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'Here I am, the youngest lieutenant in the fleet-only fifteen and a half years old.' Captain Kirk came up to her. 'Gee, golly, gosh, gloriosky,' thought Mary Sue as she stepped on the bridge of the Enterprise. The story featured Lieutenant Mary Sue ('the youngest Lieutenant in the fleet-only fifteen and a half years old' ), and satirized idealistic female characters widespread in Star Trek fan fiction. The term Mary Sue comes from the name of a character created by Paula Smith in 1973 in the parody story 'A Trekkie's Tale', published in Smith's and Sharon Ferraro's Star Trek fanzine Menagerie. Though the term is mostly used negatively, it is occasionally used positively. The term has been applied to male characters as well, though a male character with similar traits may be labeled a Gary Stu or Marty Stu.Īs a literary trope, the Mary Sue archetype is broadly associated with poor quality writing, and stories featuring a Mary Sue character are often considered weaker for it. Originating from fan fiction, the term Mary Sue was coined by Paula Smith in the 1973 parody short story 'A Trekkie's Tale', as the name of a character standing in for idealized female characters widespread in Star Trek fan fiction. Mary Sue stories are often written by adolescent authors. Usually female and almost always the main character, a Mary Sue is often an author's idealized self-insertion, and may serve as a form of wish-fulfillment.

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For other uses, see Mary Sue (given name).Ī Mary Sue is a character archetype in fiction, usually a young woman, who is often portrayed as inexplicably competent across all domains, gifted with unique talents or powers, liked or respected by most other characters, unrealistically free of weaknesses, extremely attractive, innately virtuous, and/or generally lacking meaningful character flaws. For the fan media website, see The Mary Sue.

This article is about the character type.

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