Mary Sue has become a misogynist dog whistle so far to the point that I struggle to even engage with anyone who uses it the context of women lead genre media.
Also I love the idea that any millennial writing media now is somehow the first generation to benefit from nepotism, as if I didn't just watch a Nicholas Kazan movie from the 90s this weel.
(also if you want to talk about Mary Sues we need to talk about Wesley Crusher and the fact that he's Eugene Wesley Roddenberry's self insert who is cool and good at everything as a literal child)
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