#marysue — Public Fediverse posts

Last Sunday, second day of the #vierdaagsefeesten and #ValkhofFestival, we saw Mary Sue perform at the Valkhof Festival. First time in Europe, all the way from Singapore. And he was pretty good, although I have to admit it's often a bit weird to watch a mostly empty stage with a small table with mixer and one person performing.

Playing several songs from his Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword album amid other songs.

Go see him if you can, although I have no clue about the rest of a possible tour, locations, dates, etc. Possibly posted on other social media that I'm not on.

Having dragged a suitcase full of vinyl our way from Singapore, I decided to lighten the cargo by buying the record that I had had my eyes on for a while. 1/50 limited grey smoke European tour edition. Woop woop. ;)

#MarySue #HipHop
#LiveMusic #concert

Explain it to me: Was steckt hinter dem Begriff Mary Sue und woher stammt er?

Wer Geschichten schreibt, begegnet früher oder später dem Begriff Mary Sue. Gemeint ist damit eine Figur, die außergewöhnlich talentiert und außerdem noch so bewundernswert ist, dass sie unglaubwürdig wirkt.

In diesem Artikel erfährst du mehr, woher der Begriff stammt und wie du solche Charaktere vermeiden kannst: https://willkommenqueer.de/explain-it-to-me-buchweltbegriffe/

Slides erstellt mit Canva Pro

#schreiben #marysue #schreibtipp #writing

Just finished reading *A Princess of Mars* by Edgar Rice Burroughs, written more than a century ago. John Carter is a transparent #MarySue. He is at all times superior to every other character, save perhaps the titular princess. So many times he escapes because he just happens to remember something someone else told him (that they shouldn't know anyway is immaterial). I'm so happy writing has improved since then.

#NowReading #Books

Writing my #Christmas #romance #novel has made me realize that all of my #MarySue #wishfulfillment #powerfantasy dreams involve having the luxury to offer #charity to those in need, strengthening #community bonds, and finding a #thirdplace for teenagers to hang out with in a nonjudgmental atmosphere. There's also #cyborgs and #catgirls, but we can't all be #CharlesDickens.

I got in a row the other day with a woman, who shared a post with her opinion about the toxicity of persons critical of Mary Sue characters.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/15/encounter-with-mary-sue/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
After much pushback, she turned off the ability to comment, so she forced my hand to respond otherwise. I resorted to my blog – and here.

#philosophy #writing #blog #critique #scriptwriting #authors #movies #novels #storytelling #bollox #language #perception #marysue

Saying that a strong female character is a Mary Sue should have been left in the before times, but since it is coming back, have a blog about why Mary Sue is 80% stupid and 20% a symptom of your characterization problem. #writingcommunity #writestodon #marysue #writers

https://kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-ballad-of-mary-sue/

“A conversation with Paula Smith”, Cynthia W. Walker
https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2011.0243 [EN] (click on ‘html’ to read the interview)
Interview with Paula Smith, the one who coined the term “Mary Sue”
#marysue
3/5

“Une conversation avec Paula Smith. La naissance de Mary-Sue”, Cynthia W. Walker (traduit par lucyinthesky4)
https://creationsdefans.org/etudes/paulaSmith.php [FR]
Entretien avec Paula Smith, à l’origine de l’expression “Mary Sue”
#marysue
5/7

My final pic for this year probably. #humansona #persona #marysue #meettheartist #catgirl #anime #animu #mango #originalcharacters #originalcharacter #oc

“Gimp Sue Gets the Girl: Disability in Twilight Fanfiction”, Olivia Dreisinger
https://matilda.science/work/dd42a989-504c-4c7f-ac52-02afb52abc44?l=fr [EN] [32 p.]
Analysis of disabled Mary Sues in Twilight fanfiction
#twilight #marysue
6/6

To reflect on and rethink the Mary Sue character from a feminist perspective:
"Perhaps our embrace of Mary Sues—even if they’re the most achingly perfect young woman to ever command a ship in the Fleet—will help change things for the better.”
https://buff.ly/arb1SUq
“The general trend shows that we had no problem with attractive, talented, and powerful characters until those characters were written as women.”
https://buff.ly/AklOwuv
#marysue #feminism #writing #fanfiction

Pour réfléchir et renverser votre regard sur la figure de la Mary Sue, avec une perspective féministe :
"In the fanfiction world, just like in the rest of the world, we still hold marginalized characters, original or otherwise, to impossible standards.”
https://buff.ly/arb1SUq (en)
“The overall pattern shows how we had no problem with attractive, skilled, and powerful characters until those characters were written as women. “
https://buff.ly/AklOwuv (en)
#marysue #feminism #writing #fanfiction

[WORD OF THE DAY]

The word of the day is Gary Stu/Mary Sue! The term refers to a character who is too perfect and good at what they do: talented in everything, kind, admired by all, without weaknesses, so perfect... that they are irritating.

