CaranVeSereg

In less than a month, I will be off to Savannah, GA, to attend Savannah College of Art and Design . . . and I am terrified.

Continuing my Hobbit and Sherlock withdrawal, I'm enjoying my Smauglock comics. I have no idea if many people are following them, but on the off chance they are, I am looking for ideas on who shall guest star next. I've had the usuals from Sherlock (Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson, Lestrade, Donovan, Anderson), and I've had Thorin Oakenshield, Thranduil and the four Hobbits (as kids). The most recent was Irene Faedler (poor name, but it's Irene Adler as a Fairy in honor of Lara Pulver's character in True Blood).

Are there any characters from either universe that people would like to see translated into Middle Earthiness?

I don't really have anywhere else to vent about this so I'll vent about it here. I am really tired of people complaining The Hobbit is in three movies. I mean, come on, Geeks! For ten years people wanted there to be a Hobbit movie so we could go back and have some more Middle Earth as seen by Jackson goodness, and now not only did we get our wish, but we actually have more movies to look forward to and to geek out about! So really, it's getting kinda old the whole "You can't make three movies out of a book so short" blah blah blah. Obviously yes, Peter Jackson is taking advantage of a franchise that has made him rich and world-renown, but so what? The man's also gotta eat. Plus, if we are brutally honest, he hasn't really done well since LOTR ended, so why not re-immerse his creativity into something he is really good at instead of trying to re-create it in movies that just don't work? I admit, I have no idea what he is going to do with two more films, but we've still got a long road to go and the fact that he has two more (extremely lengthy, but I actually love that) movies to do it in, means he will be able to take his time and actually honor a lot of Tolkien's world as opposed to one action packed film that only covers the bare necessities. I'm actually gonna stop reading online reviews because all they do is complain that the first Hobbit movie is not as good as the other LOTR films and whine about the desecration of Middle Earth. Very few directors would have even dared to take the time to honor the vastness and details of Middle Earth as much as Peter has! Guillermo Del Toro would have, for sure, though it would have been a different Middle Earth, but for instance Sam Raimi would not have! I loved the first film and I am incredibly excited about the next two! I am willing to put my faith in Pete and just enjoy whatever he has in store.

To anyone who reads this, I am suffering both Hobbit and Sherlock (and slightly Star Trek) withdrawal, and I have seen that some artists take requests. If people would like to see something Smauglock related, I'd be more than happy to try to draw it! Let me know!

Can anyone out there tell me if I want to post some drawings I made about someone else's fanfiction, do I need the author's permission or not really? The author is on livejournal and I don't have a livejournal account. Does anyone know fanart etiquette for this?

Thanks!