Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to Refia. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Should this story be written?; Well... what do you think?
Topic Started: Mar 4 2010, 09:30 AM (386 Views)
daisymall13
Member Avatar
Reached Tranquillity
My friend wants some opinions on this story she's creating at the moment, so I offered to ask a few people... here's the summary

Jess is a normal teenage girl, well slightly normal. She’s an Aspie or someone with Asperger’s. When she crosses into Middle Earth with the guy next door, her life changes… and perhaps not for the better.
Now she must escape witch hunters who mistake her for one, due to her behaviour and modern ways, a prejudice town who label her and her neighbour insane and on top of all this, two suspicious friends who won’t let 'the strange pair' out of their sight.


Angst, drama. Before WotR, all romance is strictly canon

What do you guys think?

(this topic can be used by everyone with their own stories)
Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Telcontar Rulz
Member Avatar
Rising Again
Hmm, I have my doubts about this, to be honest. I know that medieval societies were actually a lot more tolerant of people with 'the mad', as they called them back in those days because they believed truth and wisdom came from the mouths of the mad. (See Shakespeare's use of the village fool in his plays.) Middle Earth draws a lot on medieval practises. Therefore, I don't think they would be persecuted because of their 'madness', although there could be other reasons why the town viewed them with suspicion. It can be simply because they are strangers, depending on where in Middle Earth this is set.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
daisymall13
Member Avatar
Reached Tranquillity
My friend: Hhhmmm.. good point, I'll have to rethink it... cheers for the help :)
Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Telcontar Rulz
Member Avatar
Rising Again
You're welcome. :)
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
MackenzieW
Member Avatar
Resident Time Lady
Also, we're talking about societies who are familiar with Elves, Wizards (Istari), and dwarves. While Tolkien didn't mention witches in his stories, I don't think witchhunts were normal for someone who was actually a witch. Spies, maybe. Or possible agents of Sauron, but not actual witches.
You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot

"Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical)

"Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney

"I wake in the loneliness of sunrise
When the deep purple heaven turns blue
And start to pray
As I pray each day
That I’ll hear some word from you

I lie in the loneliness of evening
Looking out on a silver-flaked sea
And ask the moon
Oh how soon, how soon
Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella


"Thank you, Lord
You have brought us
Safe to shore
Be our strength and protection ever more.
A Thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire
A Thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder


I'm writing a novel!

A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies!

My Little Corner

I'm on Book Country!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
daisymall13
Member Avatar
Reached Tranquillity
Aaah...good point. Cheers for the help, I'll let her know :)
Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
MackenzieW
Member Avatar
Resident Time Lady
You're welcome. Always glad to help any writer who reaches out for it. ;)
You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot

"Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical)

"Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney

"I wake in the loneliness of sunrise
When the deep purple heaven turns blue
And start to pray
As I pray each day
That I’ll hear some word from you

I lie in the loneliness of evening
Looking out on a silver-flaked sea
And ask the moon
Oh how soon, how soon
Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella


"Thank you, Lord
You have brought us
Safe to shore
Be our strength and protection ever more.
A Thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire
A Thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder


I'm writing a novel!

A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies!

My Little Corner

I'm on Book Country!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Lord of the Rings - General Discussion · Next Topic »
Add Reply