Frolijah Fic Challenge – my guesses

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I've now read most, though not all, of the fics at the Frolijah Challenge and I thought I'd post some of my guesses as to the authors before tomorrow's reveal. I'm leaving out those where I was told who the author was or that I wrote or betaed, those I haven't read, and those I just have no clue about.

Starting out with The Manciple (Dom/Elijah), the lovely, sweet Dom/Elijah written for me, I've been dithering between a couple different rps writers and I'm still not sure, but I suspect it was ismenin. I'm not too familiar with her style but I have a feeling it's someone British and I know she's a fine writer with a good sense of humor and good appreciation for Dom's ass. :)

other Elijah fics

Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Dom/Elijah) - aprilkat - It's not something I can put my finger on. Aprilkat writes so many different kinds of fics in different styles, but as I was reading I tried out imagining it in her voice, and it worked.

Comforting Endearments (Elijah/Dom/Billy) – blackbird_song - The banter sounds like her, and there's Monaboyd love as part of the threesome.

Watching the Ball Drop (Elijah/Orlando) - honeyandvinegar, definitely H&V.

An Actor's Craft (Ian McKellen and Elijah gen) - shirebound - This didn't even occur to me at first, but she has written rpf gen before and this one's similar in how seriously Elijah takes his responsibility and also how much the other characters like and respect him.

Frodo fics

Water (Merry, Pippin, and Frodo) - gentlehobbit - It has characters discussing events from canon, something GH and I both enjoy writing. This one also has lovely lyrical passages about water, something I don't like to write but that she's very good at.

The Long Walk (Frodo/Merry) - mews1945 - This took me a while to figure out! I was reading it and really loving it but it didn't sound like most of the people I could think of who do this pairing. I think part of it is that lately I've read more gen than slash from Mews so I didn't recognize her when I was reading about Frodo and Merry making love on the forest floor. o_0 But later when it became more of a h/c story I realized it might be her, and also remembered that she has written some great F/M before. I could be wrong though!

Tempest (Frodo/Merry) - ladysunrope - At first when I saw that someone had written Dom/Elijah for me I thought it might be LSR, but no, I'm almost sure this one's hers. ETA: Wrong! it is by b_briarwood.

The Book (Frodo/Aragorn) - angiet? ETA: No, i_o_r_h_a_e_l

The Visitor (Frodo and Elanor gen) - lbilover? ETA: No, sue_denimme

A Change of Direction (Frodo and Gildor) - baranduin - Okay, I may have had some clues about this in e-mail but then I forgot them, and I recognized her sentence construction as soon as I started reading the story, so it counts as a guess.

Trusty and Willing (hobbits gen) - danae_b - I recognized her style on the author's notes, before I even started the story. It's very much hers, the way the hobbits interact with each other, the way their private thoughts flow and the way they stop and interrupt each other, just like thoughts do in real life.


The ones I'm not guessing on, since it never hurts to have extra links:
The Enchanted Cottage (Sean Astin/Elijah)
Pretty (Elijah/Karl)
Cold Challenges (Frodo and Aragorn)
Crown of Healing (Frodo, Aragorn, and Éowyn)
The Gift (Frodo/Sam)
Lost (Fellowship gen)
Men (Frodo/Éomer)
Of First Impressions and Old Friends (Frodo and Faramir)
The Powers of Persuasion (Frodo/Boromir)
Promises Broken and Kept (Frodo and Merry)
Put Aside Your Doubt (Frodo and Faramir)
Quest for the Ring (Frodo/Aragorn)


Are your guesses different from mine? Anyone want to guess what I wrote?