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Date Posted: Wed, Apr 14 2004, 23:21:33
Author: Godgifu
Subject: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying?

I was thinking it over today, and I started to wonder precisely what is it that makes Sues so obnoxious? I thought out as many reasons as I could, and near as I can figure it boils down to the hypocrisy and vanity of the characters, and how regardless of this everyone, including the reader, is automatically supposed to love them (Except for evil characters or characers who are jealous of them.) They're portrayed as smart or heroic when they clearly aren't. In fact, perhaps it all stems entirely from the author's pride: the people writing them seem to believe themselves to be beautiful, heroic, smart, generous, etc. and that everyone ought to like them, and only the evil people of the world don't. Sues are the most blatant way of flaunting the fact that they're breaking one of the seven deadly sins -- and you're supposed to love them for it.

That's my best idea. What other ideas do you guys have about this?

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10 Mary Sue hallmarks that piss me off. -- Hellfire04, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 7:37:20
- Re: 10 Mary Sue hallmarks that piss me off. -- Raven, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 7:54:18
- Re: 10 Mary Sue hallmarks that piss me off. -- Mad Katharine (AKA Raptor Red), Thu, Apr 15 2004, 11:32:36
  - This all sounds frighteningly like -- Porris, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 15:24:24
    - Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- elaine22459, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 15:52:22
      - Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- elaine22459, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 15:53:12
      - Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- gkscotty, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 18:00:15
        Gotta argue with you there. -- Gloria, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 4:50:26
        Re: Gotta argue with you there. -- gkscotty, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 6:46:48
        self insert =/= mary sue -- Sol 1056, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 18:46:48
        Re: self insert =/= mary sue -- Mad Katharine (AKA Raptor Red), Tue, Apr 20 2004, 1:09:31
        Re: self insert =/= mary sue -- Mad Katharine (AKA Raptor Red), Tue, Apr 20 2004, 1:10:16
        Whoa, what just happened there? -- Mad Katharine (AKA Raptor Red, Tue, Apr 20 2004, 1:21:58
        Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- Stinkerbelle, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 16:33:03
        Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- gkscotty, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 17:05:30
        Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- MST Meg, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 17:44:52
        Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- Catseye, Sun, Apr 18 2004, 21:42:05
      - Re: This all sounds frighteningly like -- Sarin, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 1:06:53
- Re: 10 Mary Sue hallmarks that piss me off. -- NeroDart, Tue, Apr 20 2004, 0:01:09
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Catseye, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 8:43:33
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Winterfox, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 10:45:21
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- gkscotty, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 12:25:04
- Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Hellfire04, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 17:24:34
  - Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- gkscotty, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 17:27:31
    - Sorry, I (temporarily) misunderstood. Still, a projected Mary Sue still pisses me off. (NT) -- Hellfire04, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 17:42:28
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Vampi Digitalwytch, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 12:25:40
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Non-Sock Puppet, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 14:53:11
- Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Catseye, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 15:47:43
Because I like the CANON CHARACTERS! -- shadeshark, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 16:03:01
- It's kind of funny that this one is so common... -- Godgifu, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 18:41:31
  - Re: It's kind of funny that this one is so common... -- gkscotty, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 20:21:55
    - Re: It's kind of funny that this one is so common... -- ladypilot, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 20:36:12
      - Re: It's kind of funny that this one is so common... -- shadeshark, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 13:48:40
- Re: Because I like the CANON CHARACTERS! -- Weasel, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 20:24:29
  - Re: Because I like the CANON CHARACTERS! -- ladypilot, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 20:37:50
    - Re: Because I like the CANON CHARACTERS! -- Weasel, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 22:47:48
      - Re: Because I like the CANON CHARACTERS! -- shadeshark, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 11:40:28
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Dragoness Eclectic, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 19:13:01
- Wait a minute... regarding Kimball Kinnison... -- T.E.O.W., Sat, Apr 17 2004, 16:40:30
Re-Question: What makes Marty Stu so annoying? -- TheMagicalKuja, Thu, Apr 15 2004, 21:55:08
- Re: Re-Question: What makes Marty Stu so annoying? -- Sarin, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 13:36:19
Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Wandering Namek, Fri, Apr 16 2004, 19:30:48
- Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- ladypilot, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 0:02:04
  - Link -- Wandering Namek, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 2:19:53
    - Re: Link -- ladypilot, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 18:52:27
- Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Araniell, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 16:56:45
  - Re: Question: What makes Mary Sue so annoying? -- Cactus Wren, Sun, Apr 18 2004, 0:49:47
The thing with OCs... -- Heart-Stricken, Sat, Apr 17 2004, 16:21:09
- (NT) -- -, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 1:20:09

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