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[–] 14 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Lol Reacher is the most "Mary Sue" (or whatever he male equivalent) character I've ever seen on TV.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Eh. He's only good at things that can be solved with violence or stoicism, hurts himself and others by being emotionally unavailable and poorly socialized, and is constantly running from his past figuratively and literally. It's basically the same archetype as the hardboiled detectives from a century ago.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've heard Marty Stu to describe that trope for make characters

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I think that picture is from Ministry of ungentlemenly warfare.

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