>>36503215No it doesn't.
There are characters that can have most of the trappings of a Mary Sue that can actually carry the flow of a film/game/show very well.
They just have to be handled carefully, or used more as devices than actual characters.
It comes down to accountability, really.
Think Star Trek.
In many respects, Spock was an absolutely outrageous Sue. He pulled bullshit powers and immunities out of his pocket every episode, was just stronger than everyone else for little reason.
However, occasionally his bullshit powers fucked up or made a situation worse, and as a character, he had the complexity necessary to be perfect and implacable, yet hilariously flawed at the same time. Also an important thing; Spock is regularly called out by members of the crew, most notably McCoy, who are reputable, and not villains, or mind controlled, or poopie-meanie heads.
Spock would still count as a Sue, he's just handled with the weight a character like that needs more often than not.
In a game like pokemon, where characters are very, very simple and rarely have one good layer, let alone multiple, the only way to do this is to make a sue less of a character, and more of a device.
Lance is kind of a good example of this.
Lance in GSC was an outrageous Sue, but his main purpose was to serve as perspective for how you had progressed in such a short time between helping him take down the Rockets, and beating him. Because his purpose wasn't really to be a character, and more to be a set-piece, it fundamentally changes the way the character is handled within a narrative.
Lillie never gets turned into a plot device to offset her Sue qualities, and never displays any qualities to put her Sue traits into context with the weight they would require.
The concept of a Sue has actually entered into the realm of literary analysis, anon. It's not just a meme.
