Why are lgbtq characters mary sues
The Mary Sue on DC Universe’s Young Justice: “What’s With All the Heterosexuality?”
The Mary Sue writer Katie Peter disparaged DC Universe’s Young Justice series for its lack of Queer relationships questioning, “What’s with all the heterosexuality?”
Peter, while for the most part praising the show, decided to deride it based off its apparent lack of LGBTQ+ representation. She would describe the display as having an “intriguing and exciting plot.”
However, that didn’t appear to satisfy her as she noted, “The one thing the original seasons consistently dropped the ball on was LGBTQ+ representation.”
She would then flat out lie about the lack of Gay representation in superhero media writing, “There are middle-ground stories going untold, and queer people exist everywhere in culture, not just where it makes a story more interesting. It would be refreshing to see that in superhero media, but executives persist that there isn’t any room for it.”
Peter apparently has never watched any of the Arrowverse shows on The CW at all. Many of the main characters in the Arrowverse are LGBTQ+. They incl
For those new to the conversation, you may be asking “What is a Mary Sue?” The definition changes depending on who you ask. The origins of it dates help to 1973 where it was coined by Paula Smith and Sharon Ferraro. More information can be found in the Smithsonian article here. Two infamous examples can be initiate here and here.
Editor’s Note: If I sound very tired and very done in this article, just know that I am.
PREY was released on Hulu on August 5th, 2022 and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive. It’s been a long hour since I’ve seen so many people collectively ecstatic and entertained by a Predator film. The prequel breathed new life into the franchise in an unexpected and clever way: with a predominantly Native American / First Nations cast, an Indigenous female lead who passes the Ali Nahdee Test, and the classic blend of slasher film meets science fiction, PREY was the most fun I’ve had watching a film outside of Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Existence in years.
Unfortunately with the sweet comes the sour, or in this case, just outright garbage.
I won’t link you to that review (the reviewer uses a racial sl
Mary Sue
— Drosselmeyer, Princess Tutu
Mary Sue is a contemptuous term primarily used in Fan Fic circles to describe a particular type of character. This much everyone can agree on. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person.
TV Tropes doesn't get to put what the term means; the best we can do is capture the way it is used. Since there's no consensus on a precise definition, the best way to describe the phenomenon is by example of the kind of character cute much everyone could accept to be a Mary Sue. These traits usually reference the character's perceived importance in the story, their physical design and an irrelevantly over-skilled or over-idealized nature.
The mention "Mary Sue" comes from the 1974 Star TrekfanficA Trekkie's Tale. Originally written as a parody of the standard Self-Insert Fic of the time (as opposed to any particular traits), the name was quickly adopted by the Star Trek fanfiction collective. Its original meaning mostly held that it was an Always FemaleAuthor Avatar, regardless of
Mary Sue site's article on DS9 and Queerness
The way I wrote him (and I believe the way Andy so wonderfully played him), Garak was attracted to Bashir. He knew that attraction was not going to be returned (or even particularly noticed) and that was okay. He considered Bashir a friend and a protegee. There's nothing overt, there's no big flags waving or anything. It's all subtext. So maybe "clearly" is an overstatement.
How about, "It would not be wrong to interpret Garak as bisexual."Click to expand...
The subtext he speaks of is definitely there. Nothing concrete enough that it can't be up for debate, but still substantial enough that plenty of people pi
What’s the deal with these Mary Sues?
Most of us are quite familiar with the term, but if you’ve heard it passed around without a proper definition, a Mary Sue is a (traditionally female) traits who’s known for being flawless. She’s powerful, beautiful, intelligent, more skilled than her peers, gets herself out of every bad situation with ease, (usually wowing a crowd of bystanders in the process), and ever other nature in her age range is either in love with her, wants to be her, or is raging with jealousy for everything she has.
This, ironically, also describes a large percentage of all popular male protagonists ever created. We could rip apart the essential sexism in the fact that it’s the Mary Sues who are almost exclusively called out, but honestly I don’t have the lung power, nor the energy to roll my eyes at the mob of basement dwellers who will soar out of their holes to sob threateningly at such a discussion.
Why should we avoid writing Mary Sues? Here’s the catch – we shouldn’t always avoid writing Mary Sues. (I’ll tap more on this later.) But a very good reason not to draft flawless chara