Mary-Sue

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.

   
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    Added: › 6th July 2005
    Updated: › 3rd August, 2005
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    2 Comments about “Mary-Sue”

    1. cardboardy says:

      how interesting! i havent read any fanfiction… i’d be very intrugued to read a mary sue fanfic based on the buffy characters.

    2. beagle says:

      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?

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