03-31-2009, 05:27 PM
I personally think Mary Sues are more prevalent than people give it credit for. These characters that are smart and tough and quirky are what people want to write about because it's how they want to be! I personally enjoy READING about a character who's fallible and flawed in ways that don't in some way ADD to their character, but detract from them. I guess I like gritty stuff too much. Am I writing a Mary Sue? I would totally say yes, despite the fact I really have nothing in common with him. He's written to be (whether I'm successful or not is up to you) quirky, funny and at least semi-adorable in his misadventures, and that relatability makes him a little too pandered for me to really think of his stories as LITERARY. I don't really think these posts are meant to be literary, they're meant to be fun. And it is fun to write for a Mary Sue lol.
PS: My room mate read the Twilight books and regaled everything that happened in them back to me. The silly bullshit that goes on in those books is just retarded. It's pretty much the level of writing you'd expect from an angsty teenager. She probably couldn't get guys so she dreamed up this crap up. BAH I HATE THIS SHIT
PS: My room mate read the Twilight books and regaled everything that happened in them back to me. The silly bullshit that goes on in those books is just retarded. It's pretty much the level of writing you'd expect from an angsty teenager. She probably couldn't get guys so she dreamed up this crap up. BAH I HATE THIS SHIT
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