Volume 102/Issue 3
Volume 102/Issue 3
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and thirty-seven. Welcome all!
Note from the Mods: Please encourage friends on your friends list to join and send their news. If you have an announcement you would like to make, a fic you'd like to promote, a question you'd like to ask, we invite you to simply format it according to the rules on the info page and email it to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. You do not have to be a member to post but we are an open community and encourage everyone to join now. Only the mods may initiate new posts but comments are encouraged.
MEDIA NEWS:
From TORn: Raffle and Auction Items Announced for ‘The One Expected Party’
We are only 20 days away from ‘The One Expected Party‘ and we are very excited to share with you the preliminary list of auction and raffle items coming to the party. By far the highlight of the event will be a 2002 Sideshow/Weta Collectibles Balrog Statue - Artist Proof. Yes, THAT Balrog statue. [Read more]
Happy Hobbit: Goat Basics - Episode 11
Join Fili to learn some fun facts about goats and meet some of the Blue Mountains’ four-footed finest! [Read more]
‘An Unexpected Art Show’ Artist Spotlight
TheOneRing.net is shining the spotlight on the diverse group of artists in ‘An Unexpected Art Show’. Over 30 artists will be showing off their work - using a wide variety of mediums, approaching their love of Tolkien from different perspectives and hailing from all over the world. [Read more]
Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s Out of the Fire - Eagles Rescue Art Print
In their latest newsletter, Weta Workshop featured yet another amazing collectible from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: the Out of the Fire - Eagles Rescue art print. This collectible captures the out of the frying pan and into the fire sequence of both the book and the movie. [Read more]
Own The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray Combo Pack 3/19. Available for early download in HD 3/12!
Burbank, CA, February 5, 2013 - From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), arriving on Digital Download on March 12th and on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and 2-Disc DVD Special Edition on March 19th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. [Read more]
Hall of Fire this weekend: CGI in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
This weekend, Hall of Fire will be playing compare and contrast as we take a look at the CGI of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Whether it’s the Balrog of Moria, Gollum, Azog, The Eye of Sauron of the Great Goblin, what is it about these creations that makes them work? When are they less than convincing, and why? [ Read more]
COMMUNITY NEWS: Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.
* tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:
They Will Gnaw One Another With Words (Grima, Saruman; rated PG) by huinare
* hobbitfilmfic updates:
Forty-One Days (2/11) (Bilbo/Bofur, Bifur, Bombur; rated R) by _beetle_
Timshel (Dís/Dwalin, Dís, Dwalin, Thorin, Balin, Fíli, Kíli, Glóin, Glóin's wife, Gimli; rated T) by grav_ity
Swordplay (Bilbo/Thorin; rated R) by htebazytook
Bilbo Does Not Need Sex Advice (Especially Not From Officer Oblivious and Captain Clueless) (Fili+Kili, Thorin/Bilbo; rated M) by amuly
The Scent of Sun-Warmed Stone (Thorin/Bilbo; rated PG) by mithen
* oeam updates:
Fanart: Elrond (Elrond, Maglor, Maedhros; rated PG-13) by mangacrack
* silwritersguild updates:
The February newsletter has been posted.
* heirs_of_durin updates:
Forty-One Days (2/11) (Bilbo/Bofur, Bifur, Bombur; rated R) by _beetle_ (; rated ) by
Swordplay (Bilbo/Thorin; rated R) by htebazytook
Bilbo Does Not Need Sex Advice (Especially Not From Officer Oblivious and Captain Clueless) (Fili+Kili, Thorin/Bilbo; rated M) by amuly
After the Dust Settles, part 3/4 (Thorin/Bilbo; rated PG-13) by highjynx
Red Sky in the Morning (Fíli(/OFC), Kíli(/OFC), Thorin, Dís (briefly); rated M) by summersnowdrift
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Ailments: Toothache
FIC/ART NEWS: From lotricons:
February calendars (Thorin) by ladyithildiel
From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types-- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST: * Via the TORn forums:
Tying Up the Loose Ends
Over at the TH forum I asked a question about Dain. Would we hear in some way about his feats in the War of the Ring? As much as I would love to see it, It's hard to see how his story can be added to the end of TABA.
