Nurvingiel
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Re: Sneak Preview...
lol! 
Yay, you like it! You really like it! *gets all emotional*
What's that from anyway?
Anyway, the MST does still need work, especially the opening and end dialogue between Spomonie and I.
Plus, I'm not 100% of my comments on Random Elvish, as it should be named. It is bad writing, but it would probably help to know the origin of this thing.
You can take a course in Elvish at Oxford, and Tolkien did create a full language for it. However, there isn't exactly an Elvish phrasebook out there. I am quite sure "you're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not found in the appendicies.
So where is this 'fanon' Elvish from? And more importantly, is it mockable?
Thanks for your comments guys!
Also, I have not abandonned 'After the Battle'. You'll just have to be patient... heh heh... 
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1/9/2005, 5:03
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Telcontar Dunedain
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Re: Sneak Preview...
That was great. What happened to Mr. Bagging? Was the fic posionus?
I like this bit
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"Dude, if I were a spy, wouldn't I have weapons? Hey, don't you dare go through my backpack, you insolent - HEY! THAT'S PERSONAL! PUT THAT BACK, YOU EVIL ANAL DWELLING BUTT MONKEY! LEAVE THE SKETCHBOOK ALONE!"
S: Okay, that was very wrong.
N: (whimpers) The caps lock…
S: (pats Nurvingiel's shoulder comfortingly) Be strong. At least it wasn't also random elvish.
N: (shudders)
And I was going to ask about after the battle.
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1/9/2005, 11:06
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Nurvingiel
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Re: Sneak Preview...
Heh, thanks Telcontar. ^.^
*cough* Yes. After the battle. I realize that my lack of updates in the first MST (The story of her life) might stagnate your efforts there. Sorry. Erm... but that's another thread. 
Hehee... No, it takes more than badfic to take down Mr Bagging. Maybe I'll add a note that he's fine. Good idea.
Thanks for your suggestions guys!
This is the Random Elvish part that I'm not quite sure of:
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"Antolle ulua sulrim," (Much wind pours from your mouth) he said back, loudly.
"Auta miqula orqu," (Go kiss an orc)
N: Yadda naquili bamba.
S: What?
N: I said "Eat my shorts" in random gibberish.
S: But isn't Emerald speaking actual Elvish?
N: It's sort of a made-up elvish that's part of the 'fanon'.
S: Well, we can't exactly fault her for using it then, can we?
N: We can, because it's an irritating style of writing.
S: (grins)
I replied just as loudly. Yay, now everyone could hear us!
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1/9/2005, 12:18
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Re: Sneak Preview...
I thought that was fine.
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1/9/2005, 12:38
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Nurvingiel
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Re: Sneak Preview...
Thanks Telcontar. ^.^
My two issues with it are this:
- I don't actually know a lot about this Random Elvish that springs up everywhere. I just want to be 100% sure it's not canon.
- is my use of "fanon" to obscure? Or does the word explain itself anyway.
(Fanon is something that's widely accepted within the fandom as being true, but is not actual canon. Not necessarily the same as movie-verse. And it's a term applicable to all fandoms, not just LOTR.)
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1/9/2005, 12:46
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gundamkiwi
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Re: Sneak Preview...
fanon...rhymes with canon...made sense to me. ^^
And if you're worried about the authenticity of the random Elvish, you can always mock the 'Sue for knowing enough to trade insults with Legolas and understand what's going on. I mean, if the 'Sue were an Elf born and raised in Middle-Earth, that's one thing, but this one just up and fell out of Modern-Earth and landed in a tree. Where did she learn Elvish? O_o
or if that won't work, you can add more dialogue...like,
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"Antolle ulua sulrim," (Much wind pours from your mouth) he said back, loudly.
"Auta miqula orqu," (Go kiss an orc)
(N or S): {Legolas} No thanks, you've probably got cooties.
Or sumthin'. ^^;
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1/9/2005, 16:41
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