Who Are Mary Sue and Gary Stu?
• Mary Sue is the friend of all the girls, chased after by all the boys. She is beautiful, and kind despite her often tragic past. She probably has a lot of money, always knows what to do in every situation and excells at everything she does. She’s the girl you find taming the horse no one could ride, the one who’s parents were both killed by ravenous hippos or something equally horrifying. She may have lived with an Aunt who hated her, or a kind old grandmother who ensured she had all the creature comforts of life… but you can be sure that nothing ever got her down until those few moments where it seems a teary breakdown is called for. She’s so sweet it makes you sick, and so perfect she makes Barbie look like a hag. • Gary Stu, well… he’s much the same. The most handsome boy around, he gets along with everyone and all the girls have got secret crushes on him. He’s incredibly good at sports, even if he didn’t have a father to play ball with him, or a mother who made sure he ate hi
