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Geek - what is a "Mary Sue"?

Re: Geek - what is a "Mary Sue"?

  • Geekchick921Geekchick921 member

    Sorry!  I was getting stuff ready for Sarah for daycare tomorrow.

    Wiki sums it up pretty well.

    A Mary Sue (sometimes just Sue), in literary criticism and particularly in fanfiction, is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".

    "Mary Sues" can be either male or female, but male characters are often dubbed "Gary Stu", "Marty Stu", or similar names.[1] While the label "Mary Sue" itself originates from a parody of this type of character, most characters labeled "Mary Sues" by readers are not intended by authors as such.

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    Sarah - 12/23/2008
    Alex - 9/30/2011

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    "I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool." - Shirley Manson, Garbage
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  • fxz109fxz109 member

    Thank you!

    And this completely sums up my feelings towards the Vincent D'Onfrio character on Law and Order Criminal Intent.  I will be adding it to my vocab!

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  • Geekchick921Geekchick921 member
    imagefxz109:

    Thank you!

    And this completely sums up my feelings towards the Vincent D'Onfrio character on Law and Order Criminal Intent.  I will be adding it to my vocab!

    It's basically a character that as better than everyone else at every thing, always.  They're also usually extremely physically attractive, to boot.  DH and I knew a few people that made ridiculous Mary Sues in the MMORPG we play and that's where we learned it.  It was SO freakin' obnoxious.

    Wife, mom, Ob/Gyn resident
    Sarah - 12/23/2008
    Alex - 9/30/2011

    image

    "I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool." - Shirley Manson, Garbage
    Report Reply
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