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Author has written 34 stories for Bleach, Teen Titans, Batman, DC Superheroes, Young Justice, Green Lantern, Runaways, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Flash, Rise of the Guardians, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Freakazoid, and Adventure Time with Finn and Jake. "IF WE CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT REVENGE AND KILL EACH OTHER WE WILL ONLY KILL OURSELVES AS WELL, AND ALLOWING BAD FEELINGS LIKE GREED AND HATRED TO FESTER AND GROW ONLY CREATES MORE OF THE SAME" TUMBLR: TIRN33.TUMBLR.COM IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ME, BE MY GUEST :DDDD My Comic Stories I'm working on... Those Moments(In Progress) The Prince And The Frog(Hiatus) Sing This! (Hiatus) How To Save A Life (Completed) L I F E(In Progress) Heartbreak Warfare (Completed) Jesse McCartney (Undecided to Keep Going) Proper Goodbye (Completed) The Game We Played (Completed) Fatherhood (Completed) A Mother's Touch (Completed) Rusted Gold (Discontinued) Freaks and Bats (Hiatus) Give A Little More (Hiatus) Little Lantern (Discontinued) Neon (Discontinued) Not As Bad As You Think (Discontinued) Out Here On My Own (Hiatus) Adventure Time With Tim and Kon (In Progress) Willful Fear (Undecided to Continue) Those Moments (Hiatus) The Sirens (Undecided to Continue) Remember (Completed) Your Face (Completed) Baby In A Box (Hiatus) Belief (Sequel to Heartbreak Warfare; Hiatus) Babysitting (Hiatus) Ghost of Best Friend's Past (Undecided to Continue) The Earths: Earth 217 On Earth 217, all of the following is changed: Livyverse: Livyverse is a collaberation of mine and newsiesgirllaces's characters. In this universe: Jason Todd is married. Though, I have yet to update my DC stories since the Reboot. My Bleach Stories... Crazy Is An Understatement (In Progress) See, Hear, and Speak No Evil (In Progress) Final Destination(Completed) Too Much Free Time On Their Hands (Begin to Restart it) Disgusting (In Progress) Others It's Not Nice To Mess With Mother Nature (Rise Of The Guardians: In Progress) When No One's Looking (Ed, Edd, N Eddy: In Progress) Mary Sue, What are you? Or why the concept of Mary Sue Exisists. Sue is Sexiest. Looks like this essay was needed, so I went ahead and did it. Not sure I said everything I wanted to say, but I tried. So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level intellect, Olympic-athelete level athletic ability and incredible good looks. She is consumed by terrible angst, but this only makes guys want her more. She has no superhuman abilities, yet she is more competent than her superhuman friends and defeats superhumans with ease. She has unshakably loyal friends and allies, despite the fact she treats them pretty badly. They fear and respect her, and defer to her orders. Everyone is obsessed with her, even her enemies are attracted to her. She can plan ahead for anything and she’s generally right with any conclusion she makes. People who defy her are inevitably wrong. God, what a Mary Sue. I just described Batman. Wish fulfillment characters have been around since the beginning of time. The good guys tend to win, get the girl and have everything fall into place for them. It’s only when women started doing it that it became a problem. TV Tropes on the origin of Mary Sue: The prototypical Mary Sue is an original female character in a fanfic who obviously serves as an idealized version of the author mainly for the purpose of Wish Fulfillment. Notice the strange emphasis on female here. TV Tropes goes on to say that is took a long time for the male counterpart “Marty Stu” to be used. “Most fanfic writers are girls” is given as the reason. So when women dominate a genre, that means people are on close watch, ready to scorn any wish fulfillment they may engage in. This term could only originate if the default was female. In fact, one of the CONTROVERSIES listed on the TV Tropes page is if a male sue is even possible. That’s right, it’s impossible to have an idealizied male character. Men are already the ideal. In our culture, male tends to be the default. Women take on the distaff parts. “Him” and “mankind” are what humanity are, “her” and “womankind” are secondary. Yet this isn’t true for Mary Sue as a term. That name was created first. It was a Star Trek fic that coined it and the female desigination was likely a big reason it caught on. This female is name the default to use when describing idealized characters. