Yeah- I thought that was a little too general to say they were all Mary-Sues, but from my experience in the OTHER JE fandom (Jane Eyre) I can see what you're getting at. Sexing up Jane Eyre is wrong on so many levels, but the vast majority of the vocal fans are eating it up with very obvious comments about only appreciating it for the 'hotness' etc. Those girls will probably be writing such Mary Sue J/E fic. There are others who do like the idea, and want to explore it. I did read some of the Erinya fic you pointed out as being really good. While I didn't take to it, I would say it falls into the exploration category. I didn't get any vibe that it was an 'I want to be Elizabeth' fantasy.
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Date: 2007-05-02 06:56 pm (UTC)