bnf ::= ms_name was what you could rightfully call praise_adverb praise_adj . No man (nor woman) could resist her hair_description , her eye_description , and other_feature . She also happened to be special_power , and she also other_powers . When she had been what_age orphan_reason , so that henceforth she ms_childhood . Although she had been starved_or_beaten how_often , secretly , she ms_confidence . Then, at age age_older she was finally rescued by rescued_by . But secret_flaw she was really secret_list as well as ms_secret . However, because she was on the run from on_run_from , she teleported from ms_origin , and stealthily entered Hogwarts by entered_hogwarts_by . Her last year of school ended when she was caught snogging first_char , second_char , and third_char all at the same time.
% First, she needs a long and fancy name... ms_name ::= name name name more_names last_name more_names ::= name more_names | name more_names | name
% because this is Mary Sue we WILL need vocabulary like this praise_adj ::= beautiful | gorgeous | perfect | stunning | flawless | marvellous praise_adverb ::= wonderfully | amazingly | insanely | undescribably | otherwordly | absolutely
% now, lets start with her EYES
eye_description ::= eye_description2 orbs_or_pools the color of eye_color2 eye_enhancer orbs_or_pools ::= orbs | pools
eye_color1 ::= violet | purple | golden | silver | sapphire | emerald | velvet | cinnamon | amber | turquoise | golden-green eye_description2 ::= eye_color1 | praise_adj | mysterious eye_color2 ::= the deep blue sea | moonshine | truth | emeralds | violets | gold | burning coals | the stars | sapphires eye_enhancer ::= , sparkling with eye_sparkle | with eye_color1 flecks | framed by long dark lashes | so full of eye_sparkle | with eye_color1 rims around them eye_sparkle ::= mischief | beauty | tears | tragedy | purpose | confidence | power | sorrow | knowledge | mystery | innocence
% ... her HAIR
hair_description ::= praise_adj hair_type1 of hair_description1 that hair_description2
hair_description1 ::= hair_length_curlyness hair_description_part hair_length_curlyness ::= long | shiny | straight | wavy | curly | praise_adj hair_description_part ::= hair_color hair_type2 | hair_type2 the color of hair_compare | hair_type2 the color of hair_compare
hair_color ::= raven | golden | ruby-red | reddish-black | bluish-black | silver | silver-white | golden-blonde | blonde| golden-red | bluish hair_compare ::= moonlight | the sun | fire | summer | spring | fall | winter | destiny | freedom | water
hair_description2 ::= hair_down_verb hair_description3 | framed her face_desc face | reflected the light of the light_source | had a hair_color tint to it hair_description3 ::= onto her skin_type shoulders | to the small of her back | gracefully along her praise_adj figure
% Mary Sue's secrets secret_flaw ::= know_or_not | know_or_not | know_or_not | at the same time she was seriously flawed because know_or_not ::= she also had a terrible secret: | unbeknownst to herself,
ms_secret ::= a werewolf | a half-vampire | the long-lost family_connection of other_character | an a_royal princess | the only savior of place_name | suffering from a rare and terminal disease | possessed by an evil spirit | fated to marry some_higher_being | the Antichrist | the goddess of god_description | beloved by some_higher_being | a fantasy turned real | other_character 's family_connection | the virginal priestess of some_higher_being | the future ruler of place_name | betrothed at birth to Draco Malfoy | betrothed at birth to other_character | a time-traveller from ms_origin | immortal (oh, the suffering!) | cursed by Fate to die at a young age | blessed by the god of god_description | the secret love child of other_character and other_character | secretly engaged to other_character | abused by her tyrant aunt and uncle | persecuted by persecuted_by_whom | carrying the child of other_character | the Dark Lord's daughter | the daughter of the bad-tempered potions master | a Death Eater spy | slowly going insane | the sole survivor of a mass massacre | no more than an idealized caricature | not who her parents had always said she was | a quarter-centaur | some_higher_being in disguise | the archenemy of other_character | a squib
HP_character_list ::= Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter | Minerva McGonagall? | Firenze | Sirius Black | Severus Snape | Sybill Trelawney | Hermione Granger | Gilderoy Lockhart | Rita Skeeter | Dolores Umbridge | Rubeus Hagrid | Draco Malfoy | Lucius Malfoy | Bellatrix Lestrange | a Dementor
some_higher_being ::= the god_or_goddess of god_description | xover_reference | an evil demon lord | the king_or_queen | a mutant flesh-eating slug | Lord Voldemort god_or_goddess ::= god | goddess king_or_queen ::= King | Queen xover_reference ::= Aragorn | Sailor Jupiter | the Doctor | Mr. Spock | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
god_description ::= Truth | Love and Peace | War | Beauty | Eternal Happiness | Love | Marital Bliss | Jealousy | Merciful Slaughter
% because of the above we also need a few additional place holders a_royal ::= elven | Indian | Klingon | Egyptian % all of the above start with a vowel... place_name ::= Britain | America | our solar system | the planet Venus | Faerie Kingdom | the merchandising industry | Earth | heaven and hell | the lost city of Atlantis | Ancient Egypt | Stockton-on-tees ms_origin ::= Ancient Egypt | the distant future | the French revolution | Victorian-era London | just before the first world war | outer space | the battle at Hastings | an island in the middle of nowhere, because she was LOST
% AAAAAND... the special powers
special_power ::= power_list , HP_power_list and HP_power_list
HP_power_list ::= an Animagus | a Metamorphmagus | a Triwizard champion | a Quidditch star | Head Girl at HP_school | HP_school 's star student | five times winner of magazine 's beauty contest | the heir of HP_house | a half-Veela | a renowned dragon tamer | a true Seer | a Duelling champion | a Parselmouth | a much sought-after Curse-Breaker | a member of the Order of the Phoenix | a natural Legilimens | a natural healer
HP_house ::= Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | Ravenclaw | Slytherin | Gryffindor and Slytherin | all four founders HP_school ::= Durmstrang | Beauxbatons | Hogwarts | Salem Witches Institute | Cackles Academy magazine ::= Witch Weekly | Playwizard | the Quibbler | Playwitch | Quidditch Illustrated
other_powers ::= other_power_list , more_powers and more_powers
more_powers ::= could levitate at will | was immune to the Killing Curse | had telekinetic powers | had studied Martial Arts extensively | had a beautiful singing voice | was well-known in Hollywood | was heir to the powers of Merlin | could become invisible at will | could travel through time | had telepathic powers | shared the powers of the Basilisk | knew how to do wandless magic | could speak language_list fluently | had invented self-stirring cauldrons | could melt stone hearts with her gaze | had a photographic memory | could turn into a rare_animal | knew everything about life, the universe and the rest of it | had been trained to be an Auror since birth | could cast a Patronus in her sleep | had taught herself to block the Cruciatus | knew how to wield the power of love
language_list ::= French | Chinese | Swedish | Hungarian | Spanish | Swahili | Troll | Mermish | Gobbledegook | Afrikaans | Greek rare_animal ::= horse_color unicorn | black panther | thestral | Norwegian Ridgeback | phoenix | horse_color pegasus | snow leopard | penguin | Crumple-Horned Snorkack horse_color ::= pink | golden | silver | white
% Let's not forget Mary Sue's unique and tragic background(tm)! what_age ::= a baby | age_young age_young ::= three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine age_older ::= eleven | twelve | thirteen | sixteen
% Mary Sue loses her parents, the poor dear orphan_reason ::= she orphan_reason_herself | her parents orphan_reason_parents
orphan_reason_herself ::= was abandoned in a snow storm | was brutally kidnapped by attacked_by | had to watch her parents get tortured_or_killed by attacked_by | ran away from home | was the sole survivor of a mass massacre | suffered a severe case of amnesia | was sold into slavery | found herself chained to a steamship with course on America | showed her first magic outburst and was sent away | accidentally murdered her parents
orphan_reason_parents ::= were killed killed_by | disappeared without a trace | were sent to Azkaban | were eaten by a a_monster | were swallowed by quicksand | succumbed to a_disease | committed suicide | forgot her existance | were tortured into insanity | gave their lives to protect her from the killing curse | were sent away on a spaceship | tried to murder her in her sleep | went on a second honeymoon never to come back
tortured_or_killed ::= killed | murdered | tortured killed_by ::= in a vehicle crash | in a freak accident | by attacked_by | by a rogue bludger | in a suicide bombing | in a civil war | in a fire | by one of her temper tantrums vehicle ::= train | plane | broom a_disease ::= cancer | AIDS | the flu | the pest | typhus | dragonpox | malaria a_monster ::= dragon | grue | slimy green monster | rodent of unusual size
attacked_by ::= other_character | attackers | attackers | some_higher_being | attackers attackers ::= Death Eaters | aliens | a mad scientiest | an evil midwife | her senile grandparents | wild centaurs | werewolves | vampires | Dementors | ritualistic murderers | zombies | the brainwashed minions of a religious leader | her abusive relatives
ms_childhood ::= life_by by attacked_by | life_with with attacked_by | life_with life_where | life_by life_where
life_by ::= was raised | was held prisoner life_with ::= had to grow up | had to spend her life life_where ::= in the wilderness | in a stinking cupboard | in the Bronx | in Manchester | in the Forbidden Forest | in Azkaban | in St. Mungo's | at number twelve Grimmauld Place
% Outwardly, Mary Sue suffers. Inwardly however ... starved_or_beaten ::= starved | beaten | abused | mistreated | starved and beaten | neglected | told of her worthlessness how_often ::= regularly | all the time
ms_confidence ::= knew she was stronger | swore revenge | taught herself how to survive | honed her mystic skills | kept her cheerful outlook on life | never wavered in her belief that one day she'd be rescued | developed her considerable powers | escaped into the spiritual plane where she was taught everything she needed to know to survive | met with her sensei who told her about a certain Prophecy | kept herself happy by singing and acting
% Finally, XYZ to the rescue rescued_by ::= the childcare services | other_character | a friendly neighbour | other_character | attackers | HP_character_list | HP_character_list | her guilt-ridden parents
% Of course a special person needs high-ranking enemies on_run_from ::= Osama Bin Laden | George Bush | Brittney Spears | the IRS | Your Mum | Janice Dickinson | Kim Jong-il | Saddam Hussein | Tony Blair
% How else would she enter Hogwarts, with flair of course! entered_hogwarts_by ::= UPS | E-mail | jumping out of the cake at the Christmas party | FedEx? | the plumbing | numerous fanfic self-inserts | confunding Snape while his back was turned
%Oh that sue, she's just so popular! first_char ::= Harry | Ron | Hermione | Ginny | Draco | Fred | Neville | George second_char ::= McGonagall? | Dumbledore | Umbridge | Mrs.Norris | Fudge | Filch | your sister | your brother | Snape | the Sorting Hat third_char ::= the Gringotts Goblins | Voldemort | Hagrid | Dobby | Bellatrix | Tom from the Leaky Cauldron | Norbert | The Giant Squid | Your Mum