Marty Sue?

[ithildin]

So George Lucas based Luke on himself, and Gene Roddenberry based Wesley on himself, and those are just two are off the top of my head, and now, I discover that one of the creators of How I Met Your Mother based Ted on himself and the other creator, Marshall. Yet I never see the screams of 'MARY SUE!' that I'm sure would exist if these guys were women.

Just an observation.


Ted was originally modeled on you, and Marshall on Craig. How far have those characters evolved from that? Do you ever sit around and say, "I wouldn't do that" or "We wouldn't do that to each other"?

Ted certainly isn't me anymore. I haven't been engaged, or had a lot of the other experiences he's had. It's more the characters have become themselves .We definitely do try to ask ourselves, "Would this happen to us? Would this happen to someone we know?" for all the characters. We try to keep them personal and real, but there's more overlap now. I relate to Marshall as much as I do to Ted.


Full text here, but it is spoilerish for the last ep of the season.

Comments

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I count myself lucky, because I haven't seen female hate (beyond the Mary Sue cry) on such a rabid, irrational level since I came to the SPN fandom. I used to think the Naruto fanbrats were ridiculous with how they hated on the girls - "I hate Sakura, she's weak", then Sakura gets some real power and it's, "I hate Sakura, she's too powerful now!" - but it's nothing compared to SPN batfuck nutters.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I never got into SPN fandom and just watch the show every week :)

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I should know better after all of this time, but it's like a train wreck and I'm in it. Twisted metal and whatnot all around, I know I should get out before the fuel explodes, but I'm mesmerized by the carnage. Plus, the wank is actually really fucking funny.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Sometimes you just can't help it.