The big difference

[larryhammer]

For kate_nepveu:

"The essential difference between porn and erotica is that porn has Mary Sues and erotica doesn't." Discuss.

It would explain the similarities between certain types of amateur porn and fantasy: the sort that starts with the stats (measurements and race/class, respectively). On another paw, can one meaningfully distinguish between a wish-fulfillment character and a Mary Sue? I'd argue the other is a subset of the one, with certain identifying characteristics mostly relating to how other characters react to her/him, but others disagree. Or even argue a Mary Sue by definition cannot appear outside of fanfic.

---L.

Comments

[larryhammer]

BTW, I'm not so much startled and bemused to realize we have a previous connection. How well did you know kathlaw? If you don't mind my asking.

---L.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

I don't really.

[larryhammer]

Just wondering. She was a close friend.

---L.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

Was?

[larryhammer]

Um, yeah. She killed herself just over two years ago.

---L.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

Oh shit. That explains a conversation.

I'll email you later, it's too personal to post.

[larryhammer]

Understood.

Sorry about the sudden springing -- I thought you knew.

---L.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

Nope, thought she got bored with lj.

[larryhammer]

Nope -- she posted the night before she died. Partial story is here. janni and I were part of the clean-up crew, or as I sometimes think of it, at ground zero.

---L.