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Cuteybear633
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 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject: Lego-mance... |
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Ok, so i have an idea for a Legolas romance, but it makes me sick to write them. Therefore, if there are any good romance writers out there, this is for you. The bunny is: Legolas and an elf fall in love, then for some reason he has to kill her. The twist there is that it's actually HER, meaning she hasn't been possesed, or tortured, or enslaved or what have you. Angst and more angst!! The plot isn't really formed, but that's basically the idea of it. do with it what you will!!! 
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kika988
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| *raises hand* Question! Since him killing another elf would kind of negate the whole one-time kinslaying thing, would you object to this idea being used with the female being human instead of an elf? |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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This has been done a hundred times before - go read FF.net and you'll see.
The idea is un-canon and un-Tolkien. Good luck trying to find a decent writer who wants it.
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kika988
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I was thinking perhaps if it was an Easterling or Harad woman it would make it more feasible, that is if one could come up with a believeable way for them to meet when he would not kill her at first sight. I haven't read much at ff.net in the past year or so (bad Kika! BAD Kika!) so sometimes I'm not quite up to date on what has been done numerous times.  |
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Cuteybear633
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:19 am Post subject: A harad woman is fine |
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Turning it into a harad woman instead of an elf is fine, i doesn't really matter. have fun with it.
Oh, and by the way, i know it's been done before, i've SEEN ff.net. it just hasn't been done the exact way i've been seeing it, and it hasn't been written all that well. THAT's why i posted the idea here. 
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Atta Girl 
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Viv
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Actually, it would be a challenge to write any elf-killing-elf story without totally mangling canon. There'd have to be some occassions where such a thing might be desirable or even necessary (and no, "I want your boats so I can go fetch my bling-bling" is not a good enough excuse).
Maybe if it were more general (i.e., not just Lego), some writers would be interested? |
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Cuteybear633
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Ok, i'm going to explain this again. the whole point of the thing being and elf-killing-elf story is to do something different. i never said it had to be canon. If it came to a point where for some reason you HAD to kill an elf and you were and elf too, then you'd do it, although you wouldn't feel too good about it. THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT. Every roman thing like this that i've seen is Lego killing his HUMAN lover. Why not an elf? i honestly don't care whether it's canon or not, i actually expected it NOT to be.
I appreciate your suggestion, but that's just not going with the plot that was forming in my head.
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DarkElfChilde
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I wouldn't mind reading one like that cuteybear...might have to put the two elves in a realistic and understandable situation though,but who knows.
Maybe this is when someone, like Anna comes in to tell you what you could have done with your story....
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| Cuteybear633 wrote: | | I appreciate your suggestion, but that's just not going with the plot that was forming in my head. |
Well, I was thinking of ways to broaden the scope, perhaps turn it into a challenge that several authors might be interested in. I help run the challenges section here on OSA, and we're always looking for intriguing story set-ups that people might want to write. However, in the past, people have asked us not to limit challenges to one character.
I was trying to see how may people are interested in this bunny because, well, it does sound interesting.
The problem with posting bunnies is that inevitably whoever adopts the bunny is going to make it her (or his) story. Not yours. If you need the story to be a certain way, go ahead and write it. I'll read.  |
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DarkElfChilde
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That'll be a nice challenge, but knowing myself, I tend to concentrate on one story at a time (that I really hope finishing since I get all of these other ideas for more stories...gah for me.)
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Cuteybear633
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, it would be a cool challenge, and if you want to turn it into one but with general characters, feel free to do so
Why is this topic suddenly getting so many hits?
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It's special 
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 I feel all important now...
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Anna
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it helps that Legolas is a cutie-pie!
No, seriously, I´ll read it! As long as it is well-written, I really couldn´t care less if it´s canon or not. Just do NOT call the female elf a she-elf! 
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