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Mary Sue Just Ain’t What She Used To Be

Mary Sue Just Ain’t What She Used To Be is a lengthy 1982 essay by Linda Stoops. 
It was printed in the feminist multimedia zine Storms #2. 
==The Introduction==
==Some Topics Discussed==
* descriptions of Star Trek: TOS and Star Wars Mary Sues
* fringe fandom Mary Sues, such as "Galactican MS,"Hero's Girlfriend MS," "Darkovan MS," "Dragonfolk MS" (the latter: too many dragons, not enough time) 
* "anyone whose character fits any of the above descriptions to a "T" should be advised by her friends and editors to tone things down a bit."
* the assertion that there are less Mary Sues in fic now because the women's rights movements of the 1970s have let women writers "relax," allow for more freedom of movement, and experimentation, and that "another subject that has matured, albeit slowly, is the existence and practice of psionic abilities...."
* traditional literary science fiction downplayed and insulted women, media fandom was a little bit better
* the essays diverges wildly into a polemic on the pre-Christianity, Paganism, the Dark Ages, and the suppression of women
* "good" descriptions of female characters in Trek were listed as Dirty Nellie and Sadie Faulwell
* ""Universes" such as Star Wars (specifically non-Imperial), M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Dr Who and The Greatest American Hero allowed more freedom of movement and experimentation for fannish authors than, say, Battlestar Galactica, Wild, Wild West, Man from UNCLE and televised Trek"
==From the Essay==
 
==Reactions and Reviews==
==References==
Category:Mary Sue Meta
Category:1982 Meta
Category:Meta in Print
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Mary Sue Litmus Test (disambiguation)

*Mary Sue Litmus Tests in general
*The (Original) Mary Sue Litmus Test by Merlin Missy in 1997
*mary sue litmus test, a Buffy test by Tara LJC O'Shea in 2000
*How Do I Go About Writing a Mary Sue Litmus Test? (2001)
*The Original Anti "Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test" (2007)
*The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test (2012)
Mary Sue Litmus Tests

Mary Sue Litmus Tests are a fan-created quiz/writers' guide created to alert writers that their female character was a Mary Sue. They were also created as humorous commentary, often poking fun at fanfic characters. 
They were very popular in the late 1990s, and early to mid-2000s. Since then, "Mary Sue Litmus Tests" have fallen out of style and favor, mostly due to fans' complaints that they fostered misogyny, curtailed fan creativity, fostered censorship, shamed female fans, and made many fans unwilling to write original characters for fear of being mocked or worse. 
 
==The Very First Mary Sue Litmus Test==
The very first litmus test was by Melissa "Merlin Missy" Wilson and was created in 1997 for Gargoyles fan fiction. 
Merlin Missy claimed copyright for the term and practice, and was a gatekeeper to fans who wanted to create similar tests in other fandoms. See How Do I Go About Writing a Mary Sue Litmus Test? (2001) for some of these rules, a few which are excerpted below:
* Merlin Missy considered herself the gatekeeper of this type of fanwork, making it not unlike her 'verse 
* fans needed to ask permission to write one for their own fandom, and Merlin Missy had the right to deny them, not unlike an unauthorized sequel 
* Merlin Missy resented the time and energy it took to scour the internet to see if there was already a similar one out there, as "there's no fandom that needs two tests"
* a fan's litmus test needed a link to the original, The (Original) Mary Sue Litmus Test
* based on the number of Mary Sues in a proposed fandom, Merlin Missy decided if a fandom even needed a test at all
In 2008, Merlin Missy wrote another related essay, Mary and Me, in which, among other things, wish the original test wasn't her most well-known work, had been so widely read and referenced, and that it had been used in ways she did not intend.
==Reactions and Fan Comments==
===Examples===
* (1998)
* Hercules Herc/Xena Litmus Test (2000?)
* mary sue litmus test (Buffy) (2000)
* (2001)
*Writer's University - Mary Sue Litmus Test - Harry Potter version (2001)
* (2002)
* (2002)
* (circa 2002-2003)
* (2008)
* (2006)
* 
* (2009)
* (2012)
* (2012)
* (unknown date)
* (undated)
==References==
Mary Sue Whipple

"Mary Sue Whipple" was created in roughly 2000 by Alice Karvonen Allonway as a sort of open source pseud; fans were encouraged to write badfic under the Whipple name.
See Mary Sue Whipple: A Comprehensive Sort of Thing by Alice Karvonen Allonway for much description and history.
==Comments by Whipple's Creator==
==Some Comments by Fans==
==Mary Sue Whipple and the ASC Awards==
Michela Ecks claimed to be Mary Sue Whipple at ASC in November 1998. "They all should know that Mary Sue Whipple is me. In fact, she's been posting some spledoferous fan fiction to ASC that everyone has been reading. It is kinda obvious that it is." ASC And "I have written somewhere over 1/3 of what [Whipple] has posted to ASC." 
Michela Ecks also caused wank in 2000 in awards voting. See .
 
