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hathycolGah. Sore head. Bright computer lights not helping. Want to read Thevida Fuinduilas' Paper of Tolkien Fanfiction so very much, so won't go offline yet. But oh, my head....
I want to rerad it cuz I'm in it, too. Have I already mentioned that I'm a publiity whore?
(And seeing people I know makes me cheer too.)
Shockingly good essay, actually....
Oooh, there's Cassia and Bill the Pony and Ciryature...
Here's me: (the inserted comment)
"In 40 percent of the replies, 25 respondents, the authors indicated that they would never remove a woman character from any story that they wrote. Several of the replies were indignant in tone about the authors who do that in fanfiction, though it appeared to be common knowledge that within certain genres, the practice was not uncommon. Many people expanded on their answer to show that they were conscientiously building up the women characters in their stories, whether Tolkien’s characters or new ones created for new stories.
“NO! Even when writing slash fic (Legolas/Aragorn) I always keep Arwen in there. All the characters have a purpose. And Éowyn’s one of my favourite characters.” Hathor"
Well. Finished paper. Rather good.
Despite my bewailing that my head hurts, have you noticed I'm still online? :)
So, there's another essay to add to the collection. I have such a weird collection of essays on Tolkien for writing purposes. I'd have more on Stargate and Farscape, but there's not actually any around. (That I know about. Send me links, people) My Dad's utter horror at finding the essay entitled "What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex" after I printed it out and left it in the printer will eternally traumatise him.
The REALLY worrying part was the fact he didn't care about the topic, more "Colleen! Elves? You Judas!" Dad's not an Elf fan, and never has been. He doesn't mind Legolas, since "he's not as stuck up" which to my mind means he doesn't mind the Moriquendi, it's just the Calaquendi he has the problem with. He has quite entertaining Galadriel based rants every so often, although Elrond doesn't seem to annoy him so much... (I think it's the fact Elrond made it into the Hobbit that biased him.)
"They're all so stuck up! If they can see into the future, then maybe they'd realise that they should have just pushed Isildur into Mount Doom and got it over and done with!"
(I can actually hear the dialogue for that scene going around in my head as I type it, with background music and Hugo Weavings voice. Help..."Cast it into the fire! ISILDUR!!!")
Have come to conclusion that I am scarily like my father. He's a nerd- I'm a nerd. He's as mad as a hatter- I'm not far off methinks. He has big fuzzy hair- me too.
God, can you TELL my head isn't working properly today?
I'm going to stop wasting up valuable bandwidth now... Namarie! ~Hathy_Col~
I want to rerad it cuz I'm in it, too. Have I already mentioned that I'm a publiity whore?
(And seeing people I know makes me cheer too.)
Shockingly good essay, actually....
Oooh, there's Cassia and Bill the Pony and Ciryature...
Here's me: (the inserted comment)
"In 40 percent of the replies, 25 respondents, the authors indicated that they would never remove a woman character from any story that they wrote. Several of the replies were indignant in tone about the authors who do that in fanfiction, though it appeared to be common knowledge that within certain genres, the practice was not uncommon. Many people expanded on their answer to show that they were conscientiously building up the women characters in their stories, whether Tolkien’s characters or new ones created for new stories.
“NO! Even when writing slash fic (Legolas/Aragorn) I always keep Arwen in there. All the characters have a purpose. And Éowyn’s one of my favourite characters.” Hathor"
Well. Finished paper. Rather good.
Despite my bewailing that my head hurts, have you noticed I'm still online? :)
So, there's another essay to add to the collection. I have such a weird collection of essays on Tolkien for writing purposes. I'd have more on Stargate and Farscape, but there's not actually any around. (That I know about. Send me links, people) My Dad's utter horror at finding the essay entitled "What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex" after I printed it out and left it in the printer will eternally traumatise him.
The REALLY worrying part was the fact he didn't care about the topic, more "Colleen! Elves? You Judas!" Dad's not an Elf fan, and never has been. He doesn't mind Legolas, since "he's not as stuck up" which to my mind means he doesn't mind the Moriquendi, it's just the Calaquendi he has the problem with. He has quite entertaining Galadriel based rants every so often, although Elrond doesn't seem to annoy him so much... (I think it's the fact Elrond made it into the Hobbit that biased him.)
"They're all so stuck up! If they can see into the future, then maybe they'd realise that they should have just pushed Isildur into Mount Doom and got it over and done with!"
(I can actually hear the dialogue for that scene going around in my head as I type it, with background music and Hugo Weavings voice. Help..."Cast it into the fire! ISILDUR!!!")
Have come to conclusion that I am scarily like my father. He's a nerd- I'm a nerd. He's as mad as a hatter- I'm not far off methinks. He has big fuzzy hair- me too.
God, can you TELL my head isn't working properly today?
I'm going to stop wasting up valuable bandwidth now... Namarie! ~Hathy_Col~
