MadmanRB
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I am unsure if this kind of topic is appropriate or not but here it goes:
I am getting sick of hearing the term "Mary Sue" being thrown around these days, yes "Gary Stu" is used too but not so much as the former.
Really it's impossible to make any character these days without this term being flaunted about especially when a female character is involved.
Rey from Star Wars comes to mind here, yet James Bond or Goku get a free pass.
Its infuriating especially when people forget about the original Mary sue and why she was created in the first place as a parody of a Star Trek fan character archetype who got the entire crew to fall in love with her.
But its become too broad now any character who has even the slightest hint of having more than one friend, or has powers (especially females) or anything typically associated with the term becomes a Sue by default in modern pop culture.
Now it seems like the only way to pass the snuff test is to make your character a worthless friendless loser because that is "realism" or show the audience 10-hour training montages.
And look I personally do my best as a writer to hone my characters in to the best of my abilities and do give them caps to their powers, so I don't get the "Sue" accusation but still I am bound to be called out by some idiot with a bone to pick complaining about my characters not being realistic despite my story having its strong rules and caps.
Still the term has become too much of a catch-all and translates to "I hate this character they must be a Sue!"
I am getting sick of hearing the term "Mary Sue" being thrown around these days, yes "Gary Stu" is used too but not so much as the former.
Really it's impossible to make any character these days without this term being flaunted about especially when a female character is involved.
Rey from Star Wars comes to mind here, yet James Bond or Goku get a free pass.
Its infuriating especially when people forget about the original Mary sue and why she was created in the first place as a parody of a Star Trek fan character archetype who got the entire crew to fall in love with her.
But its become too broad now any character who has even the slightest hint of having more than one friend, or has powers (especially females) or anything typically associated with the term becomes a Sue by default in modern pop culture.
Now it seems like the only way to pass the snuff test is to make your character a worthless friendless loser because that is "realism" or show the audience 10-hour training montages.
And look I personally do my best as a writer to hone my characters in to the best of my abilities and do give them caps to their powers, so I don't get the "Sue" accusation but still I am bound to be called out by some idiot with a bone to pick complaining about my characters not being realistic despite my story having its strong rules and caps.
Still the term has become too much of a catch-all and translates to "I hate this character they must be a Sue!"