However, if TH Trilogy is going to be packaged with LOTR, there would be an opportunity to added a final "tying up loose ends" disc which would wrap of the stories of all the characters that we love. Perhaps it would even include Aragorn's passing and Legolas and Gimli sailing to the Blessed realm.
What do you think?
Middle-earth Conspiracy Theories
This week's conspiracy was whispered by tennie75 after a meeting at midnight and the code-word 'wibble':
Radagast has Rhosgobel; Saruman has Isengard. What was Gandalf's home base and why is he not there any more?
Hobbit Birthday Party. Ideas welcome!
I am turning 24 in about two days and I plan on having a birthday party with around 10 guests, the theme being a generic hobbit event (not necessarily connected to the movie). My initial idea was to make everybody wear costumes (as I'm wearing a lady hobbit one myself. So excited!), but seeing as how that's not nice on everybody's wallet, I've decided to simply color code everybody's clothes, brown, yellows and reds belonging to those who want to be hobbits, and blue, purples and whites, for those who want to be elves (so you can have more variety?)
Although I've been rolling with the idea for days now and I have a few weeks left to plan, I'm still very unsure of how everything is going down and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience doing this before and for some pointers! Whether it was a pre-The Hobbit party or some other LOTR-related festivity, how did you pull it off? What kind of activities did you incorporate? Appropriate music? Appropriate dancing?
Considering everybody there is going to be around their 20s or older, I'm kind of at a loss on what could be entertaining and hobbity, and not have it be borderline childish. As for decorating, I'm thinking it'd be cool to have the living room spruced up so that it looks rustic and natural (maybe adding flower pots, books everywhere, tree branches, comfy cushions and dim lighting). I've found some inspiration online, but does anyone have any advice on this front, as well?
As for recipes (this has been the funnest aspect to research), I'm planning on serving fruit wines, pumpkin soup, bread and cheese, sauteed mushrooms, potatoes, pork pies, apple tart and seed cake (everybody better be hungry, haha). Any advice here is welcome too!
So, penny for your thoughts? If this turns out to be half as fun as I envision it in my head, I might just post some pictures.
CLASSIFIED: Via lotrips_finders:
jeanne8917 is looking for a specific Aragorn/Legolas fic:
Some time ago I was reading a fic. I still think about it and want to read it again, but couldn't find it.
It is what i remember:
- it was an Aragon/Legolas slash story
- it takes place after ROTK
- Aragorn wasn't married to Arwen
- and finally: Legolas was a gift to the newly crowned King Ellessar from an Elf. He was his courtesan. From his youth he was trained to be a good courtesan to the King of Men. He wears leather bands on his wrists. Legolas was very proud of who he was and didn't wish to be realased. They fell in love but Aragorn didn't want to bond w/ him when Legolas was still a courtesan. It was long story and with happy ending.
RESEARCH AIDS:. From estelanui:
Song and Poems in 'The Lord of the Rings' by Gene Hargrove.
This page is a commentary on the songs and poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. It includes all material in English that is three lines or more in length (excluding only "Snowmane's Epitaph" in "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," which is two lines long). The songs and poems are in order of their first appearance.
TRIVIA: Monday's BOOK question: What is the last line of the rhyme: "for into darkness fell his star..."?
Answer: In Mordor where the Shadows are.
frolijahfan, rakshi, juliebeth, leianora, msilverstar, dreamflower02, namarielorien, baranduin and offski answered correctly.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by estelle3974: What bucolic location, according to Alan Lee, did he design as a place he'd like to retire in?
All comments are screened so that only the mods can see the answers. Comments will be unscreened when the next edition is posted. Any comments on a different subject will be unscreened ASAP.
SEND MATHOMS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, lilithlotr!
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COMICS: (Link contributions are welcome)
From Kyle Price:
That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Friday’s edition by 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and thirty-seven. Welcome all!
