[Alassante]

I know at one time we had a thread that was what you don't want to see in stories. I wanted to change that around and do what do you love to see in stories and what do you wish to see more of. Or even what would you like to see??

So here is my list and yes there is some shameless promotion but none of it is SELF promotion so it's all good!:

Comments that stick with you
Empty Vessel by ZeeDrippyVessel
"Oh. I was thinking I was a bitch. Must be a step up!"
"Smart-ass Elf! You wish to play!"
"I have this rule about not arguing with...um...beings who don't have the IQ I have! For the love of Mike - Do you have a name?"


Things that make you cry:
Into Darkness My Moriquendi by Dark Elf Child
’I do not want to be alone.’
“I am sorry…” He murmured, gradually standing up. Legolas stood motionlessly with his head tilted back to look at the blue canvas of the sky above him. It was bright, unlike his soul.
“Oh, Elbereth! I have forsaken everyone, including my mother and father.” Silence filled the air around him, and he stood there for a long time before starting to leave the garden where his friends slept peacefully, but gradually stopped to look back at the garden that surrounded the tombs.

Things that make you go hmmmm....
Fell beast by SpaceWeavil
Khamûl secretly smiled, secure in the knowledge that the last of his entrails had rotted centuries ago.
Lord of the Glittering Harem by Viv
“Marriage? You can’t get married. You’re running a harem!" Legolas gestured at the mirrored ceiling and shag carpet. "Even dwarven females cannot be fond of such competition."
“This is no harem, elf. This is my home,” Gimli said darkly.
Mildly surprised, Legolas raised an eyebrow. Really?

Beautiful Imagery
Circle of Hands by GhettoElleth
"The anger of the Vala raged across the western strand of Aman. The sea was torrid and a furious wind assaulted the shoreline, the moon hid behind the black clouds of Ulmo’s anger."
"Ulmo stormed toward them across the water, pushing the sea from his path as if it were nothing more than a minor annoyance. He rolled upon the beach like a giant wave, his face terrible in its anger."
"The baby discovered her power to incite havoc in the Grey Hall by crying, taking great pleasure in doing so, often and loudly. She also discovered that she preferred to sleep on Círdan’s chest rather than in a cradle, requiring a great deal of patience on his part. Unfortunately, for Círdan, moving too much, or too suddenly, invariably awakened the child, whereupon she would cast suspicious glances at him, making him feel guilty for having considered laying her in her bed."

Things you wish to see more of --
Stories of:
*Balrog Slayers
*The unpopular characters/less well known characters
*The Twins (Elrohir and Elladan) are pranksters scamps who are very successful with the ladies
*That do not have a happy ending - not all endings are happy
*Where Thranduil/Celeborn are pervs (see also Empty Vessel)
*Where characters are not as they appear in the movie - ie Arwen is not so sweet perhaps she has a little bit of bitchyness in her
*Stories that go out on a limb and do not fit the mold
*Funny smut - balrog wetdreams, removing armor with their teeth, breaking tables during a snog, etc.
*Legolas washing up on a beach - bound.....

[SpaceWeavil]

[KhazarKhum]

Let's see more of the bad boys.

BUT-- let's take a realistic look at them, shall we? Does anyone really believe that Sauron just got up one morning and said, "What the hell, I think I'll turn evil today!" Of course not.

And let's consider how the actions of the Good Guys look from the other side. It must be difficult to try raising a brood of young spiders in Mirkwood. Do Orcs mourn their dead, slain by Elves?

These are the questions that people seem to be afraid to answer.

[ArtanisOrangeBlossom]

I'd like to see alot more of the unpopular/unknown charries


LOL why do you think the 4 stories i have published are about Orophin?

I'd like to also see more stories about Galadriel/Celeborn. We've heard how much they love each other. So why don't we see it in fics?


and one last thing before i go to school:

I'd like to see some expansion as well on Elrond and Celebrian. There is a great amount of love there...we just have never seen it.

*shrugs* Bye you guys...off to school. Joy.

[inglor]

FIRST AGE SMUT

MORE SILFICS

The Elves of the First and Second Ages were in their prime, doing things, living, loving, dying. The Elves of the Third age were just living in the past. Like an aged rock band, living on past glories and not risking anything, not creating anything new, exisiting. IMHO, the Sil is a fanficers wet dream, you have all these glorious characters, a basic outline of what happened, a detailed setting, and very little specifics, leaving the door open for the imaginatioin to run wild. The Elves took on a GOD, for the love of pete, not a Maia who was dumb enough to limit himself by putting his power in a ring that could be lost. THEY CHALLENGED A GOD, and nearly won. There were Elves in the 1st Age who make Legolas look like boy with his toy bow and Men in the that would laugh at Aragorn and said "good job son, keep up the good work". Heros and Villians alike were just bigger,badder,stronger, faster, etc. ... More fun.

Much more drama in the 1st Age, not everything was Black and White either. There were some bad good guys and good badguys (and sometimes they were the same person)

The details of the characters give us a basic insight into their personalities... Blah, blah, blah

Boromir couldn't have held Beren's hat

Read the Sil and write about it, I'm tired of Legolas... Of Mirkwood, not the one from Gondolin.

Inglor

[Alassante]

Inglor - there is a very good reason why there are few stories about the Sil. 50% of us (including me) never made it past the first chapter. I spent the first chapter looking back and forth between the story and the index. I intend to conquer it someday but to some (once again - including me!), it is very hard.

Now if Peter Jackson would rewrite it in movie verse, I could probably get through it!

[Yavanie]

[SpaceWeavil]

[KhazarKhum]

I'm with you--I can't keep track of all the F'nn Elves, either!

The best way to appraoch it is as a series of short stories, held together by a common theme; it's not a novel, and should not be treated as such.

[SpaceWeavil]

[inglor]

[Texasgirl]

call me a smut lover....but those hot stories featuring the twins and/or glorfindel (NO, not together!!!! EWWW!) get my attention.

[ghettoelleth]

I'll call you when I get to chapter seven TG. Guts and Glory all the way.

[Alassante]

[ghettoelleth]

That' would be chapter seven, and again in nine and again in....