Mary Sue

The term Mary Sue seems to expand to encompass the characters women write to overcome that onus... participants at a panel discussion in January of 1990 noted with growing dismay that any female character created within the community is damned with the term Mary Sue.

Mary Sue 2009

My understanding of the term Mary Sue was not just that it represented some kind of extension of the author into the narrative as character, but that it did so in a wish-fulfilment, idealised way.

Mary Sue 2009

A Mary Sue is a character who does all the things you wish you could do, a kind of whitewashed romanticised version of yourself.

Mary Sue 2009

Oddly, I think DW fandom is something of an oddity amongst fandoms, because its very setup pretty much requires a kind of Mary Sue or Self-Insert stereotype; its use was in fact encouraged and abetted by the show's format, since the companion role is a cipher for audience participation.

Mary Sue 2009

So why, exactly, do they call it "Mary Sue," instead of, say "Lazarus Long?"

Saturday question of the day yendi 2005

Her name is Mary Russell, and on the face of it, she's the prototypical "Mary Sue," a phrase coined originally in Star Trek fanfic referring to a character who comes on the Enterprise, is more brilliant than everyone, saves the day, and sleeps with all the men.

more work done steve_mollmann 2005

A ton of YA authors and bloggers joined in the discussion of why the series appeals to grown-ups, and children's author Kelly Fineman sparked further talk with her "Mary Sue" remark: "What makes the Twilight novels work is the very Mary Sue main character, Bella Swan, who is the reader's proxy in the books.

Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2009

A ton of YA authors and bloggers joined in the discussion of why the series appeals to grown-ups, and children's author Kelly Fineman sparked further talk with her "Mary Sue" remark: "What makes the Twilight novels work is the very Mary Sue main character, Bella Swan, who is the reader's proxy in the books.

YA Wednesday: BEA and the Trouble With Mary Sue Omnivoracious 2009

I'm going to have to start calling people "Mary Sue," the people I don't like.

Dan Lybarger: From Glasgow to Glory: Director Lynne Ramsay on We Need to Talk About Kevin Dan Lybarger 2012

I read one once, “The Game of the Gods,” that used material from the Silmarillion to create a critical typology of Mary Sues — including the anime catgirl Mary Sue, the Harry Potter crossover Mary Sue, etc.

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