What are the "Mary Sue/Gary Stu" characters of the soaps?

[dragonflies]

Greenlee is definitely another, as is Babe

[Cheap21]

I can agree on Babe, not so much on Greenlee. Bianca most definetly was. The prayer service and the entire town holding vigil for her on Christmas was a bit OTT

[DRW50]

GL:

Michael Laibson and Megan McTavish tried to turn Dinah into the poor little rich girl, long-suffering, naughty-but-nice type in 1996, and it just about got the show canceled. You have to see some of those episodes to believe them, especially around summer/fall.

Lucy Cooper was another one of that era.

Pam Long seemed to try to turn Reva into her own personal muse, although to be fair, she did write a more balanced show in her later run.

Many would say the later years of Harley fall into this category.

[dragonflies]

Damn I meant to mention Carrie from Days especially from today's scenes

[DRW50]

I'm not sure what the hell they've done with Carrie in recent years. Wasn't her behavior despised by fans towards the end of her second run (when she was cheating on Lucas)? It's a shame they have to constantly have cheating stories with her.

[dragonflies]

I couldn't believe her moral high ground today given she has feelings for Rafe & kissed him, ugh

[DRW50]

Speaking of DAYS, I'd say Marlena was a huge Mary Sue for most of Reilly's two stints on the show.

[Cheap21]

she wasnt allowed to be upset that Austin was lying to her and brought her away to cover up his own ish? Her reactions today were very human and while upset, she was willing to work things out with him and remained calm and rational after the initial shock. But now that she found out Austin had sex, she will be downright pissed and she should be.

LOL...speaking of Days, why hasnt anyone mentioned everyone's favorite ingeuine, Jennifer?

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It's not that, it's when Abby called her out for her own cheating, she acts the victim still.

[Cheap21]

She didnt even react when Abby called her out. She shut up and stood there and stayed to let Austin explain himself and tell the truth. There was no "acting the victim" at that point

[DRW50]

Taylor was B&B's biggest Mary Sue from about 1991-when she was "killed", in 2002 or whenever. Anything she did was good and pure, and anything which was questionable, like devirgnizing James because they thought they were dying, was ignored. Only when she returned, complete with wrecked face, did B&B start to tarnish the halo.

[Days22]

Oh god yes! lolz

[DRW50]

Even Jennifer was demolished for Daniel.

[dragonflies]

Daniel qualifies as a Gary Stu type

[All My Shadows]

Luke Snyder was quite the Gary Stu, while Gwen Norbeck was a Mary Sue.

Oh, and I'm just gonna be the one to say it. Jenny f'n Gardner. Mary Sue to the core, to her last breath and the show's last breath.