Note from the Mods: Please encourage friends on your friends list to join and send their news. If you have an announcement you would like to make, a fic you'd like to promote, a question you'd like to ask, we invite you to simply format it according to the rules on the info page and email it to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. You do not have to be a member to post but we are an open community and encourage everyone to join now. Only the mods may initiate new posts but comments are encouraged.
MEDIA NEWS:
From TORn: Raffle and Auction Items Announced for ‘The One Expected Party’
We are only 20 days away from ‘The One Expected Party‘ and we are very excited to share with you the preliminary list of auction and raffle items coming to the party. By far the highlight of the event will be a 2002 Sideshow/Weta Collectibles Balrog Statue - Artist Proof. Yes, THAT Balrog statue. [Read more]
Happy Hobbit: Goat Basics - Episode 11
Join Fili to learn some fun facts about goats and meet some of the Blue Mountains’ four-footed finest! [Read more]
‘An Unexpected Art Show’ Artist Spotlight
TheOneRing.net is shining the spotlight on the diverse group of artists in ‘An Unexpected Art Show’. Over 30 artists will be showing off their work - using a wide variety of mediums, approaching their love of Tolkien from different perspectives and hailing from all over the world. [Read more]
Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s Out of the Fire - Eagles Rescue Art Print
In their latest newsletter, Weta Workshop featured yet another amazing collectible from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: the Out of the Fire - Eagles Rescue art print. This collectible captures the out of the frying pan and into the fire sequence of both the book and the movie. [Read more]
Own The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray Combo Pack 3/19. Available for early download in HD 3/12!
Burbank, CA, February 5, 2013 - From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), arriving on Digital Download on March 12th and on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and 2-Disc DVD Special Edition on March 19th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. [Read more]
Hall of Fire this weekend: CGI in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
This weekend, Hall of Fire will be playing compare and contrast as we take a look at the CGI of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Whether it’s the Balrog of Moria, Gollum, Azog, The Eye of Sauron of the Great Goblin, what is it about these creations that makes them work? When are they less than convincing, and why? [ Read more]
COMMUNITY NEWS: Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.
* tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:
They Will Gnaw One Another With Words (Grima, Saruman; rated PG) by huinare
* hobbitfilmfic updates:
Forty-One Days (2/11) (Bilbo/Bofur, Bifur, Bombur; rated R) by _beetle_
Timshel (Dís/Dwalin, Dís, Dwalin, Thorin, Balin, Fíli, Kíli, Glóin, Glóin's wife, Gimli; rated T) by grav_ity
Swordplay (Bilbo/Thorin; rated R) by htebazytook
Bilbo Does Not Need Sex Advice (Especially Not From Officer Oblivious and Captain Clueless) (Fili+Kili, Thorin/Bilbo; rated M) by amuly
The Scent of Sun-Warmed Stone (Thorin/Bilbo; rated PG) by mithen
* oeam updates:
Fanart: Elrond (Elrond, Maglor, Maedhros; rated PG-13) by mangacrack
* silwritersguild updates:
The February newsletter has been posted.
* heirs_of_durin updates:
Forty-One Days (2/11) (Bilbo/Bofur, Bifur, Bombur; rated R) by _beetle_ (; rated ) by
Swordplay (Bilbo/Thorin; rated R) by htebazytook
Bilbo Does Not Need Sex Advice (Especially Not From Officer Oblivious and Captain Clueless) (Fili+Kili, Thorin/Bilbo; rated M) by amuly
After the Dust Settles, part 3/4 (Thorin/Bilbo; rated PG-13) by highjynx
Red Sky in the Morning (Fíli(/OFC), Kíli(/OFC), Thorin, Dís (briefly); rated M) by summersnowdrift
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Ailments: Toothache
FIC/ART NEWS: From lotricons:
February calendars (Thorin) by ladyithildiel
From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types-- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST: * Via the TORn forums:
Tying Up the Loose Ends
Over at the TH forum I asked a question about Dain. Would we hear in some way about his feats in the War of the Ring? As much as I would love to see it, It's hard to see how his story can be added to the end of TABA.
