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Volume 64/Issue 8Circulation: Eight hundred and eighty-eight. Welcome all! Note from the Mods: Please encourage friends on your friends list to join and send their news. If you have an announcement you would like to make, a fic you'd like to promote, a question you'd like to ask, we invite you to simply format it according to the rules on the info page and email it to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. You do not have to be a member to post but we are an open community and encourage everyone to join now. Only the mods may initiate new posts but comments are encouraged.MEDIA NEWS:• ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) middleearthnews Update:~Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for a Wonderful New Year!
The staff of Middle-Earth News will be taking a short break over the holidays, making this issue our last before the New Year. (But don't worry, we'll be keeping an eye out for important Hobbit news even over the break, and if something big happens -- such as confirmed casting announcements -- I'm sure you'll hear from us.) We will begin posting again just after the Professor's birthday, on Monday, January 4th, so please feel free to continue sending in updates over the break. Thanks!
• From TheOneRing.net:~Warner Bros. Trilogy Blu-ray Trailer
The folks from Warner Bros. sent this video along, it ties in with the big news we announced Monday about the Blu-ray DVD hitting shelves in April. [More]
~Peter Jackson 'plans movie museum'
Peter Jackson is planning to set up a film museum in Wellington, sources say. It is understood the development, with a working name of New Zealand Movie World, is planned for opposite his Park Road Post Production facility in Miramar. Props from Jackson's movies -- including his Lord of the Rings trilogy and as far back as Bad Taste in 1987 -- would be on public display. A film school could also be included in the development.
A spokesman for Jackson said yesterday that there had been "nothing new and nothing active" in planning for a Wellington-based movie museum and film school since a similar proposal for Shelly Bay fell over about a year ago. [More]
COMMUNITY NEWS:Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.• tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:• sons_of_gondor updates from co-mod., ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) caras_galadhon:
Friday, Dec. 11 through Thursday, Dec. 17 inclusive.Torture by kittylass
(Sean Bean/Viggo Mortensen; PG; You want me to start.)
Did You Hear That? by foxrafer
(Viggo/Sean; PG; This had been his idea, something different they'd not soon forget.)
Making Plans by azewewish
(Karl Urban/Orlando Bloom [Chad Michael Murray, Josh Hartnett]; PG; Orlando needs a break from studying, Josh has a grand plan, Chad has some questions about strategy, and Karl tries to be the voice of reason. Who says studying for finals isn't fun? College AU.)
While these are the LotR FPF and RPF fics/art that have been posted to sons_of_gondor this week, the mods would like to remind everyone that the comm also carries other FPF/RPF featuring the Gondorian actors in non-LotR roles.CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS:• From mefas:~ADMIN: Banners -- where to get them and a call for artists/customizers
"As we approach the end of the 2009 MEFAs, I wanted to talk about the different banners you can use as a participant in the MEFAs and where to get them...I also want to appeal to any artists out there who would like to add to our stock of banners, and who may be willing to customize banners for winners during January." [More]
FIC/ART NEWS:• lotricons updates:• From mews1945:claudia603 posted a Frodo and Aragorn snippet. Frodo is visiting Aragorn after the birth of Eldarion. Untitled (No Rating).
Thursday's Advent Calendar entry is se_seerslair's Sean/Elijah fic, wherein Elijah attempts hypnotism and gets more than he bargained for. Mesmerism 101 (NC-17).
rakshi posted a Sean/Elijah tribble. Homecoming after a separation. Bond. James Bond. (PG).
surgicalsteel posted a story in which a betrothal feast for Thorongil brings out some buried feelings. Fury (No Rating).
elanorfairbairn posted part two of her story of Merry and Pippin off to investigate reports of big folk encroaching into the Southfarthing. Chapter II - Of Short Leaf and Long Surprises (No Rating).
lbilover posted a story in which Sam is surprised by loving treatment from Frodo after a long, hard day. Pampering Sam (PG-13).
claudia603 posted a Frodo/Faramir ficlet for Aprilkat's birthday. Faramir's Thoughts (R).
shirebound posted a Yule ficlet. Sam finds the rules of spelling hard to understand. The Magic of Words (G).
For Saturday's Advent Calendar, el_wing posted a ficlet from her "Falling Upwards" universe. Hijinks at the library. Elijah/Sean. Evening at the Library (NC-17).
surgicalsteel posted a story in which Pippin's visit to the Hallows causes a reaction that reveals the source of Serindë's troubles to Aragorn and others. Breakdown (No Rating).
surgicalsteel posted a story in which Serindë is finally able to relax a little. Still (No Rating).
igraine1419 wrote Sunday's Advent Calendar offering. Sam discovers an original method of hiding Frodo's Yule Gift. The Yule Fairy (R).
withywindle01 wrote Monday's Advent Calendar entry. Elijah and Sean have some alone time. Night Life (No Rating).
