While prepping for Marcon, I found myself embroiled in a debate with another panelist who stated that the Twilight books are the most successful Mary Sue fan fiction ever published. I responded (diplomatically) that the most successful Mary Sue fan fiction ever published is Superman, and that the trope of Mary Sue hunting might be rooted in a
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I totally believe that Superman is a Gary Stu, I also think Bella is one to. Not because she is a female lead, but honestly because she is the most pathetic female character I have ever read. She has almost no flaws or none that actually build the character, she constantly needs the validation of Edward for self worth, whines despite her privileged up bringing I mean reallySuperman is less of a character and more of an icon. He's been retro-coned over and over and over again to the point he has no real stable "character" just a concept that has been through the ringer for what..seventy years or so? He's honestly Sun Wukong or some Greek Hero archtype or Beowulf. Superman is the American Hero Archtype. If he was Superwoman (and we Wonder Woman mind you and she is far from a Mary Sue ( ... )
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I don't know about that. He has a history of being kind of a dick in the comics.
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