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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-08-05 06:45 pm

[ SECRET POST #3136 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3136 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2015-08-06 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I get it but I guess the problem is that people have overused the term Mary Sue to mean female character I don't like.

Also having Mary Sue qualities doesn't make a Mary Sue sometimes if you read/watch the text. Sometimes the environment or even the direction of story can change how a character is perceived. So I think people have gotten so confused on the term that they either a) use it for any female character who might exhibit any Mary Sue like qualities or b) hate the usage of it and wish the term would go away. I'm probably in the second category but only because for a long time I surrounded myself with writers who big into character and story analysis. It got tedious after awhile because at the time Mary Sue was the big thing to complain about when it came to female characters. If you saw about 2-3 posts a day (I'm not even exaggerating it was the main reason I left this group of writers after six months. I was nicer then) on how so and so was a Mary Sue because she was the main female character and shockingly important to the plot you'd get tired of it to.

Anyway, if the term fits there is no reason to not use it in my opinion. Although I hate the term there is a reason for it's existence. Unfortunately, because of the how the words been used you'll probably have to explain yourself anyway. I think the definition is pretty uncertain now for most people.