Great posts, everyone! If I were to attempt a summary of everything I enjoyed, I could just copy and paste the whole thread, a convenient but rather redundant undertaking. I will limit myself to some highlights, in no particular order, and some general comments on the plotline.
Yes,
Diamond, Pimpi will see her parents revenged in due time and probably differently than expected… She is a bloodthirsty little Quarterling, isn’t she?! Looks like she’s seen too many R-rated dreams at a much too early age. As to Vogonwë, we now know who’s to blame for his awful poetry! Fit the Second was amazing as always; wonder what the topic of Fit the Third will be!
Recommended reading for Dead Mother’s Month:
Tolkien the Matricide, started by our very own
Birdie.
Yes, the timeline is not quite coherent, but that’s because of the switches in point-of-view between the various characters, so it’s not really a big deal. We can edit if there’s a genuine problem somewhere. Besides, we can blame any inconsistencies on the Midsummer Night’s madness that has befallen the company – it’s all the Salad Bowl’s fault! *points at Saladriel [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] * Though we eagerly await Earnur’s halluci – um, I mean, vision, those who wish may continue to post any musings, wanderings or sidetrack plots they can contrive.
I’m not sure how quickly we will wrap these developments up, but the culmination will be a gift-giving scene before we leave Topfloorien and head for Mirkwood, destination Gol Dulldor. Let’s hunt some Orc!
As for Orcs – my, my,
Mithadan! If that Hammock had windows, they would be steaming! Well, the ‘borrowed’ poetry gives Gravlox class; we certainly don’t need more original poems in this story! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But who will have the heart to execute Pimpi’s revenge on this sympathetic foe?
Et Tofu too,
Rim?? We do have some mighty intelligent horses on this Quest, though Halfie shows more of the same quality when discussing literature than we had expected from him! And our pun specialist was busy as always…
Kuruharan, thanks for the explanation of the Dwarven origins of that most necessary of male accessories, Duck Tape! What a great marketing opportunity, in addition to the replica of Lopitoff that we will be manufacturing. Look for these items in the Barrow-Treasures Store! (Orogarn’s T-shirt already available)
Double, double,
B-W – while we’re waxing Shakespearian! Great dialogue between Two and Too! Now we’re curious – who is ‘he’?? As to your previous post, wonderful eloquence from Orogarn!
Birdie, your fox posts are always a treat! Your clever names for shops and description of the Mall are so cute! Special mention goes to your Old Forest scene, with the appearance of TB! Let no one say we left book characters out of our story – who knows, maybe even Glorfy will show up!
“the Lay of Lús-scrú”,
Squatter – wonderful! And ‘wondrous’ poetry too, while we’re at it. Looking forward to Etceteron’s next post…
Last but by no means least, I would like to thank
Bethberry for setting up the whole atmosphere, scenes and plot development in Topfloorien. A special favorite line of mine is the one about Saladriel’s ‘historical revisionist writer’ – wonder if Tolkien would recognize himself in that description? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Great name inventions and some very clever ghost writing adaptations make your posts enjoyable reading. Since
Bb will be doing more cameo appearances, we won’t be losing her when we leave Topfloorien, fortunately!
Looking further into real life future, I would like the first part of our story, which mostly concerns the revenge on the Orcs, to finish some time before Easter, to give us all a well-deserved holiday break. After that, we can continue with Part Two, which will be about the search for the Entish relics. I’d appreciate your ideas of RL time planning for that – I do hope you are enjoying this as much as I am and want to keep going!
[ February 05, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]