Do we need to talk again about how female protags get called Mary Sues more often then male protags, and why?
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@chaosprime that wasn't what I meant. -
@jennygadget Yeah. You're right, of course. "Every first novel is the author either as Jesus or as Faust" was observed a good bit pre-Bella. -
@chaosprime and yet, we don't generally go around calling Ender and Luke Skywalker Gary/Marty?Mary Sues/Stues. -
@jennygadget No? We should get in the habit. Ender in particular works the way he does because he's geek revenge fantasy in a can. -
@chaosprime I don't think that using the term without analysis is helpful. and expanding it to include Ender isn't going to even things out. -
@jennygadget Fair enough. But, yeah, obvs YA and UF and fanfic get used as punching bags because of misogyny. Still criticism != hate. -
@chaosprime when it's adults showing disdain for minors reading choices, I'm not caring much if it's hate or dislike.
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