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Mary Sue and the Anti-Mary Sue
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I recently read the infamous essay “Mary Sue, what are you?” from the Tumblr Adventures of Comic Book Girl (the site is no longer up, but she has a blog here). This made the rounds on the interwebs a year ago, giving rise to a lot of debate, though the argument that Batman, or any other wish-fulfillment hero, would be highly criticized if cast as a woman has a ring of truth to it. Of course, even heroines (or sheroes if you will) that are decidedly not Mary Sues, who have flaws and struggle with real problems, are often criticized ...