Mary Sue (Yes I am taking a break from schoolwork just to rant about this)

[sisterjune]

Mary SueI hate hate HATE this term. Just about every fandom I have been in has used this term to either discredit and undermine a female character and her numerous accomplishments or skill or to justify their dislike of her. Usually both. Yes there are underwritten, poorly developed female characters on tv. I can understand not liking them or

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[banana_cave]

I have heard the term "Mary Sue" used in terms of fanfic, such as creating a new character who is beautiful & awesome and has sex with the main character. I can understand that being used in fanfic as an applicable term in cases like that.

I do not understand people saying that Tara from Leverage is a Mary Sue! WTF? That makes no sense.

I LOVE Sophie/Gina. One of my favorite parts of each episode is seeing who she is going to play each week. However, after finding out that the actress is pregnant, it makes sense that they are having her play a smaller role in the show for the rest of the season. I knew something was up with the lawyer, although I did not guess she was a grifter. I loved the introduction of Tara, and I think it'll add interesting dynamics to the Leverage team in the weeks to come. While the rest of the crew has done grifting, they really do need someone to specialize in it. I think the writers came up with a great way to deal with Gina's pregnancy in relationship to the show.

And I agree that fandoms in general seem to be afraid of shows with strong female characters. As with any character, I prefer ones that have flaws that show they are human. But when that happens with a female character, usually they get labeled in a negative way.

That person might as well call Parker a Mary Sue character. She is beautiful and the best thief in the world. Why not her, too? UGH!

[sisterjune]

Yeah my beef was about Tara from Leverage. Girlfriend was in ONE episode and barely herself in it and people are already saying she's a Mary Sue?! THE HELL? I mean her only crime in that episode was to be damn good at what she does. and how in the hell is that a crime I ask you? (well she techinically is a criminal but...) It jjust drove me nuts and when I went to refute the guy who called a Mary Sue, with thought out facts and plot referances and things, this shithead responds to me with the results of an internet mary sue test saying "well the test says she is so she must be!" and I just stopped replying at that point cause whatever I said would be completly hostile and I am not about to smack a bitch down in the show runner's BLOG. I am too classy for that. But my hands itched for hours let me tell you.

I love Sophie too! I miss her already ): and yeah I think since Gina got preggers she wont be back in all her glory for a while just yet but hopefully we'll see the real Sophie back in time for S2 finale :D. I suspected the lawyer at the start but then by the end I wondered if she was the real deal and just an innocent caught in the team's schemes but by the end she showed her true self. and I got a bit of a pleasant surprise! I cant wait ot see how she works together with the team. they are obviously not crazy about her. lol

EXACTLY. If Tara is a Mary Sue, so is Parker, So is Sophie, So is the badass mossad chick from two episodes ago. Which is just ridiculous.

[banana_cave]

There is a Mary Sue test? Why? LOL! That person is obviously a moron and not worth your time.