It is widely believed in the fanfiction community that the episode Superstar was a nod to the creators of Mary-Sue fiction. Mary-Sue’s are fan fiction stories where a new character (often an idealised version of the author) is crowbarred into the narrative, usually destroying the plot-continuity. This character is the best at everything, handsome, debonair, brilliant at everything he/she touches, comes in to save the day and gets the guy/girl. They’re named for ‘Mary-Sue who does everything right.’ Superstar is even more entertaining if you’ve read a real-life Mary-Sue; you realise just how many nods and jokes there are about this type of fan fiction.
January 30th, 2006 at 8:17 am
how interesting! i havent read any fanfiction… i’d be very intrugued to read a mary sue fanfic based on the buffy characters.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Hmm, Mary-Sue, would that be a genre or a writer or group? Fan fiction, I’ve read a bit and some is pretty good, some is pretty bad, does anyone have any recommendations?