Mary Sue Plaint Skewered Again

[jjbrannon]

I am recycling a cogent post made to John Scalzi's Whatever forum from a couple of years ago because the argument is worth repeating:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/28/reasonably-unscrewed-up-character-≠-mary-sue/

Mary Sue/Marty Stu… where to begin?

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Speaking of Larry

[jjbrannon]

A few years ago at a Balticon, I told Larry I figured out his plot to Children of Ringworld within a few chapters because he constructs "play-fair" puzzles

My personal objection to MS litmus tests

[jjbrannon]

What am I supposed to do?

http://www.onlyfiction.net/marysue.htmlMST: Is your character named Raven