Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-4141313-20190209220411/@comment-4141313-20190210194745

Some of them, yes, but not the core aspects of the term.

Mary Sues by definition are flawless, centers of attention hogging, wish-fulfillment characters, given special treatment in universe and loved by everyone, with those that don't like her being irredeemable monsters. The only one of these five core aspects that fits Ruby is the special treatment aspect, and thats more because of her Silver Eyes and Ozpin's interest in her.

1. She is by no means flawless, her inexperience and naivety being recurring flaws in her character, such as her intrusion and refusal to exit Qrow and Tyrian's fight getting Qrow injured. Her protagonist speeches are a mark against her, but it is also a demonstration of another flaw in that she thinks she can reason with everyone like she tried with Raven, Emerald and Cordovin, despite none having a real reason to hear her out.

Tied into her flaws is her lack of skill outside of using her weapon. Outside of one cheapshot on Mercury, Ruby sucks at CQC and is nearly useless without her Scythe. She lacks proper skill over her Silver Eyes, and is quick to freeze up or panic if the situation gets bad enough.

2. She is also not the center of attention, but rather quite the opposite. More often than not she was in the background compared to WBY and even JN_R. She only really took center stage in Volume 6, and that was a result of the complaints of her not feeling like a main character.

3. The wish-fulfillment aspect is harder to disprove, but as she was a 15 year old girl upon conception and her creator was a grown man desiring to just make cool action scenes before teaming up with two more grown men to create a series around it, its hard to argue she is one.

4. Even with the special treatment aspect, she isn't loved by everyone, and those that don't love her aren't treated as irredeemable monsters. Yeah, Cinder may fit that classification, but Emerald, Mercury, Raven, and Cordovin don't like her, yet none of them are irredeemable, especially considering they've hinted at redemptions for Emerald, Mercury, and Raven, and Cordovin herself was never necessarily a bad guy, just an antagonist for the group to deal with. Hell, Glynda doesn't neccesarily like Ruby, and she's one was a major good aligned character.

The listing you gave even says right above: Even if a character has quite a number of the traits described, Mary-Sueness can still be averted by a good enough explanation for why they're there. And most of the traits I assume you're referring too involve her personality, or lack thereof.