Small misc.stuff

[wiseheart]

I saw that phyloxena friended me. Taking a look at her user info, I realized with delight that I actually still can read Russian. I even understood the one or other word, although not much. But considering that the last time I had anything to do with the language was in 1978, it's still quite a deed.

I invited two of my students to G-mail. Since then, they send me silly e-mails every day. It's very funny, I enjoy it very much. One of them writes Charmed fanfic - alas, in Hungarian, or else I would rec her stuff, she's surprisingy good for a 13-year-old.

The Week of Hell is nearing its end. Yesterday, I spent 11 frigging hours at school, today 10.5, in seven of which I had lessons in one row. My brain feels like a dry sponge, and I'm positive that at least 20 per cent of my brain cells died in these two days.

Nonetheless, "The Young Knights" is making progress. I've started Chapter 8 today and have a concept up to Chapter 18 or so. Whether I'll manage to put together another advent calender this year or not is still uncertain. But I'm having fun with 18-year-old Boromir and his little brother, and Prince Théodred the Brave is just about to make his appearance, together with his future wife and Princess Idis, the Golden.

The Secret Sancta Kavfic is almost done, thank God. They've done the nasty, now I only need to tie up some lose threads and the story is finished. Who says that working under pressure is not efficient?

The Elfhelm fic got some nice reviews on SoA - I just love that archive, the readers are some of the comment-friendlier in the fandom. Too bad I can't post there any of my Boromir fic. Ah, well, we can't have everything.

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

No, you're not an idiot! English is a wicked, wicked language, that's all.

Arveleg's (if I'm not mistaken) claim was rejected by Stewards./i>

Arvedui, actually. And that despite the fact that he was married to Fíriel, King Ondoher of Gondor's daughter. But the Council didn't want a descendant of Isildur sitting on Anárion's throne, so they rejected him. At least that was the excuse - and we don't need to discuss what a stupid excuse it was, right? I think they just feared that Gondor would be neglected, had they accepted the King of Arthedain as their overlord. As there hasn't been a King of Arnor for quite some time.

As for your AUs - they are interesting. Each of them could make an intriguing story. Mabe you should offer your ideas on the plotbunny market - there is a comm called rabbindell, talk to the owner, perhaps she'll be willing to post them.

If you can stomach slash (I know not everyone can and I won't try to talk you into it if it's not your coup of tea), I do have an AU, posted to the Tolkien FanFiction Archive. It's titled "Seal On My Heart", it's a never-ending WIP, but one day it would have a drastically different outcome than the original.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Me = idiot, too. Forgot to close the tag properly, and the previous entry ended up all-italics. Meh.

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

Thanks for clarification. Whatever the name or the reason, Aragorn could not have any certainty Gondor will accept him this time. Moreover, for him it's love story, which makes good story to tell, but uncomfortable historical engine.

Thanks again for plotbunny market suggestion. I'm afraid this stuff is dime a dozen. But I'll try -- if only to keep practicing this wicked, wicked language.

re: slash. Theoretically, I cannot stand it, and think it is almost always tactless and out of character. Practically, I like a good story, even if I scroll down anything more explicit than a kiss:) Sorry I can't recall now if Andrahar belongs to you or to Isabeau (there is some joined archive), but those were good.

What is WIP?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

WIP = Work In Progress

Andrahar belongs to Isabeau. His family, however, belongs almost entirely to me, and I was the one to work out some background stuff on the Haradric realm he originally comes from, including the fire-worshipping and stuff. You can find all that stuff in "Pawns and Symbols" and "The Face of the Enemy". The first one has some slash-y overtones, which is the reason why it isn't posted to SoA but is up in the TFF archive, I thinl. "The Face of the Enemy" is on SoA; it's the one that won me a Mithril Award.

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

I have read "Pawns and Symbols" and "The Face of the Enemy", they actually were whose first Tolkien Fanfiction stories I discovered. Just didn't realize back when it was acceptable to leave comments. Your Harad is rather convincing. It's some Persian and some Khazar material, right?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It's *always* acceptable to leave comments. That's what keeps us writers going. ;o))

Yes, Harad is very much Persian and Khazar material - well, Andrahar's home, Bakshir, is. I used Persian names, the fire-worshipping and the Parsi burial rites for them. I also used the Persian calendar for "The Face of the Enemy.

Khambaluk (another Haradric realm) is based on medieval India, Zipangui on the Mongol Empire of Dshingiz Khan, Li-ao is similar to medieval China and so on. I took out an historic map of the medieval realms of Middle-Asia and the Far East and tried to make up realms that would match truly existing ones.