References to Tolkien's work in *your* work

[the guy who be short]

To think, I once thought I didn't write Fanfiction. My work over the last three years has been a hidden treasure trove of the stuff! (Incidentally, it is only after perusing five years of accumulated work that I'm beginning to see how odd I really am.)

Quite often I'll insert a little snippet here or there, a name or a reference. I won't mention most of these, except I need to tell you all about this one:

In an R.S. quiz, I put in the following question: What religion was J.R.R. Tolkien? a) Puritan, b) Protestant, c) Roman Catholic, d) Elf. Odd, aren't I?

I'll also mention in passing the fact that I once did a speech in English imaginarily welcoming Christopher Tolkien to open a new library or something or other. Unforunately, the actually text is now lost.

French. For some reason, my French work is littered with Tolkien. Here are three of the most Tolkienised pieces.

The first - Writing about a film I recently saw. Here's what I wrote in Januray 2004 (my French was quite poor then, sorry!):

Le Segneur des Anneaux
Le Segneur des Anneaux est forimidable! C'est avec Orlando Bloom et Viggo Mortensen, et Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving et Sean Bean aussi. C'est un film fantastique, et je l'adore. Les Royaumes des Rohan et Gondor sont supers, mais ils sont attaqués par Orcs. Frodo (Elijah Wood) joue un Hobbit qui doit destruire l'anneau. C'est genial!

Translation: The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is great! Starring Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen, and Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving and Sean Bean too. It's a fantasty film, and I love it. The Kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor are super, but they are attacked by Orcs. Frodo (Elijah Wood) plays a Hobbit who must destroy the ring. Wonderful!

Next, a piece from December '02 about "Ma Maison Idéale," My Ideal Home.

Ma Maison Idéale
Ma maison idéale est l'Orthanc tour dans le Seigneur des Anneaux. Mon terrain compris deux chaînes des montagnes, beaucoup de collines, une fleuve, une lac, une forêt, une armée ville et un dragon. En la tour d'Orthanc il y a vingt-cinq etages, y compris huit etages de donjons (328 complètement).

Translation: My ideal home is Orthanc from LotR. My grounds include two chains of mountains, a lot of hills, a river, a lake, a forest, an army camp/town and a dragon. In Orthanc tower there are 25 floors, including 8 floors of dungeons (328 overall).
This piece of work was very well illustrated. On one page I had all my grounds (including the Orthwood, Ered Orthanc, Emyn Orthanc, Ered Armée, Orthanc River and Orthanc Lake. Oh, and a dragon). On the other was Orthanc Tower, with "l'Hobbit trou," a hobbit hole in a hill, next to it.

This is getting a little long. More next time!