Well..I'm shocked !!! Not only do you take our innocent Mr. Frodo and make him out to be some kind of SEX SYMBOL, but you don't even have the grace to use the original actor's body to do it ...
Disgraceful !!!
*snerk*... ( Can I have the NC-17 rated version...pretty please !! Otherwise I might just have to stamp my foot and sulk...)
Oh, for heaven's sake, Wendy. I'll send it along. *grin* The image does show partial "silmarils" and "tent peg", though (ask a regular Haremite for a translation). The manip's effect is saved, I think, by using a facial shot that does not have direct eye contact. If it had (had direct eye contact), it would have looked thoroughly indecent. (Instead of almost thoroughly indecent. *winky*)
It's not as though Frodo Baggins is the sort of hobbit who would pose for on-line erotica, now, is it? But it's quite another thing to, "catch him unawares."
Hmmmm. You have been busy! It's funny you know, the first thing (or maybe it the second thing?!) I thought when I looked at your link was, "Hasn't he got skinny legs"!
I can understand your reluctance to show it, there being such a fine line between porn and erotica. I think this picture just tips the balance to erotica because, as you said, he's not looking at the camera, as well as the artful editing that limits the view of "the goods".
Besides all that, I really like the chest. Very nice.
Maewyn, You're RIGHT! I was so busy admiring his face, torso and *parts*, I never noticed -- that leg does look skinny. And I always pictured Frodo having fairly sturdy legs from all the hiking (and, in fanfics, from shagging). But his chest and arms I pictured as being whatever they would have been with only natural health and strength.
Frodo doesn't work out and he's not a manual labourer. There's no reason for him to have developed his upper body muscles. I know some fics feature a miserable childhood working like an indentured servant, but I see no reason that the real Frodo lifted his hand to any physical work more demanding than preparing meals and using a quill pen. Not on any regular basis, anyway.
Oh lala, Mechtild!maewyn_2September 24 2005, 16:55:12 UTC
What an amazing manip, again! *rubs eyes* I have to say, I like the version that shows only his upper torso best. (Like Maewyn said, nice chest!) - For a moment I wondered, if I am prudish? But I don't think so - I've done lots of nude drawings in my life, that is, I had more than plenty opportunity to study male body parts in great detail, and I always found the more or less cloaked version more inviting (call me Christo) - but that is just me, and a matter of personal preferences anyway. So, whichever of the three variations will appeal to someone, every single one is great. Thanks (((Mechtild)))
Re: Oh lala, Mechtild!mechtildSeptember 24 2005, 17:08:00 UTC
Yes, I like the chest one best, too, by far (that is, the one with the full torso). Not just because of the skinny leg, either, LOL.
The full torso one is just so ... painterly. And I love the atmosphere of it. As you say, the cloaked version is more inviting. It is also more evocative. I said it lamely in my rambling entry, but the face I used is so inward and so contemplative and the "painting," look is so subdued, it allows for "applicability" on the viewer's part. The viewer is free to let the picture be for her whatever she imagines.
The more explicit a picture is, the less varied its "applicability." In the explicit version I linked, because of his hand, the image becomes clearly sexualized. The image without the hand lets the viewer imagine Frodo sexually, but in a variety of other inner moods and thought worlds.
Tell me, though, Whiteling, would you remove the link if it were you? I still feel very ambivalent about it. I know there is a lot more randy stuff out there, but it is not "my" randy stuff. I still
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White Gull, I am glad you enjoyed the swoony manips. You can see why they couldn't go in the Harem. *grin*
On another note, Mechtild, you really do need to read my "Autumns's Gift" after the comments at the harem. Then, let me know what you think, if you find it as "dig worthy" as Ariel does. :)
About "Autumn's Gift," I know roughly that your story is based on Ariel's and Aratlithiel's "Autumn's Requiem." If I recall, that fic told the story of a tryst between Rosie and Frodo just before he left on the Quest but that when Frodo came back, he was a broken hobbit (in the amor department) and Rosie put her little crush aside, still loving him, but in a nurturing, non-eroticised sort of way.
