writer's whine
Jan. 14th, 2003 02:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockSo I've been thinking about why I keep getting these niggling ideas for Lord Of The Rings fanfiction, and nevertheless have yet to actually write anything down.
One I took a moment to think about it, the answer was disgustingly simple: I don't know shit about the canon.
Yep. That's my big excuse. Too lazy to do the research. I haven't read the books in three years, and the reading I've done so far has shown me how woefully unprepared I'd be.
I'd say, "They were walking through Mirkwood toward the castle."
Everyone else would say, "They were walking through the meadow of [insert elivish stuff name here] toward the abode of the Elvish King Thurandil, where in this month of springe/fall/etc they were preparign for the tradional feast and celebration of [insert elivish stuff name here], in memory of the great story of [insert elivish stuff name here], as told in the Simarillion and the secret writings of Tolkein and other such ballads that certain negligent little fans are just too lazy to read, and certainly couldn't spell, even if they did see the movie plenty of times in the theater and now think they know stuff."
You see my prob? I'd have to do hellish research, because one thing I personally cannot STAND in other people, and much less myself, is writing fanfic based on other people's fanfic portrayal of events & characters, instead of on the actual events & characters in the canon.
And really, I just don't have the will to bother, or a story idea that's worth the work. Besides, I'd probably make it sound like Buffy. I'd have Aragorn going "Bloody 'ell!" and Arwen saying "Ew! Frogs!-- and hey, gay now!"
And lord knows what I'd do to Legolas. Probably something along the lines of "Sauron getting the One Ring would really be of the bad. We better make the killing now, before they get away! Remember, I AM THE LAW!"
::cough:: See? Nothing good would come of it anyway. I'm doomed to only Buffyfic until that series goes off the air completely. And I can't even do that anymore, as I've got next to nothing to say about it right now. Shit.
One I took a moment to think about it, the answer was disgustingly simple: I don't know shit about the canon.
Yep. That's my big excuse. Too lazy to do the research. I haven't read the books in three years, and the reading I've done so far has shown me how woefully unprepared I'd be.
I'd say, "They were walking through Mirkwood toward the castle."
Everyone else would say, "They were walking through the meadow of [insert elivish stuff name here] toward the abode of the Elvish King Thurandil, where in this month of springe/fall/etc they were preparign for the tradional feast and celebration of [insert elivish stuff name here], in memory of the great story of [insert elivish stuff name here], as told in the Simarillion and the secret writings of Tolkein and other such ballads that certain negligent little fans are just too lazy to read, and certainly couldn't spell, even if they did see the movie plenty of times in the theater and now think they know stuff."
You see my prob? I'd have to do hellish research, because one thing I personally cannot STAND in other people, and much less myself, is writing fanfic based on other people's fanfic portrayal of events & characters, instead of on the actual events & characters in the canon.
And really, I just don't have the will to bother, or a story idea that's worth the work. Besides, I'd probably make it sound like Buffy. I'd have Aragorn going "Bloody 'ell!" and Arwen saying "Ew! Frogs!-- and hey, gay now!"
And lord knows what I'd do to Legolas. Probably something along the lines of "Sauron getting the One Ring would really be of the bad. We better make the killing now, before they get away! Remember, I AM THE LAW!"
::cough:: See? Nothing good would come of it anyway. I'm doomed to only Buffyfic until that series goes off the air completely. And I can't even do that anymore, as I've got next to nothing to say about it right now. Shit.
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Write it!
Date: 2003-01-14 04:17 am (UTC)I'd still love to read a Buffy parody of LOTR, especially with Buffy as Legolas.
Oh, god, just noticed your icon - rotflmao...
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Date: 2003-01-14 08:30 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-01-14 08:52 am (UTC)Me too. I loved the LOTR, but man, it was a project to read. Maybe we should write Legolas stories set during The Hobbit, and save ourselves the pain?
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Date: 2003-01-14 09:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-14 10:14 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-01-14 11:06 am (UTC)See, that, there. That's the problem.
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Date: 2003-01-14 10:27 am (UTC)Plus the Art is quite nice in places and you can learn lots of pointless facts like the names of ALL five wizards (istari)!
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Date: 2003-01-14 11:19 am (UTC)I may be completely sick and demented, but I really want to see someone write this now.
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Date: 2003-01-14 11:42 am (UTC)::Banging head on monitor screen::
I'm so stupid! Parody! I could write parody-fic! I'm good at parody, and I wouldn't have to know jack about canon. Of course, it wouldn't be the fic I was originally thinking about, but it might cure me of the LOTR-fic inclination!