That is the question.

But frankly my answer is mixed feelings.

For one thing I respect bronies and their opinions on alicorn OCs. Theres just something about them that legitatmatly gives bronies a reason to hate them. First impressions usually being:

1. The creator is an attention begger, who wants to stand out by any means necissary.

2. An character who is a royalty on the spot (and cannon wise is true)

3. OP and immortal

4. Never does anything wrong and is related to some big cannon character, usually being one of the alicorn Princesses of the show.

5. Their design in a nutshell is an eye sore, cliche' or just too ugly to look at.

I for one would agree those are great reasons to hate alicorns. Personally I run into plenty of those OCs that tend to follow under that criteria, even non-alicorn OCs if you can believe that!

But then I run into bronies who simply hate alicorn OCs without real good reason. They hate them for the sake they just hate them because most bronies do and they don't want to be on the recieving end. They are the types that don't bother to research the OC and make a judgement on the spot. This is wrong to me though, and considered unjust.

Now my OC gets fair judgement all the time usually. I've run into a fair share of mixed feelings for her, whether it be her backstory, her representation as an alicorn (Alicorn of Peace), and her design even.

There are the negatives that say her design in the long run is too much, to plain in color and the rainbow colors aren't imagantive.

Then there are the positives who say there's no alicorn like her, with her gryphon tail and large ears.

But what are my feelings about her?

Well quite simple really. When I first created my OC, she started out as a pegasus. But when I got married and graduated from College, my life defiently had changed into something more...A new path to my destiny opened up and...I've ascended into a new phase of my existence I guess you could say. So I wanted to share that emotion through my OC, and hence why I turned her into an alicorn. Believe me I was terrified to do so because of the reasons listed above. So I worked for months, organizing with my friends in RPs to describe her storyline, backstory and eventually the story of her ascention. I worked tirelessly for months to improve her as poltential cannon character. I followed the guidelines of what an alicorn priness is in the show.

1. They are princesses (i've yet to see one that isn't)

2. They are focused on a magic of their element. (Twillight - Friendship, Cadence - Love, Celestia - Sun, Luna - Moon) Lightning Bliss - Peace

3. They typically have a castle of their own.

I make an exception with rule 3. I don't like my OC to be that high up to having her own kingdom that technically won't exist in the show, so keeping her as a character within the princess arch should be good enough.

I guess my whole point is now, to you readers is to be honest with yourselves, be fair with it, and not be cruel in your opinions. Is my OC that much of a Mary Sue?

Definition of a Mary Sue: A Character that is so perfect, that they are never challenged by the events of the narrative.

When I RP with my OC/ponysonya, she is constantly challenged by whatever scenes or obstacles she's facing. Whether it be fighting, sadness, emotional challenges with her friends or rivals, even how she forsees herself as an alicorn or a decent pony at all.

Do you all still think my OC is a Mary Sue?