[HPforGrownups] Is Harry is a Gary Stu? (was: Mary Sue)

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 94744


> Neri again:
> Even though I let JKR get away with everything I could, 
> Harry Potter is definitely a Gary Stu. I also suspect that if we 
> could have all the real answers form JKR, Hermione would have turn 
> out to be a Mary Sue. So all of you fanfic writers with Mary 
> sues/Gary Stus hidden in their drawers, there is still hope.

To be a MS/GS charcter needs to be self insert AND be badly written. Disregarding he first one, the second condition is not fullfilled, so Harry is not a GS.

Cheers, Viridis
P.S. Probaly soom we'll be discussing Tonks :)
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