Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-108.28.244.49-20121215031010/@comment-24.160.174.203-20130121190030

A Mary Sue is a character that is so perfect that they have no conflicts, thus, they are horribly boring. In the MLP fandom, alicorns are typically considered (and dismissed as) Mary Sues, because they are automatically made super-powerful by having horns and wings.