K-D is down, during which I find an essay by Mary Borsellino....

[mechtild]

It looks like K-D is down. I checked the alternate "Frodo's Harem on LJ" site, but didn't see any new entries…. My apologies to you who have PM'd me, since I can't open them. Link to Harem LJ site, in case you have lost it

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[mechtild]

Honey, I know you dislike Frodo being dragged off into love affairs in stories and you aren't alone. Tolkien wrote him as a bachelor, a seemingly contented bachelor. It certainly seems the right thing to leave well enough alone. Obviously, though, I haven't done that. P.S. To make small text use this code:

White Gull, I don't think Rose is a goddess, either, but perhaps I misread Ms. Borsellino in her essay. I thought she was speaking of what she thought were the archetypes or mythic underpinnings of the Rosie and other female characters in LotR. I thought her ideas were extrememly interesting, but I always enjoy literary criticism that looks at the archetypes and mythic themes that run beneath a work. The S/F, S/R story was yours, yes. I didn't name it because a) I haven't read it so don't feel qualified to bandy its name around and b) because I might have misunderstood the scenario. Would it be true that Sam never knows that Rosie and Frodo are having an affair while all three are living together at Bag End? Or does Sam find out

[lame_pegasus]

Yes, I translated it (which was quite a challenge at that time, or my english was not so good as it is today). And it still contains some of the best fanfiction scenes I ever read. The chapter Dirty Waters is so painful and moving (and the most bitter essence of post-quest-Frodo I ever read) that I will always adore it, and Perfectly well (some chapters later) contains some of the most spooky and frightening moments I've ever read.

[mechtild]

Anyway, if you ever do read it, let me know what you think, good or ill.

But, of course! Your description of the arc of the story shows a vast reach. I knew you had used Autumn's Requiem as a springboard. How you are going to make Sam "ok" with this without making him seem a sap, only too happy to be a cuckold if it make Master happy, I will be happy to see. It all sounds like a more sophisticated tale than is usual, which have fewer complications, typically. It might be the nature of a long-running threesome to bring out the capacity of characters to make make the best of things, things that get messy, which happens a lot in real life.

[mechtild]

I am a slow reader. There is no fic I can read in a night. If I am to read with attention and expression, I only can read as fast as I can talk. When I read, I am almost saying the text outloud, but in my mind. I have tried doing it more quickly, but I haven't the facility. I just end up having to re-read.