Well said, Twisted Angel.
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Tortured pasts are forbidden.
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As are mystery pasts. If your character doesn't know anything about their past/has some sort of amnesia, shred the fic immediately and start over.
I do agree with much of what is said here; I've had one or two Mary-Sue accusations of my own fic at FF.net, which I rather resented, but it has made me think more about my character and how she is relating to the canon characters I'm using. There are a lot of really horrible Mary-Sue's on FF.net. But there are stories with Original Characters that are done quite well, and with a minimal amount of Sue-like incidents.
One thing to mention: Making OC's too perfect is a major mistake. So is making them too angst-ridden in an attempt to avoid the above. Finding a happy medium can be difficult, but excellent if done correctly.
To you readers of FF.net, I recommend the authors
shirebound,
Baylor, and
Pearl Took. Truly excellent authors.
Abedithon le,
~*~Aranel~*~