I am very behind, only on 2,203 words, but I realized that the point is not primarily to hit 50,000 words (though that's a good goal) but simply to write. So that's what I'm going to do, and just stop beating myself up and have fun.

Before anyone goes and declares that they're taking on "My Immortal," I would invite them to stop and think about something: why do you want to spork this story? Can you make something entertaining out of it, or are you doing it for other reasons?

Stories should not be sporked because they need "dealing with." Nor should stories be sporked simply because of how infamous they are. The PPC (as in we the writers, not the fictional organization) should neither be a sort of fanfiction police nor a cadre of badfic big game hunters. I feel like both of those paths have been in vogue recently, and honestly? It's resulted in what I feel are a large number of mediocre missions. There have been standouts, to be sure, but they feel far and few between.

I'm not saying don't claim it. If you think you can make a good mission out of it, by all means do. I'm saying think about your reasons for sporking.

As far as I know, My Immortal is off-limits because someone's claimed it. That's what the wiki page says... but I can't find anything by some quick searching. Eh.

Anyway! On to interesting stuff, and Question the Third:

a) Dreams, dreams, dreams... a claimed dream-warning will be treated with both more reverence and more suspicion. Dreams are the favoured prophetic method of the Valar; Ulmo sent dream-messages to Finrod and Turgon (leading to the founding of Nargothrond and Gondolin), for instance. But... the Valar don't get involved much these days, and Amy has never been anywhere near the Two Trees (which might help make her easier to communicate with for Lorien or whoever). That said, note that Frodo dreamt of Gandalf in Bombadil's house - the dream was late, according to Gandalf, but it's still a dream-vision (and Gandalf never doubted it).

b) Glorfindel is actually a perfect choice - not only is he a de facto Seer in his own right, he's also spent time around at least four others: Malbeth (this is an assumption, but I think a solid one), plus Turgon, Idril, and Tuor, all of whom had visions or other messages involving Gondolin. If there's a pattern in how those messages were presented (and it's very hard to say, since the only two we have details for are Turgon and Tuor), he'd look for that pattern to be repeated. If not... 'feel', probably.

c) Uh... not that I know of? ^_^ I'm pretty sure alchemy isn't mentioned by Tolkien; looking at the stars might be, I honestly don't know. I do know that early descriptions of Numenor imply it reached an Industrial Revolution stage of technology: Our ships go now without the wind, and many are made of metal that sheareth rocks, and they sink not in calm or storm; but they are no longer fair to look upon. But our shields are impenetrable, our swords cannot be withstood, our darts are like thunder and pass over leagues unerring. But I don't know anything about prophecy.

Actually, that's a lie: the Druedain (aka the Wild Men met by the Rohirrim on the way to Minas Tirith) lived on Numenor, and left centuries before the Downfall, since (they claimed) the island felt unstable. So there's that.

hS, rambling.

Could have sworn someone had already done MI. Anyway, obviously there's no need to do anything about it, since it's clearly not badfic. It's way too funny to be badfic!

(But seriously, there's a reason we can't do it? News to me.)

u van t keel myimtortal becoose eet es teh etiome of good literturee and oot doos ull otters.

While not a bow hunter, I do shoot both recurve and longbow (mostly a recurve, though), so I can at least tell you about how that works. :)