Arianne approached Montegue, a look of urgency in her eyes. "Monsieur, if we turn back, would we not starve as well? Surely, there is a solution that makes everyone happy, non?" Her eyes sparkled a bit, as though she were slightly teary, "Surely there is something we could do... To please...
Arianne looked a bit disheartened, hearing her fortune, but bowed respectfully. "I understand. Thank you, madame. I appreciate the work you do, giving people hope and inspiration." She shuffled away, head down, stifling tears. It was true, she had once fallen for a man in an attempt to advance...
Not long after the warrior-scholar from the orient, a timid-looking Montaigne woman stepped forth to have her fortune read. She wore a very modest church garb, a faded white and black habit stained with dirt. Her hands were clutched tightly to her breast, turning and twisting a brass crucifix as...
What I mean to say is, plenty of things fit within the confines of the universe but are still Mary Sue traits when combined. And honestly, even if it's never brought up, it's just bad form to hide that kind of shit in your sheet as a backdoor out of problems.
No, that's definitely not it. A HUGE part of it has to do with the character themselves, specifically abilities/relationship to canon. If your character in a Harry Potter RP is Snape's gay lover, they're a form of Mary Sue. If they can speak that snake language and cast spells with no wand...
Étouffé kept her stupid grin as Ryker signed the object, before slipping it back into her overalls. That could potentially get her out of trouble, later... She saw two greasy creeps discussing... Cars? Or some kind of video game? Something moronic, at least, with an almost sexual interest from...
There's... There's pretty much no other way to introduce your character. If you don't interact with somebody, you're basically setting yourself up to be ignored. Would you rather everyone do their own big long special intro that involves being half a world away from each other and nobody ever...
Étouffé smiled dumbly for a moment, before reaching into her partially-off overalls... And removing something. Something invisible. It was impossible to tell what exactly it was, from any visual clues, but it was clearly long... And somewhat tube shaped... And being brandished as though it were...
It wasn't... Working? Étouffé looked confused for a moment, then shrugged. If the guard was distracted... Not bothering to fix her clothing situation, Étouffé strolled by the horrid fight scene that was taking place. If a blowhard like this was willing to put up with a bunch of weird magical...
Étouffé let out another entirely silent sigh as the fight began. She wasn't sure what this talk of initiative and fumbles, armour rating... Any of it, really, meant. She didn't want to fight, not if it meant doing all of that nerd shit. So instead, she opted for a much easier solution: Undoing...
It's always good to give people some idea of what your character thinks. You don't necessarily have to jump into a flashback every post, but at least let their general opinion of the thing be known so that others have something to work with.
I don't like characters in fandom roleplays who are Mary Sues in the sense of the original Mary Sue, which is to say: Somehow this fan character is best friends with all of the canon characters. That bugs me.
Players who throw fits when they lose fights, ESPECIALLY when they're the one who...
I like people who run with jokes. Like, when they get hit, they overplay it, like "HE CRASHES THROUGH SEVEN WALLS, EACH ONE MADE OF SLIGHTLY DARKER BLUE PLASTER". That kind of hamming it up is actually something I enjoy, and a much better alternative to "I dodge it and shoot you in the head for...