DPP: Mary Sue to the Rescue- Part I

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Today, 'Shipper Nation, we're gonna' get ourselves all up in canon and FIX things, by the gods! One of my favorite abused literary devices is the introduction of a non-canon character that an author uses to say and do all the things they wish the series did. I've been guilty of it myself in other fandoms. A character you've never heard of suddenly has direct access to/hangs out with the major characters and has "that conversation" that someone really needed to have with them to set them straight/make them see the love they've been denying, etc.

( Kara, you're not kidding anyone... )