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it's way too steeped in history to just fade away, so it'll definitely come back. but not anytime soon i don't think, because of the associations this generation of parents have with it. many people who grew up on the internet, and so fandom culture, associate the term with Mary Sues. and then there's Mary Jane as in, Mary Jane.

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though that's just among a few different niches of people in this generation. like you said, it's been popular for millennia, so two minor associations won't stop it for long.