Squee! That's the story. Thank you dragoneyes. My little barrow is lighted again with such humor.
I htink Mary-Sues are unavoidable. I've way too many stories that are unfinished, because I have to rethink the character to drag her out of Mary-Sue Land. Even so, I freely admit that each and everyone of my RPGing characters starts out as a Mary-Sue ::: hangs head in shame::: BUT! Then I look at the traits and start chipping things away until the character's more rounded.
So I supose they're aren't as completly evil as I had first thought. In fact they're pretty good starting points, as long as you keep an eye one them and chip away every so often.
Did I just Squee?
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"He's hot. Not Faramir Hot, but hot"
Tolkienitis, GS Symptom #6: A suddenly developed obsession/aversion with jewlery, esp. rings of gold.
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