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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Replying to @jennygadget
@jennygadget Don't we call the male ones Marty Stus?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @jennygadget
@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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime and yet, we don't generally go around calling Ender and Luke Skywalker Gary/Marty?Mary Sues/Stues.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jennygadget
@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.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@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.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jennygadget
@jennygadget Fair enough. But, yeah, obvs YA and UF and fanfic get used as punching bags because of misogyny. Still criticism != hate.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime my the issue is that it's not thoughtful criticism either way.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@jennygadget It does seem more in the line of stereotype-fed snark than an analytically driven examination, yes.
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