FF: Question: Mary Sue

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 20547

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankis at d... wrote:
> Incidentally Hermione's Mary-Sue-ism (expression not known this
> side of the pond) could also be a Harry POV thing.

Catherine: <<<Yes, I know this is probably OT, but what is a Mary-Sue-ism??>>>

This term comes from fanfic. I believe it originally comes from Star Wars,
where the character in question was named Mary-Sue.

Mary-Sue is a perfect person, who comes into the story. A little mysterious
she would, in HP terms, be cleverer than Hermione. Have all the males chasing
after her, before she runs off to save the world. Or something like that. More
information at: http://writersu.s5.com/history/marysue.html

Usually she is the author insertion into the story and many look down on
stories with a Mary-Sue in it. There is a male equivalent, but this is less
clearly defined and not as common (possibly because there seems to be a much
larger proportion of female than male writers - at least in the HP world).


Simon
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