Why am I in LotR fandom again?
Plotbunnies always intrigued me. Ideas that other people have are often pretty good. The only plotbunnies section of a site that I know of is the Library of Moria website. Sure, it's slash, but I figured that I could de-warp a few ideas.
All I found was bull, like the following excerpts off this page.
Warning: Slash Content
'Legolas as confident, self assured, to the degree of being arrogant and haughty. Legolas is *not* always a nice guy. '
Oh? So Galadriel was wrong when she said Legolas was happy?
'Legolas Greenleaf long under tree
In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the Sea!
If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore,
Thy heart shall rest in the forest no more.'
(TTT, The White Rider)
And Legolas' 'I go to find the sun!' bit wasn't convincing enough?
'Men are from Mars, Elves are from Venus (or the elven equivalent)'
Elves from Eärendil. *snickersnorthowl*
'Finrod/Maeglin. No idea how it would work, but damn they'd be cute together.'
And I think Minnie Mouse having Tweety as a pet would be cute. like the above, that's never going to happen.
'Elves being elves, and not men, the assumption that they consider homosexuality and incest to be the most terrible act ever can not be made.'
Unless, of course, you read LaCE like a good* LotR slash-writer should. Besides, I thought it was the Kinslaying, abuse of children, and rape that were most grievous in that society.
* Not that slash is actually something that belongs in LotR, given the good Professor's morals, but if it exists, people will write it. Pity they can't be good writers.
'Somebody should do a Legolas/Erestor slash story that would be cool!'
People have done enough of those. It. Just. Doesn't. Work.
'And why are there no Evil Elronds?'
Because Elrond isn't evil? Does 'kind as summer' mean nothing to you?!
'After seeing TTT, I'm inexplicably very interested in seeing a Haldir autoerotic asphyxiation fanfic. Must involve a possession of the object of his desire. Say a chain, a necklace, a scarf, a rope, dare I say a belt?'
No, you've dared too much already. 'The Breath Control Game' was enough!
'The only things I request are a happy ending and try not to kill the poor guy off! If you need to it's OK but please bring him back!'
So... you're asking Mandos to write this, or what?
'Legolas . . . discovers that he is pregnant.'
*twitch*
'Legolas, a young elf who (for some reason) is living among men. He is also a prostitute.'
Legolas was a happy Elf. Legolas was a happy Elf. Legolas was a happy Elf...
'Legolas is not pregnant. In fact, it was a figment of his imagination.'
'Glorfindel running around Imladris in a bed sheet.'
Good luck finding that much Dorwinion.
'Some innocent elf (like Lindir'
Lindir got what, four lines? Go here. Now.
'Please let it be a rape with no blood.'
*rolleyes* Wonderful trivialization there.
'Just Legolas with a little tattoo on him (I was thinking along the lines of his bum) that proclaims him the property of so-and-so.'
*facepalm*
'Elrohir and Elladan get in a fight about how whichever will "never be noticed by anyone" and will "never be loved" (or something along those lines).'
Hey! You're using Tolkien created names! I'm reporting you to your publisher. (Stupid original fic writers.)
'Lets play "Turn a Bottle"! (Don't ask me why they know the game. After all, this is FF)' ... 'Out of nervousness, he keeps drinking and starts to get buzzed a bit. The site of him getting flushed and his eyes waterly is very allurung to anybody near him.'
Allurung - Glaurung comparison is amusing me. And Legolas has a website? And he makes buzzing noises? Is he a bee?
'Legolas had a twin brother who was killed when they were young children. Legolas refused to accept his brother's death and pretended he was still alive, even pretending to be his brother at times. Now, years later, Legolas suffers from multiple personality disorder.'
Thisdoesnotexist, thisdoesnotexist...
'Legolas falls in love for the first time. He and his partner are meant for one another, they adore each other and soon they are engaged. Nice and simple. But...
