The ladies tackle the subject of Mary Sue, the perfect self-insert version of the author from which no fandom is safe. Along the way they bounce from Backstreet Boys to Twilight to Marvel and finally to Harry Potter before diving directly into the dumpster fire of My Immortal.

Links:

• The Mary Sue Litmus Test
• Fic of the week: An Avengers Mary Sue by ThisSlytherinIsDun
• The Garbage Fire: My Immortal by xXMidnightEssenceXx
• Geek Girl Brunch.

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