The birth of Mary Sue.
May. 17th, 2008 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaAlex narrated a little piece of Mary Sue self-insertion fanfic this morning, complete with dialogue markers. It began like this:
"Hi, I'm Alex," I said. "I'm a new friend in Miss Frizzle's class."
As tends to be the case with Mary Sues, there wasn't much of a plot. When you're a student in Ms. Frizzle's class, and Ms. Frizzle is your teacher, apparently all you need to do to enjoy the story is to revel in the coolness of the situation. But there was a suggestion of a hint of a plot in this bit, which was my favorite part:
[...] "Wait!" said the children. "Didn't you go to Leo's party?"
"No," said Miss Frizzle. "I went to Alex's party, and she gave me a present."
"Wow!" said the children. "Wow!"
I think Alex has a long career ahead of her on fanfiction.net.
"Hi, I'm Alex," I said. "I'm a new friend in Miss Frizzle's class."
As tends to be the case with Mary Sues, there wasn't much of a plot. When you're a student in Ms. Frizzle's class, and Ms. Frizzle is your teacher, apparently all you need to do to enjoy the story is to revel in the coolness of the situation. But there was a suggestion of a hint of a plot in this bit, which was my favorite part:
[...] "Wait!" said the children. "Didn't you go to Leo's party?"
"No," said Miss Frizzle. "I went to Alex's party, and she gave me a present."
"Wow!" said the children. "Wow!"
I think Alex has a long career ahead of her on fanfiction.net.
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Date: 2008-05-18 02:07 am (UTC)And a pretty good riff on the Magic School bus books, from what I've seen of them...