Comment on Why are Maries Sues hated while Gary Stus are loved?
Hickak@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIf someone created a female character with the same story she would be called Marie Sue. Suddenly a woman loses her parents and becomes a billionaire and uses the money to fight crime. They would s. ay thOne at is not realistic.
Yes, Superman is also Gary Stu. Since you have a problem with the Batman example, then I’ll use superman. Why do people tend to love characters like Gary Stu as Superman and hate female characters who are considered Marie Sue?
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
And I hate Superman for that reason.
The hate on Captain Marvel was a bit over the top, but the movie was mid at best. So it didn’t deserve praise, but didn’t deserve the vitriol of fragile dudes either. Just for me it wasn’t good for the same reason Superman wasn’t good.