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Ania
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 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:40 am Post subject: Advice needed to help Plot Bunny grow... |
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I'm in the process of writing a fic about a young woman named Olùen, who was born the dauhter of a chieftain of an isolated village of Rohan that is nameless at the moment. At the age of six she witnessed the death of her mother and it starts with her reaching womanhood...and that's as far as I've got, I want her to get away from the village and associate with maybe some elves, I dunno, could anyone give me some advice please?  |
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Hathor
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Advice needed to help Plot Bunny grow... |
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| Ania wrote: | | associate with maybe some elves, I dunno, could anyone give me some advice please? |
DON'T turn her into a Mary-Sue. That might sound obvious, but don't have her be a fighting she-warrior, who is amazignly willow-y and yet incredibly strong, don't give her "hidden" Elvish powers.
An Elvish romance is vaguely possible... what time is the story set in? Before, during, after the War of the Ring? If it's after, what about Ithilien as a potential base? Or why not have her interacting with dwarves? It's different, and possible- Gimli does set up in Aglarond, after all.
Just a thought.
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Tripsoverhercats
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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As a chieftian's daughter she may know quite a bit about running a large household and being a leader's helpmate. She is most likely already betrothed to some one as an alliance for her father. you could always send her towards the Dale, as both the Lonely Mountain and Mirkwood are allied with Dalemen after the events of the hobbit, so you'll have elves and dwarves to play with there.
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Ania
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| It's most likely going to be set about two hundred years before the war of the ring, about fifty years before Bilbo discovers the war, probably around the time when Bilbo was born. |
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Tripsoverhercats
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hmmm.. OK, then that nixes the Dale idea. Smaug is still sitting up there. You could still play around in the Long Lake area, if you don't mind having a dragon looming overhead.
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