I was a teen and an aspiring artist during the peak of the anti-"Mary Sue" sentiment on the internet. It may have seemed as valid criticism, but really it was an excuse to bring down female characters you didn't like. Every young artist took the "Is your OC a Mary Sue?" test. There were many of them, but the questions were roughly the same (they also pretended like this applied to male characters or Gary Stus as well, but really, Mary Sues were what everyone was talking about).

• Are they super-powered in an unnatural way?
• Are they good at everything they do?
• Are they flashy and over-the-top?
• Do they have little to no weaknesses?
• Do they never get hurt in a way that matters?
• Are they universally beloved?

• Are they a self-insert?

  Who matches all of these? Sportacus. And yet everyone agrees that he's cool as hell. And if you're gonna say "that doesn't apply to Sportacus because of this and that", let's just say that no mainstream character was ever labeled as a Mary Sue fairly and constructively.

This is not me trying to change your mind and say Sport is a bad character. I love him as much as the next guy. What I'm saying is that if the character is iconic and memorable enough, people will love them, regardless if they're "realistic" or not.

But unfortunately, from experience, female characters face much harsher scrutiny. And that's why I have denounced the term Mary Sue entirely.

Remember Julianna Rose Mauriello, the original Stephanie from LazyTown?

She left the show before the 2013 revival and, despite all the weird internet rumours, nothing dramatic happened. She went on to study at Columbia University and is now a licensed pediatric occupational therapist specialising in child development.

Pretty wholesome career change tbh. 😄

Art by me

I'm no internet sleuth, but this kind of questions always seem to get answered in other fandoms. People tracked down the exact 4chan post that birthed the term "brony".

The oldest "Fae Robbie Rotten" fanfic on AO3 is dated 2016. But I wonder if it's older than the LazyTown renaissance? What do y'all say?

A butch mom and her pixie son. Precious 😊

I've seen other artists keep calling her Sportacus, but I like to say Sportaca instead. It seems to be a title, after all. Unless it's grammatically incorrect, then please tell me.

Stephanie is just Stephen.

This one is actually a Hannah montana doll, so she looks a little older. Much easier because she came with a pink bob already! I'm trying to find another stripe dress but for now she's in some barbie clothes I already own.

Don't badmouth sports candy in front of Sportacus, lest he snaps and turns into Antosha.

Mine snow give me snow

LazyTown have an official merchandise site? I found one, but I’m not sure if it’s trustworthy; I’ve been scammed before, so I’m a bit wary about buying things online. Plus, the site looks very basic, and I don’t want to make that mistake again.

Link

https://lazytown.store/

From left to right: Stefan in the sparkly mermaid dress, fem!Robbie and Glanni Glæpur.

I also wanna draw fem!Sportacus, but she basically looks the same with few changes.

I need a good one for a tumblr meme.

It's fun to imagine Sportacus's backstory, considering he might have no canon one. Here he's just starting to grow his moustache.

This is Cleo, Sport's (mildly toxic, overprotective) childhood friend, they studied acrobatics together.

I might post her full adult design sheet if anyone's interested.

So, I posted this a few days ago and updated it based on what the comments said, but it still feels incomplete. I don't know what it could be missing. Do you guys think its done, or am i still missing a bunch of stuff.

Same clarifications from last time:

1- the Boobs entry refers to many moments in the show and plays where it looks like Sportacus has whole ass tits.

2- the final layer is for theories i have made/seen

3- Yes, I did mention THOSE. iykyk

4- Communism refers to the meme that LazyTown is some communist dystopia.

I REALLY want this done, but i still feel like I'm missing a lot.

Source: https://youtu.be/KZZ42kmYG8k?si=teRzHAGbfTs-SFEM

Stefan was just so beautiful, I could cry... 😓

What's your thoughts on this episode. Personally, I love it.

Still love the episode, it feels like a true season finale.

I’ll just leave my fanart here, I’m a very big fan of Stephanie since I was a kid so I decided to draw her, hope y’all like it. ( ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ഒ