(This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones most recent episode,“The Long Night,” which aired on Sunday night.)In the 24 hours since Game of Thrones aired its long-awaited battle episode, and in which the forces at Winterfell squared off against The Night King’s undead army,two topics hold dominated most of the online discussion of the episode: Whether the lighting of the episode was too dark to render it coherent, and whether the character of Arya Stark is a “Mary Sue.”“Mary Sue” is a concept familiar to fans of sci-fi, or fantasy,and other nerd-friendly realms of fiction. It’s often used to describe a female character who is able to perform all functions with relative ease, in a way thats unrealistic. It’s defined by comedian Book as a character who is “unrealistically heroic, and overly capable,and missing in any real flaws.”Click here to continue and read more...
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