FF: Question: Mary Sue

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 20551

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Simon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> --- 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.

Oh, this predates Star Wars, as does my tenure within fandom. Mary-
Sue was originally a crewmember aboard the USS Enterprise in a Star 
Trek zine in the early 70s. Back then, I was publishing my own zine 
handwritten and mimeographed. And conventions were simply about Star 
Trek and were very homemade and you knew everybody there. Now I 
publish the Lexicon with FAR more ease and reach FAR more people and 
fandom is FAR more complex and I know hardly anyone anymore. And 
everything from publishing to conventions as mainstream and extremely 
professional, even the stuff fans do themselves. How the world has 
changed...

Steve "old guy muttering to himself" Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon