Random Observation...

[shipperx]

You know, when the term "Mary Sue" was first coined, it felt like it had a meaning and a purpose. As years have rolled on, however, and the term has -- for lack of a better word -- 'main streamed' more and more it seems to be used as 'primary protagonist that I don't like'.  'Writer's pet' also seems to occasionally fall into that category.

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[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, yes. How dare she have any sort of chemistry with an canonically straight character when the fanon slash is so much more more popular my thing. All things must conform to fanon.

One I ran into recently was someone quite insistent (and utterly serious) that every male character under the age of 24 in a show should be involved in an elaborate love geometric configuration. I pointed out that they have a few under 22 females, and shouldn't the show leave at least one guy for the female characters? (I was promptly told no and that I was wrong.)