orc recs

[lobelia321]

The builder will sever my broadband connection on Friday and who knows when it will be restored?? I may be without home internet access for as long as... could be well into January!

So, me hearties, it is definitely time for some Orc recs.

My own Orc/Pippin is here: The Orc's Tongue

The yahoo Orc slash list is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrcSlash?yguid=132500041

The OrcSlash archive is here: So Wrong

Stories I like from the OrcSlash site:
One Dark Night, by Enros - this is simply stunning; got me onto the orc love to begin with. Rewrites Tolkien's not-entirely-thought-through orc psyche from the inside out and is as poignant as fluey peeing.

Old Times by Tyellas is also a lot of fun.

And then there's On Orc Love by Belinda (not on the OrcSlash site) which is just great.

And not to forget The Mirror by Kete, a moving Frodo/orc fic.

Orc pics
cinzia's orc birthday card is here!

Undone's Orc/Merry caps (thanks to msilverstar for linking to these morsels)

My own Wet for Weta icon.

Why do I love orc lust?

Because orcs give you a chance to branch away from romance and fluff into territories not usually charted by slash: into the psychology of evil, into the realms of true cruelty and lovelessness, into plots of war and battle and male-on-male torment. In a funny way, the fantasy-figures of orcs are closer to the real-world reality than our real-person characters. And because crawling into the head of such a character is so challenging and makes writers really *think* about these issues, orc fic can be very poignant and make philosophical and ethical points. And I do like a dose of ethics with my aesthetics. And with my porn.

Comments

[bunnysquee.livejournal.com]

oh no! *clings to your leg* but you'll still check in via dial-up or at work or ... or ... something ... won't you? *cries in pathetically heart-breaking manner* what am i going to do until ... JANUARY?! *faints*

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I may have to force ntl to put an extension cord onto their broadband line. Or pull the cord I have as far as it will go and move my computer to the bedroom.

Or... or something!

[bunnysquee.livejournal.com]

*feels better*

[blythely.livejournal.com]

*reads your orc/pippin*

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i. just. that's so frickin fantastic. and icky. and wow.

*flails*

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Your ellipses are music to my ears.

Thanks so much, sweetie! Random orc fb: I lap it up.

That fic was very interesting to write. See point on ethics above.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

And, er: sugarknickers?

I won't ask.