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Re: mary sue go home
I'd say that it depends on how you define Mary Sue.
If I, as I'm trying to do, create a character who in many respects is drawn from me--goes to my university, has a few of my views--and who, yes, is the heroine and generally positive, well and good if it's OF, if she seems like a real person, if she fucks up sometimes and has problems and so on and so forth. See: most King heroes, many Rowling characters.
If I create a character who's gorgeous, has an incredibly angsty backstory such that people are supposed to feel sorry for her whatever she does, is beloved by all who know her, and who is capable of more-than-Einstein-level brilliance, then I have created a Mary Sue. Doesn't matter if it's fiction or not. See: Ayla.
If I then proceed to give aforementioned character my middle name, my cat's name (Hi, Karen Marie Moning. Cyanide is tasty, yes it is...), or anything else that signals my wild overidentification, then I am engaging in unseemly displays of public masturbation.
--funwithrage
I'd say that it depends on how you define Mary Sue.
If I, as I'm trying to do, create a character who in many respects is drawn from me--goes to my university, has a few of my views--and who, yes, is the heroine and generally positive, well and good if it's OF, if she seems like a real person, if she fucks up sometimes and has problems and so on and so forth. See: most King heroes, many Rowling characters.
If I create a character who's gorgeous, has an incredibly angsty backstory such that people are supposed to feel sorry for her whatever she does, is beloved by all who know her, and who is capable of more-than-Einstein-level brilliance, then I have created a Mary Sue. Doesn't matter if it's fiction or not. See: Ayla.
If I then proceed to give aforementioned character my middle name, my cat's name (Hi, Karen Marie Moning. Cyanide is tasty, yes it is...), or anything else that signals my wild overidentification, then I am engaging in unseemly displays of public masturbation.
--funwithrage
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