Just be real about it- Sam Maggs December 20, 2015 If you want to hate Rey, at least be honest about it: you hate that she's a Mary Sue because she's a WOMAN. One such male character, according to Landis’s critics, started out as a farm boy on a desert planet swept up in a Force-fueled adventure just like Rey. Some fans wanted him and people who shared his opinion to acknowledge the double standard: that male Mary Sues don’t get nearly as much scrutiny as female characters who bear the trope name. ![]() This can also apply to a male character (sometimes referred to as Gary Stu), but more often than not the term Mary Sue negatively refers to a female character. They’re literally perfect except for one flaw-and it’s usually something minor like clumsiness. Mary Sues are perfect at everything they do, everybody likes them, and everybody falls head over heels for them. In fandom a Mary Sue is, more or less, a thinly veiled attempt by the author to insert him- or herself into the story. Landis didn’t like the film in part because Rey, he said, is too perfect and unrealistic. And as we saw at the end of the film, her journey is just beginning.īut for some people, like screenwriter Max Landis, that was a problem. She’s a multi-dimensional female character: she’s skilled at piloting, talented with the Force, and she can handle herself with a bow-staff, a blaster, and a lightsaber. It only took one day after the release of Star Wars : The Force Awakens for some fans to take issue with the film’s main protagonist.Īudiences overall loved Rey, the Force-strong scavenger from Jakku played by Daisy Ridley, and she’s already inspiring both new and older Star Wars fans alike. ![]() Warning: This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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