My wife mentioned that anime, much as she's a fan, is sometimes prone to creating Mary Sue, Marty Stu types. Personally, I don't think anime has a lock on that trope.
Sometimes, the line can be fuzzy and less overt than the one you offered. After all, heroes and heroines are supposed to be exceptional people who accomplish great things, look cool doing it and all this while having a hot love interest. In some ways, the Mary Sue/Marty Stu seems like an exaggeration to the point where they can do anything, are flawless at all times and all other characters fawn all over them for no apparent reason. The more campy action genres or formulaic romance comedies seem to feature main characters that come closer to that line.
James Bond strikes me as being a Marty Stu, though I really don't mind somehow. Unlike the other two examples I gave, he's an entertaining Marty. All the over-the-top camp, ludicrously romanticized glamour and predictable formulaic plots just add comedic value and I accept it as part of the genre.
Sometimes, the line can be fuzzy and less overt than the one you offered. After all, heroes and heroines are supposed to be exceptional people who accomplish great things, look cool doing it and all this while having a hot love interest. In some ways, the Mary Sue/Marty Stu seems like an exaggeration to the point where they can do anything, are flawless at all times and all other characters fawn all over them for no apparent reason. The more campy action genres or formulaic romance comedies seem to feature main characters that come closer to that line.
James Bond strikes me as being a Marty Stu, though I really don't mind somehow. Unlike the other two examples I gave, he's an entertaining Marty. All the over-the-top camp, ludicrously romanticized glamour and predictable formulaic plots just add comedic value and I accept it as part of the genre.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
