5106: Kidding with Mary Sue - Aquamarine "Aqua/Mary Sue" Weasley
Happy New Year to everyone following Pottersues. Long story short, I found myself taking a break-thank you COVID, followed by dealing with computer issues to figuring out when the best time to start blogging on Pottersues would be. I finally decided New Year would be a great time to start blogging again, but I hope everyone is staying safe. And yes, I’m fine.
Also, I’ve made a few changes, such as switching the position of Origin and Connection to Canon, while also reducing Hair, Eyes and Markings down to Physical description. I don’t know about you guys, but I was getting really tired of putting n/a for both hair and eyes when it is a canon character and thus we should assume it is like canon unless otherwise stated.
Title: Kidding with Mary Sue Yes, this is a Mary Sue parody. No, I didn’t expect it to be the first thing to show up. The version I link to is actually the translated version, as the original is in Chinese on a Chinese site I haven’t a clue regarding how to navigate, so if someone is willing to help me find the original and the original author for this one-much appreciated!
Perpetrator: The translator is IamYoyo. Again, if someone can help me find the link to the original writer, much appreciated!
Sue-O-Meter: So, I’m going to give this Mary Sue two ratings. The first is the rating I’d give the story in that it actually would get the Okay rating. The Mary Sue though, there is no getting around the fact she’s on the Toxic level, but compared to other stories, the writer is aware of the toxic level of horror she’s inflicting upon the characters. Or at least, I assume the original is female.
Cover/Banner Art: The cover is in Anime style, but shows Ginny Weasley standing next to her blond haired, golden eyed twin sister who is obviously sorted into Ravenclaw because she is so perfect, or at least that’s the jist of what I’m getting from the title and summary.
Summary: “…I am here to tell a story. A story in a world where Ginny Weasley has a twin sister. Furthermore, her sister is a Mary Sue. What if Ginny's sister is so powerful that... nothing could stop her anymore? What would Ginny's life be like? We will be listening to Ginny's story, to her sister's story, to others' stories, to everyone's story...”
Full Name: Aquamarine “Mary Sue” Weasley, but we’ve an admittance from Ginny of “how horrible that name is!”, which-I’m laughing at because this is almost never addressed except for when, “oh woe is Sue” comes up. “Mr. Weasley was so happy to hold his little daughter, a name came to his mind like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.” She’s also nicknamed Aqua.
Suewarts House(s): Aqua is definitely a Sparklypoo. Later on, she becomes a Bitchwitch as she locks Ginny in the closet for a mere slight which results in Ginny being late and getting in trouble.
Species: A Mary Sue who is recognized to be a Mary Sue.
Physical Description: “That is a pair of eyes with greenish orchid color, with faint emerald light flowing inside.” She also has, “crooked eyebrows and wide smile cpatured The Wealseys heart at once. She is so lovely.”
Possessions: Her existence, because she is good at art, leads to the Wealsey family being able to buy lots of nice things. In chapter seven she gets her wand, which is where I decided the entry is getting long enough. “Aquamarine said that the wand was made by the elves. Two thousand years ago, the king of the elves gave this wand to Ollivander, who was the third owner of the shop. Thirteen inches, the rod body was made of the wind feather tree in the jungle of gold; the rod handle was made of ice spirit, with the chalcedony that was used to carve the spells that were inlaid on the wand; the rod tail was made of flame crystal. The inner core made of the blood of eastern four fantastic beasts and western unicorns was soft and flexible, containing super magic power, suitable for any kind of magic. It is also said that people who use this magic wand will have the power to change the world. When Aquamarine held the wand, it shot out a ray of white light, illuminating half of Diagon Alley, and nine silver-white animals leaped out from the tip of the wand and flew around Ollivander's shop, took quite a while for them to dissipate.”
Origin: The origin is-well, “...the Weasleys finally got their long-expected daughters. It even came with a buy one get one discount, cheap and fine.”
Connection to Canon: So, Ginny’s sister is clever enough to do things someone there age shouldn’t do, but Ginny is facing a mental breakdown (a little bit too over exaggerated perhaps when she goes and tries to drown herself in the sink and George throws her out so he can use the bathroom, but regarding Aqua’s art work, “Ginny only saw a child’s doodle.” In the second chapter, Ginny decides as her mother and teacher teacher her, “that true happiness is becoming illiterate”. She makes friends with the ghoul in the attic and then she finds a puppy she keeps hidden while Aqua continues to do amazing things while Ginny is ignored. When Ginny asks if she can call her Smurfette (a nickname because her name means blue) she gets tossed into a closet where all of Aquamarine’s books are, that she can “read at lightspeed”. Something regarding Ron’s letter to Ginny upset Aqua for some unknown reason. She watches Aquamarine belittle Ron’s homework, which results in her supervising him, but then his hand gets smashed in a car door and he thinks it is Ginny who cursed him. (It’s Aquamarine, by the way.) There is talk of Aqua being a quib in the fifth chapter, though not by Ginny, and for reasons I can’t fathom other than it involves being able to fix the car with little effort, although in a begruding manner. Since she knows how to drive, but she teaches them, or at least that’s my understanding. Well, Aquamarine gets upset when Harry Potter shows up, though she says it is because she was forcibly woken up. We then learn she disproves of Harry and Ron talking bad about snape, in a very adult like manner.
Special Abilities: Arthur names her what he does, because, “Molly, I have a hunch, our little daughter will be a great wizard.” As a baby, she opens up her eyes and, “she laughed without fear.” We also learn, “.As the saying goes, the winner takes it all, the loser has to fall. If you have a young sister, who loves to listen to the periodic table at one-month-old age, clamors to listen to Das Kapital at three-month-old age, speaks English, Russian, Japanese, French, Chinese, Germany, Italian, and Spanish fluently at one-year-old age, with deep attainment on Latin, you will feel appearing in "guys" is a great honor. At least there is a place for you, much better than "the fall".”
Notes: Here is a quote from the translator. “’To be honest, I'm not against Mary Sue. Actually, I'm not against anything. I approve of everything. Because if something exists, there must be a reason. Things wouldn't be made without a purpose. Therefore, existing is meaning.’ -Quote from Kidding with Mary Sue.” Which for this story means a horror story for Ginny, though IAmYoyo categorizes the story as Adventure and Humour. I stopped at chapter seven, though there are five more chapters that have been translated. This was a nice story to come back to when I started posting entries again.
Sample:
Ginny was supposed to be content, but she was ungrateful. The psychological balance broke just a little bit, falling into a slight illness-mirror phobia.
When Ginny was a child, one day her mother announced at the dinner table that she is gonna take the youngest daughter to Diagon Alley. All the brothers peeved and clamored for joining. Hearing the kids' responses, the mother proudly pulled out a sheaf of parchment.
"Aquamarine painted these, we are going to see if we can earn some money."
Everybody passed around the design and was amazed by it.
A few hours later, her parents came home loaded. Dad couldn't wait to tell the youngest daughter's extraordinary performance at Twilfitt and Tatting's. Mum pulled out presents from her pocket for every member of the family. Ginny still remembered that she received a new dress, her little sister handed to her in person. She did not dare to take it but stared blankly at the genius who owns the same face as her until the genius smiled and threw the dress over her shoulder. Ginny shrank, sprung to her feet, rushed into the bathroom, filled a basin of water, and buried her face in it.