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In Her Shadow (a eulogy by Mary Sue's sister)
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lazykbys
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In Her Shadow (a eulogy by Mary Sue's sister)
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Title: In Her Shadow
Author: lazykbys
Timeframe: an year or so before TPM
Characters: OC
Summary: a very private eulogy by Mary Sue's younger sister
In Her Shadow
My sister was perfect. She was smart, beautiful, funny, strong in the Force, and sensitive to other people's feelings. Oh, and she had a fantastic singing voice, too. Everybody loved her: the Jedi, the senators, the smugglers and bounty hunters, the occasional Sith - even the womp rats she used to bulls-eye from her landspeeder ended up loving her, after she'd nursed them back to health.
Everyone loved my sister. Everyone respected and praised her, even her enemies. And she never let it go to her head, not even once. In short, she was everything you'd want to find in a Jedi and more.
How I hated her.
I know it's not . . . nice to say bad things about someone who gave her life defending the entire Jedi Order from Darth Whatshisname, but the truth is, I hated my sister for being so kriffing perfect.
I suppose it might have been different if we weren't sisters. Or if we'd been born a few more years apart. But the thing is, I've spent the entire fifteen years of my life being known as her sister. I've been compared to her so many times I've lost count. When I make a dumb mistake, they shake their heads that her sister could be so stupid. When I bust my rear end off to challenge my limits, they nod because they expect no less from her sister. Not that they aren't pleased when I succeed, but even then it's her sister they're congratulating. It's like no matter what I do, I can't escape her gravity well.
It's not that I'm ungrateful. I know that if it weren't for my sister, I'd still be someone's slave on that misbegotten planet, or just plain dead. I know she became the hyperactive overachiever she was so that she could protect me from all sorts of dangers.
But still -
It took me three years to handle a lightsaber with confidence. It took her a couple lessons. After years of trying, I still can't get the hang of piloting starfighters relying on the Force instead of sensors. She successfully navigated the Maw on her first try with half the ship's systems fried. Because of the Jedi Code forbidding intimate relationships, I get nervous when I have lunch with Quiddi. Before she died, my sister was just days away from getting married to Obi-Wan.
There's more, but you get the idea. She did everything I wished I could do, and did it much better than I could ever dream of doing. Of course, I think I would have been able to get over my jealousy . . . if it weren't for one last detail.
My sister was a Jedi Knight by her sixteenth birthday. I barely made padawan before my thirteenth. And to this day, I still wonder how much of it was a favor my Master owed her.
I never confronted him about this, nor did I tell my sister my suspicions. I mean, how could I? At best I would have winded up sounding like an ungrateful paranoid brat, and if I was lucky they'd just send me off to the AgriCorps. And she would have been understanding about it, too.
I hated it when she did that. What made it worse was that most of the time, she really did understand. It was probably all those midi-chlorians she had.
Anyway, right now everyone's temporarily brain dead in mourning her, even Master Yoda. It's almost as if part of them died with her. The only reason I'm still holding together is probably because, every time someone sees me, they do a double take as they see my sister's perfect features in my own imperfect face. I'm too busy being ticked off to feel sad.
I suppose they'll get over it, though I doubt it will happen soon. And maybe, just maybe, they'll start seeing me for who I am and not my sister's satellite.
Until then, I'm going to go on hating her for being so perfect.
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Geith_Jiseo
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Great post! You described the characteristics of a Mary Sue perfectly, and I actually felt sorry for her sister. 
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dianethx
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Well done. I loved that the sister was so jealous and yet she held her own (even though she didn't recognize that she was just more normal than her sister).
Great job.
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lazykbys
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1/3/05 3:40am
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RE: In Her Shadow (a eulogy by Mary Sue's sister)
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3/11/05 1:51am (1 edits total)
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Geith_Jiseo: I actually felt sorry for her sister.
Thank you! That was the point, really.
dianethx: I loved that the sister was so jealous and yet she held her own (even though she didn't recognize that she was just more normal than her sister).
Being normal is boring. Which, I suppose, is why Mary Sue stories keep being written.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT to avoid upping:
WhosScruffyLooking: That was wonderful! 
Thank you! (And I'm dreadfully sorry I didn't see your post earlier.)
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That was wonderful!
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