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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Not true, a Mary Sue is a character who DOESN"T go through any sort of Hero's Journey. It's someone who starts out perfect, stays perfect and ends up perfect. There is no character growth or change through the narrative. They are generally unrelatable and boring characters. They can be male or female, as it's a writing problem.
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Sorry I should rephrase that. The Mary Sues that people label as Mary Sues are female characters who go through the hero’s journey to a similar degree as male characters who aren’t Mary Sues.
The fact that the root is Mary Sue which then Gary Sue was added kinda proves the point.