Here's a random observation,
A lot of the fanfics written by young girls mention abuse. Now obviously a checkered past is a staple of the Mary Sue, but you have to wonder how many of the authors are dealing with their own problems this way.
I certainly did when I was a kid. I look over my old stories now, and go, "hmmm, well this badly drawn character with the blue eyes had this nasty thing happen to her and look here, it says 'the scars on her soul.' Bad line, but hmmm."
Fanfiction as low-grade therapy, baby.
__________________
~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~
|