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Read a Lawyer’s Amazingly Detailed Analysis of Bilbo’s Contract in The Hobbit | Underwire. Editor’s Note: James Daily, a lawyer and co-author of The Law and Superheroes, typically focuses his legal critiques on the superhero world at the Law and the Multiverse website he runs with fellow lawyer and co-author Ryan Davidson. Today, Daily takes a look a very important cultural document for Wired: The contract between Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves in The Hobbit. Ordinarily I don’t discuss legal issues relating to fictional settings that are dramatically different from the real world in terms of their legal system. Thus, Star Wars, Star Trek, Tolkien’s Middle Earth, etc. are usually off-limits because we can’t meaningfully apply real-world law to them.

But the contract featured in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was just too good a topic to pass up, especially since you can buy a high-quality replica of it that is over 5 feet long unfolded. So, without further ado, let’s get to it. The Contract in General As mentioned, the contract is quite long. Bilbo’s Obligations to the Dwarves. Travel Routes and times in Middle-Earth by Horseback by Sulriel. Writing Horses The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Horses by Sue L. is a pointed and concise guide to help non-horseman write believeable horses.

It details 33 common misconceptions and gives suggestions on how to write them right. It's the first book in a series of 33 Mistakes Writers Make About... hosted by novelist Holly Lisle and available as a download from the HollyShop Middle-earth Resources links These were written to be used by the people of the fandom, and I'm always delighted to know they've been useful to someone. Feel free to link back to them from your pages or to pass the links along on your favorite lists or archives. Rohirrim Grey ~ A Horse of a Different Color ~ This article touches on basic elements of equine color genetics and provides photo examples to help you correctly describe the horses in your fic. A Meara for 'Me! ' This service provided as a courtesy by MeARA ~ Middle-earth Adventure Riders Association ~ ErinRua ~ ~ ~ ~ Sulriel. Schmoop Bingo. Bree_black: "Let's get gay married!" commentfic meme.

In celebration of New York's legalization of same-sex marriage, let's write fic about weddings! All same-sex pairings welcome, any rating, any fandom. Write about proposals, engagements, wedding planning, or saying "I do," in a place where same-sex marriage is legal now, or somewhere the fight's still on. Have characters elope, tie the knot at City Hall, make their vows on a spaceship, or whatever else strikes your fancy, officially recognized or otherwise. Basically, anything remotely marriage-related goes.

Instructions:Leave a prompt as a comment to this post.Look through other people's prompts, and try to fill them.If you make a fill, please include "FILL", the pairing, and any warnings in the subject line.Fic and art both welcome! And please, help me spread the word (especially if your flists cover more than one fandom!). Note: Please don't be intimidated by the amount of Supernatural fic and RPF all over here. By the lovely gwendolynd, more here. Fills SupernaturalFirst Dance by. Archive of Our Own » home. Alphas, Betas, Omegas: A Primer - norabombay - Multifandom. Thomas Monteath critiques An Unexpected Journey. December 27, 2012 at 6:09 am by thomasmonteath - Pages: 1 2 3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Hobbit would be better subtitled ‘Great Expectations’ rather than ‘An Unexpected Journey’, given the spectacular triple-act it follows, and the accumulated anticipation in the near decade since the Oscar-sweeping The Return of the King.

This presents a problem for judging the film, for we are none of us objective. It’s easy to forget just what a feat it was to bring Tolkien to the screen at all, imbued not only with plausibility, but also mass appeal. The new film also suffers from déjà vu, and not simply in the return of a number of characters from the original trilogy. What’s more, The Hobbit is a book that is virtually unfilmable. A formidable challenge to adapt… First, whereas The Lord of the Rings had a central cast of nine, made up of multiple races, The Hobbit is lumbered with a core male cast of 15. Related. Lembas Bread and Leaf Wrappers. Here's a very easy, quick, and fun prop project for any Lord of the Rings fan. You'll need scissors, craft foam, glue, a heat source, and a few cooking ingredients. Enjoy! To make the lembas, I used an adaptation of this recipe. It makes a delicately lemon-flavored, lightly sweetened scone-type bread. 2 1/2 cups of flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 8 Tablespoons cold butter 1/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract Preheat over to 425 degrees.

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Roll the dough out about 1/2 inch thick. ContactHomeTutorial copyright "Penwiper" '04. ::: grammarie.net ::: Fanlore. Geek Girls Network™ GameWoman » Woman Can Play!!! Home Page. Mutant Reviewers From Hell. Bark Like A Fish, Damnit! Glycon: Fossil Angels - Part 1. Fossil Angels was written by Alan Moore in December 2002, and was to appear in KAOS #15.

KAOS #15 never actually appeared, and the piece has been without a home since then. (More information about KAOS and why this wasn't published there in this article on Bleeding Cool.) I was lucky enough to be given a number of Alan Moore’s scripts by Alan himself a few years ago, and this was amongst them. I asked if I could publish it and, when another publication which it was slated to appear in folded, Alan told me I was free to go ahead. Regard the world of magic. Beyond this, past the creaking gates of the illustrious societies, dilapidated fifty-year-old follies where they start out with the plans for a celestial palace but inevitably end up with the Bates Motel, outside this there extends the mob. Exactly how does this confirm an aeon of Horus, aeon of anything except more Skinner-box consumerism, gangster statecraft, mind-to-the-grindstone materialism?

The fourteenth (and perhaps final?)