Soledad's Journal

Those who know me also know that I'm not a fan of the Peter Jackson films - to put it very mildly. While the visuals are usually stunning, I hate the plot changes and character assassination so widely done in all 6 films. And - with the few exceptions of Sam, Gandalf and Boromir, I absolutely hate the casting chances... although I'm warming up to Galadriel.

So I could never buy Orlando Bloom as Legolas. He might be athletic enough to play an Elf, but his features aren't fine enough for that, and the horrible straw blond wig clashes with his natural colouring like whoa. I especially found the thick black eyebrows and the glass blue eyes off-putting.

Besides, I never imagined Legolas as blond. So, in defiance of the LoTR trilogy, I developed the theory of Wood-Elves having hair that changes its colour with the change of seasons. And now, browsing one of the Weta books (background facts and lots of pictures how they created the visuals for the Hobbit trilogy) I found my perfect Legolas:



In truth, he's just a Mirkwood hunter extra, but for me he is Legolas. Feel free to disagree, but that's my choice and I stick to it. ;))

I've posted "Obstacles" to FF.Net. Waiting for the death squads now.

I also updated telekis_vendiak, adding a Torchwood Mpreg story (for artemis10002000) and a wonderful little Ivanhoe/Kingdom of Heavens ficlet. Where isn't there more Ivanhoe fanfiction around? FF.Net doesn't even have a category for the book! *is morose*

Currently, I'm typing up the episode dialogues I might need for "Spellbound", a mild Merlin/Lancelot 4th season slash story. If there will be any story, I'm not sure yet, but having the mechanical part done is always a relief.

I'm 6 pages into Chapter 13 of "Arthur's Quest". Lancelot and Gilli are on their way to Dolorous Guard, in Camelot the wedding of Sir Erec and Lady Enide is near, and the serving girls are gossiping again.

Furthermore, I'm playing with the thought of continuing "Elvenhome" after its six-year-hiatus, as the Dwarfies still refuse to talk to me. Having read various stories by Fiondil on SoA has brought me in the right mindset to at least think about Celebrían's adventures in the Blessed Real again, which is more than I could say about the last six years.

Update:
No dead threats for "Obstacles" so far. Just one - mostly positive - review that tries to explain me that 'Character X would never do *that*'. Never mind that Character X did exactly *that* in the episode. I specifically looked up the scene with English subtitles to be sure.
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