When the idea of a character being a Mary Sue is stopping people writing original fiction, then it's gone much too far. I think it may have some limited use, in rare circumstances, or for joking purposes. I can think of one series of books - but only one series I've ever read - where I consider the main character to be a clear Mary Sue. I don't even remember the titles of those books now. @_@ They were really, really badly written. But almost always, when a main character is powerful/treated as if they're the centre of the universe? Yes! It's because they're the main character and maybe everything does revolve around them. And powerful/important characters can be fun. So I'd agree that the term Mary Sue only really belongs in fanfic. You can't be the main character and hijack your own series!
So therefore I must be wrong about that one I mentioned earlier being a Sue, despite strong gut feelings to the contrary. It IS just a writing quality issue if it's original fiction. Curses. Zapped my own argument.
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Date: 2008-01-22 02:50 pm (UTC)So therefore I must be wrong about that one I mentioned earlier being a Sue, despite strong gut feelings to the contrary. It IS just a writing quality issue if it's original fiction. Curses. Zapped my own argument.