In a thread or an email, I am sure you mentioned that your own story revives that affair between Frodo and Rosie, post-Quest. So, I am guessing Frodo is the father of Elanor in your story. Is that what you mean?
But then, what do you mean about Ariel finding the vig you posted in The Harem, "dig worthy"? Ariel has told me that she wrote a fic
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Ah! White Gull, I just opened The Harem and see you answered my question about how Frodo could have fathered that child. So, there was special intervention in this case.
Silly me for not checking first! D'oh! I apologize for not reading the other post first, White Gull.
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That manip is, imo, both tasteful and swoonworthy. Remember the saying regarding the eye of the beholder. I feel that it applies here.
Estë
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I keep saying, "this is my LAST manip!"-- but then I saw Shoe's manip had "had to" try it.
*sheepish grin*
~ Mechtild
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Not only do you take our innocent Mr. Frodo and make him out to be some kind of SEX SYMBOL, but you don't even have the grace to use the original actor's body to do it ...
Disgraceful !!!
*snerk*...
( Can I have the NC-17 rated version...pretty please !! Otherwise I might just have to stamp my foot and sulk...)
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It's not as though Frodo Baggins is the sort of hobbit who would pose for on-line erotica, now, is it? But it's quite another thing to, "catch him unawares."
~ Mechtild
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I can understand your reluctance to show it, there being such a fine line between porn and erotica. I think this picture just tips the balance to erotica because, as you said, he's not looking at the camera, as well as the artful editing that limits the view of "the goods".
Besides all that, I really like the chest. Very nice.
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Frodo doesn't work out and he's not a manual labourer. There's no reason for him to have developed his upper body muscles. I know some fics feature a miserable childhood working like an indentured servant, but I see no reason that the real Frodo lifted his hand to any physical work more demanding than preparing meals and using a quill pen. Not on any regular basis, anyway.
~ Mechtild
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I have to say, I like the version that shows only his upper torso best. (Like Maewyn said, nice chest!) - For a moment I wondered, if I am prudish? But I don't think so - I've done lots of nude drawings in my life, that is, I had more than plenty opportunity to study male body parts in great detail, and I always found the more or less cloaked version more inviting (call me Christo) - but that is just me, and a matter of personal preferences anyway. So, whichever of the three variations will appeal to someone, every single one is great. Thanks (((Mechtild)))
~ Greetings, Whiteling
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The full torso one is just so ... painterly. And I love the atmosphere of it. As you say, the cloaked version is more inviting. It is also more evocative. I said it lamely in my rambling entry, but the face I used is so inward and so contemplative and the "painting," look is so subdued, it allows for "applicability" on the viewer's part. The viewer is free to let the picture be for her whatever she imagines.
The more explicit a picture is, the less varied its "applicability." In the explicit version I linked, because of his hand, the image becomes clearly sexualized. The image without the hand lets the viewer imagine Frodo sexually, but in a variety of other inner moods and thought worlds.
Tell me, though, Whiteling, would you remove the link if it were you? I still feel very ambivalent about it. I know there is a lot more randy stuff out there, but it is not "my" randy stuff. I still ( ... )
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On another note, Mechtild, you really do need to read my "Autumns's Gift" after the comments at the harem. Then, let me know what you think, if you find it as "dig worthy" as Ariel does. :)
About "Autumn's Gift," I know roughly that your story is based on Ariel's and Aratlithiel's "Autumn's Requiem." If I recall, that fic told the story of a tryst between Rosie and Frodo just before he left on the Quest but that when Frodo came back, he was a broken hobbit (in the amor department) and Rosie put her little crush aside, still loving him, but in a nurturing, non-eroticised sort of way.
In a thread or an email, I am sure you mentioned that your own story revives that affair between Frodo and Rosie, post-Quest. So, I am guessing Frodo is the father of Elanor in your story. Is that what you mean?
But then, what do you mean about Ariel finding the vig you posted in The Harem, "dig worthy"? Ariel has told me that she wrote a fic ( ... )
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Silly me for not checking first! D'oh! I apologize for not reading the other post first, White Gull.
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I am so glad we are lj friends now!
Happy birthday, Frodo!
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~ Mechtild
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