Ecks complained in 2000 about Whipple's stories being taken off the ballot of the ASC awards: 
Topics in this discussin thread included ballot box stuffing, the legitimacy of pseuds, collective writing, the purpose of satire, the dodgy ethics of voting for one's own entries, what constitutes feedback, what is an author, gaming the system, the purpose of awards...Alice Karvonen Allonway even weighs in at the end. 
See: Thoughts on the ASC Awards, comments from the peanut gallery. for more.
==The Original Mary Sue Had No Last Name==
The original Mary Sue had no last name. A Trekkie's Tale , but misinformation regarding the origin of Mary Sue Whipple's name is all over the place. One example is in Signs Your Novel Is Not Ready for Publishing, Especially Not Self Publishing.
==Mary Sue Whipple: Co-oped, and Not in the Way the Creator Intended==
In 2001, Allonway wrote The How and Who of Mary Sue to explain Mary Sue Whipple and to protest the use of her name by Michela Ecks in revenge reviews at Fanfiction.Net, of claiming ownership of her, of archiving Mary Sue Whipple stories without Allonway's consent, and of writing a careless origin story about the phenomenon at Writers University. "Mary Sue Whipple was created by posters to God Awful Fan Fiction's message board a long time ago (almost two years). Mary Sue Whipple is over a year old! :o) Mary Sue Whipple was created by the posters during a fit of boredom. Posters were looking for a reason to come by more and to hang out with their pals on the board. Alice and E layed the basic ground work for Mary Sue Whipple and gave her the name." -- Mary Sue Whipple!; WebCite 
Allonway mentioned Ecks again in Mary Sue Whipple: A Comprehensive Sort of Thing: 
==Some of Mary Sue Whipple's Fiction==
* The Night the Ship Exploded and Everyone Did It
* Inferiority Complex
==Mary Sue Whipple's Guestbook==
* Mary Sue Whipple's fan fiction!
==Some Other Fiction and Responses==
* MST3K Of A Mary Sue Whipple by Blablover5
* Chakotay's Personal Log
==References==
Category:2001
Mary Sue Whipple: A Comprehensive Sort of Thing

Mary Sue Whipple: A Comprehensive Sort of Thing is a 2001 essay by Alice Karvonen Allonway.
In it, she explained the history of the Mary Sue Whipple collective pseud. Allonway also protested the use of Whipple's name in revengefics, of at least one fan claiming ownership of her, of archiving Mary Sue Whipple stories without Allonway's consent, and of writing a careless origin story about the phenomenon at Writers University. for another view on this, see Michela Ecks Folds 
"You love her. Or (more likely at this point) you hate her. Who is she? Why was she created? Who owns her? —and more importantly, who's responsible for her? Why does she do the things she does? Whew. All excellent questions. Whether you're here to beat her to a pulp or to pat her on the back, read on for the history, the story, the full-on tomato that is our Mary Sue."
"Yes, her stuff's shit. But it should be good shit, man."
==Some Topics Discussed==
* Mary Sues
* Mary Sue Whipple
* badfic
* the appropriation of Mary Sue Whipple by Michela Ecks
* Star Trek fic
* what is the purpose of Mary Sue Whipple
* who owns Mary Sue Whipple
* owning a concept, wanting to share, Mary Sue Whipple as an open source pseud
* the false statements and history of Mary Sue Whipple on the Writers University website
* inappropriately using Mary Sue Whipple to be cruel, as revengefic
* much more
==Excerpts==
==References==
Category:2001 Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Mary Sue and Her Cousins

Mary Sue and Her Cousins is a 1997 essay by [B B].
It was printed in Strange Bedfellows (APA) #19.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* it's not misogynistic to dislike Mary Sue characters
* people need to be better writers
* so much more
==From the Essay==
==References==
Category:Mary Sue Meta
Category:1997 Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Meta in Print
Category:Blake's 7 Meta
Mary Sue in Newsies Fandom

