Thunderchin
Thunderchin
Since: Aug, 2011
Thunderchin
Mar 18th 2015 at 1:34:36 PM
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Who wants to see a Mary Sue Hunger Games? I'd be perfectly happy to write this.
tyciol
Since: Aug, 2012
Feb 22nd 2015 at 8:46:56 PM
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Can anyone provide a link or strip number for the exchange between Meji and Ellis at the top? I think it would be good if we could link directly to the strip in addition to the TVT article about ES
Barraki
Since: Oct, 2009
Dec 18th 2010 at 1:37:54 PM
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What about "Army Sue" for a name? It would describe the concept well, and it's an anagram of Mary Sue.
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Crowley
Since: Jan, 2001
Seaport
Since: Sep, 2010
Jan 30th 2011 at 2:14:44 PM
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I'd prefer "Mary Stew", like Anachronism Stew.
"Now I, Wall, hath my role discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go."
Darkstarr
Since: Oct, 2011
Feb 2nd 2014 at 9:56:13 PM
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IMHO, "Thirty Sue Pileup" is a better term. Watching Mary Sues pile up is like watching a thirty car pile-up collision—on the one hand, it's so horrible that you can't NOT watch, but on the other hand, you can sit there watching from a safe distance and be grateful that you're not in the middle of that horrible mess.
Honestly, this seems like sort of an oxymoronic trope. If everyone is a Sue of some kind, then nobody is really a Sue, you've just created a World of Ham or a World of Badass; a Sue is defined by being overly special in relation to the rest of the cast, and if everyone has some over-the-top bullshit going on, then none of them can really be reasonably called Sues. They all just cancel each other out.
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