Subject: What it actually makes them...
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Posted on: 2013-06-10 08:27:00 UTC

... in that context, is, apparently, Canon Sues. The quote from the Wiki is:

Not everyone agrees that Mary Sues can exist outside of fanfiction, but enough do that it is worthwhile to mention canon Sues. These essentially share the same traits as fanfiction Sues, although naturally the details vary, since there can be no distinction between canon and non-canon. Canon characters often described as Sues by PPCers include Drizzt do'Urden, Eragon, and Bella Swan.

Canon Sues are not necessarily disliked to the same extent that fanfiction Sues are, since by definition they can't warp their own world; it never had a different shape to begin with. Drizzt, for instance, is as widely liked as disliked, and PPC Boarders have held up Rapunzel from the movie Tangled as an example of an enjoyable Mary Sue.


I think that should read 'an enjoyable Canon Sue', since the current phrasing is contradictory. I offer no opinion on the subject of the section.

Also, can something be a Parody Sue (by your definition) if it's not written as a parody?

hS

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