*taps fingertips together* Bunnies. beh.

[camwyn]

Today's plotbunnies:

- The slow burn of a Numenorean warrior trapped in the Caves of the Forgotten. I've had this one a while, but it's getting more insistent.

- The Silmarillion says that Morgoth denied the Easterlings the chance to plunder the rich lands of Beleriand which they had coveted, but shut them up in Hithlum instead. That can't have sat well with them. Those who served Morgoth might have been evil at heart, or they might have been deluded, or they might well have thought themselves truly justified- but in any case it can't have gone over well, to receive a consolation prize instead of what they were promised. All the Central Asian / Asiatic / Fertile Crescent peoples whose makeup probably inspired Tolkien's depiction of Easterlings and Southrons have fairly strong conceptions of honor. How many of them sat back and took this betrayal peacefully?

- Seen a few too many 'girl from HP universe turns out to be an elf or from the LOTR or both' fics lately. Am strongly tempted to do it with a boy this time, to see if it could be got right. But the boy would be Neville Longbottom, whose biological parents were in fact hobbits. It might make an interesting parody. ("What do you MEAN I'm never going to get any taller than this?" "You're already the tallest lad in the Shire who hasn't had Ent-draught, and you're only fifteen. You won't be of age for another thirty or so years." "AAUGH!")

Comments

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Neville is going to rank up there with Wayne if you don't watch out.

*smirks*

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Can you imgaine his relatives response to Neville? "What's with the shoes? What sort of self-respecting Hobbit wears shoes?" *whisper, whisper* "Oooo, bald feet. That's bad."

From Gil-Shalos' BIIIIG list of LOTR Fanfic Cliches,

[camwyn]

which may be found here:

20. If the character is a hobbit, does s/he have unusually dainty and hair free feet?
21. Does this lead to a nagging toenail fungus problem? (If the answer to question 21 is Yes, you are excused the rest of the test. Go forth and write).

[camwyn]

Nah, see, Wayne gets gratuitous abuse. Neville gets put through horrible things in canon to point up how much he really can overcome. I wouldn't dream of mucking with the poor lad the way I do Wayne; if it happens to Neville it happens for a reason.

[serinatia.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I would love to see the one with Neville. It would have to be Neville, because of the Longbottom Leaf variety of hobbit-weed.

Re: From Gil-Shalos' BIIIIG list of LOTR Fanfic Cliches,

[eevieivy.livejournal.com]

Obviously all Mary-Sue hobbits shave their feet out of embarrassment. Or maybe they have some time and space portal that allows them access to Nair. That would explain a lot. Though not the 'dainty' bit. Must ponder that more. Although the same time-space portal would equally allow access to reconstructive surgery...

And, hee. Neville the hobbit.

[camwyn]

Got it in one. Alas, the Longbottom leaf isn't affiliated with a Longbottom family- it's from the Hornblowers- but I'm sure something will suggest itself.

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

It's one of those things that's not very talked about, but the Longbottom who first developed the leaf was rather looked down upon by his fmaily, and they dismissed his idea of a better pipeweed as a fantasy. Additionally, he had only daughters (well, actually, he had a son as well, but they don't talk about him. After the incident with the squash... Well, it's better left unsaid). Of those daughters, only one was really interested in her father's project. She married into the Hornblowers and brought her father's pipeweed with her. The Longbottoms have been cursing their bad luck ever since.

[serinatia.livejournal.com]

I hope it does. :D That crossover sounds fun.

[quintus.livejournal.com]

-dons anorak- Doesn't one of the Shire hobbit lineages have a tendency to wear boots? -removes anorak-