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Return to Labyrinth, a Henson Company/Tokyopop manga, should be considered a companion, rather than a sequel, to the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth, about 15-year-old Sarah's coming-of-age journey to save her half-brother, Toby, from the Goblin King's Muppet-laden Labyrinth. ( Read more... )
Aug. 3rd, 2006
Return to Labyrinth, a Henson Company/Tokyopop manga, should be considered a companion, rather than a sequel, to the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth, about 15-year-old Sarah's coming-of-age journey to save her half-brother, Toby, from the Goblin King's Muppet-laden Labyrinth. ( Read more... )
In a paper about "150 years of Mary Sues," Pat Pflieger comments about the coup of killing off a Mary Sue -- that is, the character that is the author's shill. Why is a dramatic death the ultimate end?
1. Mary Sue is too good for you. Like the saintly, sickly paragons of Victorian novels [Helen in Jane Eyre, Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop], Mary Sues become too talented, too virtuous, too stupendously amazing, for this world. So there's really nothing else to do except kill them off. In a fanfic that's full of the highest highs, deepest lows, widest loves and most passionate hates, a Dramatic Death makes an orgasmic conclusion.
2. Hah, you really loved her, didn'tcha?!?!? Like the original rebellious female character who loved the evil man [Clarissa], Mary Sues die to afford the author and reader some perverse glee. Since everyone loves Clarissa [and the Mary Sues], everyone feels devastated when she dies. Thus, pre-death and even post-death, the author and reader can bask in the secondary characters' grief because the grief proves how greatly the main character [Clarissa or Mary Sue] was loved.
3. You'll remember her forever. Because they're so damned good and because everyone loves 'em, it's guaranteed that the characters will not forget the Mary Sue. Her virtues will shine as a noble beacon forever. Secondaries will idealize and idolize her. She will never leave their minds. More wish-fulfilling whack-off on the author's part.
Hmmm, and I thought killing Anneka was just a good way to literalize a huge change in her life. Nope...it was the Orgasm of the Mary Sue!
Dear Loremistress -- If Mary Sues are so hated by other writers, why do you think LHF, which is so obviously teeming with Mary Sues, is well-liked?
Go read what the Loremistress muses about Mary Sues. She's good. :D
1. Mary Sue is too good for you. Like the saintly, sickly paragons of Victorian novels [Helen in Jane Eyre, Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop], Mary Sues become too talented, too virtuous, too stupendously amazing, for this world. So there's really nothing else to do except kill them off. In a fanfic that's full of the highest highs, deepest lows, widest loves and most passionate hates, a Dramatic Death makes an orgasmic conclusion.
2. Hah, you really loved her, didn'tcha?!?!? Like the original rebellious female character who loved the evil man [Clarissa], Mary Sues die to afford the author and reader some perverse glee. Since everyone loves Clarissa [and the Mary Sues], everyone feels devastated when she dies. Thus, pre-death and even post-death, the author and reader can bask in the secondary characters' grief because the grief proves how greatly the main character [Clarissa or Mary Sue] was loved.
3. You'll remember her forever. Because they're so damned good and because everyone loves 'em, it's guaranteed that the characters will not forget the Mary Sue. Her virtues will shine as a noble beacon forever. Secondaries will idealize and idolize her. She will never leave their minds. More wish-fulfilling whack-off on the author's part.
Hmmm, and I thought killing Anneka was just a good way to literalize a huge change in her life. Nope...it was the Orgasm of the Mary Sue!
Dear Loremistress -- If Mary Sues are so hated by other writers, why do you think LHF, which is so obviously teeming with Mary Sues, is well-liked?
Go read what the Loremistress muses about Mary Sues. She's good. :D