Which brings us to the idea of reforming Mary Sue. Because Mary Sues frequently do have an interesting character trapped somewhere inside them; it's just a matter of getting rid of the baggage. Or of letting the baggage be identified for what it is. Admit that your charismatic and beautiful character is an asshole. Admit that a Byronic past more often leads to PTSD than to romance. Like I said in my earlier post today, think things through. Let the consequences play out. Let go of the idea that Special equals worthy. Let Mary Sue get dirty; let Georgie Sue be laughed at. They won't thank you, but, you know, you're not in this business to make your characters happy.
-->Oh thank Crom you said that, because as I went through your list, it was horrifying. And I was thinking, "But--she's not! Dammit, she's seriously broken! S'Perry called her 'evil'!" And whew, I get to the last paragraph and I'm all, "Oh, okay then, she's a reformed Mary Sue. Which I can definitely see."
Though you're making me rethink where the book has to end. Now I think it has to end with the Big Evil Moment. Argh.
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Date: 2005-09-22 04:33 pm (UTC)-->Oh thank Crom you said that, because as I went through your list, it was horrifying. And I was thinking, "But--she's not! Dammit, she's seriously broken! S'Perry called her 'evil'!" And whew, I get to the last paragraph and I'm all, "Oh, okay then, she's a reformed Mary Sue. Which I can definitely see."
Though you're making me rethink where the book has to end. Now I think it has to end with the Big Evil Moment. Argh.