Witchblade: When bad characters make a good book go bad(or try to)

fyi( in case anyone here doesn't know, though I suspect most on my flist do), Gary Stu is the male equivalent of a Mary Sue...a wishfulfillment type character for whom the writer tends to sacrifice other characters of the same gender in favor of, and alter other characters to make their character seem better.  Mostly found in fanfics, but as fans of comics and TV series and other mediums where TPTB and casts tend to change know, they exist in canon, too.  And they gobble up and destroy everything they touch.

See: Patrick Gleason in Witchblade.

Now, I love Ron Marz's current run on Witchblade.  He gets the core concept...a strong, intelligent female cop who becomes the keeper of an ancient, destructive, mystical weapon and gets stuck involved in all sorts of supernatural capers.  His stories are great and his Sara is the strongest, most intelligent, capable Sara we've had.  And for that, I love him and his run.

The problem is his own characters.  Or one.

( Witchblade babblings here )

Witchblade: When bad characters make a good book go bad(or try to)

fyi( in case anyone here doesn't know, though I suspect most on my flist do), Gary Stu is the male equivalent of a Mary Sue...a wishfulfillment type character for whom the writer tends to sacrifice other characters of the same gender in favor of, and alter other characters to make their character seem better.  Mostly found in fanfics, but as fans of comics and TV series and other mediums where TPTB and casts tend to change know, they exist in canon, too.  And they gobble up and destroy everything they touch.

See: Patrick Gleason in Witchblade.

Now, I love Ron Marz's current run on Witchblade.  He gets the core concept...a strong, intelligent female cop who becomes the keeper of an ancient, destructive, mystical weapon and gets stuck involved in all sorts of supernatural capers.  His stories are great and his Sara is the strongest, most intelligent, capable Sara we've had.  And for that, I love him and his run.

The problem is his own characters.  Or one.

( Witchblade babblings here )