Legolas doen't know he's male. He thinks he's a girl and so does everyone else, except the people who were there at his birth (inc Thranduil). For some strange reason (your choice) he's been told he's a girl all his life so far, and no one has ever shown him elf anatomy. So when Legolas tells his dad that he's getting engaged Thranduil realises he's got to tell Legolas. But how's the fiancee going to take it? The fiancee has to be mentioned in the books e.g. Haldir, Elladan, Elrohir. I'd prefer it if it was serious, not humour. Rating: again, up to you. '
Serious? THAT? HAHA.
'Legolas and Estel have to be married and have 4 children, one set of twins, twins must be oldest
-they must have a daughter named Sierra, and she must have been kidnapped by orcs when she was young
-she gets hurt near the borders of Mirkwood, Thurindil must find her and try to save her, but she goes to the Halls of Mandos, the Valar must bind her to Haldir I don't care how or why, then send both back to Middle Earth'
Dictating the entire fic in one plotbunny isn't helpful.
Ooooh. Thurindil. I actually like that name. 'One who is secret', no? :/
'There are two kinds of Mirkwood elves.'
Males, and females.
'The real explanation why the oath of Feanor came into being. It turns out the Silmarils were just a term he used for his... um... Christmas Ornaments :)'
[naivety] Fëanor had Christmas Ornaments? Ones so important he needed to capitalize both words? [/naivety]
'A LoTR fic where an unknown fact in elven physiology surfaces: every (insert time in years) elves undergo a mating frenzy and would pursue and use all means to win their chosen mate. Anything goes.'
The sex drive of Elves is not connected to anything that makes them aggressive. See here.
'At the start, Orophin is in love with another Lorien elf, who is attracted to him as well. They get together and have sex, but while Orophin is in love, the other elf believed that it was only sex.'
See LaCE. Or even here or here.
'So for once i want Legolas adoring our beautiful dark-haired couselor.'
For once, I want you to use a capital I. Also... there is no canon evidence that Erestor is beautiful. Period. No arguments. END OF STORY.
'Legolas has gone to visit Rivendell, and while there a dark elf (they exist in this for the plot of the story) witch shows up spouting nonsense about Legolas demise.'
*giggles* Oooh, someone forgot about the Moriquendi...
'What if a magical fruit/mushroom turned Erestor back to his late elfling form?'
What if a magical flyswatter came down and smacked sense into you?
'What if Erestor was the true 'mother' of Arwen? how would he have reacted during the lotr trilogy?'
Probably something like 'She is my Lord and Lady's child.' and then 'Male Elves cannot become pregnant. *confused stare*'
'what if Erestor was Thranduil's illegitimate son?'
What if he was just an ordinary Elf?
'Luthien was held in Nargothrond for some time by Curufin and his lustful brother, Celegorm.'
Curufin was married. And Celegorm wasn't lustful so much as he was 'Heh. Bargaining chip.'
'Have you ever noticed how superb Elrond seems sometimes? Compare him to Gandalf: the wizard has wisdom and his rare rage is well motived and controlled; the elf sometimes snaps nervous as his wisdom needs some improvement. Maybe a dignified young elf would teach him the value of humility,sense of duty and forgiveness.'
OMFGWTFBBQ. *stifles swears*
Elrond is one of the Wise for a reason. He was frightened of the Ring, frightened for his world, and stressed out because he knew his daughter was going to marry his foster son and die. Jackson!Elrond is not Elrond.
' after thousands of years he has found an elf worthy of his temple, his body.'
Ooooh boy. >.>
'This is sort of out of the Lord of the Rings timezone. Like Aragorn is a mean jerk who wants Legolas and will do anything to get him and blah, blah, blah, but nice and kind Haldir also has his heart set out on Legolas.'
'Sort of'? Try 'only resemblances are the names'.
'About Legolas's curse thingamajig-All right, when Legolas was born, he was put under a curse by Sauron partly because the Mirkwood people betrayed Sauron by going to the good side'
Right. 'Good side'. This would be ignoring the fact that the Mirkwood Elves and the Imladris and Lothlorien Elves are the same species, all with very strict morals?
