sepdet: Samhain worshipping the veggies. Oooommm. (Okay, yes, catnip was involved.) (Sarupeep)
sepdet ([personal profile] sepdet) wrote2007-12-17 03:13 pm

Mary Sue

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.

[identity profile] cormac.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that was painful to read.

[identity profile] sepdet.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
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...

[identity profile] birdshit.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god my eyes :(

[identity profile] nightengalesknd.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it makes it better. It is so clearly meant to demonstrate the phenomonon that existed even if it was unnamed.

[identity profile] trekqueen.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
must read when I have no work to do...

[identity profile] trekqueen.livejournal.com 2007-12-18 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
aaah gotta love Star Trek and its ability to coin such wonderful beginnings of fanfic terminology.