How the hell can Uhura be a Mary Sue when she's in the same movie with Spock, who:
-has a unique ancestry (half Vulcan/half human) -gets teased at school (awwwww!) -makes Commander by his early 20's -experiences an absurd level of hardships (planet blows up, watches mom die in front of him) -angsts in the transporter room -programs the Kobiyashi Maru simulation that no one can beat -commands the Enterprise for about a third of the movie -meets his future self, who's a captain/ambassador/super scientist -appears in virtually every scene in the movie, thanks to the time travel stuff letting him be in two places at once.
Oh, and he's also nailing the hottest girl in the movie on the side.
I'm not saying any of this is bad, but there's no way Uhura comes anywhere close to being a Mary Sue, if only by virtue of the fact that she's playing a supporting role to Spock, who meets far more of the criteria.
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Date: 2009-05-23 06:07 pm (UTC)-has a unique ancestry (half Vulcan/half human)
-gets teased at school (awwwww!)
-makes Commander by his early 20's
-experiences an absurd level of hardships (planet blows up, watches mom die in front of him)
-angsts in the transporter room
-programs the Kobiyashi Maru simulation that no one can beat
-commands the Enterprise for about a third of the movie
-meets his future self, who's a captain/ambassador/super scientist
-appears in virtually every scene in the movie, thanks to the time travel stuff letting him be in two places at once.
Oh, and he's also nailing the hottest girl in the movie on the side.
I'm not saying any of this is bad, but there's no way Uhura comes anywhere close to being a Mary Sue, if only by virtue of the fact that she's playing a supporting role to Spock, who meets far more of the criteria.