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During the article, I wondered what the writer's end goal was. Then I saw that she wants to portray the lead in a movie version, and I can only assume this will

During the article, I wondered what the writer's end goal was. Then I saw that she wants to portray the lead in a movie version, and I can only assume this will be some Neil Breen-level, awesomely-bad garbage.

cratermoon 9y ago
It's called a Mary Sue character. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue
csours 9y ago
Neil Breen, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KolenE1GCyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KolenE1GCyg (NSFW audio, probably NSFW video)
- AndrewKemendo 9y ago
  God bless both of you for introducing me to Neil Breen
  - ada1981 9y ago
    Incredible.
CM30 9y ago
Based on the reviews I've seen, the book is exactly as bad as you'd expect it to be. A purple prose filled cliche storm with every aspect of a bad novel you'd expect it to have: https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/900810659654283265/ https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/90081065965428326... Yeah, that compares it to the infamous Harry Potter fan fic My Immortal.