Middle-america (The Book)

This is the community for the epic high fantasy tale by E. E. P. Viakien, The Lord of the Reports.

The novel will be posted chapter by chapter as your faithful academics Erin Ptah and Mogget reconstruct the author's intent from early publications and copious research, including recently uncovered correspondences and notebooks. Expect one new chapter every two weeks.

The story was originally published in three volumes (The Fellowship of the Tie, The Two Studios, and The Return of the Host). While it was meant from the beginning to be treated as one complete novel, and will be released all together in this community, we will retain the volume titles for the sake of organization.

(Seriously, it's this crazy Lord-of-the-Rings-slash-Daily-Show crossover written by reseda_ptah and the_mogget. Community membership is limited to the two of us for editing purposes, but everyone is invited to watch the proceedings unfold. Welcome to the top of the nerd pyramid.)




Maps and Illustrations
Movie Poster: The Two Studios
Map: Middle-america in the Second Millennium
Cover of Middle-america (The Book) [Wallpaper version]
Illustration: Even Stepvholias
Illustration: The Kiss
Epic fanart by ravin_katrinus

The Fellowship of the Tie
Book I
Note on the Text
Foreword to the First Edition
Prologue
The Needlessly Dramatic Introduction
Chapter 1: The Can-Do Shire That Just May Not
Chapter 2: 111 F@#king Years
Chapter 3: No Tie Left Behind
Chapter 4: So You Want To Bee A Tie-Bearer
Chapter 5: A Shortcut To Melons
Chapter 6: Mamas Don't Let Your Hobbits Grow Up To Be Tie-Bearers
Chapter 7: At The Sign Of The Streaking Raven
Chapter 8: Strangers With Pizza
Chapter 9: Sam On Your Side
Chapter 10: Race to the Olentangy Ford
Book II
Chapter 11: Many Midwest Meetings Midtacular
Chapter 12: The Council of Oprohnd
Chapter 13: The Tie Goes South
Chapter 14: Studio Moria in the Sunset Mount
Chapter 15: A Journey in the Really Freakin' Dark
Chapter 16: Red, White, and Doomed
Chapter 17: Chicagórien
Chapter 18: The Muffins of Sedariel

Annotations
Book I: The Tie Sets Out
Book II: The Tie Goes South
Book III: The Treason of Orleansgard
Book IV: The Tie Goes West
Book V: The War of the Tie
Book VI: The Start of the Third Millennium

Other Media
Trailer: The Trilogy
Graffiti: The Report studio wall




Erin Ptah (reseda_ptah) draws the art and churns out most of the actual prose (except for the chunks which are Tolkien's own).

She also writes ridiculous amounts of other TDS fic, and draws increasingly odd fanart, much of which can be found here. This is not the most cracktastic crossover she's been involved in, as evidenced by sailorjon.

Mogget (the_mogget) came up with the crossover, requested the art that inspired the rest of this, all but demanded that it be written, and is the source of most of the good ideas puns in it, as well as Lewis Black's lines.

Unlike reseda_ptah, she has almost nothing truly interesting about her out on the internets. The most interesting things would be slash to be found at tds_rps.

She will have a cooler profile once she gets around to writing it over being a self-deprecating paranoid.




This is a work of parody. Although reference is made to real persons and events, the dialog, actions, and content are products of the authors' imaginations only.

The Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth, and all related characters and other elements are property of their respective owners, including New Line Cinema and The JRR Tolkien Estate Limited; and are the creations of J. R. R. Tolkien. Used without permission.

In short, this is cribbed from all kinds of people who aren't us. We do it with love. Please don't sue.