Eh. He’s only good at things that can be solved with violence or stoicism, hurts himself and others by being emotionally unavailable and poorly socialized, and is constantly running from his past figuratively and literally. It’s basically the same archetype as the hardboiled detectives from a century ago.
No no. You see, a male character is awesome and badass and alpha male while the female version is just a Mary Sue and woke and forced diversity and blah blah blah.
Lol Reacher is the most “Mary Sue” (or whatever he male equivalent) character I’ve ever seen on TV.
“Gary Stu” is a pretty common substitution. And I agree, but the show is still fun. 🤷♂️
Eh. He’s only good at things that can be solved with violence or stoicism, hurts himself and others by being emotionally unavailable and poorly socialized, and is constantly running from his past figuratively and literally. It’s basically the same archetype as the hardboiled detectives from a century ago.
I’ve heard Marty Stu to describe that trope for make characters
No no. You see, a male character is awesome and badass and alpha male while the female version is just a Mary Sue and woke and forced diversity and blah blah blah.
Well you see they grew up watching Arnold and Stallon. So that is OK.
I actually unfamiliar with that trope
A self-insert (by the author) character who is unreasonably good at everything they attempt.
Thank you for my new knowledge.
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I think that picture is from Ministry of ungentlemenly warfare.
It is, and he plays a character with exceedingly limited range in that movie lol
I really enjoyed his attempt at a Dutch accent