ismenin posted a new chapter of her mystery-romance set in the mythical Indian kingdom of Ranjipore. More of the perpetrators of the plot against Udom and Lij are revealed, but the instigator remains hidden. Beyond Simla - Seventeen (No Rating).
se_seerslair posted a new chapter of her Sean/Elijah historical romance, in which the Countess Has Come to Town, and a Pleasant, if Long-Mislaid, Encounter is Recalled; Subsequent Enquiry, However, Proves Rather Less Comfortable For His Lordship. The Heart of Ciara, Chapter 45 (G to NC-17).
curiouswombat posted a story in which Eldarion observes the new Tree of Gondor, and his governess compares his resemblance to the new tree. Arboriculture... Or Raising Saplings (G).
lbilover wrote Tuesday's Advent Calendar entry, an erotic Frodo/Sam Yuletide tale. Yuletide Pleasures (NC-17).
rakshi posted a pair of Sean/Elijah tribbles for the holiday season. Would Be Honored To Have You Join Them; How Much We Care (PG).
grey_wonderer posted a Yuletide story. Merry and Pippin have some new ideas about the Yule tree. Yule Fictions Past and Present: A Grove In Buckland (G).
For Tolkien Weekly, curiouswombat posted a story of Eldarion and his governess. Vagaries of Language (G).
Thanks, Mews! DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST:• From TOR.com:~LotR re-read: Two Towers IV.8, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"
"This is a chapter in three parts: the scenes in the vicinity of Minas Morgul; the metafictional conversation about stories; and the point where I finally have to give up my probably-silly project of calling the character Sméagol, for he has irrevocably become Gollum."
• From The One Ring Forums:~The Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar, Part I [cont.]
"While I was reading the Lord of the Rings, I found the references to the 'days of old' very striking. Many of the older characters talk about them in a very nostalgic kind of way, as if those times will never come again, and as if to lament their passing. Then when I read the Silmarillion, which relates the tails of the Elder Days, I found that it was the same thing. People always speak of times gone by with fondness and regret. They talk about their ancestors and their great deeds." [Conclusion of Part I]
~The Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar, Part II
"[T]he characters here divert so much from the norm of Tolkien. Not often do we see a complete anti-hero like we do in Turin. He is part tragic, part amazingly heroic and part deserving of our spite...To pick the story up where Nix so expertly left off, we have a warning from one of the Valar that Morgoth has unleashed a massive force led by Glaurung. Yet, when Ulmo's message of warning is heard, Turin spurns the thought of tearing down his bridge and going back into hiding." [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]
~Letters from Father Christmas [cont.]
"Each December from 1920 to 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien's children received letters, often illustrated, written by their father in the guise of Father Christmas, who is the English (or Northern European) embodiment of that December, Christian holiday. Tolkien would contrive that these letters arrived seemingly without his involvement: the postman might bring them with hand-drawn stamps affixed, or they might appear by the chimney, apparently having been delivered 'by elf messenger'. Likewise the Tolkien children's letters to Fr. Xtmas (one of several abbreviations Tolkien used) would disappear, apparently picked up for journey to the North Pole." [1928-29] [1930-31] [1932] [1933] [1934]
CLASSIFIED:• From lotricons:~Happy Holidays and help requested for icons in particular
"I'm hoping to find two types of Tolkien icons...1) Lotr characters' icons with a winter or Christmas theme. Not of the cast members as themselves, but as their LotR characters...One in particular is of Faramir and Eowyn that I had ages ago is one that I'm really looking for: they are standing together in a winter landscape, facing away and with snow falling. A very well-done manip...2) Art icons. In other words, icons made from the artwork of various artists known for their Tolkien artwork, including, but not limited to, Ted Nasmith, John Howe, Alan Lee, Pauline Baynes, and of course, the Professor himself, his own artwork."
RESEARCH AIDS:• From estelanui:~The Good, the Bad, and the Outlawed
"It's almost impossible to have a real hero in Middle-earth who has not passed through a period of dispossession and outlawry. But since outlawry is the province of all the villains, too, there must be something in the character of the hero which helps him to achieve redemption." An essay by Michael Martinez.
TRIVIA:• Wednesday's MOVIE question: How many beacons were constructed for RotK? Answer: Two. One was part of the set and the other one was constructed up on a mountain. capra_maritimus was absolutely correct, and namarielorien was very close, and so receives some virtual!lembas as well! More next time! SEND MATHOMS:• HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, ghyste, vertigenous, not_alone, sir_irius_black, surgicalsteel, stillwell, lucidasans, capra_maritimus, west_of_moon, and of course, the Professor himself, JRR Tolkien! Enjoy the holidays! 
Wishing the very best to all of our contributors, members and readers. Thank you for making what we do both possible and rewarding.
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abby_normal, caras_galadhon, elanorgardner, empy, and estelanui.The mods would like to wish anyone having a special day the very best. Please send your special wishes to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. COMICS:(Link contributions are welcome) • From grimnir1:( Cut for size... )That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for the Monday, January 4th, 2009 issue by 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on that date to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!   
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