Rule Breaker

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Magic A Is Magic A...except when it isn't.

Fan Fiction writers have an unfortunate tendency to have their pet character, canon or original, break the explicitly stated rules about what is and isn't possible in the Canon. Sometimes this is due to not having done the research, either not being familiar with the canon itself or not having read Word of God statements about universe mechanics. Other times, however, the author is aware, and just doesn't care, or wants the rule to simply not apply to their character, to make him or her more special/cool/powerful, or to facilitate the plot.

Sometimes, authors do this with their own canons. This can be a matter of Running the Asylum, or simply a type of Flip-Flop of God.

Some fanfiction authors aren't really rule breakers and using a MacGuffin or Red Herring to confuse readers that understand the universe that the Fan Fiction is based in.

Fanfic or canon, this will likely get the character in question labeled as a Mary Sue.