History Fridge / EnsignSueMustDie

* Ensign Mary Sue [[spoiler:is reborn as Mary Smith at the end of the series. Sues, are, by definition, super-duper-special and fantastic in every conceivable aspect -- [[AwesomeMcCoolname and their names]] [[OverlyLongName are no exception]]. However, over the course of the comic, Ensign Sue gradually learns the errors of her ways and becomes normal -- and ''human''. She goes from being perfect and amazing and exceptional to being a normal person; so her being reborn with one of the most common female names and ''the'' most common surname is fitting, in a way.]]

** Disney/{{Hercules}} is someone who, through sheer determination, defied fate and made himself a god.

** In addition to this point, ''Smith'' is the surname of the person who wrote the [[ATrekkiesTale very first Mary Sue by name]] in the Star Trek-verse - Paula Smith, after whose character Lt. Mary Sue the trope for this kind of character was named.

*** On top of that, she is the Element of Honesty. Honesty with ones self is a key part of the final confrontation with God Mode Sue, both in how she is unable to lie to herself, and in how her actions reveal her love to be a lie and helps her realize her self-deception about Spock's love for her.

* Ensign Sue being the one to come up with TheNeedsOfTheMany line that [[spoiler:brought Spock back from his brainwashing]] may at first seem shoehorned and (ironically) a little too deus ex machina-ish for someone [[spoiler:no longer with Sue powers]], but remember: [[spoiler:Ensign learned the hard way the ''very same thing'' by watching with clear eyes the destruction the Sues cause to everyone else, and she actually gave up the chance of having her Sue powers back when she betrayed her sisters, as she understood that her petty needs are nothing compared to the balance of the multiverse.]]
** It is also fitting in a meta-sense. [[spoiler: Sues, both in general in this story, warp canon and narrative convention to suit their whims. That leads to characters who act out-of-character and plot that don't make sense internally or conflict with the lore of the parent series. What Ensign Sue does here is convince a character to act in-character and she does it with that character's own line and philosophy. It's basically character re-railing.]]

** Not to forget that ''Smith'' is the surname of the person who wrote the [[ATrekkiesTale very first Mary Sue by name]] in the Star Trek-verse - Paula Smith, after whose character Lt. Mary Sue the trope for this kind of character was named.