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A Mary Sue is a type of fictional character, usually a young woman, who is portrayed as free of weaknesses or character flaws. [1] The character type has acquired a pejorative reputation in fan communities, [2] [3] [4] with the label "Mary Sue" often applied to any heroine who is considered to be unrealistically capable.
Phyllis threatens to "rip Sue Ann's face off" and Mary is forced to mediate between the two to end the affair. Eventually, Sue Ann and Mary become friendly but Sue Ann remains prickly, frequently insulting Mary's clothes, décor, sex life, etc. and often using variations of "dear, sweet, naïve Mary" to refer to her.
Fan fiction critics have evolved the term Mary Sue to refer to an idealized author surrogate. [6] The term 'Mary Sue' is thought to evoke the cliché of an author who uses writing as a vehicle for the indulgence of self-idealization, to create a character that is so competent or perfect that it lacks verisimilitude. [7]
While she is a powerful character capable of great destruction, her ignorance of the world often undermines her agency. [ 4 ] Mihaela Mihailova, an Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University , observes that Alita, the cyborg in Alita: Battle Angel , embodies the Born Sexy Yesterday trope in both her design and ...
The Wesley Crusher character was unpopular among some Star Trek fans. [6] [7] [8] Many considered the character a Mary Sue, and a stand-in for Gene Roddenberry (whose middle name was Wesley). The character's role in the show was greatly downplayed after the first season when Roddenberry's involvement in the show's production became more ...
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By Jonathan Stempel. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state appeals court said Donald Trump can sue his niece Mary Trump for giving the New York Times information for its Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 ...
Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod) is the head writer at fictional television station WJM-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota.He is assigned to write the news stories for the station's nightly news broadcast, and makes frequent quips about Ted Baxter's mangling of his news copy, and Sue Ann Nivens' aggressive, man-hungry attitude.