I don't understand how I'm being condescending to you. Neither is my brain plugged into the internet, thank god, so I don't see how you could even attempt to read my mind.

I don't think my character is overpowered in proportion to what she'd been through. You gotta also think of what my character don't have. Other than the stuff I've stated, you gotta figure out what's in between the lines that's going to stop her from dominating.

Her being a kid, no matter how skilled she is in whatever she does, everything she has is downscaled according to her age and size. Then there are the things that are outright barred from her. I'm talking about both physical and mental things.

Then I've thrown in all her weaknesses, character flaws. I think it's just that I haven't even begin to play Valentina out yet, which is why you can't see exactly what's going on. Like how the weaknesses I've given her could be crippling, qnd how her history is going to really limit her.

Edit: then of course, there's the definition of the Mary Sue and if my character fits that description.

A Mary Sue is a character that's a perfect version of the author, who usually is a projection of what the author wishes to do in a fictional environment.

So, haha, no. I have absolutely no wish to be anything like Valentina and what she's doing isn't what I'd do.