Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings.
Summary: An idea I got from one of Aranna Undomiel's reviews from my story 'Children Grown. I thought it a splendid opportunity to bag out Mary-Sues.
A/N – I don't think this has been done before so I apologize in advance if anything in this work of fiction has shown up anywhere else without my knowledge. If it has, I promise it was not intentional.
This chapter is dedicated to Aranna Undomiel and Laer4572.
Laer4572 for her assistance when I was stuck with writer's block and Aranna Undomiel for inspiring me to begin this fic in the first place.
A/N#2 – Someone complained to that the first edition of this fic was in fact a list. Looking over it, I can see that the list of behavioral patterns may have given this mistaken impression. Therefore, behold the revised edition, which will hopefully correct any mistakes from before.
A/N#3 – Could I beg people to review again? The reviews that I got before have been deleted with the first edition of this fic.
Being a Mary-Sue: The Complete Guide To And Study Of.
IntroductionThere are many terrible things in this world. Poverty, famine and George Bush are some of the more serious examples. However, the greatest and most terrible is the Mary-Sue.
It is unsure as to how this creature evolved or came into being, but a widely held theory is that they are created by obsessive fans of books/movies/cartoons/etc. who write dream scenarios and create the perfect extra character. Beautiful, clever, the epitome of womanhood, this being is added to the plotline of the original book/movie/cartoon/etc., often entering into a romantic relationship with one of the main characters.
There are two main types of Mary-Sue: The 'Docile' Mary-Sue (perfectus minimus) and the 'Independent' Mary-Sue (perfectus dominus). Whilst hybrids can sometimes occur, the 'Docile' and the 'Independent' can be identified with the following characteristics.
Docile:
This breed of Mary-Sue is more inclined to stay at home and care for the household than actively seek adventure. She is commonly of high social status in her community, although she has sometimes been known to be of the merchant class or high in the working class. Her preferred method of attack is subtlety, lying in wait for her prey or setting up a situation that her target will come out the worst in, leaving her to act as a comforting shoulder.
Independent:
Unlike her 'Docile' counterpart, this breed of Mary-Sue will often seek out battle and adventure, resenting the idea of staying at home and caring for the house or waiting to be rescued by the hero/prince/her true love. She can be of any social standing, though it has been observed that she often appears as a princess or noblewoman, chafing at the restrictions placed upon her by her family, or an orphan of low status who enters the life of her target seemingly by accident. Also unlike the 'Docile' Mary-Sue, her methods of attack are more direct and usually involve physical combat, whether against her target in order to catch the target's attention or fighting an enemy, sometimes of her own devising, which no other can defeat.
NOTE: For the purposes of the assignment, this study will focus on a single fandom: 'The Lord of the Rings', written by Professor JRR Tolkien.
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A/N – This is a re-write of my first 'Mary-Sue list', which was taken down because someone mis-took it for a list.
I hope this one does better and can I shamelessly beg for reviews?
Sob, grovel
Thanks,
Nathalia.
