Mary Sue Awakens is a spin on Disney's new blockbuster hit The Force Awakens.

Interesting conversations have sprung up regarding the female lead character Rey in the new Star Wars movie. Some claim she’s a “Mary Sue” character, while others, seeing Rey as a shining symbol of female power, look upon that as a sexist accusation and vehemently deny it.

Spoiler Alert: Do NOT read any further if you haven’t yet seen The Force Awakens.

First off, what is a Mary Sue? Wikipedia offers a good explanation that reveals a feminist tale in itself… The early version of a Mary Sue involved developing a too-perfect character.

The more recent definition is about authors self-inserting an idealized version of themselves into a story. Apparently this is a common writing style within fan fiction. The feminist backlash involves female writers claiming they’ve been continually suppressed (by patriarchal dark forces) into not developing strong female characters in their stories by dreaded accusations of creating Mary Sues.

I went to the new movie with my wife and kids and was eager to be enthralled. Spunky young girl playing Luke’s role? Sure, I’ll buy into that. She seemed the right mix of vulnerable, pretty and brooding.

Demonstrations of virtue for no social profit, like sparing a drone from destruction instead of trading it in for food? Not in the real world, but she’s obviously being positioned as the protagonist, so I could accept some blatant virtue signalling.

But then for the rest of the movie you are treated to this kick-ass girl who can do anything she tries and the whole story starts going flat, like the early, God-mode, pre-kryptonite days of Superman... Fix and fly the Millennium Falcon, kick Darth Junior’s ass in both mind battle and swordplay, etc., etc.

I had no idea what a Mary Sue was, but this swaggering waif of a girl oozing masculine traits – fixing shit, combat, piloting ships, taking initiative – just rubbed me the wrong way. She’s Hans and Luke rolled into one. She doesn’t need no stinking Obi-wan to mentor her, she teaches herself. The other characters are sidekicks, merely there for comic relief and to slow her down from saving the universe in one episode.

I get that Disney is targeting young girls. So it doesn’t matter if I thought they overdid this character. What moms and daughters think is Disney’s primary concern. They wanted a Powerpuff Girl and got one.

But geeks also care, and some surprisingly good conversations are springing up, and they're not all buckling to the shame being spouted from PC police. The guy who first brought the Rey = Mary Sue issue up on Twitter has taken a ridiculous amount of arrows in the back by outraged feminists and their white knight brethren. Immediate battle lines have been drawn, with femtards embracing the Rey as a symbol of new female dominance, and, as usual, claiming sexism from anyone who disagrees.

Personally, I think Rey represents a disturbing trend in female character development. Women are ridiculously hypersensitive to the portrayal of women in media. A female lead, as representatives of all womankind, have to be super-skilled, gender transcending (traits from both sexes with none of the flaws) and impeccable in character.

That’s oppression.

There’s a chance for Disney redemption on this. If they do a flip and Rey turns to the dark side, while emo-boy Kylo Ren switches to the rebel side, it could work. But making a ruthless female antagonist? Not these days. It’s more likely Finn will reveal himself as the gay half-brother of Rey and they’ll fight over Poe.

Lesson Learned:

Seeing through a redpill lense takes the rosy glow off childhood fantasies. You see the manipulations.

Don't get me wrong, the movie was still okay. And Disney did a decent job of pleasing fanboy culture AND making something that will help sell a shitton of product to a new batch of kids.

But what's left for boys as another cultural icon gets hijacked and rebranded for girls?