Mary Sue Slept Here

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about the concept of Mary Sue.  She is the much maligned self-gratifying character who shows up in fiction as a portrait (perhaps) of the writer, a wistfully near perfect creation who commands attention both of the reader and other characters within the story.
I am not an expert on Mary Sue, and will admit that my first story would  probably qualify, although it was a tad tongue in cheek.  I was ignorant of Mary Sue, but perhaps in that ignorance portrayed exactly how easy it is to follow her lead.
So, with that in mind I am thinking that it might be fun to follow this to a glaringly obvious call for some blatant Mary Sue fiction.  I had mentioned to mrua7 that we might even use some old pictures of ourselves to illustrate these stories.  That's up to you, and at present I don't have a date in mind for when we might begin to post these.  Perhaps we don't need a specific date, just the tag 'Mary Sue'.
Any thoughts?  I've listed some articles, and I believest_crispins ran something related to this a while back, so perhaps she will chime in on the topic and refresh our memories. 
Think about it: you can write a story where you are the embodiment of the perfect heroine... a super woman.  Napoleon's lips kissing yours, Illya's hands encircling your waist... 
What do you say?


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Comments

[rachaeljurassic.livejournal.com]

I agree...and it's fun.

I think you are right that it is a natural development, particularly near the beginning.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Fun is the operative word here ;) So, I hope this means we'll see something from you in the Mary Sue Slept Here challenge. I just decided to call it that, so the whole thing is serendipitous.

[rachaeljurassic.livejournal.com]

I'll give it a shot - just don't make the deadline too short - I'm rubbish with deadlines. I'm still thinking through a Tuesday pic fic that was posted in November!

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I think we'll just let it be an ongoing thing, with the tag Mary Sue. We shouldn't pressure ourselves on this one ;)