Slash can be hilarious, sometimes you don't even need to read the story and you burst out laughing, the pairings alone are amazing, for example, I have seen a Legolas/Smaug story [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] I didn't read it, even though it looked to be *ahem* interesting.
I have found the
hobbits-read-slash-on-the-internet story.
Anyhow, I have had my fair share of Mary-Sues, they can be hard to avoid in RPGs (though I find hobbits are very hard to Mary-Sueize and so try to play them a lot). When reading fanfiction I try to steer clear of any with original characters, not only do they not hold the same interest for me as canon characters, but they slip very easily into the role of Mary-Sues and are very hard to redeem afterwards.
<font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:32 PM January 25, 2004: Message edited by: dragoneyes ]