Common names include combinations of words which wouldn’t normally be seen in a name, or excessive hyphens, apostrophes and complex spellings. The Mary-Sues of Literature Bella Swan, Clary Fray, Ever Bloom, and all you other wonderful excuses for heroines, come on up! The stereotypical Mary Sue is exceedingly beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly unusual name. A Mary Sue is a generic name for any fictional character who is so competent or perfect that this appears absurd, even in the context of the fictional setting. . Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fan Fic circles to describe a particular type of character. Click To Tweet. And let’s be honest: if he weren’t such a boring Mary Sue, he would have at least a little beer belly, a smidgen of arthritis, and a strong aversion to that noise the kids today call “music.” Male Mary Sues exist too (sometimes they’re called “Marty Sue” or “Gary Sue”, but most people just use “Mary Sue” to describe this type of character – whatever the gender).
The very first Mary Sue was, in fact, named Mary Sue—Lieutenant Mary Sue of the USS Enterprise. She seems to have no flaws, mabye RD is a borderline sue than mary sue Lucy Pevensie - Narnia Lucy Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. They may excel at tasks that should not be possible for them, or they may upstage the protagonist of a fictional setting, such as by saving them. A Mary Sue is an original character in fan fiction, usually but not always female, who for one reason or another is deemed undesirable by fan critics.. A character may be judged Mary Sue if she is competent in too many areas, is physically attractive, and/or is viewed as admirable by other sympathetic characters. Mary Sue protagonists are without flaw (and that’s why readers hate them). A Mary Sue is a character who is so perfect that he or she warps the world around them to display their perfection. Mary-Sues frequently look a lot like their creators. The wide-eyed and supremely competent protagonist of Paula Smith’s satirical story “A Trekkie’s Tale,” Mary Sue was created in 1973 as a scathing parody of unrealistic characters Smith read about in … It seems as though nothing in this universe except Mary Sue is even real, and is instead a plot device to make Mary Sue seem flawless and loved. The character of Rey from Star Wars : The Force Awakens is often touted as a contemporary example, with some arguing that her skills in piloting spacecraft, wielding a lightsaber, and using the force without any training mark her out as a Mary Sue protagonist. The Mary Sue may seem like an ordinary (if outdated) female name, but in the fanfiction community it describes a particularly common cliche, and not a very good one, either. Mary Sue characters don’t have to be female, either. This much everyone can agree on. Mary Sues are often an author's self-insertion or wish fulfillment. Normally to qualify as a Mary Sue, a character has to be created (or recreated) with the purpose of fulfilling the author's fantasies by being a sort of idealized self insert.
Anyone who doesn't is either a villain who will end up dead by the end of the book, or a jealous character who will either die or reform at the end and admit that Mary-Sue really is the best person that ever lived. All other characters love the Sue. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person.. TV Tropes doesn't get to set what the term means; the best we can do is capture the way it is used. She is the youngest of the four Pevensie children, and the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In other words: author (and sometimes the audience, as is the case with Twilight and 50-SOG) wants to BE Mary Sue.