'Must have someone say 'Some day over the rainbow'
Must have Halidr and Legolas burst into charmalised sugar pieces (but they have to come back)
Must include a birdhouse somewhere
Someone must say 'Pickles with sour cream sauce in the lake on a winter's day, in the snow please'
And Haldir has to run into a brick wall
Aragorn has to run into a tree
Lord Elrond must fall into horse poop
Elrohir has to get shot with an arrow in the butt
And in the end everybody must be completely swooning over Legolas.
And I'm totally wrecking LOTR unriverse when I say the King Thranduil has to turn into a mouse and only a magical kiss will change him back
Oh yes, and when King Thranduil finally gets changed back, someone must say, "Well, you were an ugly beast anyway. I prefer you as a mouse"'
That is not LotR. That is original fiction.
'Here we have a TV show called Popstars that is a sort of American Idol but to form a pop group'
*gag*
'Erestor and Glorfindel are lovers. Unfortunately, Erestor was mysteriously changed in to a she-elf (maybe by wizard's curse or anything as you wish)'
Who would do it? Radagast is too weak, he probably doesn't know Erestor, he wouldn't want to, Alatar is the ruler of his own cult somewhere in the East, he doesn't know Erestor, he wouldn't be able to do it, and he wouldn't want to; ditto for Pallando; Saruman could care less about Erestor as Elrond is the bigger threat and Galadriel bigger still; and Gandalf? Puh-lease.
'The world has been divided into two. America is ruled by Sauron/other evil character and the rest of the world is divided between different races: Hobbits in Africa, Men in Europe and Oceania, Dwarves and Elves in Asia.'
Hoorah for begin able to throw out all of LotR, Silm, UT, Hobbit, and HoME canon in two sentences.
'Main character: Erestor(in all ideas)
Idea no.1 (AU): Erestor is a slave in Rivendell. Lot of rape, violence and all baaaad things ^_^
Idea no.2 (AU): Erestor is a whore in Bree. One day a brutal lord (best Glorfindel) bought him and took him to Rivendell...
Idea no.3 (AU): Erestor lost his parents and his village has been destroyed by orcs. He is looking for new home. To survive he becomes a whore and a thief. Ok... then lots of rape, angst, violence, etc. One day he got pregnant with an elf lord from Rivendell...
Idea no.4 (AU): Erestor is a scribe. He's very shy and quiet. One day Elrond rapes him... Erestor is pregnant, Elrond is furious, and banishes the poor scribe. Erestor is travelling from place to place... Lots of violence, no comfort.'
Slavery was something Orcs would do. Rape is one of their worst crimes. Male Elves cannot get pregnant. Elves would go to the nearest settlement, not become whores. Need I say more? >.>
'Erestor is half-elf, half-cat (he's got a tail and cat-like ears). He can be a slave or whore - it is up to you ^_^'
Ew. Unwanted mental images of his parents, there.
'After Celebrian's death, Elrond finally has the possibility to follow his true vocation: the training and trading of lust slaves. In his position as a healer he manages to get hold of elves and men without attracting attention. When he finds exceptionally beautiful specimen, he gives them drugs causing an illness from which they officially die. He doesn't even stop at using his own sons. He trains them for his own needs and they have to prove their skills in front of his customers.
After the training is finished (which has been mainly provided by Glorfindel), all of the slaves get a brand with Elrond's initial E. The twins, who discover their love for each other (but can't live it out) see in it the name of each other and thus establish an affectionate bond with their brand.
When Elrond picks Rumil as his next victim, he makes a mistake, for Rumil's brothers Haldir and Orophin start to investigate. They are supported by Erestor, who didn't say anything about the goings-on at Rivendell, because he was in love with Elrond. But Elrond didn't return his love...
