User blog:Hedgehodge/Mary Sue is a really dumb word

Let's take a look at Batman- he's handsome, rich, clever, an orphan, has a dark past, holds his own with other super-powered humans even though he's an ordinary unpowered human...

He's pretty much a Mary Sue. But nobody ever calls him one.

Similarly let's take a look at Flippy on HTF.

Now the basic idea of Happy Tree Friends is that you are shown a very innocent cheerful and cute seemingly-perfect pastel-colored world where you think NOTHING could possibly go wrong and everyone is laughing and smiling and happy... BUT THEN HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN.

This basic "surprise" element of HTF is what makes the show so entertaining.

Now when you see Flippy, he's got an army uniform, combat experience... he's strong, skilled, capable... a war vet. He has flashbacks to the war. You see him, and you know that the world you are seeing has armies, has had wars, genocide, mass suffering...

suddenly the world doesn't look as perfect anymore, and the "surprise" is gone.

And on top of that, he only has his one gimmick- and every episode with him MUST revolve around that gimmick. He's never a background character, and he RARELY has any roles outside of "flip out. kill everyone".

He's basically a Mary Sue. He's no better than any of the Flippy Sues that are paired up with him, and he's no better than half the fancharacters here.

I'm not saying that you're wrong for liking Batman or liking Flippy.

I just want you to know that

the word Mary Sue is complete and utter bullshit. Don't let it worry you. Go make your OCs have a shitton of magic powers or whatever. Make your OC a total pussy magnet. Make your OC a robot. Make your OC a sexy bombshell. Just have fun and run through the flower meadows with no damn pants on and both middle fingers raised high into the fucking air