Sue-wraith

Sue-wraiths, a.k.a. author-wraiths or Sue/Stu/Ooh phantoms, are spirits created by the author of a fic in order to force the canon characters to act like Mary Sues, regardless of their normal characterization. Those that inhabit slashed characters have also been called slash dwimmerlaiks. A CAD pointed at a possessed character will usually (but not always) reveal the character's possessed status. It will also show a very high OOC reading, which tends to be 70-99%. If an exorcism is performed, the wraith will coalesce from the bodies of the characters, and more often than not, whine at the exorciser.

Sue-wraiths have no fixed form, and are physically helpless, being basically a sort of sentient mist. They usually dissipate quickly after being removed from a character, and are absorbed back into the Multiverse, but may on occasion, if belonging to a particularly persistent author, attempt to re-possess a character. Additionally, Sue-wraiths have been known to possess agents if the exorcists aren't careful, as happened to Agent Drake. These can be displaced by exorcism as usual. They may also be caught in jars and subjected to experiments.

Please note that not OOCness is not strictly the result of a 'wraith, it could easly be caused by general Suefluence instead. Characters possessed by Sue-wraiths tend to display distinctive Mary Sue traits.

Recently, a more dangerous variation of the Sue-Wraith was discovered by Nume, Ilraen, Diocletian, and Suicide. This creature (named the fic incubus or "ficubus" by Diocletian) is a more solid form of the Sue-wraith that possesses shapeshifting abilities which it uses to lure unsuspecting canons; after doing so, it feeds off of the canons, which can eventually reduce them into a zombielike state. The ficubus is far more aggressive than a wraith (especially if interrupted during a feeding) and is tangible enough to kill an agent if provoked; however, this also means that they can be destroyed with most weapons.