Elrond and Glorfindel are punished, the slaves are freed. Elladan and Elrohir live happily ever after and Rumil and Erestor discover their mutual affection. '
... Elrond is a Lord. He could be King if he wanted to be. He has holy blood in him. His father is a flipping star in the sky and his great-grandmother is the most beautiful maiden ever. Explain to me why he would do that.
Oh, and Glorfindel? He's a Balrog-slayer, saviour of abovementioned star, one of the captains of Gondolin, a city which rivalled Nargothrond and Menegroth for beauty and outlasted both... And he's so shiny even his backside is moral. >.>
'Make it nc-17, dark, sadistic, some rape, nasty Elrond and twins.'
*wince*
Poor Elrond. What, oh what did you do to...
Oh, yeah. You were in that PJ movie. Sorta.
'Erestor is a member of an ancient tribe that was 'civilized' by other elves sometime during the first age. They were forced to give up their ways and beliefs. Now, early in the third age, those that tamed them are long gone (either dead or gone over the sea) but still they are forced to practice the old ways in secret. But when an ancient evil returns to Middle-Earth, the tribe is the only ones who can stop it. Unfortunately, no one remembers the identity of these elves. Will Erestor and his people come forward or will they let the ones they see as their oppressors fall victim to this evil?'
No group of Elves ever oppressed another. 'Nough said.
'Legolas is the child of Yavanna; Erestor is the child of Lorien. They both fell in love with Middle-Earth as children and were allowed to remain as long as they kept what they were a secret. '
Legolas is an Ent? Tee hee.
'Erestor and Legolas aren't elves; they're Dryads.'
Dryads don't exist in Middle-earth... Besides, they're female.
'When the rest of the elves return to Middle-Earth'
Oi? What's this 'returning to Middle-Earth' business? And what's Middle-Earth, anyways?
Bitch please.
This is totally enough for me to swear off slash for real. I don't want to know the darkside of the fandom anymore...
Genfic and Slashfic are not the light- and darksides of the fandom -- far from it -- but it seems to me that the ones who try to stay true to canon and the ones who ignore canon (and these I do view as good and bad) seem to fall for the most part into those respective categories.
All I found was bull, like the following excerpts off this page.
Warning: Slash Content
'Legolas as confident, self assured, to the degree of being arrogant and haughty. Legolas is *not* always a nice guy. '
Oh? So Galadriel was wrong when she said Legolas was happy?
'Legolas Greenleaf long under tree
In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the Sea!
If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore,
Thy heart shall rest in the forest no more.'
(TTT, The White Rider)
And Legolas' 'I go to find the sun!' bit wasn't convincing enough?
'Men are from Mars, Elves are from Venus (or the elven equivalent)'
Elves from Eärendil. *snickersnorthowl*
'Finrod/Maeglin. No idea how it would work, but damn they'd be cute together.'
And I think Minnie Mouse having Tweety as a pet would be cute. like the above, that's never going to happen.
'Elves being elves, and not men, the assumption that they consider homosexuality and incest to be the most terrible act ever can not be made.'
Unless, of course, you read LaCE like a good* LotR slash-writer should. Besides, I thought it was the Kinslaying, abuse of children, and rape that were most grievous in that society.
* Not that slash is actually something that belongs in LotR, given the good Professor's morals, but if it exists, people will write it. Pity they can't be good writers.
'Somebody should do a Legolas/Erestor slash story that would be cool!'
People have done enough of those. It. Just. Doesn't. Work.
'And why are there no Evil Elronds?'
Because Elrond isn't evil? Does 'kind as summer' mean nothing to you?!
'After seeing TTT, I'm inexplicably very interested in seeing a Haldir autoerotic asphyxiation fanfic. Must involve a possession of the object of his desire. Say a chain, a necklace, a scarf, a rope, dare I say a belt?'
No, you've dared too much already. 'The Breath Control Game' was enough!
'The only things I request are a happy ending and try not to kill the poor guy off! If you need to it's OK but please bring him back!'
