"Sure, go ahead and shoot me," He said quietly, "You can go, and I'll leave." Slowly I lowered my bow, but keeping . She is one of those rare, special people that you can share anything with, and who you know will be a part of your life forever. Cookie Declaration /// Privacy Policy We talk all the time. "She had written this super cool Star Wars story and I contacted her about it," Sio said. Sio now runs the office of the place she worked while writing the Mellon Chronicles, and Cassia also credits the Mellon Chronicles for her current job, saying, "some of the peripheral things associated with running the list and website back then actually helped me discover what career path I wanted. LORD OF THE RINGS Fan Fiction Author is Suing Amazon Studios Over THE She looped in Cassia, and the three of us had a long email interview about the Mellon Chronicles and the early days of Lord of the Rings online fandom. Cassia and Sio started the Yahoo Groups list completely by accident. Cassia says that the early 2000s were a special time for fandombefore social media existed, or even Livejournal, people had to track down likeminded fans by using webrings, recommendation lists, and individual Geocities sites. Cassia and Sioboth pen namesconnected while writing Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice fanfiction around 1999. He published the novel on September 30, 2022, which also happened to be the same day that the fifth episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiered on Prime Video.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_7',106,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_8',106,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0_1'); .large-mobile-banner-1-multi-106{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:7px !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-top:7px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}. 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This was Cassia's first online fandom, which she joined at around 18, and Sio's second, after the TV show The Sentinel. Polychron's book, titled The Fellowship of the King, is a follow-up to The Lord of the Rings that also delves into the story of the Second Age and the history of The Rings of Power. This lawsuit is about as likely to succeed as Legolas missing his mark. '", When the first Lord of the Rings movie came out in late 2001, both Cassia and Sio wrote their own fanfictionseparately. Eleanore was 12 when she started reading the Mellon Chronicles in 2002, and when the Hobbit movies came out a few years ago, she wanted to reread them, but found the original site gone. The story of the Mellon Chronicles begins in another fandom. ", "It was a wonderful and humbling feeling to see it take on a life of its own like that.". 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By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. I spent half the day writing in between work duties and keeping up with the [Yahoo Groups] List.". Both say they lurk in fandomsand both look back on their Mellon Chronicle days with fondness. And that's not all even The Tolkien Estate has been dragged into this legal maelstrom.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-banner-1','ezslot_4',104,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-banner-1-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-banner-1','ezslot_5',104,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-banner-1-0_1'); .banner-1-multi-104{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:7px !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-top:7px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}. The Mellon Chronicles is a 1.2 million word epic fanfiction series. Like romance novels, Westerns, and Sherlock Holmes, the Mellon Chronicles follow a formula: most of the 36 stories begin with Aragorn and/or Legolas traveling somewhere; then one of them gets captured and usually tortured; and then the other one rescues him. "One Christmas there was something like 13 different countries we sent Christmas gifts to," Sio says. At its peak around 2004, the Mellon Chronicles had an active Yahoo Groups list large enough that it was mentioned as one of the biggest fan communities in a book about Tolkien scholarship; fan-made audiobook readings, Photoshopped story art, and YouTube videos; their own fanfiction awards; and a fanlisting. However, many of these similarities just serve to underscore how closely the fan-fiction work hews to Tolkien's original works. Lord Elrond is the only hope to save Thranduil's son of an early passing to the Undying Lands, and as the Lord uses everything in his power to heal the prince, a strong and somewhat inevitable bond happens between them. Stunning Trailer for STAR WARS: AHSOKA Teases the Heir to the Empire! A very long holiday. It was a mutual thing and it was the right time," she says.