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Ania
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 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:56 am Post subject: General advice needed from experienced authors! |
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I've had an idea for a fic I posted for about 24 on openscrolls then quickly removed...but have been mulling over the idea for months now and could really use some help from some experienced author.
The idea's this...
I want to write a fic about a Rohirrim girl towards either the end of the War of the Ring, OR in the Second Age about 100 before Bilbo's born. I had an idea about a kidnapping and enslavement by Dunlendings and a finding six months later by Dunédain. Maybe a romance with one of them, but generally a fic about the girl's transition for being mistrusting and uncertain of others to trust and fellowship found with new people. Girl is called 'Meren' meaning 'Glorious' in Sindar, could change this if seems out of place and unappropriate.
Be honest now, is it Mary-Sue? Does it sound interesting? Raise any questions in your mind? |
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miriel361
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I think it has potential.  I'd read it. |
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KhazarKhum
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The plot sounds fine. She doesn't sound like a Mary Sue, but I am the wrong person to ask about OFCs.
Bilbo is solidly Third Age, though. |
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Ania
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| Yeah, I just realised that after I'd written it! Have been doing background research on it and hope it turns out okay. |
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queenoftheshire
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Just advice on the name: Because Rohan consisted of many horsemen and they appreciated horses. Most people's name was rooted from "eo" for horse so if you want a good rohirric name start with that
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Isabeau
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: General advice needed from experienced authors! |
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| Ania wrote: | I've had an idea for a fic I posted for about 24 on openscrolls then quickly removed...but have been mulling over the idea for months now and could really use some help from some experienced author.
The idea's this...
I want to write a fic about a Rohirrim girl towards either the end of the War of the Ring, OR in the Second Age about 100 before Bilbo's born. I had an idea about a kidnapping and enslavement by Dunlendings and a finding six months later by Dunédain. Maybe a romance with one of them, but generally a fic about the girl's transition for being mistrusting and uncertain of others to trust and fellowship found with new people. Girl is called 'Meren' meaning 'Glorious' in Sindar, could change this if seems out of place and unappropriate.
Be honest now, is it Mary-Sue? Does it sound interesting? Raise any questions in your mind? |
It sounds interesting to me. I have no strong feelings one way or another about the name--"Meren" could mean something else entirely in Rohirric, and it did not sound like an obviously Elven name to me, which is good, because why would a Rohirric girl have an Elven name?
I respect people who try things like this. I think you should write it, but you've got quite a task ahead of you--you will have to describe your versions of three cultures (the Dunlanders, the Rohirrim and the Dunedain), and come up with a slew of original characters. That in itself makes me sure this is not a Sue--there seem to be limited opportunities for canonical character involvement. |
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