Oh, Mary Sue. What a divisive term you are, my dear. Up there with the likes of the manic pixie dream girl, the Mary Sue is an archetype reserved almost exclusively for female characters ...

Known as a “Mary Sue,” the trope featuring a female character who can do no wrong, appears time and time again in wildly popular media such as “Twilight” and “Star Wars.” ...

Every subsection of fanfiction has its own priorities and grievances, but the derision toward so-called Mary Sue characters is nearly universal. The Mary Sue, a feminist “geek culture” website ...

Not all fans feel that Captain Marvel is a “Mary Sue” character. For the number of fan complaints against the hero, there is also a great deal of loving fans who defend Carol Danvers and her ...