Was Odysseus a "Mary Sue"?

Was Odysseus a "Mary Sue"?

Are stories with them inherently worse?

>Was Odysseus a "Mary Sue"?

No because he has clear flaws which are convincingly atoned for by the end.

Such as? As far as I see it these "flaws" never hinder him down, they mostly affect the people around him but not him

psychological anguish (for a few seconds)

he was punished!

Is Jesus a Mary Sue?

To Chrristians yeah

Better question: who cares?

Is the Ubermensch a Mary Sue?

Are you saying that its fine to include them in novels?

His vanity. He brags after killing the cyclops and revealing his identity is exactly why he can't go home for the longest time. When he finally returns he has to learn humility and conceal himself as a bum.