Can we fix it: Teal from SavDraws Mary Sue Series

• Report rights infringement
• published: 04 Jan 2017
• views: 645

!!READ THE DESCRIPTION!! *Turn on annotations for song names! (may be added the day after this upload)* So the other day i tasked myself with turning a horrid OC by the youtuber SavDraws into a good one. The oc was made as a 'gravity falls mary sue' for her 'how to make a mary sue'. I saw some hope in her and went for it! Half of this video is legitimate advice on how to fix a mary sue, the rest is just pure fuckery. For the people here for my TL:DR advice: -Have a reason behind everything. Why does she act the way she does, look the way she does, become what she becomes, date who she dates, like what she likes, etc. -Have a how, or evidence, behind everything. How did she get that clothing style, how did she become what she becomes, how did she meet who she knows, etc -give more to a character than just making them pretty/edgy, making them strong and giving them a love life. -Pay attention to colour theory and balancing in your designs, and keep in mind some realism behind it. -Try things like 16personalities.com and answer as if you are your character to think about sides of them you may not have considered. -Apply human flaws, think about what sort of struggles you or your friends have faced. Could they apply here? In my eyes, Teal should have been a city girl who was forced to move to gravity falls because of a family work situation, or possibly a divorce. She loved the night life ( thus explaining her style ) and didnt want to leave her friends and boyfriend behind. Her and her boyfriend decided on staying together in a long distance relationship, but it was hard on her and her partner. Out of frustration with her parents, Teal got tricked by a kitsune demon and became one herself as a curse. She was embarrased of her sudden shift in behaviour and appearance. She tried to hide her tail and ears for a long time, when a person living near her came to see how she was. She met wendy, and eventually asked wendy and sometimes the members of the mystery shack how to survive from the strange creatures of Gravity falls. She made friends with people in her classes, and started feeling more comfortable, coming up with the excuse that her ears and tail were accessories. After a while of being with the group to learn about the mysteries of the falls, Teal felt useless because of her lack of physical training. She got frustrated all over again, and turned to a bad deal; with bill cipher. He was to train her in her magic, but what she didnt know was that he was using her to become his perfect play puppet to hurt the pines family. You can see here we have a reason behind her different appearance compared to locals in gravity falls, we see her being separate other than just 'i was made to be friends with the main characters', we see a flowing story that faces the character with important decisions and how they decided to react. The story can keep going and the character can keep evolving. Hope you liked my video! I may be doing more of these in the future but who knows lmao Drawn on Paint Tool Sai Recorded with hypercam Edited on WMM (How professional) Original character by SavDraws, she owns this character and I take no credit for the original inspiration I make no money off of these videos or the music presented in them.