Ellynne asked: <Just curious, does it still count as a cliche if one of the characters realizes they need time alone to talk with one of the other characters ->

<grin> no, but who among Our Heroes is masochistic enough to want that much time alone with *any* of the others (at least on *this* list?)

<Also, given this bunches incredible ability to kamikaze, is it still a Mary Sue if you introduce a character whose main purpose is to thwart their usual, lemming instincts?>

Not if she completely and stupendously fails, I guess.

<And if a Mary Sue falls in a cave when there's no one there to hear, does she still make a sound - er, I mean, sprain her ankle?>

No, breaks her neck.

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