lupercal
05-02-2006, 12:59 AM
Thalia is Crazy wrote:
*a mary-sue is over-endowed with radical superpowers, abilities and strengths, and seemingly no weaknesses or end to her infinite loveliness: a female character generally reserved for rancid fanfiction.
She/he is also generally considered to be a projection of an idealised self-image of the author. The most famous example probably being Wesley Crusher in 'Star Trek, The Next Generation' (Gene Rodenberry's middle name was Wesley).
I have to admit though, that fan-fiction apart, where much more blatant examples tend to be obvious, I have less problems with alleged 'Mary Sue' characters than a lot of people seem to. I'm not sure where the delinition between a MS and a run of the mill hero is. I read that Aleu in 'Wolf Quest' was supposed to be a Mary Sue character. That just seemed nitpicking to me, as she seemed to have flaws which argued against the idea of a MS character, but even it were true, it didn't spoil the film for me.
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*a mary-sue is over-endowed with radical superpowers, abilities and strengths, and seemingly no weaknesses or end to her infinite loveliness: a female character generally reserved for rancid fanfiction.
She/he is also generally considered to be a projection of an idealised self-image of the author. The most famous example probably being Wesley Crusher in 'Star Trek, The Next Generation' (Gene Rodenberry's middle name was Wesley).
I have to admit though, that fan-fiction apart, where much more blatant examples tend to be obvious, I have less problems with alleged 'Mary Sue' characters than a lot of people seem to. I'm not sure where the delinition between a MS and a run of the mill hero is. I read that Aleu in 'Wolf Quest' was supposed to be a Mary Sue character. That just seemed nitpicking to me, as she seemed to have flaws which argued against the idea of a MS character, but even it were true, it didn't spoil the film for me.
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