LotR Fic

[tarotgal]

Well, I felt suddenly inspired and started on a sneezey!Legolas fic just now. I made it 3 paragraphs before stopping at a dead standstill.

I had hesitated to write, before, as I really don't yet feel comfortable in the universe. I've started the books, but I'm only a fifth of the way through the first. I really don't feel comfy with their characters and the feel of the world quite yet, and that became blatantly obvious after three paragraphs. Little details that I need to know I really have no clue about. So, I'm afraid, the story has been closed and will remain so at least until I finish the first book. Sad, really, but it's going to suck otherwise. Besides, I've got no plot, no idea who else is in the story, and no idea where or when it takes place. Until everything reveals itself, I'm not going to try for another word.

But hey, I tried, right? Gotta give me a little credit. It's just not my fandom yet, I'm afraid, as much as I loved the movies every time I watched them.

Comments

[magictoes11.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's okay, Tarotgal. I've done the LotR fandom in non-fetish writing, and it is a difficult one to get through. Not to mention that the 'purists' are infinitely worse than the Harry Potter 'purists' when it comes to detail.

Also, I found it very hard to get anything from the books other than history. Most of my character development was taken from Fellowship (and Two Towers, if I were still writing LotR fic). The books were written from an historical perspective, and I found that while they do give a lot of hints for character development, you really have to dig for them.

[tarotgal]

Gah, I never answered this. LOL Thanks for the encouragement, by the way. But it's a cold-fic simply because I like those better. Allergies aren't really my thing but sometimes fics with them speak out to me. Most of the time, though, I write cold fics. :-) Yummy cute sick elf *G*