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NancyBrooke
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With the exception of Glorfindel (just so you know, Triss  : it's http://www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=984 ) and the occassional OFC, I have always written canon characters about whom (which?) a lot is known. Even in my current work, when I needed a OMC I borrowed him (with permission) from someone else's story. Maybe I'm just not that creative?
The cults and fanon that grow up around those characters which are almost non-existent in the text - Elladan, Elrohir, Theodred, Haldir (most of all!) e.g. - never fail to interest and confuse me.
It seems to me that what fans, writers and readers of these characters get so into is not so much Tolkien's work, but their own and other's. And yet 'canon' exists for each and some fierce discussions/debates take place about each one's 'nature'.
It frequently has me shaking my head ...
Certainly, with characters more detailed by Tolkien (the members of the Fellowship etc.) all these things happen, too, but, I guess, there's less distance to go into complete fantasy with Tolkien having drawn so particular a map even before our journey began.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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The cults and fanon that grow up around those characters which are almost non-existent in the text - Elladan, Elrohir, Theodred, Haldir (most of all!) e.g. - never fail to interest and confuse me.
It seems to me that what fans, writers and readers of these characters get so into is not so much Tolkien's work, but their own and other's. And yet 'canon' exists for each and some fierce discussions/debates take place about each one's 'nature'.
It frequently has me shaking my head ...
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Like you said I think that everyone does their own on all characters even the well known characters. For example - Boromir, Eomer, etc - we have no idea what they would be in a romantic situation yet people write them that way and use their own ideas to do so.
People talk so much about canon yet unless you are writing stuff exactly like the book - no romance for anyone by Aragorn and even there it is limited in the book, you are in fact creating personalities for them that Tolkien did not. Nothing but how they are in the fellowship, in battle, etc could be show as canon.
Everyone takes what they know about the characters and portray them in the situation they way they would do it. So I do not think it is fair to say that people make up characteristics for little known characters as non "Tolkien's work" or non canon when everyone does it to some extent.
As far as the twins are concerned, yes in the books they were very serious but at the same time they were in an intense situation and when they are orc slayers they are also in an intense situation because of what happened to their mother. That is not to say that when they come home, they relieve some of that tension by having some fun. Like the ying/yang so yes I portray mine as fun loving scamps when they are in Rivendell because I do not honestly think that they could be super serious orc killing warriors all of the time. One thing I do hate is when they are portrayed weak or whipped puppies because they are in love. But once again - creative license.
Everyone creates to some degree their own personalities for the characters. A character in battle will not be the same as a character as a person in love. A character at 20 will not the same as a character at 35 or whatever. You use what you know as a basis but you do create the characters personality in a new situation.
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Anni
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Unfortunately I don't have enough time to write fanfiction at present, but if I did my favourite character would be Gil-galad or I admit to a certain fascination for Eonwe for some reason. I often wonder what the Herald of Manwe would do on a day to day basis. Did he just hang around and wait for Manwe to give him something to do. He obviously took corporeal form to lead the troops in the War of Wrath, but does he take corporeal form and mix in with the Elves of Valinor. Perhaps he leaves occasionally and travels to Middle-earth in another guise, reporting everything he sees back to the Valar.
It's an intriguing notion that I would love to write about if I could stop writing my own stories!
I doubt that I'd have either Gil-galad or Eonwe doing any kind of slash activity with another male because I don't quite see them or any of Tolkien's characters in that way. On the other hand, I've read a few that have handled that genre reasonably well and stuck to canon too which I personally think is very important. As long as canon characters aren't mangled out of all recognition I'm perfectly happy to read anything.
I would never attempt Legolas in a month of Sundays, or Thranduil because I could never do them as well as Ellisk or a lady called Mary A. SpaceWeavil does a wonderful Elrond, but I don't think I could do him justice at all. I might attempt a Feanor though, he has a fire and darkness to him that's interesting.
Maybe I will write something one of these days, until then, I just fiddle around with my own creations!
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| My favorite character to write about is definitely Faramir.After him comes Eowyn,Eomer,Arwen and Aragorn.I would have a hard time writing about hobbits and dwarfs. I am far more interested in Elves and Men. Those are the characters I write the most about. |
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Isadora22
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Myself, I don't have any preferences for a character into LOTR. The one I would prefer to take is into... the Silmarillion. The most evil one: Melkor/Morgoth that is a very complex character but a good challenge for someone who is a deep addictive fan of LOTR like me. I didn't take him often into my stories because I know things about this character for only two years, no more. I found interesting to make him evoluing into a story and inventing such things to suits him in. The things I like for this character is his armor, is weapon and his strengths. I mean his powers. They just amazed me.
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