since it’s december, i thought i’d make a little end of the year ask meme for fanfic writers and readers! reblog and ask away
- favorite fic you wrote this year
- least favorite fic you wrote this year
- favorite line/scene you wrote this year
- total number of words you wrote this year
- most popular fic this year
- least popular fic this year
- longest completed fic you wrote this year
- shortest completed fic you wrote this year
- longest wip of the year
- shortest wip of the year
- fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year
- favorite character to write about this year
- favorite writing song/artist/album of this year
- a fic you didn’t expect to write
- something you learned this year
- fic(s) you completed this year
- fics you’ll continue next year
- current number of wips
- any new fics to start next year
- number of comments you haven’t read
- most memorable comment/review
- events you participated in this year
- fics you wanted to write but didn’t
- favorite fic you read this year
- a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read
- number of favorites/bookmarks you made this year
- favorite fanfic author of the year
- longest fic you read this year
- shortest fic you read this year
- favorite fandom to read fic from this year
*feel free to specify fandoms or a fic depending on the question.
Tag: seas stuff
is it wrong to view thorin as a hero too?
(I’m not an arbiter of all things Thorin, keep in mind – he’s a character, which means he’s open to interpretation. That being said…)
GOD NO, it’s not wrong to see him as a hero. IMO, he IS a hero! One of the biggest of the book.
Reblog if you want anon messages of what you would be the patron saint of
So, great day.
I passed my qualifying exam and my birthday is in three days. This calls for comfort food (which I’m in the middle of) and a bath with a bath bomb.
If you disagree with how the narrative portrays Th orin you get accused of thinking he’s perfect, no I think he’s still a good character and his flaws do not need to result in death, and I’m with you on not thinking he needs to spend his entire life and afterlife just self-flagellating. I don’t agree with that being the only way to do good after making mistakes, and that he’s the “bad one” in the story. Sry for blowing up yr inbox, yr just the only one I saw who shares my feeling!!
Thanks again, anon! 🙂 Feel free to blow up my inbox anytime.
Ia with your points about the Hobbit movies but I think they were too inconsistent with the gold sickness. i read it that Th orin acts differently under it than the established moments in AUJ, but since most of the fandom sees him as discourse character status instead of good and most jokes about greed, I think that’s the common reading so the movies didn’t do a good enough job with the antisemitic undertones. It’s too ingrained and not enough folks want to think about it. So, conflicted :/
“Discourse character status” is a really good way to put it. Those who hate him see themselves as rightfully excoriating a horrible, greedy, abusive character (he is none of these things) who only got what he deserved (wrong). On the other hand, those who like him see themselves as infallible saints who treat a canonically mentally-ill character as a combination of their pet and a way of saying that they’re not ableist, even if they’re mentally ill themselves. On either side, the only way of “redeeming” Thorin is to have him essentially debase himself on his knees, begging forgiveness from anyone that he directly or indirectly affected through the dragon sickness and curse. Usually this is done through years of brooding and grief. Come on, now.
I completely agree with everything you said.
Just FYI: I love Richard, but my Theo (and by extension, sort of my Thorin) is more like Oded Fehr with blue eyes. We can keep the accent, though. 😀
Reblog if you’re willing to answer anything that comes in your ask right now
I turn twenty-six in eight days.
Jeez.
ETA: three days after my qualifying exam. *crosses fingers*
Idk if you ever answered this but how do you feel about the Hobbit movies vs. the book and what do you think they did better and what didn’t they? I’ve seen the flaws discussed but it tends to be more about the CG or other decisions, but I never saw anyone talk about it from a Jewish perspective so I’m curious.
Oh, good one.
Better:
- Fleshing out Thorin specifically and Dwarves in general – the anti-Semitic undertones are a lot less there
- MORE BAGGINSHIELD SUBTEXT
- Going farther into Bard’s story vis-a-vis the Master of Laketown
- Pretty, pretty, pretty wargs ❤
Worse:
- The Dwarves are played by white guys. If you’re working with a species based on Jews, then cast Jews.
- They made Thranduil more appealing than he should be, considering how gross of a person he is and how much he contributes to the poverty of Laketown if you examine the subtext.
- Thorin and his nephews still didn’t get to live. 😦
Death By Catchphrase 