History Quotes / JerkSue

->As Karma for another episode of atrocious behaviour, Zack's [[KarmaHoudini hit on by a hot redhead]] who asks him if he believes in love at first sight, whom he follows offscreen with the kind of smile that says ''“By the time I'm done with her, she'll have [[BastardBoyfriend a thighful of self-harm scars and an eating disorder]], or my name's not Zack Morris!”''

->The next thing you need to do is create your main character, and since it's important to {{write who you know}}, the main character [[SelfInsertFic will obviously be]] ''[[AuthorAvatar you]]''; but while [[TakeThat you are a repressed, socially retarded dullard who no one would ever honestly admit to liking]], [[AuthorAvatar your author insertion character]] [[WishFulfillment is a fantasy]], so they will be [[LoveableRogue a charismatic eccentric]] who is unconditionally loved by everyone, even while he's [[KickTheDog setting their dog on fire]].

->This is someone I spent seven years dreading every time he appeared on-camera, and very rarely found things turned out better than I thought. I'm not gonna pretend I want to see him leave the ship in triumph two episodes from the end. I wanna see him do the ''[[Series/GameOfThrones GoT]]'' walk of shame -- except with some pants on, because if you look at Neelix's junk you'll [[FanDisservice turn into a pillar of salt.]] I wanna see him exit [[ThrownOutTheAirlock via an airlock]] that someone has labeled "EMERGENCY BATHROOM" with a ripped piece of cardboard and magic marker.
-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Homestead"

->“It’s acting that way because of who wrote it. '''[[Creator/MarionZimmerBradley Bradley]] raped her daughter and her sons.''' Bradley believed that bloodlines and special genetics were superior to actually learning or being taught a good moral code. Bradley knew society considered incest and pedophilia to be wrong... but she hated it.\\
“And so she wrote this, no doubt hoping that the cover of ‘it’s a different time and culture!’ would disguise that she agreed with it. I’d bet good money that most readers of the time accepted this ‘heartwarming’ reunion because they thought that there really was just a difference of viewpoints and the two should just let bygones be bygones. Hell, the All The Tropes page for this book[[note]]as well as this wiki’s own page[[/note]] lists Viviane as having [[BlueAndOrangeMorality blue and orange morality]]! People really think it’s just a case that she’s perfectly well-meaning but operating under a different view of morality than most people!\\
“(None of the synonyms for ‘well-intentioned’ apply to the woman who deliberately plotted the drugged rape of her niece and nephew, who is also using magic to curse an aspiring mother with infertility because said mother wouldn’t raise her child in Viviane’s religion, and whose only objection to having that same aspiring mother raped and impregnated by her brutal maybe-brother as a forced divorce was that no woman would help Avalon do this. None of them.)”
-->--'''[[Blog/DasSporking ZeldaQueen]]''', [[https://das-sporking2.dreamwidth.org/1525155.html on]] ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon''

-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''GamingWebcomics''

->"Seriously, Mary Sue, you worry me. You do realize that there is a difference - a very BIG difference - between a cool, collected, liberated woman and a violent, self-aggrandizing bitch? I can't get over how many of you girls think that physically abusing men for no reason other than you're annoyed with them makes you look 'cool'. It doesn't. You do realize that punching men for talking to you does not make you look feisty and independent, it makes you look dangerously unhinged and would not serve to endear you to anyone, still less the man you've just punched?"

->The next thing you need to do is create your main character, and since it's important to {{write who you know}}, the main character will obviously be ''you''; but while you are a repressed, socially retarded dullard who no one would ever honestly admit to liking, your author insertion character is a fantasy, so they will be [[LoveableRogue a charismatic eccentric]] who is unconditionally loved by everyone, even while he's setting their dog on fire.

->The next thing you need to do is create your main character, and since it's important to {{write who you know}}, the main character will obviously be ''you''; but while you are a repressed, socially retarded dullard who no one would ever honestly admit to liking, your author insertion character is a fantasy, so they will be [[LoveableRogue a charismatic eccentric]] who is unconditionally loved by everyone, even while he's setting their dog on fire.
-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''GamingWebcomics''

->This is someone I spent seven years dreading every time he appeared on-camera, and very rarely found things turned out better than I thought. I'm not gonna pretend I want to see him leave the ship in triumph two episodes from the end. I wanna see him do the ''[[Series/GameOfThrones GoT]]'' walk of shame -- except with some pants on, because if you look at Neelix's junk you'll [[FanDisservice turn into a pillar of salt.]] I wanna see him exit [[ThrownOutTheAirlock via an airlock]] that someone has labeled "EMERGENCY BATHROOM" with a ripped piece of cardboard and magic marker.
-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Homestead"

