Haha don’t think I’ve ever seen that done before in this conversation. Good job? I guess? I feel like I could probably nitpick some of those but whatevs.

I wish the debate would die. With the Mary Sue thing, I feel like I’ve said this waaay too many times, but the thing is that with the term there are misogynistic implications. Hypothetically that kind of criticism could be thrown against characters of any gender, but they rarely do. When people specifically mention her gender when talking about how implausible her abilities are, that’s when the unfortunate implications become clear.

Ultimately, the term is just downright lazy. If people actually had well reasoned and thought out arguments about Rey’s characterization and how it affected the story/drama, I’d be more willing to engage with them. But if they’re just going to skip to name calling, that’s where I’ll brush them aside. If you’re just going to regurgitate something someone else has said on the internet, there’s no point in wasting my time.