Progress on The Hobbit, Part 2

One thing that a lot of The Lord of the Rings clones forget about Gandalf is that he's actually kind of arrogant (or at least projects the image of being so) and quite sassy. I like that about him. I think the natural inclination is to make your wise, powerful, magic user just generically a "good guy" with very few personality traits - all the better for them to be plot dispenser to your heroes. (Harry Potter fell into this hole with Dumbledore and then climbed out again with the last few books, something I really appreciate.)

Specifically in The Hobbit, Gandalf serves as the kind of person that Thorin Oakenshield wants to be - powerful, really all that - but isn't quite there yet and doesn't have the skills to back it up. Both those personalities are also a foil to Bilbo who's more humble and less forceful - serving to highlight him when he does impressive things or shows bravery.

...I am having a hard time remembering the names and details of all these darn dwarves though.

Snowflake Challenge #11

Oh, this one's a tough one. Today's challenge is:


In your own space, create a fanwork.


Fanwork means anything that you, a fan, creates. If you say it’s a fanwork, then it is! But if you want some suggestions, why not see if one of your fav fanworks creators has a transformative works statement? Many people (me included) have them on their profiles, either here on Dreamwidth or on AO3. Then go crazy! Make art, make fic, make a podfic, make a vid, make a cross-stitch pattern. Crochet, knit. Bake a cake! An interpretive dance of how it makes you feel! Anything!

Uh, icons? Yes, icons are good. This is my first time sharing these with others, so please let me know if there's any issues - quality or otherwise! These are all band album covers, other than the stock image at the end. The artists have been properly attributed. If you decide to use these, please let me know and please save them to your computer to upload them instead of hotlinking to these.

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Icon table generated by Chlor's Dreamwidth Icon Table Generator.

 
1) Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
2) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
3) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
4) Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
5) Paramore - Riot
6) Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
7) Dolly Parton - Super Hits II
8) Stock Image Vector (found here)

Feel free to remix these, recolor them, print them out and burn them, whatever you'd like! I'd prefer credit, but none of these are my work so it's not necessary. If you'd like to credit me, please just link to my account like this - bunnyboo