I started with LotR slash, too, although at the time I still tended to read it with one eyebrow raised ("this is so weird, I almost can't believe I'm reading it") and to skim over the buttsecks.
One of the most richly erotic such things I ever read was an Elrond/Legolas (I think) where one of them sang to the other in Sindarin while they were getting it on. It sounds kind of silly when I put it like that, but really, it's something you can get away with in elfslash if you do it right. Plus, I am a bit of a language geek.
Oh, that really does sound erotic! Not silly at all! I was seriously into Tolkien around 14/15 and actually tried learning a bit of Elvish, I knew a couple phrases and greetings but I can't remember any of it now. Beautiful language though, based on Finnish I think . . .
BTW, I'm really enjoying your stories. I'm kicking myself that I haven't reviewed yet, but I've been quite busy. : (
Beautiful language though, based on Finnish I think . . .
Quenya shares some characteristics with Finnish; Sindarin is more like Welsh.
Only thing I can rattle off the top of my head (besides common stuff like "Ai! Laurie lantar lassi surinen...") is Mana nan unyarima na; mai tulle' ni Laisilmenorello ("what I am is unknown, but I come from the green-and-starlight-shining lands") which took me quite some time to learn to construct, what with the noun inflections in Quenya that don't really appear in English and all.
digitalsidhe is the person I know most into this kind of stuff; he even used to do Tengwar calligraphy by commission.
Impressive! I've been out of the Tolkien fandom for sometime, I would sound like a newbie if I tried to hold any sort of intelligent discussion. I shall listen to your greater knowledge, it was Welsh not Finnish.
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One of the most richly erotic such things I ever read was an Elrond/Legolas (I think) where one of them sang to the other in Sindarin while they were getting it on. It sounds kind of silly when I put it like that, but really, it's something you can get away with in elfslash if you do it right. Plus, I am a bit of a language geek.
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Oh, that really does sound erotic! Not silly at all! I was seriously into Tolkien around 14/15 and actually tried learning a bit of Elvish, I knew a couple phrases and greetings but I can't remember any of it now. Beautiful language though, based on Finnish I think . . .
BTW, I'm really enjoying your stories. I'm kicking myself that I haven't reviewed yet, but I've been quite busy. : (
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Quenya shares some characteristics with Finnish; Sindarin is more like Welsh.
Only thing I can rattle off the top of my head (besides common stuff like "Ai! Laurie lantar lassi surinen...") is Mana nan unyarima na; mai tulle' ni Laisilmenorello ("what I am is unknown, but I come from the green-and-starlight-shining lands") which took me quite some time to learn to construct, what with the noun inflections in Quenya that don't really appear in English and all.
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Impressive! I've been out of the Tolkien fandom for sometime, I would sound like a newbie if I tried to hold any sort of intelligent discussion. I shall listen to your greater knowledge, it was Welsh not Finnish.
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