The Newsies fandom is well known for the prevalence of "Mary Sue" characters, particularly in its early years. 
==Parody and Mockery==
Members of the het fandom were known to parody their own archetypes. Princess MacEaver's "Thanks for the Directions" was published as early as 2002.Thanks for the Directions
While many fans enjoyed writing self-inserts and characters based on their friends, some disliked this common theme enough to leave the fandom.Fandom timeline meme by clio21000 A "Horrible Newsies Mary Sues" generator was passed around in 2004.Horrible Newsies Mary Sues
More mean-spirited parodies were written as early as 2003, like Butterfly Conlon's "The Minute Mary Sue Fanfic Collection," which stated in the notes that "Mary-Sues are something that one can hate more than Spot doing a striptease-wait, make that Crutchy."The Minute Mary Sue Fanfic Collection 
Sapphy's Help Me! I’m Trapped In A Mary Sue Body! was posted on Fanfiction.net from 2003 to 2004. 
The LiveJournal community Gag Me with a Pape was created in 2004 to identify and mock "NewsieSues," although they tried not to insult the "Suethors" themselves.Newsie Sues
In 2004, ShortAtntionSpaz created a small Fanfiction.net community for Mary Sue parody fics: AntiSlash, Anti Flamin' MarySue Fiction!.
==Meta==
*The Newsies Mary Sue Litmus Test by Tuesday on Fanfiction - and about it 
Also present was the idea of a "good" Mary Sue, something many outside the fandom would likely argue does not exist.Flit's FanFic Frenzy 
*Characters: How to Make Mary Sue Historically Bearable by Stretch in The Banner
==References==
Category:Newsies
Mary Sueage (And How to Avoid It)

Mary Sueage (And How to Avoid It) is an essay by Flourish Klink.
It was originally titled "Mary Sueism (And How to Avoid It) Mary Sueism (And How to Avoid It)." Perhaps the second title that utilized the homonym of "sewage" was considered harder hitting?
The essay was posted to FictionAlley in 2001.
It was posted in the "Primer" section: 
==Excerpt==
==References==
Category:Mary Sue Meta
Category:Harry Potter Meta
Category:2001 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Mary Sues and Other Confessions

Mary Sues and Other Confessions is an essay by "Associate Professor Celli" and one of the "lectures" at Fanfic 101.
"So, here's the thing (Celli says with not a lot of shame): I write Mary Sues."
==Excerpts==
==References==
Category:Mary Sue Meta
Category:2009 Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Mary Tchir

Mary Tchir was a fan author and also served as the Western U.S. Section Representative of the National Save: 1999 Alliance, which became the International Space: 1999 Alliance.
She was responsible for members of the club in the states of California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Her duties included keeping in contact with members in her section, distributing membership cards and information, and acting as a go-between with members and the national leadership of the Alliance.
=Fan Author=
She wrote for Space: 1999, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, and other fandoms. Tchir contributed works to such publications as Starlines, Moonbase Alpha News Service, Eagle and Reconnaissance Quarterly edited by Tony Wynn.
She is also credited for the story Doppleganger, written in the late 1970s.
=Bio=
The following information from Mary appeared in the International Space: 1999 Alliance newsletter, Main Computer:
=Personal Life=
A resident of Gresham, Oregon, Mary was born on August 10, 1938. She was married to John Tchir, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and they had two daughters together. One of their girls, Jennifer Lynn, was born August 13, 1971 and died on July 3, 1987; a victim of the Forest Park Killer. John died in 1995 and Mary passed away on June 2, 2012 at the age of 73. All three are interred at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
Tchir is quoted in a newspaper article about new evidence potentially linking her daughter's death to the Forest Park Killer, Todd Reed:
=Reference=
 
Category:Deceased
Category:Fanwriters
Mary Urhausen

Mary Urhausen was a Star Wars fiction and non-fiction writer. She passed away at age 70 on November 20, 2018.Mary Urhausen Obituary
==Some Publications==
===Non-Fiction===
* The "Clone Wars" Revisited (1989)
* Ethics and Etiquette: A Proposal for the Buying and Selling of Fanzines (1989)
* How to Do a Zine (1991)
* Question Authority (1985)
===Fiction===
* Archaeology 101 (1981-1985)
* Interspace, using the name "Hannah Cremaster" (1981)
* Not Exactly a Knight (1991)
* The Wookiee Commode (1984-1989)
Category:Deceased
==References==
Category:Fanwriters
Mary and Me

Mary and Me is a 2008 essay by Merlin Missy.
The topic is her disappointment that her 1997 essay, The (Original) Mary Sue Litmus Test (which she refers to as "my little screed") had been so widely read and referenced, and that it has been used in ways she did not intend. 
 
