Mael-Gûl, 41/? - Temptations
by Aislynn Crowdaughter
Rating: NC-17 - strictly adult only!!!
Pairings: Aragorn/Legolas, Boromir/Legolas, Gimli/Legolas, Others/Legolas
Disclaimer: The universe I play in is not mine. J.R.R. Tolkien owns the characters, safe a few original characters in side roles. Peter Jackson owns the Movies. I borrow their creations without permission. I make ( Read more... )
I am a little curious though to why it is so important? I am hearing from people that even though they have put a AU warning on their work, they are being 'attacked' on not being canon. For me personally I see it more as borrowing characters and a world and then just getting to play around in it...
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Second thank you for taking the time to explain it. I fear I still don't and probably never will be a canon writer or reader even. In my opinion and this is purely my opinion I find it too restrictive. I would have missed out on reading some amazing fiction, but like I said before, to each their own.
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AMEN. Lizabeth Johnsons amazing and utterly compelling "Broken Fellowship" Arc comes to mind, where Frodo is killed in Moria and for some reason or other Legolas is chosen to take the Ring from there. And boy, was that decision wrong! The Author plays fast and lose with canonical facts and parameters from there, but believe me, you don't give a damn while you follow her tale! I've read another, 'Gaborgimli', where Gimli takes the Ring (that one made me shiver), and several others I would not have missed for the world. And there were some very enjoyable crossovers I would have missed if I would not read anything that defys canon.
However, I prefer it if I get the impression the author at least knows what he or she is doing and pays attention to the characters.
Although I have to admit that Canon-Elrond is *very* far away from mine, here.
Aislynn
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I think the trick is to know which details of canon MUST be changed to make the story work, and which need not be. The first is clever; the latter is merely lazy, and I have seen a perfectly lovely story ruined thereby.
Although I have to admit that Canon-Elrond is *very* far away from mine, here.Truly, he is not, and I think he would be the first to say so (once he had calmed down. LOL) You have provided a very compelling and logical reason why Elrond would behave in the manner of this story. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and both Elrond and Galadriel were as 'big' as they come in terms of wisdom and strength of soul. They have no idea that they are compromised or what has done it to them. The greatest evil is done in the misguided attempt to do good. While AU, this is a concept that is true to the 'human condition ( ... )
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Even an AU needs to have some consistent internal logic to be believable --for the reader to be able to do what Stephen King calls the 'clean and jerk' of suspending disbelief. In this case, the corruption of Elrond and Galadriel by their Rings is the precipitating difference, and all subsequent events flow from that. Very convincingly, I might add.
I too appreciate the work and thought that the author has put into this tale.
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Strange. I've got a reply information from you regarding this AU discussion asking me to give the links for the very AU storie's I recommended in the thread, but I do not see the post here... Anyway. I comment on another of your posts. Here are the links:
Bayley's Vigil;
be warned, though, this is very AU!!! The characters are totally different than we kow them!!!
Lizardbeth Johnsons Broken Fellowship Arc:
Part 1: For Want of Mithril;
Part 2: Light of the Most Beloved Star; Part 3: Hill of Breaking; Part 4: Window of the SunsetTo my great dismay, Lizardbeth Johnson has announced oon her fanfiction net profile that she won't finish the series, since she is writing Stargate Fiction now. If I ever finish Mael-Gukl, and if she hasn't change her mind until then, I might ask her for her permission to write the last chapter myself. With her as beta, of course. I just want to see this series play out, damnit ( ... )
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(blush) from your mouth, this is high praise indeed. Thank you!
Aislynn
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Thank you! I try my best. And as I said to Autumnverse, I can appreciate AU fics that play fast and loose with canon, too, as long as they are consistent in themselves and well written, but as a rule I apreciate it when I at least can see the writer knows what she or he is doing. In this fic, I strive very much to keep the whole thing believable, although if you go into deep detail (or even just into some of the general parameters Tolkien gave about Elves - LACE anyone?) this whole fic is probably as far away from the world Tolkien envisioned as you can get.
But to make it fit anyway, that is the challenge!
Although it can be a pain. There is a very dark AU to this my AU I am contemplating at the moment that simply suffers from one simple fact - geographic impossibility. You cannot make it from Caradhras to Northern Mirkwood in three weeks, especially not on foot... not even as an Elf.
Too bad.
(Snerk) Aislynn
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I try to get as close to canon as I can, because that gives the world I play in an authentic feeling; and it was my intention from the start to make this tale, as AU as it is, 'work'.
That doesn't mean, however, that I wouldn't enjoy stories that play fast and loose with canon, too - if they are well writen and consistent in themselves. Your breathtaking "Suffer in Silence", which simply dodges the issue by giving precious little extra information of the broader circumstances and asks us only to believe that Sauron was able to take beautiful form again after he received the One Ring, is an example for exellent writing, as is Bayleys very interesting and very AU 'Vigil', that serves us an Aragorn and Legolas completely different than we know them ( ... )
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