The 35th Precinct

I saw The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug this evening.

( The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug--MAJOR SPOILERS )

Overall, I liked it much more than the first installment, but they could've trimmed thirty minutes and lost nothing.

One thousand and twenty-four words today. That makes five thousand one hundred and seventeen words for March.

Brain, you are well aware that this story is all about the Haldir angst. So why are we digressing into four thousand-plus words of Legolas-Gimli bromance angst?

Another thousand down. It's still not finished, but it will be tomorrow, dammit. After that, it's on to Part V and then a Till-centric Sprache interstitial. Writing a thousand words daily can be incredibly tedious, but I can't deny the wonders it's done for my productivity.

craig_daily. For any Craig Parker fans on the flist.

And on a random note, I had no idea that either Glorfindel or Erestor was in the LOTR films. Given their ridiculous hotness(especially Erestor, hot damn), I'm surprised there wasn't an influx of both self-indulgent Suefic and decent what-if fic in the fandom back in the day.

Title: Small Mercies 3/?

Author: laguera25

Fandom: LOTR(TTT movieverse)

Rating: FRM/R

Pairing: Haldir/OFC, with long stretches of gen

Spoilers: The LOTR trilogy

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters, places, and events are the property of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Tolkien estate, and New Line Cinema. No infringement is intended, and no profit is being made. For entertainment only.

Prologue Part I Part II


( Small Mercies, Part III )

I watched ROTK EE today. I could've said this about TTT as well, but damn, is Denethor an unrivaled douchelord. Spineless, selfish, paranoid, arrogant, and vicious to his younger son, presumably because he wasn't manly man man enough. I know his mind was poisoned and warped by a palantir, but there had to be some root of ugliness in him to begin with. How he turned out two fine sons like Faramir and Boromir, I don't know.

While I would happily bone Eomer, Legolas, or Haldir, Faramir is no slouch, and of all the men, I think he and I would have been most compatible in terms of personality. Quiet, bookish, interested in history, not especially enamored of dick-waving but willing to scrabble if need be. Legolas is so pretty, but the movie makes him look dumb as a box of hair.

On the other hand, he's an elf, so he'd be absolutely faithful if he ever decided wheeled loving was his thing. I think I could live with dumb if he treated me well and put out on a semi-regular basis.

And he might not be the hottest Rohirrim, but I love Gamling.

Speaking of dumb as a box of hair, I finally realized that it's Helm's Deep, not Helms. Oops. I'll have to fix that in the previous parts of Mercies before I post Part III.

Small Mercies Part II is finished. As expected, Haldir did not take it well, but not to worry, it's Galadriel(and Celeborn and Gandalf and Cirdan)to the rescue. These characters are so rich, and their backstories so detailed, that they're daunting to handle. Sometimes I miss the days of writing whatever angsty melodrama my muse desires, no matter how Sueish. I'm proud of the stories I write now, and I'd like to think I've grown and improved since my giddy Suefic days, but I'd be lying if I said the Suefics weren't more fun to write.

Anyway, it should be posted on Tuesday or Thursday. I would say Wednesday, but the weather promises to be calamitous, so in all likelihood, I'll be unplugged and riding out severe weather with nothing but a book and gritted teeth.

I watched the end of FOTR this afternoon on TNT. Twelve years and fifty viewings later, I still blub like a baby. Boromir! Merry and Pippin! Legolas' face when he realizes Boromir is dead! Saaaaaaaaaaaam! Sam and his dogged, eternal devotion just ruins me.

Last night, I found myself wondering why I was so tired despite getting more than eight hours' sleep. This morning, I woke to find the Red Bloat had come in the night. Mystery solved. So now I'm doped up on Advil and clicking through LOTR fanvids. Some are terrible(like the Legolas vid set to a Kanye West song, wtf?), but some are good, and if nothing else, they remind me of how gorgeous those movies are. The charge of the Rohirrim gets me every time, as does Eomer's arrival to Helm's Deep. The combination of the stunning cinematography, the elegiac music, and Gandalf's splendor as he leads the charge just makes me weepy. Even when I'm not bleeding.

The deleted "Mouth of Sauron" scene is a favorite, too.

Mouth: ::smartass remarks::
Aragorn: ::rage::
Gimli: I guess that concludes negotiations.

I'm on track to finish Lost Tales, Vol. I tomorrow. I have Vol. II, but I'm going to hold off until I've indulged in a bit of lighter reading. Right now, my intended reading lineup looks like this:

-two CSI tie-ins
-The Talisman and its sequel, Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
-The thriller sent by schwester_grimm for Christmas
-An historical account of The Mayflower's voyage
-The book from caecus_parvulus
-A Lincoln biography

That should keep me in the literary clover a while, and when that stack's finished, I've shelves more waiting.

I managed another thousand words of Haldirfic today. Would that I could clock twice that, but I've noticed that one thousand seems to be the limit of my physical stamina and concentration. Beyond that, I start making glaring typos and egregious continuity errors. So, a thousand it is and shall be until I either get a better vessel for myself or start a cocaine habit. Neither possibility is likely.

And no, Richard, I haven't forgotten you:



Mmmm, sublime. And the picture's composition is fabulous, too.

Title: Small Mercies Prologue/?

Author: laguera25

Fandom: LOTR(TTT Movieverse)

Rating: FRM

Pairing: Haldir/OFC with long stretches of gen

Spoilers: TTT movie

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters, places, and events are the property of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Tolkien estate, and New Line Cinema. No infringement is intended, and no profit is being made. For entertainment only.

A/N: Because this is based on Peter Jackson's The Two Towers, it contradicts the literary canon. Likewise, I have taken certain liberties with the nature of Elvish marriage bonds. If you are a Tolkien purist, this might not be the fic for you.


( Small Mercies, Prologue )

Title: Those Who Linger

Author: laguera25

Fandom: Lord of the Rings

Rating: FRK+

Pairing: Haldir/OFC

SPOILERS: The Two Towers film

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters, places, and events are property of J.R.R. Tolkien and his estate. No infringement is intended, and no profit is being made. For entertainment only.

A/N: This story uses LOTR Movieverse as its canon; as such, bookverse sticklers, beware. Bookverse!Haldir survived the War of the Ring and journeyed to the Grey Havens; there is no record of him having a wife, but I think it's a reasonable assumption. What good is living forever if you never get laid? Anyway, if he did have a wife, we can be sure their Grey Havens journey was smoother than this. Blame Peter Jackson, my kindred angst whore. Written in 2004. For death_ofme. This ought to tide you over until I can shake the NY monkeys.


( Those Who Linger )