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In the guidelines for submissions for the Sixteen Thirty Two series, Eric Flint has a fairly epic rant about some of the themes that he is not permitting in canon stories:
...I'm fairly sure that there's some meta-trope for this, or should be. I've been considering Mary Sue/Marty Stu, Fanfic Chop Suey ... any suggestions, comments, criticisms?
Edited by RobinZimm