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Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

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> Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]



 
It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _*often_* coincide with being a main character _*in general._

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In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in these clips."


 
It's _*justified for her to be here in-universe due to the premise_*, even aside from how laughably nebulous that "personal definition" was.

"@Digital Seapony":/images/2351340#comment_9015877

Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

[bq]Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]

It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _often_ coincide with being a main character _in general._

In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in these clips."

It's _justified for her to be here in-universe due to the premise_, even aside from how laughably nebulous that definition was.

"@Digital Seapony":/images/2351340#comment_9015877

Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

[bq]Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]

It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _often_ coincide with being a main character _in general._

In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in these clips."

It's _justified for her to be here in-universe due to the premise_, even aside from how laughably nebulous that was.

"@Digital Seapony":/images/2351340#comment_9015877

Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

[bq]Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]

It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _often_ coincide with being a main character _in general._

In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in every scene in these clips."

It's _justified for her to be here in-universe_, even aside from how laughably nebulous that was.

"@Digital Seapony":/images/2351340#comment_9015877

Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

[bq]Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]

It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _often_ coincide with being a main character _in general._

In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in every scene in these clips."

It's _justified for her to be here. in-universe_, even aside from how laughably nebulous that was.

"@Digital Seapony":/images/2351340#comment_9015877

Wise of you to avoid using it, considering.

[bq]Over time, this already very informal "definition" was stretched, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted so much that these days it's hard to find two people with the same mental model of what constitutes a Mary Sue. People use it to mean very differeng things and then get mad that the other side doesn't see the obviousness of their claims.[/bq]

It's also noteworthy that a lot of the time, you'll notice that by their definitions of Mary Sues, some of the reasons why... those sorts of traits _often_ coincide with being a main character _in general._

In this case, regarding Starlight, she is not a Mary Sue by that original BP saying "she's included in every scene in these clips."

It's _justified for her to be here._