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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:28 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:52 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:44 am
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Sues form when teenage authors use fanfic to fulfill their wishes, which are obviously of being the heroine, getting the Man/Elf of their choice, and having a perfect complexion. They stick in bad memories or 'dark' choices like vampirism too, I'm not sure why, either to make their Sue sound less perfect or to fulfill the emotion-hunger that starts the whole thing, or because of human Fallenness.
I don't like Sues. But you know, I don't read them. On places like fanfic.net it's open to all kinds of authors, excellent ones and bad ones. I think the greatest insult someone can give a Sue is ignoring it. (That's right, they're its.) If a character is on the verge of being Sue and isn't quite, then you nicely tell the author how to fix it.
Mind you, I've never written LotR fic; I write Star Wars fic and find the same problem. Naruto too, I'm sure, as someone mentioned. I think this proves that it's part of an immature stage of writer/human development. I can't know to say that anyone who writes Sues won't grow up to be a good writer, but I doubt that they will because Sues are about being selfish, not giving oneself to the plot of the story. (P.S. There are a lot worse places that Fanfic.net, places which could count as shrines to the terrible god Mary Sue. Google the Estrogen Brigades if you're brave or crazy enough. This also brings up the subject of fangirls--now these I hate. The two can be connected with a simple equation: fangirls write Suefic.)
Metafic stories where Sues are killed in various ways are hilarious. The best one I've read is called Protectors of the Plot Continuum and can be found on fanfic.net.
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:59 am
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:36 am
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:02 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:12 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:50 pm
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