->OH, THAT MANIAC, HE IS A CARD! Crashing expensive starships indispensable to the war effort, destroying the flight deck, and running over helpless technicians for fun! He--he cracks me up.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/WingCommander''

->She's a 'strong woman' who can take care of herself, and apparently a 'strong woman' is someone who is [[AxCrazy inexplicably hostile and has poor impulse control.]]
--> -- '''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-obnoxious-assumptions-hollywood-makes-about-women/#ixzz1YVlgfw00 6 Obnoxious Assumptions Hollywood Makes About Women]]

->All throughout this episode, I really tried to picture another ''Trek'' captain doing what Archer does here. And I just couldn't do it. For that matter, I can't imagine any other show making their central character out to be this much of a selfish idiot...I have to wonder if this one episode didn't [[DisasterDominoes hasten the inevitable cancellation.]]
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "A Night in Sickbay"

->They never showed us why Lana was so great and why Lana [[KarmaHoudini deserved to be a Superhero.]] Sure they 'told' us more than once but that never matched what they actually showed us. What I saw was [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic a stuck up, deceptive, manipulative witch]] who's opinion of herself was way above and beyond what the reality they showed us was. That is usually okay. Characters like that can work in a story. The problem was everyone else on the show shared Lana's [[SmallNameBigEgo delusions of grandeur]] and that is what killed this story.
-->--'''Douglas Trumble''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville8-ep14 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''[='=]s Lana

->People change their personalities, storylines shift and flip like a mechanical maze popping up new paths and lowering old gates in order to keep Macho Sue from ever, ever having to backtrack. As Creator/JohnWayne says, 'Never say sorry - it's a sign of weakness.'
-->'''[[http://www.kitwhitfield.com Kit Whitfield]]''', from the article "[[http://kitwhitfield.blogspot.com/2008/03/macho-sue.html Macho Sue]]"

->"Seriously, Mary Sue, you worry me. You do realize that there is a difference - a very BIG difference - between a cool, collected, liberated woman and a violent, self-aggrandizing bitch? I can't get over how many of you girls think that physically abusing men for no reason other than you're annoyed with them makes you look 'cool'. It doesn't. You do realize that punching men for talking to you does not make you look feisty and independent, it makes you look dangerously unhinged and would not serve to endear you to anyone, still less the man you've just punched?"
-->'''LJ user sevendials''', from [[http://fanficrants.livejournal.com/3496750.html a post on Fanfic Rants]]

->Bakula describes Archer's behavior as "a little over the line" in this episode. Yes, that's a fair assessment. Also, [[{{Understatement}} 9/11 was a little bit of a bummer]]...I'm so very tired.
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "A Night in Sickbay"

->I'm not gonna pretend I want to see him leave the ship in triumph two episodes from the end. I wanna see him do the ''[[Series/GameOfThrones GoT]]'' walk of shame -- except with some pants on, because if you look at Neelix's junk you'll [[FanDisservice turn into a pillar of salt.]] I wanna see him exit [[ThrownOutTheAirlock via an airlock]] that someone has labeled "EMERGENCY BATHROOM" with a ripped piece of cardboard and magic marker.

->''As Karma for another episode of atrocious behaviour, Zack's hit on by a hot redhead who asks him if he believes in love at first sight, whom he follows offscreen with the kind of smile that says ''“By the time I'm done with her, she'll have [[BastardBoyfriend a thighful of self-harm scars and an eating disorder]], or my name's not Zack Morris!”''

->The essential story structure of a Macho Sue tends to revolve around untouchable pride. If love means never having to say you're sorry, being Macho Sue means the whole of reality loves you. Typically, Macho Sue's storyline follows a certain trajectory: he begins by acting egregiously, picking or provoking fights and causing problems. However much the ensuing difficulties can be laid at his door, Macho Sue is not about to apologise, in any way. So the problems continue - only to be salvaged by some immense reversals that give the impression that he was right all along. The man he insulted turns out, suddenly, to be a bad guy. The woman who dislikes him falls into his strong arms when he solves a problem that is not the same problem he caused for her. People change their personalities, storylines shift and flip like a mechanical maze popping up new paths and lowering old gates in order to keep Macho Sue from ever, ever having to backtrack. As Creator/JohnWayne says, 'Never say sorry - it's a sign of weakness.'