Jean Valjean is Victor Hugo's Mary Sue

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Obviously, I don't believe the title of this post is a legitimate criticism, but I thought it would be a good example of the overuse of this criticism. In the novel, Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is a reformed thief who devotes his life to charity and piety, and is the central character used by Victor Hugo to make his case for social reforms

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Another... people say you're a political kook. The ONLY time i felt that was a brief moment, early on, with Fisk talking about Native American Indians and whales. But then i realized, if what i'm using to conclude that the author was REALLY for whale killing, then he must also be all for what happened with the Indians, too. Point is, everything he was writing there was outlandish and done humorously, broken down by a mildly sarcastic child. At least i HOPE you're not actually for whale fishing... I mean man, any lifeform that mourns for days around a dead family member shouldn't be on a menu. There's later anger towards your views, that you love war a bit too much. I can almost relate, as the advent of the internet has shown us what wars are really about, and who these masters controlling us are that are responsible for the past recent wars. Fisk comes from a different era though, where extreme measures against "bad" people were good to go. People got bent out of shape with the Persia / grenade arc. Am i crazy that i found that

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I normally wouldn't comment, but I feel the need to offer input on a particular chunk you wrote above that barely deals with the post topic.

(Disclaimer: I'm a fan of your work, have been for what feels like about a decade now, through Better Days into Original Life. I seem to be one of the few people that is able to separate a creator from his creation and digest it accordingly. So this isn't some commentary fueled by author-centric rage or distaste.)

"To avoid this criticism, authors may be induced, by fear, to present their protagonists as broken, flawed, and emotionally crippled people, so they can be "relatable" to the worst readers out there. Try to imagine the kind of person who feels more comfortable around characters because of their flaws, instead of one who celebrates their strengths. Imagine the psychology of someone who demands "realism" in the form of character inadequacies and bad habits, instead of their achievements and merits. Who'd want to cater to people like that? I can almost hear them in their daily lives,

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I have been following your work for years and have always been a big fan. I was horrified the day I did a search on your author handle to find many of the top sites bashing your name for some kind of falling out with another author. Mind you, I have not read the other authors work, and frankly when seeing how he reacted I don't plan to. Point blank I read your work first, so I am a little biased when I see someone bashing an author and artist I'm already a big fan of