Haha, you managed to mention good and bad examples of popular Mary Sue characters. Twilight... terrible, horrible blatant Mary Sue that I personally can't stand. And HP... I was iffy at the beginning, but well developed over the course of the series. ;)

Thanks. All this talk of Mary Sue characters was making me very nervous!! XD

Ah well, you always win some and lose some. Not gonna lose any sleep over who might skip over what story. I am writing for fun, after all. ;)

Lol, wow. It's funny that you commented on VD. I've been working on the next chapter, and that subject finally got a mention. :P I think it's not just a slavefic avoidance by any means though. The more distasteful details tend to be skipped over in any sort of romance literature. Realism is a wonderful thing, but so is taking along that grain of salt and being aware that this stuff is fantasy. It kinda ruins the atmosphere when you have to bring up stuff like that... so it's a balance between realism and preserving that atmosphere.

Hmm, I never thought about that. I'm sure it happened of course, but I haven't done any reading up on it. Okay, I just did some searching but everything online seems to be focused on the rape of black slave women, with no mention of men. I'll let you know if I find anything concrete.