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

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

*Snickering.* For some reason I am inordinately amused by your using "Marty Sue" instead of "Marty Stu". It might be the sleep dep. *Whistles.* You know where I stand on the whole, "The boys don't get raked over the coals like the girls do." :D

I will say my favorite example I've seen of a male writer talking about his Marty Stu was Chuck Jones talking about Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. He said Bugs was his perfect character that got away with everything while Daffy was his everyman. ;)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I like to be quirky and different, you know! LOL

Yes, we go way back on the whole girl issue.