Rose of Versailles/Headscratchers


 * I hate how Jeannie is a designated bitch as opposed to Purity Sue Rosalie. I know that some Jeanne's actions are morally questionable at best, but the thing is, we are supposed to see her as evil from the very beginning, because she resents living in poverty and doesn't want to "be like her sister" (cue the picture of smiling, wide - eyed, Tastes Like Diabetes blonde). I hoped that this is going to be subverted somehow - rebelious Jeanne would turn out to be good one, and mommy's favourite Rosalie would be the bad one. But noo. And it all went downhill from there for Jeanne, because the mangaka just had to make her into real manipulative bitch. Come on, she was a poor teenage girl. It's not really strange for poor teenage girl to be selfish and shallow. They're not suddenly monsters because of that.
 * Jeanne is not monstrous or evil because she wanted to escape poverty. However, it is more than "morally questionable" for her to murder innocents, manipulate, lie, and nearly kill her sister to gain power and wealth.
 * And let's be honest. A good part of your argument is shot down by you using the Mary Sue card against Rosalie, since the term as completely lost its meaning due to how the Fan Dumb uses it againt 99% of female characters. IIRC, there IS a "jusrisimprudence law" about 'how referring to a canon character as a Mary Sue is a sure way to actually lose the whole argument', since it relays less on canon reasons and more on "OMG I HATE THE BITCH, I'LL CALL HER SUE BECAUSE I SAY SO!"