Another thing that I find very interesting is that different commenters here found the term used with an emphasis on different things, making it an inherently ambiguous term as well as a gendered one. I am very intrigued that you have heard the term Mary Sue applied to mostly male characters, and I wonder which specific critique was indicated?
Perhaps in addition to non-gendered, we ought to find terms that describe or at least intuitively/etymologically link to whatever is being critiqued, so that we don't have to spend a lot of time on definitions to understand what the other person is thinking when they use that term.
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Date: 2016-01-28 03:03 am (UTC)Perhaps in addition to non-gendered, we ought to find terms that describe or at least intuitively/etymologically link to whatever is being critiqued, so that we don't have to spend a lot of time on definitions to understand what the other person is thinking when they use that term.