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Forgive me if someone has mentioned this already, but isn't the term derived from a very specific Star Trek fanfiction character? It's meant to liken a character to the original Mary Sue's qualities. Confusing that muddles the term and makes it nonsensical, eliminating its original descriptive purpose. Mary Sue means that the character's writer is making the same mistakes or writing in a way that evokes the original Mary Sue; I always found this very easy to understand.
Mary Sue is often used to describe "character I don't like," but strictly speaking, unless the character possess the same self-insert qualities of the original Mary Sue, it's not one. It's why I try not to use the term. Self-insert is more broadly applicable and not immediately negative; only commonly associated with negative qualities. Mary Sue may imply things that aren't accurate about the creator's writing style or intent. But yeah, I don't use Gary Stu since that was not the character's name.
That being said, I hear that Mary Sue was used a lot on female characters in Star Trek fiction, so the uneven application of the term could definitely be construed as sexist. The term itself is faultless I think; rather, it's the mishandling of it that is to blame. People either not knowing what it actually means, or using it as a bludgeon to express sexist dislike of female fanmade characters.
Mary Sue is often used to describe "character I don't like," but strictly speaking, unless the character possess the same self-insert qualities of the original Mary Sue, it's not one. It's why I try not to use the term. Self-insert is more broadly applicable and not immediately negative; only commonly associated with negative qualities. Mary Sue may imply things that aren't accurate about the creator's writing style or intent. But yeah, I don't use Gary Stu since that was not the character's name.
That being said, I hear that Mary Sue was used a lot on female characters in Star Trek fiction, so the uneven application of the term could definitely be construed as sexist. The term itself is faultless I think; rather, it's the mishandling of it that is to blame. People either not knowing what it actually means, or using it as a bludgeon to express sexist dislike of female fanmade characters.
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