Neko wrote:
I don't think I've ever come across someone on the net who didn't know what Mary Sue means. lol
First time for everything.
wikipedia wrote: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 "Marty Stu", "Gary 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.
While the term is generally limited to fan-created characters, and its most common usage today occurs within the fan fiction community or in reference to fan fiction, original characters in role-playing games or literary canon are also sometimes criticized as being "Mary Sues" or "canon Sues," if they dominate the spotlight or are too unrealistic or unlikely in other ways. Examples of this are Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation[2][3][4] and Bella Swan from Twilight.[5]
Really. Never knew that. I recently wrote a TF fanfic, and it appears Grimlock is my "Gary Stu."
As for Frenzy, I'm curious to see how that pans out as well. The book seemed to leave that hanging a bit.
Yeah, really. He went into it in only one chapter, and never even explained other than when Frenzy gets pissed, all the lights go out.
