I've long taken issue with the way Mary Sue is used by the masses.
It's like retcon. People say either of those words, and they almost always are thought of as 'bad'. When at the core, they just describe concepts of storytelling that are neither good NOR bad.
Of course a character is a Mary Sue. Almost *every* character can be called one, to SOME extent, and once you think that's a bad thing, then you expand it, and anything a character does is bad and Mary Sueish, no matter what.
I'm tired and my neck hurts, so I got a bit rambly but I think my point survives. ;)
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Date: 2009-05-23 03:28 pm (UTC)It's like retcon. People say either of those words, and they almost always are thought of as 'bad'. When at the core, they just describe concepts of storytelling that are neither good NOR bad.
Of course a character is a Mary Sue. Almost *every* character can be called one, to SOME extent, and once you think that's a bad thing, then you expand it, and anything a character does is bad and Mary Sueish, no matter what.
I'm tired and my neck hurts, so I got a bit rambly but I think my point survives. ;)