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are only to be used if you’re discussing men specifically. Heck, there isn’t even an agreed upon term for them. So the only time female can be default is when discussing a badly written character, someone who is more powerful or important or liked than they should be allowed to be, someone the plot focuses on more than you would like, someone you don’t want to read about. Hmmm. What’s really wrong with a thirteen year old girl having a power fantasy, even if it’s badly written? Who is it hurting? Men have baldly admitted to writing power fantasies and self inserts since the beginning of time. How many nerdy, schlubby guys suddenly become badasses and have hot girls chasing after them in fiction? See: Spiderman- blatant everyman who happens to stumble across amazing powers and catch the eye of a supermodel. Mary Sue is considered the worst insult to throw at a character as it renders them worthless. But since when are idealized characters automatically worthless? Aren’t all heroes idealized in some way? Don’t all heroes represent the author in some way? Aren’t these characters supposed to be people we look up to, people who represent human potential, the goodness that we strive for? Fantasy by nature is idealized, even the tragic ones. If you look at the TV Tropes page for Mary Sue, it’s ridiculous. You can be a sue for having too many flaws, or not enough, for fixing things or messing things up, for being a hero or a villain. And of course, this is specifically pointed out as a trope related to the Princess and Magical Girl genres- genres aimed towards women are naturally full of Mary Sues. Magical girls are powerful and heroic and actually flaunt femininity as a good thing. They are a power fantasy designed for girls. So of course, a girl using traditionally feminine traits to dominate and triumph means she’s a sickeningly pure Mary Sue who makes everything go their way. Feminine traits are disdained and look down on, so when the positive feminine traits are prominent, the reader has an aversive reaction. How can a character be so feminine and triumph? She must be unrealistic, she must be badly written, because everyone knows it is impossible to be feminine and powerful. Let’s look at what kinds of Mary Sues people will point to. People will claim a female character is a Mary Sue if she is a love interest. Put a female character within a foot of a male character, and people will scream “Mary Sue!” Why does someone falling in love with her make her a Mary Sue? Well, she hasn’t “earned” this awesome dude character’s love. What has she done to show she’s worthy of him? Fans miss the irony that this line of logic makes the male character seem more like the Sue in Question, as he’s apparently so perfect one has work for his coveted love and praise. The idea that woman has to “earn” any power, praise, love, or plot prominence is central to Mary Sue. Men do not have to do this, they are naturally assumed to be powerful, central and loveable. That’s why it’s the first thing thrown at a female character- what has she done to be given the same consideration as a male character? Why is she suddenly usurping a male role? “Mary Sue” is the easiest way to dismiss a character. It sounds bad to say “I don’t like this female character. I don’t like that this woman is powerful. I don’t like it when the plot focuses on her. I don’t like that a character I like has affections for her.” But “Mary Sue” is a way to say these things without really saying them. It gives you legitimacy. If a character is badly written, there’s generally something much more problematic than idealization going on. The plot will be dull and the character will perpetuate harmful stereotypes while other characters act oddly. For instance, Bella Swan is one of the only characters I’d even begin to classify as a Mary Sue, yet it’s not really her supposed Mary Sue traits that bother me. I don’t mind that she gets what she wants and everyone loves her, that she’s Meyer’s power fantasy. What I actually mind is that Stephenie Meyer has her perpetuate harmful anti-woman stereotypes- women need to be protected, women are shallow, women’s worth rests in desirability. That’s what’s actually harmful about her and worth discussing. I would criticize that rather than even get to the fact Bella got to be “too perfect and powerful”- that’s just a tiny, insignificant thing not worth mentioning in a huge pile of problems. And that’s why I don’t call characters Mary Sue anymore. There’s really nothing bad about a power fantasy or wish fulfillment. It’s what’s fiction’s about. If one of my characters is called a Sue, I’ll proudly say “yep”, because that must mean that she broke out of that box a female character is supposed to be in. So I’ll go and say it: I love me some Mary Sues. Adventuresofacomicbookgirl.tumblr.com | |||||||
