I skimmed the link you made, and one of the comments caught my attention--that Jack Harkness of DW would be reviled as a Mary Sue if his character were female.
I hadn't thought of that before (I only ever apply Mary Sue to fanfiction and fanworks, so unless it's pointed out to me I just don't categorize canon characters that way)...but it's quite true. He would be shot down and called names like "whore" quite a lot more than he is as Jack.
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Date: 2009-05-24 04:21 am (UTC)I hadn't thought of that before (I only ever apply Mary Sue to fanfiction and fanworks, so unless it's pointed out to me I just don't categorize canon characters that way)...but it's quite true. He would be shot down and called names like "whore" quite a lot more than he is as Jack.