Mary Sue

[sepdet]

Well, I'll be. I never realized that the original Mary Sue (unlike Eye of Argon) was written as a parody. It was original only in the sense that it bequeathed the name to the genre it was parodying.

Comments

[cormac.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was painful to read.

[sepdet.livejournal.com]

So are most Mary Sues, but at least that author knew what she was doing!

I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse...

[birdshit.livejournal.com]

Oh my god my eyes :(

[nightengalesknd.livejournal.com]

I think it makes it better. It is so clearly meant to demonstrate the phenomonon that existed even if it was unnamed.

[trekqueen.livejournal.com]

must read when I have no work to do...

[nightengalesknd.livejournal.com]

It's very short.

[trekqueen.livejournal.com]

ok will do then ^_^

[trekqueen.livejournal.com]

aaah gotta love Star Trek and its ability to coin such wonderful beginnings of fanfic terminology.