On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Julian Fong wrote:

DJ is a Mary Sue character, but if you compare him to Gryphon's 
avatars in UF, Hopelessly Lost, Warrior's Legacy or Gods Willing, 
he's not exactly an SI character.  He shares some of the author's  
opinions, interests and sense of humor, but so do a lot of other 
fanfic characters.  (By the definition I cite, NXE didn't qualify as 
a Mary Sue story until DJ became Asuka's love interest.)

But DJ still doesn't have all of the all-seeing all nurturing aspects....
or perhaps he does have a strong leaning this way but he's still messed
up.
 I would say BGZone's Bert is FAR more messed up than the REAL Bert.

Some, but not all, Mary Sue stories are SI stories, and vice versa.  
For example: BGZone is both a Mary Sue and an SI;

 Bert (the one in the story) I  think has outgrown a lot of his SI-ness
and simply become another character.....

 Henry Jenkins in "Textural Poachers" covers a good deal on fanfiction in
general and other neat things...
Neil


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