Author's Note:
So this chapter is very short, sorry about that. I'm supposed to be writing some science paper that was due yesterday. Opps! Oh well…
Thanks to all of the reviewers Phantom'sJediBandieGirl, allie-the-fanatic, Firestorm, Faerlas, Fly Like A Blueberry Pie, Princess Alasse, FFAMasquerade2005, fallen-into-shadow, all-evil-grins, Just Me, luthien thranduiliel, Kaori Himoru, LOTR fanatic, and Spooks Apprentice. I was glad to see so many new people and just as happy for the former reviewers' reviews. I am so glad that you all are enjoying this story. It certainly is fun to write.
And a special thanks to enigmagirl2727 who allowed me to use an excerpt from her profile. It's a fun profile and her stories are good, (especially the LOTR one), so I highly recommend reading them.
Chapter #8:
"This book," Elrond explained to his daughter as she glared at Aragorn, "gives a detailed yet brief explanation as to what a Mary-Sue is. It was written by Enigma, who knows of such things." Elrond cleared his throat and read aloud from the book.
Mary-Sue: A classic. An OC (see below) who is usually gorgeous, talented, and for all intents and purposes perfect. She almost always finds a way of getting her slimy hands on the 'hottest' male character. Though now thoroughly ridiculed and despised throughout the fanfiction community, thus giving rise to the popular culture of 'Sue-Slayers' or mocking Mary Sues and their preteen writers, you can still find a few thinly-veiled examples if you look closely. The writers of Mary-Sues are usually teen girls obsessed with the actor(s) who play the characters in the movies and are given to horrific mangling of the English language with capitalization lIke THiS!1 and usually forget how they'd described their characters originally thus giving rise to the ever changing hair/eye colors of the MSs. A less popular variation is the Gary-Stu, a male Mary-Sue.1
"You mean to tell me that you cheated on me with an obsessive child!" And with that she burst into tears and ran out of the room.
"I DID NOT CHEAT ON YOU!" Aragorn roared after her. He tried to follow but Elrond stopped him.
"I think it's best if I explained things more to her now," he told Aragorn gently, "I'll calm her down and then you two can talk." And with that Elrond followed his daughter out of the library.
"Besides," Legolas said cheerfully, "you have to finish listening to my story." Aragorn promptly threw himself at Legolas and attempted to strangle him.
"There's no Elrond to help you now elf!" He was shouting. Several, (okay, all), members of the Fellowship were cheering as Aragorn and Legolas tumbled to the floor, Aragorn's hands still around the elf's neck.
"Elrond may not be here," a new voice said as the new elf calmly pulled Aragorn off of Legolas, "but that does not mean that you can freely attack Legolas."
"Glorfindel!" The Fellowship all gasped as one.
"It's a good thing Lord Elrond asked me to over see you," the tall elf said mildly as he pulled Aragorn off of Legolas. "Aragorn I am shocked at your hostility towards your friend."
"He started it," pouted the king. Glorfindel raised his eyebrows at this undignified response. He looked around at the others, as if hoping someone would enlighten him. It was Gandalf who stood up and answered his unasked question.
"Legolas has invented a story about what happened on our Quest to destroy the Ring. He read it aloud to us and accused Aragorn here of cheating on Arwen. Of course Arwen did not take that well and is now refusing to speak to Aragorn."
"Aragorn did you indeed cheat on Arwen?" Glorfindel asked sharply.
Gandalf and Gimli had to each grab one of Aragorn's arm in order to keep the King of Gondor from leaping at the dignified elf lord. Boromir tried to help but of course, being transparent, his efforts had no effect.
"Why don't you listen to Legolas' story for yourself?" Aragorn suggested in a tight voice after several tense minutes.
"I believe I must in order to see what all this fuss is about," Glorfindel said taking a seat next to Gandalf and looking over at Legolas expectantly.
"Should we warn him?" Pippen whispered to Merry.
"No," Merry muttered back, "it's more fun if he hears the story unprepared."
"What are you two hobbits whispering about?" Glorfindel asked.
"Nothing," they both answered innocently.
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