“My Mission, Should I Choose To Accept It, Is To Find Peace With Exactly Who And What I Am. To Take

All criticism of any character in any given work that boils down to “X is a Mary Sue/Gary Stu” is bad criticism because it obfuscates the actual problem with those characters (bad writing and the breaking of the willing suspension of disbelief). Not to mention it’s disproportionately levied at female characters, it starts, it makes people focus more on arbitrary traits and filling out litmus test quotas instead of being balanced and often creating Anti-Sues due to the fixation on simple traits instead of actual organic character building.

I mean shit, Batman goes waay over the designated “50+/Bad Mary Sue” on the Mary Sue Litmus Test but people like Batman because Batman is an often interesting and well developed character, regardless of how many “Mary Sue Traits” boxes he ticks off.

The fear of creating a “Mary Sue” stifles creativity and often creates the Anti-Sue, a phenomena where a writer gets so caught up in not creating a “Mary Sue” because of superficial traits devoid of context that they create a character that is wholly unlikeable and yet is still the protagonist of the story.

Just call a bad character a bad character

Tina Weymouth, Talking Heads (1980)

Don't tell me blaring your favorite music isn't therapeutic and beneficial to your health.

I like how most posts about being in love with a fictional character are made as a joke, and then there’s us in the corner like “lol… no, but actually though.”

-Admin Eevee

““This world is far more complicated, rich and full of mystery than people think.””

— - homeless artist (Zettai Shonen)

I’m jus being honest

On the side note, it’s okay to not like and/or be uncomfortable of said ship (but don’t send threats or anything of the sort). You’re still valid.

good point…

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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.