1. A N G E L » reviewsPart One: Who knew her parents were villains? Who knew she wasn't human? Who knew that her parents weren't PARENTS? Maggie Hoffa never knew. And neither did any of the Runaways.Runaways - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,565 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-28-132. L I F E » reviewsTrini always knew there was something evil about their parents. But what happens when she finds out her parents aren't really her parents and that she's not even human?Runaways - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 53 - Words: 94,180 - Reviews: 30 - Updated: 2-28-13 - Published: 9-7-113. When No One's Looking » reviews"Proud of you, Pipsqueak." He praised. "I'm glad you finally had the balls to stand up to me." Little drabbles about the boys before and after the Big Picture Show. Rated T for swearing.Ed, Edd n Eddy - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,355 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-10-13 - Published: 2-6-13 - Eddy & Edd4. It's Not Nice To Mess With Mother Nature » reviewsMother Nature was never a Guardian of Children. No, she was the Guardian of the Earth. And she's absolutely had it with E. Aster Bunnyman making wholes and tunnels in her Earth. Will she get what she's demanding or something more? Possible Bunny/OcRise of the Guardians - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 5,265 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 1-11-13 - Published: 1-1-13 - Bunnymund5. Crazy Is An Understatement » reviewsWorking at an Asylum is bad enough...but working with GRIMMJOW is the absolute worse, or so Ichigo thought. But as the Espada begin to explain their TRUE reasoning for being there, Ichigo begins to rethink if these patients are really not as bad as the media makes them seem. Grimmichi! Slight Nel/Nnoitra and other surprise pairings!Bleach - Rated: M - English - Romance/Mystery - Chapters: 9 - Words: 12,450 - Reviews: 63 - Updated: 12-25-12 - Published: 11-24-12 - Grimmjow J. & Ichigo K.6. Disgusting » reviewsHiyori hates Kisuke. She hated his dopey smile, his gentle way of speaking, and his laid back personality. Not to mention how he treats her: how he always treats her like she's number one of his list, like he wouldn't have anyone else fighting by his side, like she's the only one that matter to him...and how he loves her. But what she mostly hates, it that she might love him back.Bleach - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 3,210 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 12-21-12 - Published: 12-7-12 - Hiyori S. & K. Urahara7. See, Hear, and Speak No EvilMonica could see the future, Deandra could control things and read peoples' mind with her own, while Sapphire mysteriously developed Super Strength at a young age. Who knew they were a part of a Prophecy of the Soul Society? Too bad the only one who wants to fight is Monica. Shinji/OC, Grimmjow/OCBleach - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,743 - Published: 12-3-12 - Shinji H. & Grimmjow J.8. Too Much Free Time On Their Hands » reviewsDoing the 100 Theme challenge on Deviantart! And doing it Bleach style with my OCs from See, Hear, and Speak No Evil. 100 themes, 100 facts and drabbles! Grimmjow/Oc, Shinji/Oc, and Toshiro/OC.Bleach - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 443 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-24-12 - Shinji H. & Grimmjow J.9. Ghost of Best Friend's Past reviewsGhost aren't real. Or, that's what Wally thinks anyways. But what happens when one of his Best Friends comes back from the dead? And what if Bart is trying to help her solve her murder? It only gets worse when Wally doesn't want her around. And with her Gothic persona, will she be able to get the team's help? Or be walking the earth forever?Young Justice - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 592 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-5-12 - Wally W./Kid Flash10. Babysitting » reviewsDuring the years, The Rogues took care of Kiwi anyway they could. Even if it meant, one at a time.DC Superheroes - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 4,010 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-10-1211. Belief » reviewsSequal to Heartbreak Warfare! Kiwi died 5 years ago thanks to Lex Luthor and The Light. Unfortunately, Kiwi's come back from the dead. And now, she wants Revenge. With her cruel attitude and murderous intent, will the new team be able to stop her? Or will she succeed in breaking her "No Killing" rule? Rating might change due to Language.Young Justice - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,237 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-24-12 - Published: 6-22-12 - Wally W./Kid Flash & Timothy D./Robin III12. Baby In A Box » reviewsBecause it all started with a baby in a box. I decided to put this on my own account. A lot of OCs. Rated A high T for language.DC Superheroes - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 4 - Words: 6,569 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-11-1213. Your Face reviewsTakes place Pre-Reboot: Kiwi thinks she's the best thief she is. And She wants to prove it. How? By stealing form the most Notorious thief in Gotham City: Catwoman. Too bad Kiwi gets in over her head.Flash - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,377 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-8-12 - Complete14. Remember reviewsShe stilled remembered him. Kor'i-centric. One-shot.Red Hood and the Outlaws - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 332 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 12-22-1115. The Sirens » reviewsFive girls and a young boy find Time Drake collapsed in front of them asking for help. Only it's not their earth's Tim Drake. And what's up with the all black cat suit and whip? OC team with other charracters.DC Superheroes - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,490 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 12-15-11 - Published: 12-14-1116. Those Moments » reviewsSequal to A Mother's Touch! Livy comes back from Themyscria and is now fifteen years old. This is a fic about those certain moments that make a family, a loved couple, and the best of friendsBatman - Rated: M - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 49 - Words: 36,189 - Reviews: 114 - Updated: 11-28-11 - Published: 7-17-11 - Jason T./Red Hood & Damian W./Robin17. Willful Fear reviewsLaney has become a Green Lantern at 16.If that's not enough,she's practically homeless with no chance of getting into school thanks to her public identity.NOt to mention the"Toy Maker"and the Sinestro Corps member following her around her sector.1sided OCGreen Lantern - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,067 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-18-1118. Adventure Time With Tim and Kon reviewsThe title says it all. Might be a one shot. Might continue. Who knows : enjoy! Chapter 1: What Was Missing. Rated T for Jason's mouth and character death.Crossover - DC Superheroes & Adventure Time with Finn and Jake - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,457 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-14-11 - Finn19. Out Here On My Own »Sequal To Fatherhood.For years,Kiwi has been labeled as the Rogues Daughter:A criminal,a traitor,a bad girl.This is the story of a girl who battles between Good and Evil and how she decides whether being with the Rogues is worth sacraficing others.DC Superheroes - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,228 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 7-14-11 - Complete20. Not As Bad As You Think » reviewsDuring the Batman and Son Arc. Let's turn back the clock to when Ali first met Damian for the first time and how they grew to be so close. Connected to Batfamily and How to save a life.Batman - Rated: M - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,799 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 3-27-11 - Damian W./Robin - Complete21. Neon » reviewsSONGFIC! Bambi is a neglected little rich girl. Thaddeus Thawne is a psychopathic killer. But what happens when her pure innocent colors mix with his dark sinful colors? Disaster...and love. Rated M for violence and languageDC Superheroes - Rated: M - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 6 - Words: 20,794 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 3-4-11 - Complete22. Little Lantern » reviewsOn April 7, 2011 Lilani Kiloha was shot and murdered in an Alleyway trying to protect her brother. That same day, she was given a Green Lantern Ring. This is her story... Takes place during the Blackest Night arc, too. possible Hal/oc...Green Lantern - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,129 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 3-7-11 - Complete23. Give A Little More » reviewsSong Fic! Sequal to Proper Goodbye. Five years after Damian's confession he goes back to see Colin. But Colin wants nothing to do with him. Will Damian prove that he's still in love with Colin? And Ali's troubles are also coming back. Rated M for a reasonBatman - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,161 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 5-31-11 - Damian W./Robin24. Freaks