Rings that weren't and resolutions that were
First of all, a rec if you're interested in either The Lord of the Rings or the Beatles or both. Technically I suppose it qualifies as RPF, but I'd call it a hilarious spoof. You might or might not know that for a nanosecond or so in the 60s, there was actually some talk about filming The Lord of the Rings starring the Fab Four. (John wanted to play Gollum.) Wiser heads prevailed (personally, I suspect Brian Epstein took a good hard look at his boys and their acting abilities), but what if they hadn't? The author of the spoof came up with some hilarious answers (in the form of an interview/conversation old AU!Paul has about the Tolkien disaster, for verily, Tolkien and Beatles fandom did each other in and the Beatles imploded years ahead of schedule). Choice excerpt:
“It was madness, looking back on it. I mean, just the sheer strain of this big movie we believed in that just seemed like a challenge, a quest really, and it cost us like it did in the film. I mean, you must remember the stories ‘bout how John got into a fight with Peter Sellers over Eleanor Bron. As though his marriage to Cyn wasn’t in enough trouble to begin with, to have the two of them end up together during the film. I thought she made a great Arwen, by the way.”
“Yes,” the younger man agreed, “but Sellers’ approach to Saruman left me cold.”
“Well, some of it was off, like you said. Mind you, I thought Roy Kinnear’s Pippin was smashing, and both Patrick McGoohan’s Theoden and Shirley Eaton’s Galadriel were tops, but I myself wasn’t too keen on what Roger Daltrey did as Legolas.”
“So let me ask-“
“No,” Paul said with a sigh, “it’s not true. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were not any of the dark riders, so no more of that, now.”
The One Ring
Secondly, fannish5 strikes again:
Five resolutions a favorite character (or characters) would make for the new year.
I considered five different characters in five different fandoms, but then remembered that seasons of Babylon 5 actually start and end with the new year; the series takes place over the course of exactly five years (minus the last episode). So I couldn't resist doing this for Londo Mollari during each of the five seasons/years.
1.) "I'll try to accept my pointless position, try to avoid the bloody Narn and cut down the times I yell at my new attaché to twice a day. Every time I do, it feels like kicking one of those Earth animals with big eyes - owls, yes? Like kicking owls. Also, might as well stop paying attention to Royal Court intrigues at home altogether and avoid frustration. It's not like anyone is ever going to ask me what I want."
2.) "Great Maker, I've a feeling this is going to be the best year of my life. Am resolved to save the Centauri Republic from further humilation and pointlessness. We'll get back to the stars again! Also, I'll really try to avoid G'Kar this year. Shouildn't be too difficult once the wind changes."
3.) "No more contact with Mr. Morden and his allies, for starters. What's done is done, but I'll make sure neither I or another Centauri has to see them again. No more dead friends, which shouldn't be too difficult, because other than Vir, there aren't any left I would use the word for, and nobody takes Vir seriously enough to kill, thank the gods. (Which reminds me: must find off-station job for Vir to be reassigned to.) Lastly: NO G'KAR. Thankfully, the conditions for this are at last ideal. There should be no reason for us to be in the same room together ever again, yes?"
4.) "a) Save Centauri Prime. b) Save Centauri Prime. c) (wish I hadn't killed Refa so I could yell at him what in all the infernos he was thinking when telling me Cartagia was a harmless young man, easily led) SAVE CENTAURI PRIME. Also: have given up an resolutions about avoiding G'Kar. On the one hand, being on my homeworld should reduce the chances of running into him to less than 0.0001%, on the other, this is G'Kar. Well. No more encounters with G'Kar that involve unpleasant medical conditions?"
5.) "I resolve to make history as the most off-world Prime Minister and Emperor-to-be in Centauri history. Governing from elsewhere shall become a new tradition because I declare it so. Also: will try not to meet with G'Kar more than twice a day. Vir is starting to look far too amused for my taste, yes? Moreover: no more state gifts for a while. Our economy is still recovering from the war Refa and I started Cartagia, and the newly wedded Sheridan and Delenn will simply have to do with a party or two I shall give in their honour instead of some expensive urns or the like."
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“It was madness, looking back on it. I mean, just the sheer strain of this big movie we believed in that just seemed like a challenge, a quest really, and it cost us like it did in the film. I mean, you must remember the stories ‘bout how John got into a fight with Peter Sellers over Eleanor Bron. As though his marriage to Cyn wasn’t in enough trouble to begin with, to have the two of them end up together during the film. I thought she made a great Arwen, by the way.”
“Yes,” the younger man agreed, “but Sellers’ approach to Saruman left me cold.”
“Well, some of it was off, like you said. Mind you, I thought Roy Kinnear’s Pippin was smashing, and both Patrick McGoohan’s Theoden and Shirley Eaton’s Galadriel were tops, but I myself wasn’t too keen on what Roger Daltrey did as Legolas.”
“So let me ask-“
“No,” Paul said with a sigh, “it’s not true. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were not any of the dark riders, so no more of that, now.”
The One Ring
Secondly, fannish5 strikes again:
Five resolutions a favorite character (or characters) would make for the new year.
I considered five different characters in five different fandoms, but then remembered that seasons of Babylon 5 actually start and end with the new year; the series takes place over the course of exactly five years (minus the last episode). So I couldn't resist doing this for Londo Mollari during each of the five seasons/years.
1.) "I'll try to accept my pointless position, try to avoid the bloody Narn and cut down the times I yell at my new attaché to twice a day. Every time I do, it feels like kicking one of those Earth animals with big eyes - owls, yes? Like kicking owls. Also, might as well stop paying attention to Royal Court intrigues at home altogether and avoid frustration. It's not like anyone is ever going to ask me what I want."
2.) "Great Maker, I've a feeling this is going to be the best year of my life. Am resolved to save the Centauri Republic from further humilation and pointlessness. We'll get back to the stars again! Also, I'll really try to avoid G'Kar this year. Shouildn't be too difficult once the wind changes."
3.) "No more contact with Mr. Morden and his allies, for starters. What's done is done, but I'll make sure neither I or another Centauri has to see them again. No more dead friends, which shouldn't be too difficult, because other than Vir, there aren't any left I would use the word for, and nobody takes Vir seriously enough to kill, thank the gods. (Which reminds me: must find off-station job for Vir to be reassigned to.) Lastly: NO G'KAR. Thankfully, the conditions for this are at last ideal. There should be no reason for us to be in the same room together ever again, yes?"
4.) "a) Save Centauri Prime. b) Save Centauri Prime. c) (wish I hadn't killed Refa so I could yell at him what in all the infernos he was thinking when telling me Cartagia was a harmless young man, easily led) SAVE CENTAURI PRIME. Also: have given up an resolutions about avoiding G'Kar. On the one hand, being on my homeworld should reduce the chances of running into him to less than 0.0001%, on the other, this is G'Kar. Well. No more encounters with G'Kar that involve unpleasant medical conditions?"
5.) "I resolve to make history as the most off-world Prime Minister and Emperor-to-be in Centauri history. Governing from elsewhere shall become a new tradition because I declare it so. Also: will try not to meet with G'Kar more than twice a day. Vir is starting to look far too amused for my taste, yes? Moreover: no more state gifts for a while. Our economy is still recovering from the war Refa and I started Cartagia, and the newly wedded Sheridan and Delenn will simply have to do with a party or two I shall give in their honour instead of some expensive urns or the like."
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/645129.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.