TLA-discussion

[Earniel]

Special import, they're the best.

I know we still have to wrap up Doriath with Dior and the second Kinslaying but maybe we can plan ahead a little.

The tale of Gondolin (or Gondolina, the city of gondola's as we TLA-dified it, I believe) will finally be next.

For Gondolin we should start from the very beginning with Aredhel and Eöl and the birth of Tuor. This will mean we have to go back in time a little. Anyone any original ideas how to do that?

[Count Comfect]

Doesn't Willow still have that remote control? That's an unoriginal idea
Perhaps my actual ME could show up and have some way of doing it... no idea really though.

[Earniel]

I think I depleted the batteries of Willow's remote to make sure it wouldn't get used much. Maybe we can find new batteries though. Or steal them from Mr. Nelson. That might give the bad guy some more screening and a better build up to our final confrontation.

Yes, you can show up, that may be more original and that way you'd have yourself a real TLA-character now that Counturin is 5 feet under. Only need a good way to do it...

[Count Comfect]

I'm thinking lone survivor of Doriath/Oh wait, it's someone from our world, wonder how they got here/I've been tracking you through three flipping adventures, finally caught you.

But ooooh, good idea with stealing from Mr. Nelson...

[Earniel]

How about we combine both ideas somehow... *just some thinking out loud brainstorming here, feel free to hit me over the head when I over-do it.*

How about this crazy thing:

So you've found a way into Middle-earth.

Let's say - by using our nice, twisted TLA-logic - that all things anachronistic tend to gravitate to the largest concentration of modern things in Middle-earth, which in this case is Mr. Nelson's workshop in Angband.

So you end up there.

Meanwhile we, meaning the already present members of the TLA, notice we have to go back in time to show Miriam the whole story (I bet she'll have a field day psycho-analysing Eöl and Maeglin). Since the remote control needs new batteries to do so, we decide to break into Angband to get some.

We meet, we get chased out. Mr. Nelson finally finds out we're from the modern world too and we go back in time to escape him and end up hiding in Gondolina since that's virtually the only place Morgoth, and thus Mr. Nelson, haven't descovered yet.

We'd have a bit more of an own, active story for the TLA since we've been basically only observing things here (which may be one of the reasons why so many people dropped out)

[Count Comfect]

That actually sounds like a really good idea.

[Earniel]

Really? You don't have to say that just to stay polite, you know. If my ideas suck, you can say so. I can take it, I do!

I suppose it's little use asking other TLA'ers what they think of it since they post only once in a blue moon.... (This is were everyone says "I'm still playing!" and hits me over the head for presuming they're not )

Anyone else still here? Arcala? Anyone? No? Well, it was a nice try...

I suppose the idea is accepted then *ahem* unanimously. It's not really hard when there's just the two of us, CC, you need to do more poking over there!

[Count Comfect]

I will tell you if the idea sucks... but I can't tell you it sucks if it doesn't And it doesn't.

I've TRIED. Tano just stuck her tongue out at me when I mentioned it...

[Arcala]

Ah, guys, I'm really sorry...I've got a science project due Thursday and it's taken over my brain...sorry! I'll post tomorrow, I swear! (And thanks for making me the smart, sarcastic one in all your posts too! It's cool when you come back from break and read that. )

[Earniel]

It's okay, Arcala, RL gets precedence over role plays.

At this point CC and I are glad if somebody else even occasionally can throw in post or their own.

[Arcala]

Thanks Earniel. Now, I said I would post, but Willow Oran got there first...anyway, do we have any plans for Gondolina?

[Count Comfect]

Just go ahead and post, Arcala. We ALWAYS want other people to post.

And no, no plans for Gondolina except that that baby's gonna FALL. Hence the name "the Fall of Gondolina" actually.

Assuming they read this, Maggie and Katt, why weren't you at Nakka's birthday party on New Year's?

[Willow Oran]

I don't know Katt's excuse, but mine is that I had a headache, and it was my Dad's birthday, and I didn't want to deal with the stress of dressing up and socializing and being around you for the first time since 'As You Like It'. Sorry Count, but I didn't have time to be mad at you before, and it's been building up since summer. But perhaps this is better left to a pm.

[Count Comfect]

Most likely is better left to something else. I was just wondering.

So that makes 4 posting members in the last month... doubling the month before, I think. Excellent.

[Earniel]

Alright! Postage! Woohoo!

Isn't it sad to see me getting so happy about a third person posting in this RPG in weeks' time? Sad, sad.

Nothing else is planned for Gondolina, except its fall and I think its resemblance to Venice...

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Now I feel really bad. Bad llama.

but I do feel bad. I will post tomorrow or you'll see me around with a red face.
kinda like those three combined

[Count Comfect]

Gah... I don't have my Sil and I can't find in the Discussion Project what happens next... ack. Help, Eärn?

[Earniel]

I was thinking we go and see the meeting between Eöl and Aredhel of Gondolina. You know, they get married, they get a son Maeglin, and then Aredhel and Maeglin flee to Gondolina with Eöl on their track. Eöl and Aredhel die and Maeglin fancies his cousin Idril. Rings a bell?

Or am I doing this to soon and were you planning on first following Tuor's whole journey to Gondolina before switching to Maeglin? Then I'll only need to edit the last few sentences from my post.

[Count Comfect]

I had no plan. I just had no idea where we were. Thanks

[Earniel]

Oh. Okay then.