/lit/ - Literature

http://themarysue.tumblr.com/post/81828680976/the-importance-of-mary-sue

>Mary Sues exist because children who are told they’re nothing want to be everything.

>As a girl, being “selfish” was the worst thing you could be. Now you live in Narnia and Prince Caspian just proposed marriage to you. Why? Your SELF is what saved everyone from that sea serpent. Plus your hair looks totally great braided like that.

>In time, hopefully, these hardworking fanfiction authors realize that it’s okay to be somewhere in the middle and their characters adjust to respond to that. As people grow and learn, characters grow and learn. Turns out your Elven Mage is more interesting if he isn’t also the best swordsman in the kingdom. Not everyone needs to be hopelessly in love with your Queen for her to be a great ruler. There are all kinds of ways for people to start owning who they are, and embracing the things that make them so beautifully weird and complicated.

>Personally, though, I think it’s a lot more fun learning how to trust yourself and others if you all happen to be riding dragons.

>Mary Sues exist because children who are told they’re nothing want to be everything.

>A girl making herself the hero of her own story is a radical act. Stop shaming girls for doing it. Stop shaming yourself for it.