@HeerJeet The crazy thing is I first remember hearing it applied to a male character, so it took me too long to see it as a sexist problem.
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@HeerJeet well, yes, but then it actually referred to a specific trope- now it's deployed against any competent female character.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Or, it could be a very useful construct for identifying a common form of bad writing by either gender: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2004/03/23/lb-rayford-mary-sue-steele/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@carters_blog Sure but words take on meanings far outside original coinage.
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@carters_blog i agree there prob is but for me the term stuck because of tvtropes and how they name things
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@HeerJeet "Jessica Jones is a Mary sue show" ( ~5th reply down): https://www.quora.com/What-do-women-think-of-the-character-Jessica-Jones … Seriously, finding that took like 2 mins.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet SG benefits both from being a legacy character and comparisons w traditional depictions of Superman.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet either way, when you look at characters the "Mary Sue" label does get regularly thrown at, eg Black Widow or Gamora....Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ...It's clear you're looking at something different than the thinly-veiled author self-inserts it was coined to describe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet problem is, I feel like the term has already decayed to the point where it's near-meaningless.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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