On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:17:00PM -0000, Tavia Chalcraft wrote:
Neil wrote:
(I think I pulled it off with Hunter, which has more originals than regulars. And I challenge anyone to prove that even one of the ocf's counts as a Mary Sue.)
I think male authors are less at risk of being accused of writing OFCs as Mary-Sues. Bloody sex discrimination...
True. Very true. And the more I think about it, the more sexist it seems. Because if a guy writes a story where there's a guy who's brave, handsome, knows 20 languages, is a crack shot, rescues Our Heros, has one of the femmes fall in love with him, will he be accused of writing a Marky Sam (the male version of Mary Sue)? No, he'll just be accused of borrowing the character of James Bond...
What does this say about our expectations of males and females? Insidious sexism!
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Avon: I shall tell our fearless leader. Vila: What's the matter with him? Jenna: What do you think? (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1])