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Greenwood Hobbit
Doriath
Apr 26 2017, 7:19am
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** Founders Day 'Crazy Crossover Drabbles'
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You have 100 words precisely to create a snapshot of what might happen when characters from the world of LOTR meet those from another world, ancient or modern, real or fictitious. Make it as wacky as you like – the wackier the better! - but please choose something widely known, as we have such an international membership here.
Good luck! I’ll start you off…
Frodo and Sam huddled on the barren slopes of Mount Doom, gathering strength for the final effort. A pulsing, rasping screech filled the air; Sam shrank, fearing a fell beast's onslaught, but from behind a rocky outcrop stepped a strangely-clad man, elf-tall, gaunt yet impish. He eyed them consideringly.
"Seismic disturbances, jeopardy, humanoids - in a spot of bother, are we?"
Sam gaped, gasping through cracked lips,
"We have to cast the Ring into the Cracks of Doom, but..."
"Ah. I can help you with that."
"But - who are you? Why?"
"Trust me, I'm The Doctor," he grinned wolfishly.
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Apr 26 2017, 1:44pm
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Although mine usually end up being babbles ;)
Thanks Greenwood Hobbit! HERE GOES:
Pippin at Minas Tirith
The stone was very hot. The view from high atop the White City was stunning, but Pippin couldn't comprehend the expanse before him, making the stone city bleak.
"This is quite grand," he pondered; "but I miss the green of home."
Suddenly someone was standing beside him smelling of tobacco.
Sensing Pippin's thoughts, a soft voice said, "Soon they'll take you to fair Ithilien where you'll walk in cool grass, sit under shade trees near soft waterfalls and find your friends again."
Filled with hope, Pippin turned to find a grey-haired man in a tweed coat smiling back at him.
We have been there and back again.
TIME Google Calendar
6th draft of TH:AUJ Geeky Observations List - November 28, 2013
4th draft of TH:DOS Geeky Observations List - May 15, 2014
5th draft of TH:BotFA Geeky Observations List - January 30, 2015
TORn's Geeky Observations Lists for LotR and The Hobbit
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 26 2017, 3:56pm
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single Baggins in possession of a good fortune, must be about to be drawn reluctantly into an Adventure.
However little known the feelings or views of such a Baggins may be, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the world outside the Shire, that his affairs are considered the rightful property of any passing wizard.
“My dear Mr. Bombadil,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Bag End is sold at last? Baggins will soon be here. You’d best wear your Boots of Profound Foolishness.”
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Darkstone
Elvenhome
Apr 26 2017, 4:56pm
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JRR Tolkien meets Lemony Snicket
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I do not think it will have the appeal of L.R. - no hobbits! Full of mythology and elvishness, and all that 'heigh stile' (as Chaucer might say), which has been so little to the taste of many reviewers. If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other books. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the First Age.
-Preface to A Silmarillion of Unfortunate Events
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"People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society."
-George Lucas, 1988
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Ciars
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Apr 26 2017, 8:25pm
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Leaves blew higher in the air as the wind increased, dust clouds chased each other down the path. "Follow me!", urged Frodo, "we must get off the path!". His friends humoured him, still arguing about Farmer Maggot's crop, they didn't think that their lives, their very souls were at risk. The air grew still, an icy wind swirled around silencing the Hobbits. They cowered beneath the tree as the dreaded Dementors swooped above them. The hobbits closed their eyes and prayed, dread filled their hearts. Though the guards of Azkaban eventually moved on, the hobbits knew they had to flee.
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Greenwood Hobbit
Doriath
Apr 26 2017, 10:28pm
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'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' exists, anything is possible...
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Dor-Lomin
Apr 27 2017, 2:43am
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I figured I should try doing this. Here goes!
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“And for you, Ring-bearer,” the Lady said, and gestured toward a plain wooden box upon a pedestal.
Something chirruped from within. Frodo unlatched and lifted the lid slowly before stepping back.
Something with large, expressive eyes and large pointed ears popped into view. “SQUI-I-I-RRP!!!” peeped the furry doll-sized critter, brown with a patch of white across its right eye. It disappeared back into the box with equal alacrity.
“May it be a friend to you in dark places,” she said. “But keep it from bright light. Also, it must not touch water, nor feed beyond midnight. Remember the Three Rules!”
