Kathryn wrote:

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...

Yeah, and an OFC written by a woman has to be one or more of old, ugly and stupid before no-one accuses her of M-S'ing. Sigh.

Tavia