Do we need to talk again about how female protags get called Mary Sues more often then male protags, and why?
@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.
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@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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@chaosprime not as casually as we do female protags, anyway. If we do, it generally needs to come with an essay length argument.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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