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"That doesn't make much sense to me. But then again, you are quite small. Perhaps you're right."
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 27 2017, 7:40am
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I was going to try a Star Trek one, but...
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I was going to try a Star Trek one, but One Does Not Simply Worf Into Mordor.
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 27 2017, 9:31am
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If he took cash, rather than kudos...
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(Tolkien said that, in granting film rights, he was looking for ‘cash or kudos’. What if he had gone for a partnership with a proven and overt cash-generating and merchandise-selling option? The result might be like this clip from the Pelennor Fields )
Witch King: You fool! No man can kill me.
Eowyn: I am no man! I am a …Power Ranger!
[Eowyn and Merry transform into the Pink and Yellow Rangers.
Aragorn (Red Ranger), Legolas (Green) and Gimli (Blue) arrive on motorcycles
(Posable Figures @$12.95ea).
[They all fight. The Witch King is defeated.]
[Lightning strikes and the Witch King reappears, now the size of a city block.]
Aragorn: Summoning Mega-Mecha-Eagle!
[Long Animation in which colour-coded robot eagles (toys @$19.95ea) fly in, then assemble into one large robot.]
Witch King [waiting patiently]: You guys let me know when you’re done transforming, Okay?
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 27 2017, 12:00pm
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The Dr Seuss [strike]Sleep[/strike] Ring Book
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The news just came in from the Country of Shire
Of a ring that shows runes when it’s tossed in a fire.
This may not seem very important I know,
But it IS, so I’m bothering telling you so.
The runes are in Black Speech, but here is the thing –
It shows us that Gandalf has found the One Ring!
This Ring is quite tempting you see, like a cough -
It takes one bad deed and starts other deeds off.
Perilous Ring! Gandalf best get that hobbit
To take his Ring off to Mount Doom and just lob it!
[Come to think f it, wouldn't Dr Seuss illustrations of Middle-earth be just wonderful...]
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 27 2017, 12:06pm
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Bravo! Darkstone's recent footer was also almost an entry too
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At just a bit too long for a drabble (well, the competition hadn't been annonced!) it managed this nice Star Wars crossover:
Boromir: "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this.”
Gandalf: “Well, Sauron doesn't consider a nine-member fellowship to be any threat, or they'd have a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Lord Elrond has demonstrated a weakness in the Dark Land. But the approach will not be easy. You are required to pass over the mountains of Mordor and cross the plateau of Gorgoroth to this point. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The Cracks of Doom lead directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy Barad-dûr."
Darkstone footer (one of many fine ones)
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Apr 27 2017, 4:51pm
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Bravo: Maybe you need a Carroll Diagram!//
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Dor-Lomin
Apr 27 2017, 9:05pm
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Drabble attempt #2 -Is It Dead?
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“And for you, Ring-bearer,” said the Lady as Frodo peered into the cage. "May it be a friend to you in dark places."
"Most grateful, my Lady.” Frodo stammered. "But....is it sleeping? Is that... a nail?"
"The Calaquendian Blue bears the power of Elbereth,” she intoned. “Without its feet pinned, it would have bent the bars, VOOM! Feeweeweewee! And what plumage!”
Frodo felt faint. The parrot would not ‘voom' if run through with lightning. Demised. Ceased to be. It is an ex-parrot.
Sam hastily pipped: "Have you any more of those shiny daggers?"
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"That doesn't make much sense to me. But then again, you are quite small. Perhaps you're right."
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Greenwood Hobbit
Doriath
Apr 27 2017, 9:42pm
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I'm having this disturbing mental image
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of Gandalf as The Cat in the Hat now... arghhh!
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dormouse
Gondolin
Apr 28 2017, 1:49pm
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When Edward Lear met Tolkien.....
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There once was a hobbit who said
“Adventures, or so I have read,
Destroy a chap’s rest
And spoil his new vest
And plant unpleasant thoughts in his head."
A Baggins he, Bilbo by name
And not one to hanker for fame
He preferred food and cheer
And a good mug of beer
And a comforting hearth with red flame.
But a wizard one day knocked his door
Bringing one dwarf, then more and then more
Of a dragon they sang
In deep voices that rang
Till Bilbo passed out on the floor.....
That’s 100 words – can’t I have more?
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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