So... you're asking Mandos to write this, or what?
'Legolas . . . discovers that he is pregnant.'
*twitch*
'Legolas, a young elf who (for some reason) is living among men. He is also a prostitute.'
Legolas was a happy Elf. Legolas was a happy Elf. Legolas was a happy Elf...
'Legolas is not pregnant. In fact, it was a figment of his imagination.'
'Glorfindel running around Imladris in a bed sheet.'
Good luck finding that much Dorwinion.
'Some innocent elf (like Lindir'
Lindir got what, four lines? Go here. Now.
'Please let it be a rape with no blood.'
*rolleyes* Wonderful trivialization there.
'Just Legolas with a little tattoo on him (I was thinking along the lines of his bum) that proclaims him the property of so-and-so.'
*facepalm*
'Elrohir and Elladan get in a fight about how whichever will "never be noticed by anyone" and will "never be loved" (or something along those lines).'
Hey! You're using Tolkien created names! I'm reporting you to your publisher. (Stupid original fic writers.)
'Lets play "Turn a Bottle"! (Don't ask me why they know the game. After all, this is FF)' ... 'Out of nervousness, he keeps drinking and starts to get buzzed a bit. The site of him getting flushed and his eyes waterly is very allurung to anybody near him.'
Allurung - Glaurung comparison is amusing me. And Legolas has a website? And he makes buzzing noises? Is he a bee?
'Legolas had a twin brother who was killed when they were young children. Legolas refused to accept his brother's death and pretended he was still alive, even pretending to be his brother at times. Now, years later, Legolas suffers from multiple personality disorder.'
Thisdoesnotexist, thisdoesnotexist...
'Legolas falls in love for the first time. He and his partner are meant for one another, they adore each other and soon they are engaged. Nice and simple. But...
Legolas doen't know he's male. He thinks he's a girl and so does everyone else, except the people who were there at his birth (inc Thranduil). For some strange reason (your choice) he's been told he's a girl all his life so far, and no one has ever shown him elf anatomy. So when Legolas tells his dad that he's getting engaged Thranduil realises he's got to tell Legolas. But how's the fiancee going to take it? The fiancee has to be mentioned in the books e.g. Haldir, Elladan, Elrohir. I'd prefer it if it was serious, not humour. Rating: again, up to you. '
Serious? THAT? HAHA.
'Legolas and Estel have to be married and have 4 children, one set of twins, twins must be oldest
-they must have a daughter named Sierra, and she must have been kidnapped by orcs when she was young
-she gets hurt near the borders of Mirkwood, Thurindil must find her and try to save her, but she goes to the Halls of Mandos, the Valar must bind her to Haldir I don't care how or why, then send both back to Middle Earth'
Dictating the entire fic in one plotbunny isn't helpful.
Ooooh. Thurindil. I actually like that name. 'One who is secret', no? :/
'There are two kinds of Mirkwood elves.'
Males, and females.
'The real explanation why the oath of Feanor came into being. It turns out the Silmarils were just a term he used for his... um... Christmas Ornaments :)'
[naivety] Fëanor had Christmas Ornaments? Ones so important he needed to capitalize both words? [/naivety]
'A LoTR fic where an unknown fact in elven physiology surfaces: every (insert time in years) elves undergo a mating frenzy and would pursue and use all means to win their chosen mate. Anything goes.'
The sex drive of Elves is not connected to anything that makes them aggressive. See here.
'At the start, Orophin is in love with another Lorien elf, who is attracted to him as well. They get together and have sex, but while Orophin is in love, the other elf believed that it was only sex.'
See LaCE. Or even here or here.
'So for once i want Legolas adoring our beautiful dark-haired couselor.'
For once, I want you to use a capital I. Also... there is no canon evidence that Erestor is beautiful. Period. No arguments. END OF STORY.
'Legolas has gone to visit Rivendell, and while there a dark elf (they exist in this for the plot of the story) witch shows up spouting nonsense about Legolas demise.'
