Because the Uhura bashing gets to me ...
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apocalypsos... now she's a Mary Sue? As ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ficangel pointed out, anybody who can say that when Uhura's standing on the same bridge with James fucking Kirk has BALLS. Big ones. Please have those looked at by a medical professional.
There's a comment that hits home with something that hasn't just struck me in STXI fandom, God knows: I can't speak to Uhura specifically, having not seen the movie, but I just roll my eyes and tune out completely whenever I see the phrase "Mary Sue" because at this point it's applied to any female character under the age of seventy who can make it home in a rainstorm without drowning.
The term "Mary Sue" loses all power the way fandom throws it around anymore. As is pointed out in that post, if the cries of fandom were any indication, the ratio of Mary Sues to Marty Sues is staggeringly unbalanced. But like I said, that's if you listen to fandom.
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The story goes that last night when my parents went out to dinner with my grandparents, my dad yelled at my grandma on behalf of me and my brother. My dad NEVER yells at my grandmother. He gets a cookie. :D
ficangel pointed out, anybody who can say that when Uhura's standing on the same bridge with James fucking Kirk has BALLS. Big ones. Please have those looked at by a medical professional.There's a comment that hits home with something that hasn't just struck me in STXI fandom, God knows: I can't speak to Uhura specifically, having not seen the movie, but I just roll my eyes and tune out completely whenever I see the phrase "Mary Sue" because at this point it's applied to any female character under the age of seventy who can make it home in a rainstorm without drowning.
The term "Mary Sue" loses all power the way fandom throws it around anymore. As is pointed out in that post, if the cries of fandom were any indication, the ratio of Mary Sues to Marty Sues is staggeringly unbalanced. But like I said, that's if you listen to fandom.
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The story goes that last night when my parents went out to dinner with my grandparents, my dad yelled at my grandma on behalf of me and my brother. My dad NEVER yells at my grandmother. He gets a cookie. :D
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Date: 2009-05-23 02:46 pm (UTC)She got promoted from essentially "secretary" of the Enterprise and people are calling her a Sue?
To quote Kirk? BULLSHIT.
Giving her role expansion was great. Simply put.