suggest that traditionally speaking women have desires as well as men, however the needs that women desire are more about emotion, and romance and one of the best ways to indulge in such things for many would be in the form of a narrative.

In essence Ogas seems to imply that fantastical romance centered narratives allows women to imagine themselves in the place of the beautiful female protagonist which is the driving force behind the high numbers of women indulging in the literary genre that has come to be known as the romance novel. Ogas’s article explains how the romance novel and it’s impact has influenced the online fanfiction community. “All romance novels, whether written by the likes of Jane Austen, Nora Roberts or Stephenie Meyer, employ a narrative formula that follows the gradual elucidation of the hero’s inner character, leading to an emotional epiphany between hero and heroine. On this journey, the heroine—and the reader—investigates the character of the hero. The goal of a romance novel’s heroine is never sex for its own sake, much less impersonal sex with strangers. All romance novels end with a “happily ever after”: a marriage or committed long-term partnership.In addition to providing a new platform for traditional romance tales, the Web has fueled an explosion of stories written by a highly interactive community of female amateurs: a genre called “fan fiction”(The Online World of Female Desire). The longing to be beautiful, loved, accepted, the desire of being the object of an unobtainable ideal beautiful, successful man for many including myself is an unattainable fantasy. A fantasy that many will never have the pleasure of experiencing and in knowing this so many turn to fanfiction as a means to experience what they otherwise will never experience in reality.

I love Mary Sue and I love my Mary Sues,, what I do not like it poorly written ones lol

“…explain Dorothy because without her, there really is no story…”

You’ve just explained it yourself. She comes into this pre-existing world (Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fifth Oz book Baum wrote) and not only manages to get all the other characters to “fall” for her – in a platonic way, of course – but proceeds to solve all their problems, and almost single-handedly get rid of the two main “villains” of the world.

I do have to wonder, though, is she really a Mary Sue as she was created by the author of the world, as opposed to a fan?

Wow, you really don’t get the point of this site, do you? This is not a gamer site, it’s a site that celebrates the achievements and interests of women with a wide variety of “nontraditional” interests and I, for one, am glad I found it.

This isn’t a “gamer” site, is it? I see mostly nerdy post unrelated to any games…

A childhood friend of mine – her mother’s name is Mary Sue. She was a single mother for most of my childhood, and the entire neighborhood seemed to call her “mom.” She was an amazing woman. Nothing she couldn’t do.

hah) I’m just Mary. But all of my friends call me Mary Sue:DD
I’m thinking of calling my daughter(if I’ll have one) Sue…

Mary Sues may very well be something to laugh at in retrospect, and we’re certainly all guilty of them. I’m certainly no exception. However, this is a bit like going to a women’s sports page called, “The Borrowed Letter Jacket” or a women’s car enthusiast site called, “Eyeliner While Driving”. Crappy behavior shouldn’t become a glorified penultimate of a gender.

has anyone written fanfic of mulder’s sister?

But maybe I can move past the bad connotations and reclaim it, as it should be?…

Did you know that the male brain can be far more readily aroused by animated imagery?
Think Jessica Rabbit.