Saturday, January 3, 2009

Tom and Tolkien

Today being the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, I decided to present an alter ego of Tom Sloane as one of the great and terrifying Trolls of Mordor, from The Lord of the Rings. Trolls were feared for their enormous height and great strength, and if you rubbed their colorful hair you could make a wish but nothing would happen except the Troll would eat you. Note that this is also the only alter ego of Tom in which he is completely naked. Now I can understand why Daria wasn't exactly thrilled to sleep with him in season five.

As pointed out earlier, the list of 2008 Daria Written Fanworks is complete. Check it for errors, then nominate for the big one!

Helen Morgendorffer has been accused of many things, but this one has to be the strangest accusation of them all! Thanks, ninetwelve.


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  • Daria One Half, by Batlurker, a.k.a. Lorenzo Sauchelli (Parts 1 and 2): This Daria/Ranma 1/2 tale starts off with a little surprise for the Morgendorffer girls from dad Jake.

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  • Arrival, by Legendeld (Part 7): Jane Lane found herself trying to figure out where her life went wrong as she scrapped herself off the floor of the bar. Her head was ringing and she was pretty sure it wasn’t sweat running down her chin.
  • Fundamental Daria: I'm With Stupid, by Disco316 (COMPLETE!): Oh, Jodie Landon, you sneaky little devil you.
  • John Lane 38: Yeah, It's Summer, by Richard Lobinske (Part 4): Daria, John, and Alison have a threesome in the woods, while Quinn hooks up with an underage male named Link.
  • Once Upon a Time in Lawndale, by Disco316 (Part 2): Amanda Lane looked down the sight of her shotgun. Her targets were in sight, so she pulled the trigger.
  • Order and Chaos, by Legendeld (Part 18): Quinn jumped above the flying metal before flipping in mid air to land behind Darth Bane. Her double bladed attack was blocked as he spun and snarled at her.
  • Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have-Who's Holding Daria Now? Some interesting ficlets here, all worth reading.

7 comments:

ninetwelve said...

That's what happens when I drink and post. Oh my. :/

The Angst Guy said...

I drunk as not as think you.

E. A. Smith said...

All hail the great Tolkien!

Seriously, if it weren't for his work, I might be a very different person today. At the very least, I would have different tastes in reading.

Anonymous said...

Maybe another label for this post would be trolling Tom. I mean one could argue him being at the Zon was him trolling for a date.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure Tolkien is rolling in his grave over that. However, I'm not sure if it's because he's displeased or because he thought it was funny.

The Angst Guy said...

I could have called the troll Tom Bombadil, but I didn't.

Anonymous said...

Oddly enough, the original Tom Bombadil was a doll, but not a troll doll, see the link:

http://tolkien.cro.net/else/tombom.html