Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-209.158.19.191-20120528235013/@comment-3338975-20120529145337

She wasn't exactly a Mary Sue, but she was a little too close to one for a comfortable fit alongside the other, much more developed Avatar characters. I'm not quite sure why you mention the escape from the Boiling Rock, as that's the point when she become the most Mary Sue-ish in my mind - over-powered with no real build-up (in the way she was easily able to take out the guards), and with little personal flaws that were glossed over as if they simply made her cuter (small childish grudges held against "Ozai's Angels", and a childish pouting look when she didn't agree with Sokka's plan at first, which were quickly moved past).

However, it is true that even Suki had something of a back-story and (light) character development that made her a little more than a Mary Sue (something of a mixture between feminist ideal and said character type), and Asami's already had much more backstory and gone through more character development than than that (Hiroshi-shocking, anyone?), so the judgement that she's a Mary Sue is rather harsh and unwarranted, IMO.