Well, I don't have the URL for the litmus test handy, so I can't redo it unless you would be so good as to supply it, but I was more inclined to put Maud closer to the danger zone and to accept that her presence there meant that the test was not by any means definitive about whether it really did identify Mary-Sues or whether Mary-Sues are bad. I'm prepared to believe, of course, that I did weight the results subconsciously because of what I saw as key elements(and, bearing in mind that unfair as it is, it's the date when people read a fic that leads them to decide if ideas ring the wrong sorts of bells or not). And just to show I'm playing fair, and using your friend's classification in the absence of litmus test, I'll show you what I got for Emily Longbottomon the same weighting(ok, she's canonical, but not so you'd notice):
Story Or Series Title: Lust Over Pendle Fandom: Harry Potter Culprit: AJ Hall Full Name (plus titles if any): Emily Longbottom Full Species(es): Witch. Animaga. Matriarch. Interfering Hag. Hair Color (include adjectives): Silver. Formerly, Four feet long Eye Color (include adjectives): Glittering. Beady. Dark. Compelling. Ferocious. Unusual Markings/Colorations: described as "saurian" or "batlike" Special Possessions (if any): her own house-elf. Her determination. Her strength of character, which can bulldoze through solid rock. A personal fortune greater than the Malfoys'and considerably more securely invested. Annoying Origin: back in the mists of time. Given her current degree of annoyingness, however, one can assume was spectacularly annoying if anyone cared enough to think about it. Annoying Connections To Canon Characters: Is one. Neville Longbottom's grandmother. Annoying absence of connection to OC: Would have been Draco's great-grandmother had she accepted Charlie Device's proposal of marriage back in 1926. This would, of course, have rendered whole of LoP (to say nothing of Neville, Narcissa and Draco in their current incarnations) non-existent. Annoying Special Abilities: Occult engineer. Industrial spy. Animaga. Beater. Better Quidditch record than either Harry or Draco. Potions genius. Entrepreneur. Other Annoying Traits: too numerous to mention. Annoying love-life: includes "Frank", "Mr Longbottom" and, we presume, "Eugene". Obviously something of a goer in her day, despite assumed straitlaced nature in current incarnation.
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Date: 2002-12-27 10:30 am (UTC)Story Or Series Title: Lust Over Pendle
Fandom: Harry Potter
Culprit: AJ Hall
Full Name (plus titles if any): Emily Longbottom
Full Species(es): Witch. Animaga. Matriarch. Interfering Hag.
Hair Color (include adjectives): Silver. Formerly, Four feet long
Eye Color (include adjectives): Glittering. Beady. Dark. Compelling. Ferocious.
Unusual Markings/Colorations: described as "saurian" or "batlike"
Special Possessions (if any): her own house-elf. Her determination. Her strength of character, which can bulldoze through solid rock. A personal fortune greater than the Malfoys'and considerably more securely invested.
Annoying Origin: back in the mists of time. Given her current degree of annoyingness, however, one can assume was spectacularly annoying if anyone cared enough to think about it.
Annoying Connections To Canon Characters: Is one. Neville Longbottom's grandmother.
Annoying absence of connection to OC: Would have been Draco's great-grandmother had she accepted Charlie Device's proposal of marriage back in 1926. This would, of course, have rendered whole of LoP (to say nothing of Neville, Narcissa and Draco in their current incarnations) non-existent.
Annoying Special Abilities: Occult engineer. Industrial spy. Animaga. Beater. Better Quidditch record than either Harry or Draco. Potions genius. Entrepreneur.
Other Annoying Traits: too numerous to mention.
Annoying love-life: includes "Frank", "Mr Longbottom" and, we presume, "Eugene". Obviously something of a goer in her day, despite assumed straitlaced nature in current incarnation.