Xuxi is my eighth, and while he's not as bling bling as some of his predecessors, he trundles along nice and solid and I appreciate him for that. As many times as I've lost fics to technical troubles, one would think I'd be better about keeping backups, but... not so much. XD

IDK, mythology is kinda rife with Mary Sues, it's the perfect place to start telling stories. I remember being obsessed with Greek myth for awhile, especially the story of Psyche & Eros. I wanted sooo badly to be rescued from my boring, mundane life, that writing stories became an escape.