Talk:Naruto Fandom: Mary Sue Test/@comment-27938131-20160312160517/@comment-25156300-20160312174155

You say sues/stus are male or female, only because that's the common thing people see. One of the other options you listed can be just as sue-ish as a male/female, but we just don't see them too much. You could technically just make a new name to fit one of those other gender options, and overall, the same rules would still apply.

Personally, I don't really think gender (or lack of) affects the sue traits. All of the desuifires counteract one of the sue traits listed in the test. The only ones that deal with gender are about just the physical appearance, and even though it is different for both genders, the overall effect is the same (is the character hot?, are others jealous?, etc.). What that character identifies with would not change how other characters see their appearance.

Example: If a hermaphrodite looked like a female everywhere except the extra part in their pants, male characters could still act the same way they would for a sue female, and you would have to add those points on.

But it's an interesting thought. I've only seen one or two characters with a different gender or identity (out of the hundreds I've seen over the years), so I doubt that sort of question has ever come up.