And this Rey ‘Mary Sue’ thing is just so tedious, and whether or not you have any pro-male agenda behind it - I’m not saying you have - but it smacks of selectiveness and decades of women not being allowed to do what men can do. I’m a father of two young girls, and I’m involved in the science and engineering sector which desperately needs more women to engage with and fulfil their potential (grade for grade girls score higher in sciences than boys), so this is something I feel strongly about.
Anakin had zero training before his pod race “I’m the only human who can do it”. He uses the Force and wins the race.
Luke had maybe 1 to 2 hours training on the Falcon. He uses the Force and blows up the Death Star.
Snoke even says in the script that the ‘light’ has manifested in Rey as a counter balance to Kylo growing in power. So it is there in the script and it is consistent enough at least for me to go along with and not cry foul.
So please don’t come out with comments like Rey has “insta-force”, as for me it comes off as selective and patronising.
To be clear the same “Gary-Sue” criticism was made about child Anakin. I think the Mary-Sue thing is misunderstood. It not about putting women down, it is actually about wanting them to have real Characters, rather than idealized ones. It would be progress for women if Mary-Sue characters did not exist - Driver got to play a complex character, Ridley got to play a one-dimensional character. Who got the better role?
I hadn’t heard the ‘Gary Sue’ thing before
That’s because no one brings it up ever until someone else dares to say it’s not fair/right/appropriate to call Rey a Mary Sue.