• 1.  An article by Kate Gardner on  themarysue.com  website on August 21, 2018 is titled  James Tiberius Kirk Is the Original Mary Sue  and the article says how the term "Mary Sue" today is used to mean a character that is "too perfect" that the character is "underdeveloped" and mentions how in Star Trek: Into Darkness, Scotty refers to Kirk as "Captain James Tiberius Perfect Hair" the Article also says that 
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    In the original series, Kirk is incapable of doing wrong. Part of this is because the Original Series is a happy, hopeful show where good triumphs and the heroes always win the day. But Kirk never takes a misstep. He always wins the day, no matter what. He tells God to get lost and convinces evil, mirror versions of his crewmates to do good in their universe. Women fall at his feet because he’s just that gorgeous and amazing. He’s the king of the galaxy.

    He’s even more of a Mary Sue in the rebooted version. He gets a tragic backstory, aces all his aptitude tests according to Captain Pike, and succeeds in literally everything he sets out to do. In the end, everyone comes to love him—and before anyone argues that this is what had to happen because he’s destined to become captain of the Enterprise, I’d like to argue that if we stripped away the context of the Original Series, it would be even more Mary Sue-esque, because he’d be a literal chosen one.

    Also, the Kobiyashi Maru in both timelines is the biggest Sue indicator of all. It’s the unbeatable test, and Kirk beats it—by cheating, admittedly, but he beats it all the same—and then goes on to never have a no-win scenario ever again, because no matter what, he always emerges victorious.


    He’s not the only Mary Sue in the original Trek lineup, either. Don’t think I’m forgetting about Spock’s irresistibility and flawless logic, or the fact that Bones can literally cure anything he sets his mind to. It’s a full trio of Mary Sues. I love all of them, but it’s true. "  




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