| starcraft said: The concept has long been co-opted by misogynistic elements to tarnish characters that are 'competent-while-female'. |
That's the first time I've ever heard such nonsense that pretends the term can't also be applied to males. Anakin, certainly in episode 1 atleast, was a Gary Stu. He was also great at everything and encountered no set backs. Wasn't until episode 2 that he starts losing and needing saving.
I think most people, even the politically obsessed know this, but either way that's not why they question. No matter what you say, even if you don't use the term mary-sue, they will question if your criticism is political because the point is to distract and avoid acknowledging the movies flaws. The political stances one has doesn't make their criticisms anymore or less valid, so there's no other purpose bringing it up. That Holdo and Leia's plan was stupid wont be made any less true even if a racist sexist homophobe were the one saying it.
