Author Topic: Middle-Earth Fanfic (Read 11661 times)

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #25 on:** August 15, 2003, 02:04:40 PM »

Tolkien created many languages, 13 or 14 I believe. The most well known are the two Elvish languages he devised, Silvan and Quenya. Both languages are somewhat based on some Scandinavian languages (for instant, "orc" is a Norse word, I think, that means "demon").

And Quenya is the name of one of the Elvish languages, not a reference Kenya.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #26 on:** August 20, 2003, 06:13:13 PM »

No, your memory serves you correctly- you have not read my story. But you want to, yes, you want to. That's right, read up.

>X< Kitten >X< · « **Reply #27 on:** August 21, 2003, 05:56:53 AM »

Some people don't want to read it mouse clicker....

GCNMasterX · « **Reply #28 on:** August 21, 2003, 08:49:05 AM »

"Come on, guys- some dork makes says I like pie and gets 25 posts instantly while I write a 1,300 word short story to show my devotion to a piece of literary history and one guy reads it. Jesus." - mouse_clicker

Hey..I made a topic about soda and it has almost 100 posts and coutning

I read a lil of your story and it was very descriptive...no, I didnt understand it, i've read all 3 in the Lord of the Rings trilogies though. If I wrote a story, it'd probably be about some horror thing or action thing.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #29 on:** August 21, 2003, 11:43:28 AM »

That's the key problem, kitten- they DO want to read it, they just don't know it yet.

Even if you guys don't understand it at least tell me what you thought of it (besides that it's boring, as it most definitely will be if you don't understand it). Tell me if you think the writing style is good or if it's too shaky, whether or not the story itself (sans geeky references) is entertaining and interesting or if it wouldn't work even on it's own. That's REALLY why I posted it.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #30 on:** December 23, 2003, 07:15:08 PM »

With all the new people signing up, and with the release of Return of the King not but a week ago, I thought I'd let more people read my story.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #31 on:** December 24, 2003, 02:24:03 AM »

Talk about self promotion, Mouse. Haha.

AJL221893 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:18:30 AM »

I read it. A good story with a cool fight with the elf and the balrog (I think). Nice vocabulary, too.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #33 on:** December 24, 2003, 05:38:17 AM »

*wiggin' out*

I swear I've read this before......

*Mouse_Clicker did a MAJOR BUMP haha*

Oldskool · « **Reply #34 on:** December 24, 2003, 05:51:02 AM »

Good stuff! I've read LOTR again recently, The Hobbit I read once a lng time ago, and the Silmarillion I read a few years ago, but I have forgotten most of it.

You should consider posting this on fanfiction.net!!!

evil intentions · « **Reply #35 on:** December 24, 2003, 06:31:36 AM »

WOW, mouse_clicker! You should make a book with all this. Geezes, you could get millions! (I doubt it, but you could)

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #36 on:** December 24, 2003, 06:34:18 AM »

Huh, Glorfindel died? It's a cool story and all, Balrogs will always be badass, and no I haven't read the silmarillion, but it still makes sense to me

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #37 on:** December 24, 2003, 07:12:54 AM »

Nitsu: Lets' not talk about it, hm?

manunited: Indeed, Glorfindel, the same Glorfindel that saved Frodo at the Fords of Bruinen in Lord of the Rings, died once in the First Age. When Morgoth discovered the secret location of Gondolin, he sent a massive army of orcs, dragons, and Balrogs to destroy it. Ecthelion of the Fountain slew and was slain by their captain, Gothmog, and Glorfindel himself killed a Balrog but not without dying as well. When Elves "die" their spirits go to the Halls of Mandos where they await judgement and reincarnation, so to speak, based on how they lived their life. Since Glorfindel had given his life to slay a servant of Morgoth, a Maiar, he was almost immediatley allowed to be reincarnated, and decided to return to Middle-Earth (that is, until he left for Valinor at the end of the Third Age). Ecthelion was also allowed to be reincarnated, since his deed was even greater, but I assume he chose to go to Valinor rather than back to Middle-Earth.

oldskool: Huh, I've never even knew there was a fanfiction.net. Thanks.

And much gratitude for all the kind words, guys.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #38 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:27:20 AM »

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Originally posted by: evil intentions
WOW, mouse_clicker! You should make a book with all this. Geezes, you could get millions! (I doubt it, but you could)

That's a noble idea, but if mouse_clicker ever went beyond fan fiction he'd be sued; all rights to Middle Earth are held by the Tolkien estate, so I doubt we'll see anything ever published by anyone.

As for the story it's fairly good; I followed but didn't grasp as much as I could have seeing that I've only read "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" a couple times. I do have to track down more to read, I've recently looked online and found the history of Middle Earth books and I'm considering ordering them. It's really odd for me because LotR is one of the few things that holds my interest outside of horror (rarely do I read anything not by Clive Barker, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, etc...)

I can't offer much in the way of critisizm, but honestly my focus is on horror (I'm a little obsessed). I've often thought about working on horror movies... in fact I've recently put college on hold to consider getting into horror movie FX... I'm more of an artsy person. (still incomplete...)

