![]() She has some sort of especially close relationship to the author's favorite canon character - their love interest, illegitimate child, never-before-mentioned sister, etc. The canon protagonists are all overwhelmed with admiration for her beauty, wit, courage and other virtues, and are quick to adopt her as one of their True Companions, even characters who are usually antisocial and untrusting if any character doesn't love her, that character gets an extremely unsympathetic portrayal. She has an unusual and dramatic Back Story. She also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws - either that or her "flaws" are obviously meant to be endearing. She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting. She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name. ![]() 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. Originating in fanfic, it's a character that is fantastically awesome at pretty much everything they do, to the point of absurdity. Here's hoping they don't turn heel on everything I've praised them for here! Episode 7 sort of stopped me in my tracks, but I'll be spending this afternoon finishing up the latter half of the series. And it's worth noting that I haven't finished season 2 yet. But I figured you guys would appreciate it. In my opinion the placement of this scene was absolutely intentional, and totally perfect, and it further demonstrates the show-runners and writers commitment to subverting expectations and avoiding nostalgia-traps, and deftly side-stepping the temptation of leaning on tried and true tropes.Īpologies if this has already been brought up here, I don't lurk on r/television much, or really ever. And then, if that wasn't enough, he proceeds to risk his own life in the most bad ass, benevolent-Negan way possible. We get to see him act as a mentor and very positive role model to Dustin and Lucas, he pulls back his cool-guy curtain a bit to talk about his Farrah Faucet hair products, which was endearing as hell. But what do they do in literally the next scene? They give Steve his most relatable, wholesome and downright bad ass scene thus far. Yes, it was hilarious and cleverly written, but I was terrified they might be chucking Steve out unceremoniously. I was honestly a little disappointed when that scene was playing out. MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD: one might think they'd tossed all that solid character development out the window by having Nancy and Jonathan hook up midway through season 2. Season 2 is the natural extension of this. He just happened to also have really nice hair. Steve had showed himself to be kind, thoughtful, and brave as balls. It would have been downright weird if it had played out any other way. Nancy returning to him at the end of season 1 may have rubbed some viewers the wrong way, but it made sense. Instead, the writers and show runners went out of their way to depict an actual human male who just happens to be handsome and charming. It's almost comforting in an infuriating sort of way. We're used to that character and that arc. He could have served that purpose and faded away, and I don't think anyone would have said much about it. Steve could easily have been the handsome, cocky asshole boyfriend the viewers are meant to despise, whose only purpose is to inject a bit of conflict into the romantic arc of the male/female leads. But even more impressive is the fact that when it does lean back on cliches it goes out of its way to subvert the viewers' expectations of how those tropes are meant to play out in the context of this type of show. I think one of the most impressive things about Stranger Things (redundancy ftw) is the way it manages to tap such a deep reservoir of nostalgia without relying entirely on decades old tropes.
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