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]

See, when a guy does it, he's the HERO, when a gal does it, she's a Mary Sue [g]

*Giggles.* Ooooh, and here I thought when Duncan become The Hero, or the Doctor The Lonely God they progressed from "classic Mary Sue" to "Goddess Mary Sue." Silly me. *Smacks forehead.*

I think when comment threads get long, there tends to be some miscommunication along the way.

*Nods.* Yeah, and when it's a subject I'm as touchy about as Mary Sue it's easy for me to react without really getting what someone is trying to say. *Blushes and ducks head.*