http://merriehaskell.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] merriehaskell.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] megwrites 2008-01-06 09:42 pm (UTC)

Devil's Advocate question:

Do you find yourself annoyed by Mary Sue-ish qualities when the rest of the work has been done on character development?

In other words, is a Mary Sue a Mary Sue because of the green eyes or because *all she has to recommend her* is green eyes?

(I think these things are shortcuts to characterization.)

Would the last name thing have bothered you less if there'd been an allusion to why the character does it?

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