Enemies? Lovers? Marys? Sues?

It's time for part two of our Ink Sink Tropefest! This is the second Holiday Replay episode for Season 2 as we prepare for Season 3!

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Warning: We curse in this episode. We have FEELINGS about internet trolls.

Listen to part one where we covered ⁠The Chosen One and the Three Witches⁠.

In this episode, we cover Annie's favorite trope: Enemies to Lovers.

We also cover one of the most maligned tropes in fiction: The Mary Sue.

Check out our sources here:

• Some fan commentary from Reddit: ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ue11mp/mary_sue_isnt_real_and_she_cannot_hurt_you/⁠
• Some fan commentary from Fansplaining: ⁠https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/mary-sue⁠
• An academic study into Mary Sue characters: ⁠http://www.merrycoz.org/papers/MARYSUE.xhtml⁠
• A history deep dive from Smithsonian Magazine: ⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/these-women-coined-term-mary-sue-180972182/⁠
• The TV Tropes wiki: ⁠https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue⁠   
• Summary of the Epic of Gilgamesh: ⁠https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-literature⁠
• A master list of enemies-to-lovers TV couples: ⁠https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/best-tv-enemies-to-lovers-couples⁠