[ SECRET POST #5038 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5038 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[chamonix]

AMEN. Did I write this secret in my sleep? Using the term 'Mary-Sue' for original characters is SUCH a bugbear for me and I think it's completely asinine to ignore that 90% of the time it has misogynist roots. Look at the shit levelled at Rey in the Star Wars sequels. I never once heard anyone call Anakin a Mary-Sue for single-handedly defeating an entire battledroid command ship at 9 YEARS OLD, or Luke for bullseyeing the exhaust port of a death star despite never having flown a starship.

People also seem to completely ignore the author-insert element of the original meaning of 'Mary-Sue', as well. A Mary-Sue isn't just any female character who dares to actually be competent in whatever she attempts. It's usually also some kind of wish-fulfillment vehicle for the writer.

Until the day I see John Wick get multiple thousands of angry Youtube videos describing in detail how he's a lazy Mary-Sue character, I'm going to go ahead and assume most people who use that marker are sexist assholes.