To read more about the definition of Mary Sue/Gary Stu:
-https://buff.ly/lBNrQC7 (article from France Culture (fr)
-https://buff.ly/j2EPLmK (article from Fanlore Wiki (en) 2/2

#marysue #garystu #fanfiction #writing #wordoftheday

[MOT DU JOUR]

Le mot du jour est Gary Stu/Mary Sue ! Le terme désigne un personnage trop parfait et bon dans ce qu’il fait : doué dans tout, gentil, admiré de tous, sans faiblesses, si parfait… Qu’il est irritant.
Pour en lire un peu plus sur la définition de Mary Sue/Gary Stu :
-https://buff.ly/lBNrQC7 (article de France Culture(fr)
-https://buff.ly/j2EPLmK (article du Wiki Fanlore (en)
#marysue#garystu#fanfiction #writing #motdujour #définition

"Everybody in this book was failed people."
What if #MarySue wrote a #review of your #book?
#humor #writingcommunity #creativewriting #writinglife

http://talkwards.com/2025/10/04/one-star-review/

#NowPlaying this damn excellent new LP from last month, 'Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword' by Mary Sue, a rapper from Singapore (a dude). And he's backed up here by the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club (a five-piece band of jazz musicians from the local scene in Singapore). This is a lush, dense, textured and amazing rap record with Southeast Asian samples and Taoist folklore all over it. Great lyrics too - conscious and solid. A must hear for fans of rap (or jazz?) and another contender this year.

https://sweetmarysue.bandcamp.com/album/porcelain-shield-paper-sword-2

#rap #hiphop #jazz #Singapore #SingaporeRap #MarySue #2025Albums #2025Records #2025Rap @dillyd @farrisswisher @jeffrey @VE3RWJ

Oh, and also I tackled a redraw of an older picture I made back in 2013 when challenged to draw the "ur-Mary Sue," as well as a couple distraction sketches.

#Redraw #MarySue #DistractionSketch

2/2

Mary-Sue et Son Bra, deux princesses Saiyen
Mary Sue and Son Bra, two Saiyan princesses

★ NEW DBMultiverse PAGE
buff.ly/4hvtQrh

#DBMultiverse #fanmanga #dragonball #doujinshi #dbz #goku #janemba #shin #marysue #sonbra #freeza #gast

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephensRoundtable

Mary Sue:
🎵 Numbers

#MarySue
#newRelease 🆕 single

https://sweetmarysue.bandcamp.com/track/numbers

https://open.spotify.com/track/3yyZlucWSW2b8e55yzysH8

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs

Mary Sue:
🎵 Numbers

#MarySue
#newRelease 🆕 single

https://sweetmarysue.bandcamp.com/track/numbers

https://open.spotify.com/track/3yyZlucWSW2b8e55yzysH8

Fiction exists, in part, to help both creator and audience process issues, learn empathy, and learn about themselves.

That's why we NEED #MarySue. Yes, I will die on this hill. #CreateIt22 #writers #writinghelp

https://youtu.be/I9U8Dyctw8A

Twelve years ago, I set out to make what I would believe to be the cringiest, most Mary-Sue character design I could come up with. Yet, I always feel like I could have pushed the visual pain factor even further.

Another oldie since I'm still waiting for my dang stylus replacement.

#MarySue #CharacterDesign #OhGodTheColorsTheyHurt

If modern works sell less than the past it's due what I call #Brandkillers works on them: first they wrote #fanfictions, never took a step up and they pour it into serious works, especially serialized sagas by previous serious authors. The power is rewrite an existing character, protagonist especially, and change into one's own avatar, making author/character link stronger, due they're inept of make but repropose what they are and if they're #MarySue alé! A bad escapism type with good reasons

@Andreas_Reiter

Gute Beschreibung der MS, wie sie sich im Körper einnistet und mal hier, mal da, mal mehr, mal weniger die Abläufe stört.
Das könnten auch Leute nachvollziehen, die selbst nicht erkrankt sind.

#multiplesclerosis #MultipleSklerose #MarySue #MistStück

So... #Reacher is 6'5'' and his superpower is being able to find tailored clothing in any thrift store he comes across?

#MarySue

Kotaku: Video Game Conventions Are Still Hotbeds Of Sexualized Abuse https://kotaku.com/video-game-conventions-summer-game-fest-pax-gdc-e3-1850518417 #gaming #tech #kotaku #woundedwarriorproject #gamergatecontroversy #comicbookconvention #womenandvideogames #marieclaireisaaman #sexualharassment #gamingconvention #videogameculture #anitasarkeesian #noelsteslicki #eirkrobertson #mandycaruso #nerdculture #quinmartin #jacobriis #tinybuild #laracroft #lisaemard #gamergate #marysue #afkroom #culture

The #Picard reunion is everything. Even the old music comes back to take us back to the original, a happy time for me. Like a happy holodeck. Does that make me a #MarySue too? Sigh.

Has anybody else written about 'taking back' the term #MarySue ? Instead of how it's a common insult/pejorative, we would use it to indicate how much we love our OCs and love living through them as we write?

In full disclosure I didn't know either, but then I wasn't pretending I knew or willfully misunderstand it. Anyway, good to know.

Men On Twitter Once Again Have No Idea What a “Mary Sue” Actually Is

https://www.themarysue.com/men-on-twitter-once-again-have-no-idea-what-a-mary-sue-actually-is/

#MarySue #Twitter

Es ist so ermüdend, dass jede talentierte Frauenfigur umgehend als „Mary Sue“ abgestempelt wird.
Bei tausenden männlichen Heldenfiguren war das irgendwie nie ein Problem... #marysue