*giggles* Oooh, someone forgot about the Moriquendi...
'What if a magical fruit/mushroom turned Erestor back to his late elfling form?'
What if a magical flyswatter came down and smacked sense into you?
'What if Erestor was the true 'mother' of Arwen? how would he have reacted during the lotr trilogy?'
Probably something like 'She is my Lord and Lady's child.' and then 'Male Elves cannot become pregnant. *confused stare*'
'what if Erestor was Thranduil's illegitimate son?'
What if he was just an ordinary Elf?
'Luthien was held in Nargothrond for some time by Curufin and his lustful brother, Celegorm.'
Curufin was married. And Celegorm wasn't lustful so much as he was 'Heh. Bargaining chip.'
'Have you ever noticed how superb Elrond seems sometimes? Compare him to Gandalf: the wizard has wisdom and his rare rage is well motived and controlled; the elf sometimes snaps nervous as his wisdom needs some improvement. Maybe a dignified young elf would teach him the value of humility,sense of duty and forgiveness.'
OMFGWTFBBQ. *stifles swears*
Elrond is one of the Wise for a reason. He was frightened of the Ring, frightened for his world, and stressed out because he knew his daughter was going to marry his foster son and die. Jackson!Elrond is not Elrond.
' after thousands of years he has found an elf worthy of his temple, his body.'
Ooooh boy. >.>
'This is sort of out of the Lord of the Rings timezone. Like Aragorn is a mean jerk who wants Legolas and will do anything to get him and blah, blah, blah, but nice and kind Haldir also has his heart set out on Legolas.'
'Sort of'? Try 'only resemblances are the names'.
'About Legolas's curse thingamajig-All right, when Legolas was born, he was put under a curse by Sauron partly because the Mirkwood people betrayed Sauron by going to the good side'
Right. 'Good side'. This would be ignoring the fact that the Mirkwood Elves and the Imladris and Lothlorien Elves are the same species, all with very strict morals?
'Must have someone say 'Some day over the rainbow'
Must have Halidr and Legolas burst into charmalised sugar pieces (but they have to come back)
Must include a birdhouse somewhere
Someone must say 'Pickles with sour cream sauce in the lake on a winter's day, in the snow please'
And Haldir has to run into a brick wall
Aragorn has to run into a tree
Lord Elrond must fall into horse poop
Elrohir has to get shot with an arrow in the butt
And in the end everybody must be completely swooning over Legolas.
And I'm totally wrecking LOTR unriverse when I say the King Thranduil has to turn into a mouse and only a magical kiss will change him back
Oh yes, and when King Thranduil finally gets changed back, someone must say, "Well, you were an ugly beast anyway. I prefer you as a mouse"'
That is not LotR. That is original fiction.
'Here we have a TV show called Popstars that is a sort of American Idol but to form a pop group'
*gag*
'Erestor and Glorfindel are lovers. Unfortunately, Erestor was mysteriously changed in to a she-elf (maybe by wizard's curse or anything as you wish)'
Who would do it? Radagast is too weak, he probably doesn't know Erestor, he wouldn't want to, Alatar is the ruler of his own cult somewhere in the East, he doesn't know Erestor, he wouldn't be able to do it, and he wouldn't want to; ditto for Pallando; Saruman could care less about Erestor as Elrond is the bigger threat and Galadriel bigger still; and Gandalf? Puh-lease.
'The world has been divided into two. America is ruled by Sauron/other evil character and the rest of the world is divided between different races: Hobbits in Africa, Men in Europe and Oceania, Dwarves and Elves in Asia.'
Hoorah for begin able to throw out all of LotR, Silm, UT, Hobbit, and HoME canon in two sentences.
'Main character: Erestor(in all ideas)
Idea no.1 (AU): Erestor is a slave in Rivendell. Lot of rape, violence and all baaaad things ^_^
Idea no.2 (AU): Erestor is a whore in Bree. One day a brutal lord (best Glorfindel) bought him and took him to Rivendell...
