My muse, whatever it is, apparently got hyper tonight, so I had to play with it.
Overlooked
Her master hated and despised her, and gave her the job no one else wanted to do. He never fed her. She was forced to serve the one who was but a mere servant of the creature who was afraid of her mother's shadow.
By that time, everyone forgot once-famous deeds of her mother. No one appreciated her ancient lineage. No one appreciated the effort she needed to stay alive, her anatomy being incompatible with the environment in which she lived. Instead of eyes filled with wonder, she saw the eyes filled with hate.
She spend her last days crying in the darkest corner of her home. She was mortally wounded by someone she would never expect could do that to her. And before that, she was insulted, when those she tried to talk to last looked at her with disgust.
Her whole life was a sad history of disappointments.
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Who was she? Shelob, the most overlooked lady in the Lord of the Rings.
Author's Notes:
- I am afraid of spiders, and whenever I see one, I scream, so the nearest male would come and kill it for me
- Shelob and LotR as a whole belong to the Greatest JRRT, of whom I am a mere admirer