: 2022-05-16 23:45:02 UTC

So that's:

  • Continua with Canon Sues like Eragon, Twilight, etc. In a kinder interpretation, I would argue that agents from those continua could revert to generic versions of themselves -- Sparklepires become standard vampires, etc. But that's up to the individual writer/Rule of Funny.
  • Characters rescued out of badfics, be it via recruiting or being placed in the Nursery.
  • Sues, reformed or not. For the sake of argument that'd be original characters from fanfics, who are mission targets or were mission targets.

Don't assume that just because your characters have powers that they are Sues. That leads people into writing rock partridge characters*. Just have other characters and the setting behave plausibly towards this character and their powers. Boadicea can't die? Neither can Jacques Bonnefoy, since he's a Jack Harkness character replacement. He has Lots of Thoughts about this. His immortality also means he can face down overpowered Sues in ESAS. Boadicea has a Bag of Holding? So does Liu Siyuan, a ton of Time Lords, and any agents that have obtained Bags of Holding. The Disentangler uses her bigger-on-the-inside pockets to hold comically large objects.

Suvians aren't defined by the powers they have, or what they look like. They're defined by how other people and the canon react to them. Give Boadicea whatever powers you want for her, but think about how Rebecca and Deirdre would react to those powers. Give Boadicea whatever personality traits you want for her, but think about the pros and cons of those traits. (Ex: If she's determined, she could also be stubborn at the wrong time. If she's loyal, she could be blindly following someone who means harm simply because they were nice to her, etc) That's how you can best avoid Suedom.

*Nothing wrong with rock partridges as a bird, ofc.

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