Do we need to talk again about how female protags get called Mary Sues more often then male protags, and why?
@jennygadget Enh, issues like writing to formula and trope overuse are valid points to critique, aren't they?
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@chaosprime not when 1) the tropes they are talking about so closely match traditional complaints about Mary SuesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime and considering 2) the history of who traditionally writes Mary Sues (teen girls writing fanfic)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime and 3) which genre is being mocked (the genre that gets read by teen girls)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime and not when 4) the piece concludes by praising another trope-y genre.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jennygadget It just seems more like they were critiquing What People Think of YA than, y'know, actual YA. -
@chaosprime O.o if so, they totally failed. bc that's not how I read it, that's not how the authors I follow read it. - 5 more replies
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