Anyway, great story Mouse, you should post more, even if you don't get a bunch of replies... at least there's a few of us who enjoy it.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #39 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:51:24 AM »

You're right, Ghost- I could publish short stories like this only if they were absolutely free, and even then there'd probably be some legal trouble. I have written other stories, but I'm not a very prolific writer- it takes a long time for me to get an idea for a story, and then I have to actually write and rewrite it several times. I have one I like right now, but I hate the way I wrote it.

As for further reading, I suggest first and foremost The Silmarillion- the History of Middle Earth books are excellent (I own 10 of the 12), but The Silmarillion gives you a very good history of the First and Second Ages of Middle-Earth, and long before, as well. Excellent read.

I love horror myself, but not in the traditional sense- I'm more a fan of Poe and especially Lovecraft, and their writing styles show up a lot in mine.

Berny · « **Reply #40 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:12:36 PM »

Mouse, yeah I *didn't* read it. I hate Tolkien with passionate hatered equal in magnitue to the power of FOURTY stars. I thought it was a load of crap. I hate you as I hate Tolkien. Rot in Mordor with the rest of your "LOTR" fanatics!!!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #41 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:16:49 PM »

Berny · « **Reply #42 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:17:07 PM »

NAWWW! I'm just kidding. I just didn't want you to feel like you posted 3/4 of this thread. AND, if you don't respond to my rudeness, you will be one step closer to only having posted 1/3! ISHN'T DAT KEWL?!

I loved the story. i <3 (one character symbol for your story)
It was marvelopendous. It was sturiffic. In fact, you should call up Chris Tolkien right now and DEMAND that he include that in an appended version of the Silmarilion. If he doesn't, tell him Berny knows where he sleeps.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #43 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:18:42 PM »

I knew you were kidding. Also, I think Christopher Tolkien is a bit old to do much, anyway.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #44 on:** December 26, 2003, 08:43:31 AM »

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
You're right, Ghost- I could publish short stories like this only if they were absolutely free, and even then there'd probably be some legal trouble. I have written other stories, but I'm not a very prolific writer- it takes a long time for me to get an idea for a story, and then I have to actually write and rewrite it several times. I have one I like right now, but I hate the way I wrote it.

As for further reading, I suggest first and foremost The Silmarillion- the History of Middle Earth books are excellent (I own 10 of the 12), but The Silmarillion gives you a very good history of the First and Second Ages of Middle-Earth, and long before, as well. Excellent read.

I love horror myself, but not in the traditional sense- I'm more a fan of Poe and especially Lovecraft, and their writing styles show up a lot in mine.

I doubt anyone will have a problem with free "fan fiction" on a site or slightly distributed (pamplets, etc...); all it could possibly do is raise interest in Tolkien's work and attract more fans. It's all for a good cause, it protects the integrity of the work; imagine if it was like the movie industry and everything popular spawned a million sequels void of creativity, imagination, and originality. As for taking your time to write something, I believe Leonardo Da Vinci said something along the lines of "A work of art is never complete, merely abandoned." (not a direct quote as I'm doing it from memory, and I'm not even sure about its origin). So I don't believe you have to be a prolific writer to be a good one.

Yeah, I'll have to order it; taking your advice I visited the library to find that they were absent of "The Silmarillion"... they only had "The Hobbit", "Lord of the Rings", and "The Book of Lost Tales" (which I recently discovered I owned... don't ask how that happened). I actually want to purchase another copy of LotR and "The Hobbit"; mine are over three decades old and I'd hate to see anything happen to them (not that they're actually worth much, it's the thought).

I'm not sure what kind of music you're into, but I would suggest checking out Blind Guardian; the lead singer, Hansi Kürsch, is obsessed with Middle Earth and it shows in the music. They're a German metal band (they sing in English); they're one of my favorite bands. Their website is here. If you're not really into that sort of music you can find some of the lyrics here. Check out Nightfall in Middle Earth.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #45 on:** December 26, 2003, 09:15:39 AM »

I'm always open to new music, so I'll definitely check them out. Oddly enough, Led Zeppelin also sings about Middle Earth from time to time.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #46 on:** December 27, 2003, 03:10:10 PM »

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
I'm always open to new music, so I'll definitely check them out. Oddly enough, Led Zeppelin also sings about Middle Earth from time to time.

Hopefully you don't regret it, they're a great band and they deserve more attention than they get. If you want a couple suggestions of songs then I'd try "Nightfall", "When Sorrow Sang", "Excalibur", and "Under the Ice".

ib2kool4u912 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 27, 2003, 05:19:16 PM »

Good story Mouse_clicker. You have a good vocabulary. I was definitely lost while reading it, but that's because your story definitely wasn't aimed at someone like me considering i've never read any LotR books or the Hobbit. I saw The Two Towers movie but because i never saw the Fellowship of the Ring or knew anyting at all about LotR, i was so confused and lost while watching it(i only went because my friends were seeing it). I still thought your story was good. You're a talented writer.

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #48 on:** December 28, 2003, 07:10:34 AM »

Read the book and do yourself a favor. Watch the movies after you have read the books, only way to do it.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #49 on:** December 28, 2003, 08:47:07 AM »

Then read the Silmarillion and read Lord of the Rings again.

It's good to know that people can like my story despite not reading the book, or really even seeing the movies.

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Author Topic: Middle-Earth Fanfic (Read 11661 times)