A new ficathon for me to particpate in: Unsent Letters, which offers a couple of my old fandoms like Babylon 5, DS9 or The Borgias as well as some of my newer ones like The Americans, The Clone Wars or my particular corner of 18th Century RPF. :) Check it out!

And a fanfic rec: By the Falls of Imladris, which is a lovely, sparkling Galadriel and ( Read more... )

The Hobbit:

Green Lord of Dol Guldur: both hilarious and touching story two parter, in which Bilbo and Gandalf, en route back post Battle of the Five Armies, stop by at Dol Guldur, and... unexpected and very Hobbit-ish things happen. (Which deal also with one of my pet peeves about Tolkien's universe per se, see also: entire races born evil ( Read more... )

Since I need fannish joy in my life and since apparently February is the month for ship posts: my recent return to Middle Earth has also reassured me regarding my inner slasher. More recently, there has been many a ship, both m/m and f/f, which I either couldn’t see or which didn’t appeal to me. But say what you want about the Tolkien & Jackson ( Read more... )

None of these are new, but they may be new to you as they were to me, fellow readers ( Read more... )

Still in a mood for Middle Earth, not least because the craziest twist in either book or movie verse makes more sense than British politics right now. (Yep, it’s still that painful „watching a friend commit a long, drawn out suicide by drinking themselves to death“ feeling ( Read more... )

Still in a mood to be sentimental about Middle Earth, I came across this neat take on Bilbo’s and Frodo’s first „real“ (i.e. not among masses of relations) encounter:
By the BrandywineNoteworthy for a) keeping Tolkien’s take for how old Frodo was when Bilbo got interested in him and decided to adopt him, and b) letting Frodo show a sense of humor ( Read more... )

Winter always reminds me of the Hobbit trilogy. Which belongs to the flawed canons which I love fervently despite being aware of just how faulty they are. Too bloated, shouldn't have been three movies, ridiculous Action!Legolas scenes (and too many action senes in general), yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm with you, but listen: These flawed movies made me ( Read more... )

In a hole in a ground, there lived a hobbit.


( Read more... )

If you should happen to be in or near Los Angeles during the next week, if you're interested in a) German literature, b) exiles, c) Judaism, or d) all of the above, why not check out this conference? A great many of the presentations and debates will be in English. I'll be attending as well, which means I'll be in LA from Thursday till Sunday ( ( Read more... )

This is why German book fairs are the best. I mean, clearly. Where else can you see Thranduil in his comfy slippers on the lookout for the latest bestsellers in Sindarin and Quenya?


( Read more... )