I've somehow missed whether there's a name for a male Mary Sue. I'm thinking of the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:10:10 am PST #7874 of 28736
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Toddson - Nov 06, 2008 4:13:33 am PST #7875 of 28736
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Marty Sue
Barb - Nov 06, 2008 4:14:57 am PST #7876 of 28736
“Not dead yet!”
Alpha male. (in current romance parlance... sorry, couldn't help myself.)
Jessica - Nov 06, 2008 4:15:43 am PST #7877 of 28736
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jack?
amych - Nov 06, 2008 4:17:32 am PST #7878 of 28736
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jack?
Snerk.
Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:20:18 am PST #7879 of 28736
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jack definitely is one, whatever one is.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2008 4:40:02 am PST #7880 of 28736
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've somehow missed whether there's a name for a male Mary Sue. I'm thinking of the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.
MacGyver.
Fred Pete - Nov 06, 2008 5:16:01 am PST #7881 of 28736
Ann, that's a ferret.
the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.
I'm surprised nobody named Buckaroo Banzai.
Connie Neil - Nov 06, 2008 5:21:33 am PST #7882 of 28736
brillig
I'm surprised nobody named Buckaroo Banzai.
Well, there was no mention of surgery or playing an instrument.
Dana - Nov 06, 2008 6:39:44 am PST #7883 of 28736
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Gary Stu is the other one I've heard.