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2.4: Tropefest: Enemies to Lovers + The Mary Sue
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Time for part two of our Ink Sink Tropefest!
Listen to part one where we covered The Chosen One and the Three Witches.
In this episode, we cover Annie's favorite trope: Enemies to Lovers.
We also cover one of the most maligned tropes in fiction: The Mary Sue.
Check out our sources here:
Some fan commentary from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ue11mp/mary_sue_isnt_real_and_she_cannot_hurt_you/
Some fan commentary from Fansplaining: https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/mary-sue
An academic study into Mary Sue characters: http://www.merrycoz.org/papers/MARYSUE.xhtml
A history deep dive from Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/these-women-coined-term-mary-sue-180972182/
The TV Tropes wiki: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue
Summary of the Epic of Gilgamesh: https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-literature A master list of enemies-to-lovers TV couples: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/best-tv-enemies-to-lovers-couples
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