He'd be out with Gimli and a few of Aragorn's men. The Aragorn/Legolas friendship was a popular fanfiction genre when the three Peter Jackson-directed movies were coming out in the early 2000sprobably largely thanks to the fact that Aragorn and . ", Cassia says that she and Sio "remain best of friends. Recently, I found Cassia and Sio's old AOL and Hotmail email addresses linked on a late '90s fanfiction website, valarguild.org, and found that one still workedSio's. The author claims to have registered the book with the US Copyright Office back in 2017 and even attempted to reach out to The Tolkien Estate for collaboration to no avail.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'geektyrant_com-leader-1','ezslot_10',105,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-leader-1-0'); Undeterred, Polychron ended up hand-delivering a copy of his manuscript, but still received no response. But that led to us co-writing our first story, which was actually a Star Wars fic called 'The Hunted. Spectacular Full Trailer for SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE! This lawsuit is about as likely to succeed as Legolas missing his mark. Sio says that it was simply time for the series to end. Trailer For Marvel's SECRET INVASION - The Great Nick Fury is Back For "One Last Fight", Gaming Hardware News Round-Up April 2023 Part 2, Trailer For The Absurd and Cheesy 1988 Sci-Fi Horror Film THE BRAIN, Frank Herbert's DUNE Imagined in The Style of ALIEN Designer H.R. "We actually both 'knew' that our time with the MC had come to an end and would end in July 2005. That's rightthis 1.2 million word epic is a Lord of the Rings fanfiction series. It was more than twice as long as War and Peace or Infinite Jest; longer than the entire Harry Potter series, and two and a half times as long as The Lord of the Rings, the series on which it was based. Legolas had fallen to the back of the line of men on the third night of their . In early 2005, fanfiction.net removed the series completely due to new rules about using song lyricsthe Mellon Chronicles often used a song lyrics as an epigraph before a chapter or as a pagebreak between sections. People are nuts. 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;}. "She had written this super cool Star Wars story and I contacted her about it," Sio said. I think this whole thing is hilarious that a fan-fiction writer is suing the people who actually own the rights to the stories that hes building his fan-fiction off of. "I don't think it was until we were halfway through writing the story that came after that, 'Exile,' that we realized this was going to be a series, since by then we realized that 'Exile' was going to have to end with something pretty drastic happening, that would then need to be fixed in the following story, 'Return.' 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;}. Links monetized by VigLinkCustom Code and Design by, Free Reyes. 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. "Sure, go ahead and shoot me," He said quietly, "You can go, and I'll leave." Slowly I lowered my bow, but keeping . Cassia and Sioboth pen namesconnected while writing Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice fanfiction around 1999. First, in 2002, Cassia wrote a dark short story called "Captive of Darkness," about a very young Legolas getting captured and tortured (including an implied rape) by evil humans before being rescued by Elrond. They were wrongshortly after aragorn-legolas.5u.com's disappearance, the Mellon Chronicles started appearing on the popular fanfiction website Archive Of Our Own, moved by an English fan, Eleanore, 26. A very long holiday. All rights reserved. A couple of people soon turned into a couple hundred, then a couple thousandand many loved the Mellon Chronicles so much that they wanted to write stories for it as well. 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. In today's edition of "lawsuits that are as likely to succeed as Frodo making it to Mordor without Sam," a Lord of the Rings fan-fiction author is taking on Amazon Studios over their smash-hit series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Cassia set up the website to host the stories so they had an archive. I struggled against his grip, but he was strong for a drunkard. The Mellon Chronicles is a 1.2 million word epic fanfiction series. ", "It was a wonderful and humbling feeling to see it take on a life of its own like that.". The group members were so close that Cassia and Sio sent them Christmas presents each yearonce, it was homemade bookmarks; another time, it was keychains. All names, trademarks and images are copyright their respective owners. In today's edition of "lawsuits that are as likely to succeed as Frodo making it to Mordor without Sam," a Lord of the Rings fan-fiction author is taking on Amazon Studios over their smash-hit series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,100],'geektyrant_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_6',109,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-medrectangle-4-0'); if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-box-4','ezslot_2',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-box-4-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'geektyrant_com-box-4','ezslot_3',113,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-geektyrant_com-box-4-0_1'); .box-4-multi-113{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 plaintiff, Demetrious Polychron, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos, Jennifer Salke (the head of Amazon Studios), Simon Tolkien (grandson of JRR Tolkien himself), and the showrunners for The Rings of Power, Patrick McKay and John D Payne. Inspiration held for three years, from 2002 until 2005. Copyright 2008-2021, GeekTyrant Industries, LLC. Wicked Awesome New Trailer and Posters For DC Studios' THE FLASH! "Friendship with her was the best thing that came out of the MC. The Aragorn/Legolas friendship was a popular fanfiction genre when the three Peter Jackson-directed movies were coming out in the early 2000sprobably largely thanks to the fact that Aragorn and Legolas were played by the extremely attractive Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloomand the Mellon Chronicles, written by the mysterious Cassia and Siobhan, or Sio, were the most popular of all. Stories took from a few months to over a year to completeand were a considerable amount of work. But for now, let's just sit back, grab a pint of ale, and watch this legal drama play out. "We decided to let it go because it had been so long since we'd done anything to it we really didn't think people were reading the stories anymore," Sio said. This was Cassia's first online fandom, which she joined at around 18, and Sio's second, after the TV show The Sentinel. Giger, Red-Band Trailer For THE WRATH OF BECKY Sees Lulu Wilson on Another Ultra-Violent Adventure, Trailer for Comedian Hannah Gadsby's New Netflix Special HANNAH GADSBY: SOMETHING SPECIAL, LEGO Announces Plans for STAR WARS Day Celebrations, CALL OF DUTY Comes to Your Table Next Year with a Board Game, Trailer For THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Mark Hamill and His Return of the Jedi Prop Lightsaber Reunite in Pop Culture Quest Clip. The story of the Mellon Chronicles begins in another fandom. Even then, we had no idea how long the series would become. Cookie Declaration /// Privacy Policy Then, Sio wrote a short story about Aragorn and Legolas' first encounter called "First Meetings," giving Legolas the history that Cassia wrote for him. And we don't expect we shall return. Copyright 2008-2021, GeekTyrant Industries, LLC. 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. Crazy Bad Trailer for Crime Thriller JOHNNY & CLYDE Featuring Megan Fox, Season 2 of Ryan Murphy's MONSTER Anthology Series Will Focus On Erik and Lyle Menendez, FAST X Featurette Puts Spotlight on Jason Momoas Villain Dante Reyes, Pixar's ELEMENTAL Footage Reaction Video - CinemaCon 2023. "It was a wonderful and humbling feeling to see it take on a life of its own like that.". Cassia and Sio wrote collaboratively, coming up with ideas and outlines in "a flurry of emails back and forth," and then each writer would choose sections to work on. They'd been hunting a rouge band of orcs, left over from the great war. "I think the first time I realized how much others were enjoying the world we'd created was when people started requesting to use our original characters and sometimes the backdrop of the MC world as a whole in their own stories," Cassia says. After that, Cassia and Sio began collaborating on a story taking place immediately after "First Meetings. However, many of these similarities just serve to underscore how closely the fan-fiction work hews to Tolkien's original works. The plaintiff, Demetrious Polychron, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos, Jennifer Salke (the head of Amazon Studios), Simon . It was a mutual thing and it was the right time," she says. 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. Sio says. We talk all the time. Taking its name from the Elvish word for "friend," the Mellon Chronicles follows the misadventures of a young Aragorn and Legolas.
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