However, if TH Trilogy is going to be packaged with LOTR, there would be an opportunity to added a final "tying up loose ends" disc which would wrap of the stories of all the characters that we love. Perhaps it would even include Aragorn's passing and Legolas and Gimli sailing to the Blessed realm.
What do you think?
Middle-earth Conspiracy Theories
This week's conspiracy was whispered by tennie75 after a meeting at midnight and the code-word 'wibble':
Radagast has Rhosgobel; Saruman has Isengard. What was Gandalf's home base and why is he not there any more?
Hobbit Birthday Party. Ideas welcome!
I am turning 24 in about two days and I plan on having a birthday party with around 10 guests, the theme being a generic hobbit event (not necessarily connected to the movie). My initial idea was to make everybody wear costumes (as I'm wearing a lady hobbit one myself. So excited!), but seeing as how that's not nice on everybody's wallet, I've decided to simply color code everybody's clothes, brown, yellows and reds belonging to those who want to be hobbits, and blue, purples and whites, for those who want to be elves (so you can have more variety?)
Although I've been rolling with the idea for days now and I have a few weeks left to plan, I'm still very unsure of how everything is going down and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience doing this before and for some pointers! Whether it was a pre-The Hobbit party or some other LOTR-related festivity, how did you pull it off? What kind of activities did you incorporate? Appropriate music? Appropriate dancing?
Considering everybody there is going to be around their 20s or older, I'm kind of at a loss on what could be entertaining and hobbity, and not have it be borderline childish. As for decorating, I'm thinking it'd be cool to have the living room spruced up so that it looks rustic and natural (maybe adding flower pots, books everywhere, tree branches, comfy cushions and dim lighting). I've found some inspiration online, but does anyone have any advice on this front, as well?
As for recipes (this has been the funnest aspect to research), I'm planning on serving fruit wines, pumpkin soup, bread and cheese, sauteed mushrooms, potatoes, pork pies, apple tart and seed cake (everybody better be hungry, haha). Any advice here is welcome too!
So, penny for your thoughts? If this turns out to be half as fun as I envision it in my head, I might just post some pictures.
CLASSIFIED: Via lotrips_finders:
jeanne8917 is looking for a specific Aragorn/Legolas fic:
Some time ago I was reading a fic. I still think about it and want to read it again, but couldn't find it.
It is what i remember:
- it was an Aragon/Legolas slash story
- it takes place after ROTK
- Aragorn wasn't married to Arwen
- and finally: Legolas was a gift to the newly crowned King Ellessar from an Elf. He was his courtesan. From his youth he was trained to be a good courtesan to the King of Men. He wears leather bands on his wrists. Legolas was very proud of who he was and didn't wish to be realased. They fell in love but Aragorn didn't want to bond w/ him when Legolas was still a courtesan. It was long story and with happy ending.
RESEARCH AIDS:. From estelanui:
Song and Poems in 'The Lord of the Rings' by Gene Hargrove.
This page is a commentary on the songs and poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. It includes all material in English that is three lines or more in length (excluding only "Snowmane's Epitaph" in "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," which is two lines long). The songs and poems are in order of their first appearance.
TRIVIA: Monday's BOOK question: What is the last line of the rhyme: "for into darkness fell his star..."?
Answer: In Mordor where the Shadows are.
frolijahfan, rakshi, juliebeth, leianora, msilverstar, dreamflower02, namarielorien, baranduin and offski answered correctly.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by estelle3974: What bucolic location, according to Alan Lee, did he design as a place he'd like to retire in?
All comments are screened so that only the mods can see the answers. Comments will be unscreened when the next edition is posted. Any comments on a different subject will be unscreened ASAP.
SEND MATHOMS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, lilithlotr!
The mods would like to wish anyone having a special day the very best. Please send your special wishes to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com.
COMICS: (Link contributions are welcome)
From Kyle Price:
That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Friday’s edition by 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!