Fan Fiction at its best (or 'worst', depending on your point of view)! This page is named after one of the most widely circulated fan fiction on the net - The Very Secret Diaries (scroll down).




The Lord of the Rings: an allegory of the PhD?

A must-read for everyone in grad school. An allegory that is close to my heart, especially after reading tonnes of P.H.D. comics. Go get it here. And while you're there, scroll down on that same page and check out One OS to Rule Them All.




The Lord of the... whatever

An electronic text of the whole LOTR epic! Well, of sorts. One of the best and most comprehensive spoof I've seen (and the most hardworking writers too, it seems). Here's a sample (one of my favourite):

"There was some muffled conversation throughout the hall, which Bilbo took notice of. Well, on bad days it seems like a million years, he explained. Anyway, though ten billion years is long enough to endure from all of you, this is IT... I am GOING... I am leaving NOW... GoodBYE! And with that Bilbo leaped up, tore all his clothes off, scattering them about the astonished guests' heads, and ran from the great Hut screaming and flailing his arms.
     Young Frodo looked on in bemusement, refusing to answer questions from the astonished crowd. Everyone knew, of course, that Bilbo was a big man in the community. But - and Frodo looked at the crowd, particularly noting the astonishment on old Lobelia's face - until now, nobody knew just how big."

Heehee... it gets even better. Ok, go read the rest
here!




Mary Sue: Nine Men and a Little Lady (in multiple personas)

LOTR (or more specifically, Legolas) fan fiction has been running rampant on the net. Esp. typical-sappy-mary-sue varieties: writer projects idealised version of herself onto a female lead in Middle-Earth, Legolas looked at her more then anybody else, attacked by orcs/killed lots of orcs/saved the Fellowship/grieviously (but not fatally) wounded, saved by Legolas, snogged like there's no tomorrow (and more), lives happily-ever-after in Mirkwood, and somehow become an elf so that can spend eternity together.

Here's a
'compilation' diary written by a group of people who apparently can't take it anymore. Wicked...  




The Secret Diaries of...

Done ala-Bridget Jones' Diary. Totally hilarious rendition of various characters from FOTR (or what they would have written if diaries were the thing in Middle Earth). This has turned into a lotr-fan movement of its own. For the broad-minded only. Go complain to Cassandra Claire if you feel that your favourite character has been maligned, or drop her a congratulatory note if you haven't died laughing. Used to host the diaries here when they were on livejournal.com. Since they are now on a separate webpage and taking up too much space here... enjoy them at http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries!

VSD Part Two!
I will be posting them here until they are up on their own webpage. Enjoy!
(Warning: strong language)

Aragorn
Theoden
Legolas
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