Possible Sequels... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Inziladun · 05-24-2022, 04:33 AM

Well, Herenya, I think if I were in your place, I would ask a friend or two to read my story.
Even if they aren't rabid Tolkien fans, odds are they've at least seen the movies, and could judge whether they think your work derivative.

Herenya · 05-24-2022, 07:26 AM

(Un)fortunately for me, I decided to suspend my work on that possible prequel to The Lord of the Rings just yesterday. I finally lost patience and started to feel exhaused because of the high number of failed attempts to discover a viable version of that story. I would really like to apologize to the followers of this thread for making the false promise of posting that prequel story that I'll probably be unable to fulfill! However, I still continue my long-term work on composing the story for an unofficial sequel to The Lord of the Rings set in the beginning of the Fifth Age. I can see its scheme of events quite clearly right now as a whole thing, but it still lacks detail and some prettiness that seem to be optional and yet necessary. It seems so much easier and safer for mental health to think over that sequel story instead of that suspended prequel story! Most importantly, I will certainly try to contact a friend of mine who has watched the movies in order to ask them to read that story after I complete it.

Herenya · 05-28-2022, 06:31 AM

So I'm posting again accepting the risk of getting shunned since I would like to inform anyone else who could be interested to know this that it seems that I've finally succeeded in my self-imposed task of developing a story for an unofficial sequel to TLotR. Ayyy! However, I'm afraid there are few such people here if any at all, since my communication skills seem poor to me now and everyone has probably seen that. Anyway, I believe I've been able at last to find the correct ideas needed to complete a story for such an unofficial sequel. I expect if nothing suddenly makes me suffer acute amnesia over the next few weeks then I will most likely be able to submit its summary to Middle-earth Mirth that soon, if I could still afford to think that was safe and appropriate.

Galadriel55 · 05-28-2022, 10:07 AM

Many people here on the Downs are not native English speakers. And even though English was already my primary language when I joined, I attribute my development in written expression (and my ability to type, lol) to hanging out here. So never worry about still working on communication skills, on whichever level you are at with them.

Please post away! If you have a story to share, I am only in favour of sharing it!

Herenya · 06-13-2022, 01:52 PM

I'm afraid that a reply posted after such a long pause may be against the generally accepted rules of communication on the Web, but pitily, this time I just failed to immediately understand that it might be appropriate to reply.

To be honest, I can't even imagine how much being on this forum could help me improve my fluency in English if I had enough time to read all the threads that are of immediate interest to me. This forum seems to me one of those few places on the modern Internet that I have discovered by now, the existence of which I would be really glad to be aware of much earlier, ideally on the very day when I first got access to the network. (Sometime in the distant shining 2002.)

Then I had more than enough time compared to these days, and so I could try to learn English at a native level on this forum, having fun and at the same time being in an environment that seems to be safe for kids.

Concerning the story that I wanted to share, honestly I'm concerned right now about whether sharing it publicly would mean cancellation of that my personal project at the same moment. The point is, the events of the story are so distant in time and conception from the events of The War of the Ring that I'm afraid the plot might be easily adopted (possibly without even making an attempt to receive my consent to it) for a fiction novel taking place somewhere else, not in the Middle-earth.

Thus, I'll have to find out a way around that obstacle before I can proceed with this project, since being a long-term fan of the Middle-earth I now see the risk of such an Intellectual Property leakage as something that has to be taken into account too.

05-24-2022, 04:33 AM	#1
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Well, Herenya, I think if I were in your place, I would ask a friend or two to read my story. Even if they aren't rabid Tolkien fans, odds are they've at least seen the movies, and could judge whether they think your work derivative. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

05-28-2022, 10:07 AM	#4
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	Many people here on the Downs are not native English speakers. And even though English was already my primary language when I joined, I attribute my development in written expression (and my ability to type, lol) to hanging out here. So never worry about still working on communication skills, on whichever level you are at with them. Please post away! If you have a story to share, I am only in favour of sharing it! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

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05-24-2022, 07:26 AM	#2
Herenya Newly Deceased Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 9	(Un)fortunately for me, I decided to suspend my work on that possible prequel to The Lord of the Rings just yesterday. I finally lost patience and started to feel exhaused because of the high number of failed attempts to discover a viable version of that story. I would really like to apologize to the followers of this thread for making the false promise of posting that prequel story that I'll probably be unable to fulfill! However, I still continue my long-term work on composing the story for an unofficial sequel to The Lord of the Rings set in the beginning of the Fifth Age. I can see its scheme of events quite clearly right now as a whole thing, but it still lacks detail and some prettiness that seem to be optional and yet necessary. It seems so much easier and safer for mental health to think over that sequel story instead of that suspended prequel story! Most importantly, I will certainly try to contact a friend of mine who has watched the movies in order to ask them to read that story after I complete it.

05-28-2022, 06:31 AM	#3
Herenya Newly Deceased Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 9	So I'm posting again accepting the risk of getting shunned since I would like to inform anyone else who could be interested to know this that it seems that I've finally succeeded in my self-imposed task of developing a story for an unofficial sequel to TLotR. Ayyy! However, I'm afraid there are few such people here if any at all, since my communication skills seem poor to me now and everyone has probably seen that. Anyway, I believe I've been able at last to find the correct ideas needed to complete a story for such an unofficial sequel. I expect if nothing suddenly makes me suffer acute amnesia over the next few weeks then I will most likely be able to submit its summary to Middle-earth Mirth that soon, if I could still afford to think that was safe and appropriate.

06-13-2022, 01:52 PM	#5
Herenya Newly Deceased Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 9	I'm afraid that a reply posted after such a long pause may be against the generally accepted rules of communication on the Web, but pitily, this time I just failed to immediately understand that it might be appropriate to reply. To be honest, I can't even imagine how much being on this forum could help me improve my fluency in English if I had enough time to read all the threads that are of immediate interest to me. This forum seems to me one of those few places on the modern Internet that I have discovered by now, the existence of which I would be really glad to be aware of much earlier, ideally on the very day when I first got access to the network. (Sometime in the distant shining 2002.) Then I had more than enough time compared to these days, and so I could try to learn English at a native level on this forum, having fun and at the same time being in an environment that seems to be safe for kids. Concerning the story that I wanted to share, honestly I'm concerned right now about whether sharing it publicly would mean cancellation of that my personal project at the same moment. The point is, the events of the story are so distant in time and conception from the events of The War of the Ring that I'm afraid the plot might be easily adopted (possibly without even making an attempt to receive my consent to it) for a fiction novel taking place somewhere else, not in the Middle-earth. Thus, I'll have to find out a way around that obstacle before I can proceed with this project, since being a long-term fan of the Middle-earth I now see the risk of such an Intellectual Property leakage as something that has to be taken into account too.