Idea no.3 (AU): Erestor lost his parents and his village has been destroyed by orcs. He is looking for new home. To survive he becomes a whore and a thief. Ok... then lots of rape, angst, violence, etc. One day he got pregnant with an elf lord from Rivendell...
Idea no.4 (AU): Erestor is a scribe. He's very shy and quiet. One day Elrond rapes him... Erestor is pregnant, Elrond is furious, and banishes the poor scribe. Erestor is travelling from place to place... Lots of violence, no comfort.'
Slavery was something Orcs would do. Rape is one of their worst crimes. Male Elves cannot get pregnant. Elves would go to the nearest settlement, not become whores. Need I say more? >.>
'Erestor is half-elf, half-cat (he's got a tail and cat-like ears). He can be a slave or whore - it is up to you ^_^'
Ew. Unwanted mental images of his parents, there.
'After Celebrian's death, Elrond finally has the possibility to follow his true vocation: the training and trading of lust slaves. In his position as a healer he manages to get hold of elves and men without attracting attention. When he finds exceptionally beautiful specimen, he gives them drugs causing an illness from which they officially die. He doesn't even stop at using his own sons. He trains them for his own needs and they have to prove their skills in front of his customers.
After the training is finished (which has been mainly provided by Glorfindel), all of the slaves get a brand with Elrond's initial E. The twins, who discover their love for each other (but can't live it out) see in it the name of each other and thus establish an affectionate bond with their brand.
When Elrond picks Rumil as his next victim, he makes a mistake, for Rumil's brothers Haldir and Orophin start to investigate. They are supported by Erestor, who didn't say anything about the goings-on at Rivendell, because he was in love with Elrond. But Elrond didn't return his love...
Elrond and Glorfindel are punished, the slaves are freed. Elladan and Elrohir live happily ever after and Rumil and Erestor discover their mutual affection. '
... Elrond is a Lord. He could be King if he wanted to be. He has holy blood in him. His father is a flipping star in the sky and his great-grandmother is the most beautiful maiden ever. Explain to me why he would do that.
Oh, and Glorfindel? He's a Balrog-slayer, saviour of abovementioned star, one of the captains of Gondolin, a city which rivalled Nargothrond and Menegroth for beauty and outlasted both... And he's so shiny even his backside is moral. >.>
'Make it nc-17, dark, sadistic, some rape, nasty Elrond and twins.'
*wince*
Poor Elrond. What, oh what did you do to...
Oh, yeah. You were in that PJ movie. Sorta.
'Erestor is a member of an ancient tribe that was 'civilized' by other elves sometime during the first age. They were forced to give up their ways and beliefs. Now, early in the third age, those that tamed them are long gone (either dead or gone over the sea) but still they are forced to practice the old ways in secret. But when an ancient evil returns to Middle-Earth, the tribe is the only ones who can stop it. Unfortunately, no one remembers the identity of these elves. Will Erestor and his people come forward or will they let the ones they see as their oppressors fall victim to this evil?'
No group of Elves ever oppressed another. 'Nough said.
'Legolas is the child of Yavanna; Erestor is the child of Lorien. They both fell in love with Middle-Earth as children and were allowed to remain as long as they kept what they were a secret. '
Legolas is an Ent? Tee hee.
'Erestor and Legolas aren't elves; they're Dryads.'
Dryads don't exist in Middle-earth... Besides, they're female.
'When the rest of the elves return to Middle-Earth'
Oi? What's this 'returning to Middle-Earth' business? And what's Middle-Earth, anyways?
Bitch please.
This is totally enough for me to swear off slash for real. I don't want to know the darkside of the fandom anymore...
Genfic and Slashfic are not the light- and darksides of the fandom -- far from it -- but it seems to me that the ones who try to stay true to canon and the ones who ignore canon (and these I do view as good and bad) seem to fall for the most part into those respective categories.