and Bats » reviewsTim Drake is your average nerd. But what happens when he gets his hands on a flawed Pennicle Chip? FREAKAZOID! Follow Tim and his adventure with hi new found powers!Crossover - Batman & Freakazoid - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,571 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 8-1-11 - Published: 7-21-11 - Timothy D./Red Robin25. Rusted Gold » reviewsPrelude to Golden Girls. Set in the Blackest Night. Ali struggles to protect her family, Kiwi faces her tragic family, and Aivilo's fallen brother has come back for his beloved sister. They've only got one night to make things right.DC Superheroes - Rated: T - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,657 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-20-11 - Published: 7-3-11 - Complete26. A Mother's Touch » reviewsAli's back from her vacation to find that Jason Has a little sister:Livy.Now,Ali and Livy start to learn things about each other that no one will probably ever know.Livy belongs to Newsiegirllaces!Not mine!Is connected to How To Save A Life & Livy MomentsBatman - Rated: T - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 100 - Words: 40,838 - Reviews: 170 - Updated: 7-14-11 - Published: 2-6-11 - Jason T./Red Hood - Complete27. Fatherhood » reviewsHer name was Katalina Alonso.She was found in a box by Leonard Snart Captain Cold at the the age of 3 and taken in by The Rogues.This is her story and how she and how Mokking Byrd came to be.Somewhat Inertia/Oc.Little drabbles.And M for adult situations.DC Superheroes - Rated: M - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 47 - Words: 20,314 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 6-22-11 - Published: 2-11-11 - Complete28. The Game We Played reviewsWhat you need to know is that it started with indi and jay sparring, indi got hurt but didnt tell him, handcuffs got involved, punishment got involved, articles of clothing were removed...Written by TIRN33 & Newsiesgirllaces :DBatman - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,323 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-12-11 - Jason T./Red Hood29. Proper Goodbye » reviewsDamian's in love with Colin. Colin's being adopted by a family in Keystone and is going away. But Damian doesn't want to see him go. At least, not without a proper goodbye. M for dirty-stuff Four Shot!Batman - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,945 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 5-29-11 - Published: 5-13-11 - Damian W./Robin - Complete30. Jesse McCartney reviewsRobin finds out who he sounds like, and his reaction :Young Justice - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 428 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 4-17-11 - Richard G./Nightwing31. Heartbreak Warfare » reviewsEarth-16 Mokking Byrd!The Rogues' adopted daughter has been captured by the Justice League and forced to be apart of Young Justice for her own good.Sadly,Wally and her have a bad history.Will it get worse?Or possibly better?Wally/Oc! Possibly Red Arrow/OCYoung Justice - Rated: M - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 9 - Words: 29,025 - Reviews: 41 - Updated: 3-26-11 - Published: 2-12-11 - Wally W./Kid Flash - Complete32. How To Save A Life » reviewsBased on the Song by The Fray and The Movie Batman: Under the Red Hood. He was her Baby.And when he died, she never could really get over it. But now he's back. And she'll do aynthing to see him, even if it means going behind Batman's back.JasonOcBatman - Rated: M - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 15,891 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 3-12-11 - Published: 12-11-10 - Jason T./Red Hood - Complete33. Sing This! » reviewsTzipora is a young avrage girl who gets mixed up with Kid Flash all because of her stupid best friend. Now, she has to do all she can before her past comes back to haunt her. KFxOC. Based on the song Sing This! By I See StarsTeen Titans - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 8 - Words: 30,231 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 1-27-11 - Published: 7-24-10 - Kid Flash34. Final Destination » reviewsIchigo's finally going off to college. But what happends when he has a premenition about a horrible crash a Route 144? They evaded Death once, but now they're not getting a second chance. IchiHime! HiyorixKisuke! And An OC! rated M for VIOLENCE!Bleach - Rated: M - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,351 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 6-16-10 - Published: 5-8-10 - Ichigo K. & Orihime I. - Complete
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