13 Feb
2001
13 Feb
'01
5:29 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:55:56AM -0800, Mistral wrote:
Tavia Chalcraft wrote:
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Have been thinking about this - the answer is that in a Mary Sue, it's not the author that appears, but the author's idealized self - 'unrealism'. If the author wrote a character that was _actually_ what s/he would be like in the B7 universe, it might make for a very interesting character indeed.
"The Totally Imaginary Cheeseboard" by Jean Airey & Laurie Haldeman
Kathryn Andersen
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