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[kkglinka]

You know what never fails to irk me? How a heroic, compelling male character is simply a "hero" but a heroic, compelling female character is a "mary sue". Why? Well, to quote another fan: "A Mary Sue is simply a [female] character with too few imperfections." To save rant space: It is implausible for women to achieve great things due to their

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[lyssie]

someone has an icon that I shall paraphrase go hunting on fandom secrets for their comment noting the text.

"At this point, the term "Mary Sue" applies to any female character under the age of eighty who can make it home without fucking drowning."

[kkglinka]

Well, then, we've definitely got a problem because this particular character is technically eighty-something, or ninety? I sort of expect someone that age to have a good chunk of knowledge and honed skills regardless of outward physical appearance.

It's basically the problem I had with T'Pol from Enterprise. Sure she looked like she was in her mid-twenties, but she was sixty-something and acting like a noob. But I guess if they'd made her more competent she would have been a "mary sue". e_e