Rabbit in the headlights

[altariel]

Ah. Well, since I foolishly entered into this meme by posing some questions to edrys, here is the last bit of it.

"I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more, no less.

Ask me anything you want.

Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this, allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything."

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I do, in fact, have quite a long story in mind to showcase it - chapters scoped out, all plotted - but I doubt it will ever get written :-(

[kathyh]

Shame! It really appeals to my inner mediaeval historian. All those monks who ruined the reputation of kings by sticking the knife into them in chronicles. It makes so much sense to have a Middle-earth equivalent.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of Richard III as I was writing :-)

It probably wouldn't be too mediaeval though - I'm convinced Númenor had at least begun to industrialize.

[kathyh]

I was thinking of Richard III as I was writing :-)

He wasn't the only sufferer. A very similar thing happened to Richard II. Obviously monastic chroniclers didn't like the name Richard *g*. You could say that Elendil was more like King Alfred, who kept control of his own publicity!

I'm convinced Númenor had at least begun to industrialize.

It certainly should have done. No matter what Tolkien's prejudices against industrialisation may have been, no society could have been completely technologically static.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

No matter what Tolkien's prejudices against industrialisation may have been, no society could have been completely technologically static.

Over thousands of years too. Plus industrialization is the symbol of civilization going wrong for Tolkien. What is the Temple of Morgoth other than a great big factory complex, described by people hundreds of years later, who don't have the technical language to describe it? :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'd really love to write it - the problem is there just aren't enough hours in the day :-(

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Obviously we need to make more hours!

The story idea sounds fascinating, and I really would love to see you write it some day.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Obviously we need to make more hours!

You hit on a formula for that, you'll make millions!

Fingers crossed I get the time to do it. As I say, the chapters are scoped, the characters are worked out, the plot is worked through... it's just that writing takes up so much flippin' time! :-)