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 " 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 backstor...
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