Michele, that's perfect. That's a definition of Mary Sue that I can get behind. I love it so much I"ve bookmarked your post so I can find that again.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
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Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 4:01:05 pm PST #3206 of 10000
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§ ita § - Jan 30, 2003 5:12:26 pm PST #3207 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, I love that.
Consuela - Jan 30, 2003 5:12:50 pm PST #3208 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, that's really good. I like Alara, she's quite thoughtful.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 30, 2003 5:35:18 pm PST #3209 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Hm. I think I disagree with it in a few different ways; but then again, my personal definition of Mary Sue pretty much is "is it an unrealistic, or boring, over-sympathetic character? stamp her ass." I find MS in original intendedly-literary fiction all the time.
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2003 5:36:46 pm PST #3210 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hm. I think I disagree with it in a few different ways; but then again, my personal definition of Mary Sue pretty much is "is it an unrealistic, or boring, over-sympathetic character? stamp her ass." I find MS in original intendedly-literary fiction all the time.
Rebecca Lizard Speaks For Me.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 30, 2003 5:49:19 pm PST #3211 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
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Atropa - Jan 30, 2003 5:51:00 pm PST #3212 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I still think Laurell K. Hamilton is getting rich writing Mary Sue characters.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 5:53:45 pm PST #3213 of 10000
brillig
Jilli is me. With a better wardrobe, cooler job, and all around niftier life.
Atropa - Jan 30, 2003 5:57:29 pm PST #3214 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli is me. With a better wardrobe, cooler job, and all around niftier life.
As in I speak for you, or I'm your Mary Sue? 'Cos if it's the latter, I must shamefacedly admit to not owning any bladed weapons. Not because I don't want to, but because The Husband doesn't think it would be a good idea to let me have any.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 6:02:29 pm PST #3215 of 10000
brillig
shamefacedly admit to not owning any bladed weapons
What does it say about my worldview that I was intially shocked by that statement? "But," I said to myself, "Everyone needs to have bladed weapons!"
Buy your own, Jilli, buy your own.