Release the plot bunnies!!

[cairistiona7]

Or, A Very Interesting Article On The Migration of Hobbits....

I don't know how many of you follow Michael Martinez' blog, Middle-earth and JRR Tolkien Blog, but he always writes very interesting articles. Back in December, he posted this one, Charting The Shire Lines.I just discovered the post yesterday and haven't read the entire thing yet, in

Comments

[suzll]

Lolll, we have an author at work named Michael Martinez and I always get soooooo confused, thinking it's the Tolkien guy (no relation whatsoever!).

But this is great! I'm sort of with you in that I try to remember that the Dunedain didn't exist in a vacuum, and had to have had interactions with other races, but tend to sort of forget this as my stories are so insular within their culture. And of course, I usually tend to focus on the relationship between Elves and Men, though my Dective Dirhael plotting is especially pushing me to think more on Hobbits than I ever have before!

[cairistiona7]

Lolll, we have an author at work named Michael Martinez and I always get soooooo confused, thinking it's the Tolkien guy (no relation whatsoever!).

Bwa ha ha... I imagine it is kind of a common name. More common than, say, Sherwood McShevowiczs or something. *g*

I'm sort of with you in that I try to remember that the Dunedain didn't exist in a vacuum, and had to have had interactions with other races, but tend to sort of forget this as my stories are so insular within their culture.

*nods* Exactly what I'm talking about. I get too much tunnel vision when I write. Learning about Bree has helped me with that.

though my Dective Dirhael plotting is especially pushing me to think more on Hobbits than I ever have before!Writing about Bree really will do that to a person! I think that might underlie my new fascination for that town. And it occurs to me I need to look into its particular history as well. If it's smaller in the 3rd Age than now, then I need to think about how that would be manifested in its buildings and such. I'd think

[dreamflower02]

I really enjoyed writing about Aragorn's grandfather and father as Rangers, and exploring and making up Dunedain culture when I wrote "Trotter". It was fun to imagine how a hobbit might fit in with the Men as a Ranger.

[cairistiona7]

I had fun with Ferdinand Took and Aragorn in "The Ranger and the Hobbit". I think that those two races really do complement each other. As Miko's already mentioned, both are hardy races, and they both have good hearts. Hobbits might look more to their own interests than Rangers do but they step up to help when they see the "bigger picture", because of their generous and brave hearts.

[dreamflower02]

I loved "The Ranger and the Hobbit"! Ferdinand was a terrific OC. I'd love to see some more Aragorn and hobbit interaction from you--you do a lovely job!

[cairistiona7]

Thank you! It's on the "WIP agenda" to do more of that sort of story. I just need to get Bowen Rushlight's story finished first. And there will be hobbits in that one, too, and maybe a Ranger or two or three. :)