==Series==
This essay is part of a series called Dr. Merlin's Soapbox.
==A Term Used, Reused, and Bigger Than Life==
Merlin Missy claimed copyright for the term and practice of Mary Sue Litmus Tests, and was a gatekeeper to fans who wanted to create similar tests in other fandoms. See the author's rules and stipulations at the 2001 essay, How Do I Go About Writing a Mary Sue Litmus Test?.
The author had a love/hate relationship to her use and description of the term "litmus test." It had become bigger than expected, escaping Gargoyles fandom, essentially went viral in the wild. 
Promotion of The (Original) Mary Sue Litmus Test was heavy and relentless, especially after the author posted it at Firefox News where had even higher viability. 
The promotion and gatekeeping regarding this term is not unlike Paula Smith's original 1973 creation and (relentless) her promotion of the term, Mary Sue. Smith very much wanted her term and theory to be a topic of conversation, and, for better or worse, it became bigger than life.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* the author's unhappiness about the litmus test being the thing she is most know for
* the original litmus test was created for one small fandom, and meant for writers rather than readers
* the test was mostly for sixteen year old writers going through the stage of writing only self-insertion fic
* giving a friend, Mandolin Mandi Ohlin , permission in August 1998 to make a litmus test for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Merlin Missy mentioned a version of this test in February 1999 at What's New in 1999 
* "A few iterations later, my friend LJC wrote up her own test, discarding my format entirely and instead coming up with questions from scratch, specifically geared for ST: Voyager fandom. Again, it was way cool and exactly what needed to be done."
* "Lots of folks don't like the litmus tests because they say real people flunk them." -- Like Bono.
* discussion of Canon Sues, "Sues in canon are a completely different beast than other Sues. Normal Mary Sues change the shape of the universe in which they're dropped. Sues in canon have the fabric of the universe designed around them."
* Samantha Carter is NOT a Mary Sue, Wesley Crusher IS a Mary Sue
* just because you don't like a character, doesn't mean she is a Mary Sue, and vice versa
* "There is nothing wrong with being in love with your own creation."
* "The only problem with Mary Sues is when you bring them out in public."
* writing Mary Sues as cathartic, a stage everyone goes through, immature, and something to grow out of
==From the Essay==
 
==Fan Comments==
==References==
Category:Mary Sue Meta 
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:2008 Meta
Mary sue litmus test (Buffy test)

mary sue litmus test is a 2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer test by Tara LJC O'Shea.
"This test is based on the (original) Mary Sue Litmus Test by Melissa Wilson" which was written three years earlier.
There is much discussion here about it.
Category:2000 Fanworks
Category:2000 Meta
Category:Buffyverse Meta
Maryann Jorgensen

Maryann Jorgensen is a multifandom fanartist, that contributed to many zines from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
==Example Art Gallery==
File:Prob-21.jpg|Art from Probability Square (1989) (Blake's 7)
File:Southernlights5-11.jpg|Art from Southern Lights #5 (1993) (Star Trek TNG)
File:Templejewel-1.jpg|Art from The Temple Jewel (1995) (Star Trek DS9)
Category:Fanartists
Marybeth

==Characters==
* Mary Beth Lacey
* Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
==Fans==
* Maribeth
* Mary Beth Clark
* Mary Beth Edwards
* Mary Ann Emerson
* Mary Beth Keller
* Mary Beth Nielsen
* Mary Beth Santarelli
* Mary Beth Schrieb
* Mary Beth Stuckey
* Mary Beth Wrenn
* Marybeth Cieplinski
* Marybeth Cooper
* Marybeth G. Fitzgerald
* Marybeth Gauthier
* Marybeth H.
* Marybeth Pospula
* Marybeth Rymer
Maryland Association of Star Trek

Maryland Association of Star Trek was a Star Trek: TOS fan club based in Silver Spring, MD.
It was also known as "Metropolitan Area Star Trekkers" and "Metropolitan Area Star Trek Club," or morphed from that club in some way. The same with the name "UMAST, or The University of Maryland Star Trek."
In 1976, according to a listing in the Star Trek Lives! program book, it had 55 members and was for fans who were over 18 years of age.
==Cons==
* August Party
 
==Publications==
* Karen & Leonard: A Monochromatic Romance
* Rigel 
Category:Star Trek Fan Clubs
Category:1974 Fan Clubs 
Category:1970s Fan Clubs
Maryrenault

maryrenault (official name, "Mary Renault readers and fic writers' Journal") is a LiveJournal community that was created as "[a] place to discuss Mary Renault's books, their settings and era; the author and her concerns; to post fics and criticise them; and in general to enjoy cant-free any kind of free-form discussion of matters literary, historical, philosophical and sociological revolving around 20th century English literature and/or homoerotic themes. (Yes, you could call it slash. If you like.) And more. Virtual claret much appreciated."
It is an open, moderated community with 124 members listed as of January 2013.
Category:Mary Renault
Marysue Dixon Predicts

