God, save me from Mary Sues!!
Well my CSI muse may have bitten the dust (may she rest in peace) but I do still love to read fanfic. The only problem I have is with Mary Sues. I have, at last count, roughly 25 different fandoms that I read fic in and it seems that none of them are immune to The Mary Sue virus.
Every summary for a story seems to begin with "there's a new girl in the lab" or "A mysterious new girl joins the crew" or "who is that new girl that has captured so-and-so's attention?"
Ya know what? I don't care who she is....and I will never read any further. If I see a summary like that, I cruise right on by.
I read the fanfic in a particular fandom because I like the characters. THEY are who I want to read about. I want to see more interaction between them, expanding upon their relationships to each other and dealing with whatever the main premise of the show is.
I do NOT want to read a story about Mary Sue and her mysterious past or how she is the long lost daughter of Main Character X or that Main Character Y has fallen in love with her or whatever.
IMHO, Mary Sues are self-serving and egotistical in a "look at me, look at me" kind of way that just makes my skin crawl.
Okay, rant over...I feel better for having gotten that off my chest. *steps off soapbox*
Every summary for a story seems to begin with "there's a new girl in the lab" or "A mysterious new girl joins the crew" or "who is that new girl that has captured so-and-so's attention?"
Ya know what? I don't care who she is....and I will never read any further. If I see a summary like that, I cruise right on by.
I read the fanfic in a particular fandom because I like the characters. THEY are who I want to read about. I want to see more interaction between them, expanding upon their relationships to each other and dealing with whatever the main premise of the show is.
I do NOT want to read a story about Mary Sue and her mysterious past or how she is the long lost daughter of Main Character X or that Main Character Y has fallen in love with her or whatever.
IMHO, Mary Sues are self-serving and egotistical in a "look at me, look at me" kind of way that just makes my skin crawl.
Okay, rant over...I feel better for having gotten that off my chest. *steps off soapbox*