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Date Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2004, 15:47:43
Author: Catseye
Subject: Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying?
In reply to: Non-Sock Puppet 's message, "Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying?" on Thu, Apr 15 2004, 14:53:11

>That's one of the pitfalls of Mary Sues. Everything
>is so easy for them that it gets boring unless the
>author jumps through hoops to cause them difficulties.

*nods*

I think this, especially when young writers do it, is another sign of the author having very little confidence in their own ability to tell a story. They have to make their audience like Mary Sue, and they're scared that if they give her any flaws, we won't. The fact that most of their readers like the flawed and interesting canon characters doesn't really register.

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