Marysue Dixon Predicts is a 1986 essay by Carolyn Cooper.
It was printed in Blue Pencil #4. 
==Some Topics Discussed==
* fandom and profit
* zines
* fan entitlement
* the "20th" anniversary of "media zine fandom" (a reference to Spockanalia and other Star Trek: TOS zines)
==From the Essay==
 
==References==
Category:Fandom & Profit Meta
Category:1986 Meta
Category:Meta in Print
Masaru

Masaru may refer to:
==Characters==
*マサル (Masaru), the Japanese name for Victor from Pokémon
*Masaru Bakugou, a character from My Hero Academia
*Masaru Daimon, a character from Danganronpa
*Masaru Daimon, a character from Digimon
*Masaru "Echo" Enatsu, a character from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
*Masaru Konaka, aka Redd White, a character from Ace Attorney
*Masaru Sera, a character from Yakuza
*Masaru Takahara, a character from Live A Live
Mascarada (Blake's 7 zine)

Mascarada is a gen Blake's 7 119-page novel by Susan R. Matthews. The art is by Pat Cash.
 
The zine also contains a poem by Sheryl. The poem indirectly comments on the then-recent death of a fan, Beth Nugteran, in a multi-casualty car accident caused by a drunk driver.
This zine also includes a short story by Susan R. Matthews called "The Portage." It is an Avon hurt/comfort fic. Matthews comments on an element of borrowed fanon in the preface.
==Series==
It is part of a series that was published separately, and then in 1989, as a single volume:
* The Mind of a Man is a Double-Edged Sword 
*Mascarada
* Shadowplay
==Comments by the Author About Borrowed Fanon==
In 1985 and 1986, there had been several instances of a fan named "Keith Black" selling bootlegged copies of Blake's 7 zines, one of them of the fic by Ann O'Neill called "Between Black and White" (see Between Black and White). This may have made fans extra-sensitive, including the producers of "Mascarada," to any possible raised eyebrows regarding fanon, head canon, and canon and the subject of Avon's allergies.
Matthews included this statement in the preface to the story "The Portage" in "Mascarada":
==Sample Interior Gallery==
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==Reactions and Reviews ==
===Unknown Date===
===1994===
 
===1996===
==References==
 
 Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
Category:1985 Zines
Mash-slash

mash-slash is a mailing list for slash fanfiction and slash-centric discussion about the TV series M*A*S*H. While it's main focus was slash, gen and het was also accepted (2 February 2020). 
The mailing list has generated some stories every year since 2001, although activity has been erratic in the last few years. With no archive available, though, the stories are restricted to list members. However, in 2004 the list membership organised the Mash Slash AwardsMash Slash Awards (for Excellence in Fanfiction), accessed November 3rd, 2008 which provides an overview of some of the best stories available then. 
List membership tends to be young, mainly high-school and college-aged. Stories on the list tend to favor Hawkeye/BJ, but cover almost every imaginable slash pairing; it's also considered perfectly acceptable to post a story with no character names attached, inviting the readers to imagine their own favorite characters in the roles. Femslash is rare, and usually features Erin Hunnicutt, the daughter of BJ Hunnicutt (never seen in the show, during which she was a toddler), aged up to high-school or college age and generally paired with an OFC. 
Stories on the list -- particularly those featuring Hawkeye in any way -- also tend toward somberness and angst; there's lots of deathfic (often suicide); sometimes the death itself is the focus, but stories also revolve around funerals. There's also a remarkable amount of cutting and similar coping strategies. 
In recent years, the mailing list has developed a sister-LJ community, also called mash-slash (2 February 2020).
==References==
Category:M*A*S*H
Category:Yahoo! Groups
Category:2000sCategory:2010s
MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture at the Vancouver Art Gallery

MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture at the Vancouver Art Gallery was a museum exhibit that showcased 6 fanvids. It was held February 20 to May 15, 2016.
The collection contained 371 works of art from 156 artists, including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and TS Eliot. The art gallery posted a video offering an overview of the exhibit on Youtube on Apr 19, 2016.Vancouver Art Gallery: MashUp Overview
The fanvids were included in the 3rd Floor collection titled: "The Post-War: Cut, Copy and Quotation in the Age of Mass Media: ANDY WARHOL TO DARA BIRNBAUM". 
Among the fanvids shown were:
*Starships by bironic
*Both Sides Now by Kandy Fong
*Data's Dream by Gayle F
*The Test by Heresluck
*Flow by Lim
*Obsessive24
A description of the selection process and the exhibit: Mashup by bironic (published part of of the videlicet zine)
==References==
Category:Vidding
Category:2016 Events