[Alassante]

Okay - these threads are getting too serious so I wanted to be goofy for awhile. Cause you know - that's just me.

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Okay I love to write about two characters: Eomer and Elrohir For some reason when I write about them, they write themselves with very little effort.

*A lot of my stories have bit parts for Elrohir and a ton of unpublished ones do. I have a couple where he is the main person but they are not posted. My former VV story was all him and I swear - he wrote himself. (see my current Elrohir avie - he's inspirational as well!)

*Eomer is the one I am currently writing about in one of my WIPs and once again - he writes himself. I just stand back and let him go. Horselords are like that though - giddy up!

Now there is nothing wrong with a Legomance (I have done tons of those but have refrained from posting too many cause the Mary Sues in them scare me) and you can never go wrong with Boromir, Glofindel, Elrond, Haldir and his brothers, etc. You don't see too many Aragorn stories anymore. But I like characters that are soooo easy to write.

[DarkElfChilde]

Legolas because his life and history is mysterious and I can have fun coming up with interesting stuff, and I enjoy the character.

[SpaceWeavil]

If I'm in the mood to sit and fantasize and then write down the fruits of said fantasy, then my favourite character to write for is Elrond. Bet that came as a great shock to all of you.

I also though like to write about Grima, as I like trying to balance his creepy, slimy nature with his background and traces of humanity. I should really make an effort to finish my Grima backstory, only it was rubbish and every time I post it I end up taking it off again.

I'm enjoying writing about the Witch King, as there are so few facts known about him, and in fact there are so few facts known about Numenor around the time he'd be living there that I have loads of scope for invention.

Eventually I would also like to do a King of the Dead backstory type thing, though that's just at the bunny stage at the moment.

I've also got, not published yet as it's not finished and nowhere near finished at the mo, a Galadriel story that I'm really enjoying. I've found I like writing Galadriel and Celeborn as characters. My story's an AU 'what-if' based on a line in FotR, mainly focussed on Galadriel, though obviously Celeborn's big in it as well, and it's proving really interesting.

[SilverMoonLady]

Well, Merry is the one I can most easily write, as far as getting into his head and 'hearing' him speak; part of that is because I always felt rather like him in the way he interacts with others and deals with what is thrown his way; the other part is 'cause I lust Dom - at least that's what started it anyway:) With every fic I write though, the two (book!Merry and movie!Merry) look less and less alike (not to mention the behavior).
There is a little subversive thing happening now, though, because I've had to fill out the ladies in his life from nothing more than names on the genealogies, and the more I do, the more I like writing about them too. Esmeralda (his mother) in particular is turning into a very very fun person to 'find'; I have a romance for her that's in the hack&slash stage on my computer that I've been having a whole lot of fun with:)))

[ellisk]

I like to write any of the Sindarin elves but particularly Oropher / Thranduil / Legolas because there is just enough in canon to leave a lot of gaps to fill and play with.

But I have some unpublished stuff that is Fellowship related that I also found very easy and fun to write. And a lot of First Age stuff. I love the Silm and I found that tons of fun to write. Sooner or later I should clean it up and post it.

I guess to me it isn't so much the character that originally attracts my attention. It's the event in canon and it's potential for exploration. Then I like to try to figure out how the characters were at that point / during that event. But I find elves and men the easiest to write.

[ArtanisOrangeBlossom]

ANY one of the Lorien brothers---AKA Haldir, Rumil, and obivously Orophin.


Haldir is neat to flesh out like i'm doing now...and Rumil and Orophin are just adorable

I do love to write about Celeborn and Galadriel...i actually have a story about them...but i haven't posted it..i may do that though

I love to write about everyday happeneings. And i could care less about WHO it is about. I mean...*shrugs*

[Viv]

I really like writing dwarves and elves: they're just on the far side of human, so their reactions to things are *interesting*. (Hobbits are, too, but I can't get that comfy English countryside voice down and figure I shouldn't write hobbitfic when I'd do it all wrong.)

[SilverMoonLady]

[Eruanna]

I have long admired Tolkien's unsung border-guards of the Silm and the trilogy. They are my favourites!

The term "marchward" or "marchwarden" is a generic Old English term for warden (guard) of the marches (borders.) I guess after the PJ films were released, the character of Haldir was designated the Warden of the Marches, which was, historically, a title (I'm thinking 17th century England under Charles the First.) Now Haldir as a fic-writing character is out of control and even I myself have been sucked in to the movie-verse! This is not altogether a bad thing...

But look further into the Silm and Lays of Beleriand, and you will lose your heart to Beleg and Mablung, also marchwards! You Haldir, Rumil and Orophin fans owe it to yourselves! Reading the Lays will have you falling in love with these two tragic beauties (no spoilers here...) Gosh, just the way Tolkien describes Beleg will take your breath away.

Yes, the border boys are my favourites! (sigh)

Oh, and I also love Gwindor (who was a lord, the brother of Gelmir), and his tragic love story. His heartbreak is truly a three-handkerchief read...

--Eruanna

[Haleth]

First Age Exiles. I have a soft spot for willful, stubborn, self-destructive Elves.

[Monarchsnake]

I enjoy writing for all Middle-Earth's characters.

But I am partically fond of writing for those who did not get enough deserved spotlight or mysterious characters, because they are characters you can work with, the very little personality or history we get to see of them, we can get creative and add to it.

Like Theodred, Elladan Or The Twins In General, Radagast The Brown, Haldir, Glorfindel (Well He has much history, you just don't get to see much of his personality or for very long), Legolas (As Mystery), Thranduil! (I Adore him), Boromir (Much History, Much Personality, but Misunderstood), Aranel (An Elf From The PS2 The Third Age, LOTR game)

The List goes on and on, just certain characters to speak to you and like the first post to this thread said, they pretty much end up writing themselves. (bounces around beside Elladan)

Elladan: Quite True. (smiles and starts bouncing too)

Monarchsnake~

[Texasgirl]

[SpaceWeavil]

[Alassante]

[Rocheron]