What's a Mary Sue?
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aldalindil's It's All Been Done Fest with the pairing Lupin/OFC. Now, I consider all OFCs whose major (or sole) purpose is to shag the male character the author finds attractive a Mary Sue, regardless of how well she's written. I mean, no-one writes an OFC who ends up with Hagrid, right? They all get their chance with Snape/Black/Lupin/Harry/Draco. I don't mind such Mary Sues, either. I have read and enjoyed very well written ones, but still, following the definition of Mary Sue = author's self insert, I do think they are Mary Sues.
So what do you think? Does Mary Sue refer merely to half-elven, half-unicorn American transfer student with super special mega powers and a dark secret? Or is every OFC who shags the author's crush a Mary Sue?
And here, gacked from everyone and their sister, the Hottest Pairings Ever:
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I actually read the Trevor/Voldemort one. It makes sense. Really.
aldalindil's It's All Been Done Fest with the pairing Lupin/OFC. Now, I consider all OFCs whose major (or sole) purpose is to shag the male character the author finds attractive a Mary Sue, regardless of how well she's written. I mean, no-one writes an OFC who ends up with Hagrid, right? They all get their chance with Snape/Black/Lupin/Harry/Draco. I don't mind such Mary Sues, either. I have read and enjoyed very well written ones, but still, following the definition of Mary Sue = author's self insert, I do think they are Mary Sues.So what do you think? Does Mary Sue refer merely to half-elven, half-unicorn American transfer student with super special mega powers and a dark secret? Or is every OFC who shags the author's crush a Mary Sue?
And here, gacked from everyone and their sister, the Hottest Pairings Ever:
| Hottest "Gods I hate you, let's shag NOW!" pairing: | Snape/Black |
| Hottest "All about teh Luff" pairing: | Padfoot/Crookshanks |
| Hottest "Kinky beyond reason" pairing: | Voldemort/Trevor |
| Hottest "This is so very sick but I LOVE it" pairing: | Dobby/Draco |
| Hottest "OMFG this is so illegal" pairing: | Dudley/Aunt Marge |
| Hottest "Master and Slave" pairing: | Albus/Argus |
| Hottest "Morally ambiguous" pairing: | Bill/Ginny |
| Hottest "So effing CLICHE, but I don't care" pairing: | Harry/Ginny |
| Hottest "Father and Son bonding taken to the next level" pairing: | Tom Riddle Sen./Tom Riddle Jr. |
| Hottest Threesome pairing: | Sirius/Severus/Remus |
| Hottest "The more the merrier" pairing (orgy): | Sirius/Severus/Remus/Bill/Kingsley |
| Hottest "We're just friends that happen to shag" pairing: | Sirius/Remus |
| Hottest "WTF that would NEVER happen" pairing: | Minerva/Sirius |
| Hottest "First Time" pairing: | Sirius/Harry |
| Hottest "They're both so deliciously evil" pairing: | Bellatrix/Mrs. Black |
The Harry Potterverse Pairings Survey brought to you by BZOINK!
I actually read the Trevor/Voldemort one. It makes sense. Really.
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Date: 2004-01-19 08:36 pm (UTC)Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still like Trevor. Toady *schnoogles*
as long as the character's flawed in some way, then I don't consider the character a Mary Sue
There are many half-elven-transfer-students writers who claim their character are no Mary Sues 'because they have flaws'. I think that Mary Sues are open for interpretation, and I don't make a great difference between Mary Sues and OFC. I make a difference between a well-written and a mind-bogglingly badly written character. Um. I think I'm not explaining it correctly. What I mean is: if "Mary Sue = author's self insert" then "OFC-who-gets-off-with-author's-crush = Mary Sue". If a well written OFC who gets the chance to get into Harry's knickers (in my case, Remus's knickers, or Sirius's knickers) is not necessarily a Mary Sue, then the definition of Mary Sue is not self insert.
I think you'd do quite well at making an OFC not be a Mary Sue.
Thanks a lot for your trust in my abilities! *g*
I don't intend writing a Mary Sue - apart from the fact that she will have to shag Lupin. But that's part of the challenge, so there...