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So. Today is April Fool’s Day. Normally, I’d be over at Haldir Lover’s spouting aboiut how much I love dwarves or turning one of my site’s into Mitzi’s playland. It has to be April Fool’s Day – LJ is overrun by pirates, arrrrrrgggggh!, people are shouting left and right about leaving the fandom with ‘reasons under the cut!’ on their LJs, and Erestor (the writer, not the elf), well, I have this extreme urge to refer to her as ‘Pinky Pie’ now (Pinky Pie is a true My Little Pony.. if you’re going huh?, just hop over to her LJ and it’ll be clearer why the urge).

Last year, ya’ll prolly don’t recall what I wrote, so, allow me to refresh memories…

Let's face it. You can only write a story with Haldir holding onto his plush purple rabbit lamenting Arwen's death while Erestor and Glorfindel jump each other and everyone else is completely silly including Thranduil who basically owns and operates the only night club in Valinor for so long. Besides, no one really pays attention so much after you get to a certain point. It's just filler, the basic story is done.

This is actually, true. The basic story is there, I just have to finish all the 'filler' stuff.

But hobbits... there's something a little different. I started by reading the hobbit (okay, it was read to me, but, y'know, you get the idea).

Also true. After this, I wrote 'To Catch an Elf' which had hobbits in it and spent many sessions researching hobbits during my lunch hours. I have a half of a notebook with outlines for hobbit stories I'm going to write.

I was just so frustrated last night, was trying to write, write something, anything. Smut with Ress and Fin, no good there... the start of the second PPB series, nothing... the next chapter of Cross the Sea, an elfling chronicle, but I've got nothing.

Whew! At least I've got the start of the OPBs down and Cross the Sea is finished now, too.

And Mark's gnome picture with Melpomaen in it really, really was inspiring. I mean, that was a breath of fresh air to write. Something WITHOUT elves for a change. I went and joined this new little board thing, Parma Eruseen... surprise, surprise, elves aren't the only thing in Middle-earth. I don't honestly know how I got so stuck on just writing stories about elves. Hell, one of my favorite characters is Samwise.

True again. I love Sam.

And I know, I like Valinor, I like the Valar walking around, all the stuff that can be done with that. So, how about Sam's adventures in Valinor? But wait, there's more! I've been brainstorming this evening... and here's some other stuff that I think would really make things a bit more interesting...

First, how about some hobbit stowaways? I'm planning to bring a few more elves over to Valinor, what if a bunch of hobbit kiddles snuck aboard? End up in Valinor, Samwise ends up adopting the whole lot of them, and all the silly funny stuff that goes on with that. Could be really, really interesting.

I mentioned how I've sketched out some hobbit stories already, right?

Second, Haldir's backstory, it's a little iffy, the whole 'gift of the Valar' thing. I think I may go back, and I know this goes beyond the idea of the whole bonded and only having nookie with one elf thing, but... remember how Gladders and Celeborn in Lorien Origin couldn't have another baby? What if Gladder's ex-lover drops by, sees what's going on, the two of them have nookie and Haldir ends up being... drumroll here... Erestor's child? But, they say nothing about it. Haldir has no clue. I'd have to rewrite a few things, but the thought of it makes me bouncey. I likes it!

Revamp: No nookie, but Haldir as Erestor's son anyway. I did do it, didn't I? *preens*
http://pounce.dreamelf.com/viewstory.php?sid=421

Third, how was it that I made Erestor part vala, and Glorfindel, who has been the chief muse, is just a plain old elf. I think I'm going to make Fin be a vala, too. I mean, how else did he just 'reawaken', right? So, instead of 'the valar just magically let you live again' we'll have, 'two of the valar made sweet sweet love, and now, here you are!' I mean, I let him play with Nahar (Asfaloth). Orome's not just going to give his horse to any old elf... but this could work.

I started posting it on Pounce!, but no where else yet. "The Chosen One". Yes, my Glorfindel, the cheesecake loving eavesdropping cutie swooning over Erestor is a full blooded vala. How? Yeah, I'll write the rest of the story when I have time. If you really want to know, just ask, y'all know I can't keep secrets. http://pounce.dreamelf.com/viewstory.php?sid=461

I'm also really, really getting tired of writing smut. Anything I do from here on out, PG, and I'm giving up slash for a while, I just can't do it anymore.

Okay, well, it was April 1st.. I have to lie about SOMETHING last year, didn't I???

Hee hee

Have a happy day everyone. I'm... yeah, a little running behind on stuffs, so I don't think I'll get to pranking until later in the day. Just a heads up. Heh. Alrighty then, I'm outta here..

-Zhie, balrog slayer and jedi master extraordinaire