Yeah, I was thinking of calling her Mary Sue but wasn’t sure if the terminology was appropriate for her character. As I thought Mary Sue types are not just good at everything they do (which Mariner fits) but also they are like good and respectable characters who do things by the book and follow rules (which Mariner isn’t). I might be wrong though.
Mariner actually started to grow on me. I don’t know if I started to tolerate her more because I got used to her or she has become less obnoxious in last couple of episodes. I really liked the finale and she didn’t bother me that much, almost at all.
Now having watched the whole season I must say I quite enjoyed it. I loved the easter eggs, most of the characters and the finale was great. This is now offically my favorite of the new Star Trek shows.
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crc32 (2584)
4 years ago
I think a Mary Sue just implies shes good at and gets what ever a character wants. A Mary Sue is a cjharacter that is just awsome at everything they do with out training. IE A Mary Sue doesn't grow or have a dipiction of growing in a story. Think doogie howser were a character becomes a doctor at age 14. Its not the Mary Sue trope that bothers me. Its the abusive nature she has towards her peers. Shes not just obnoxious she's out right insulting. Also her disdain for authority or anyone giving her advise is evident. By her own admission she'd rather be sent to the brig then ordered to attend therapy which makes no sense as mariner cleasrly means she values her freedom above all elsee so why would they write her to prefer the brig other then to show how badass she is.
I agree it seems like in the last 3 episodes the characters became less shrill in there dialog but they still talked fast and ran over every one around them. It almost feels like each character is reading from their sdcript the split second and almost right on top of their partners last syllable which indicates poor timing as the characters would have to have pre knowledge of their partners dialog before speaking(IE This is a giveasway they are reading from a script breaking suspension of disbeleif.). Like how many takes did they do for their dialog to sound so precanned and unnatural.
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