From what I recall it was less about wish fulfillment and more about the characters thinking that's what it would be and having that belief bite them in the ass because the world they were in was darker than they bargained for.
That too -- I suspect it might be a distinct sub-type of the trope, just as Mary Sues have their mirror-image, the Anti-Sue.
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Date: 2009-04-21 07:29 pm (UTC)That too -- I suspect it might be a distinct sub-type of the trope, just as Mary Sues have their mirror-image, the Anti-Sue.