...of this fic. I'm not sure if it's badfic or not. It's called Between Darkness and Dawn. Warnings: torture and violence. Rated PG-13. Aragorn and Legolas are forced to go to a castle in Angmar (Carn Dûm?) because Aragorn gets poisoned with a poison that the Witch-king of Angmar invented. Aragorn and Legolas get tortured because the Witch-king wants to know more about Aragorn. This is part of a series called Mellon Chronicles, and I think that Aragorn and Legolas had encountered the Witch-king before this story happened. There is lots of hurt/comfort. It's a very long story, about 140,000 words or something.

Yeah, it's one of those "Cupcakes"-esque fics that takes a cute children's cartoon character and turns it bloody, but the writing is fine. I spotted a few punctuation errors (periods and commas outside double-quotes; sound familiar?), but that's it.

Around here, we believe that anything can be written well, from "girl falls into Middle-earth" to "cute character goes on a murder spree." You don't have to like it, because taste is subjective, but finding an idea not to your taste is not grounds for a sporking. Would you enjoy this story if it were about a different character, or didn't involve Japan? (Personally, I think I could find it pretty funny if the situation were reversed, and Pikachu [for example] lost his mind after being abused by an American company...) Also, where would the mission's humor come from? It's okay if bits of a badfic make you angry, but the best sporkings are based on canon-love and humor, not anger.

Also, always remember the MST3K mantra: It's just a show fic, I should really just relax. Counterintuitive, I know, but it's important to maintain perspective so as not take a silly hobby too seriously. {= )

~Neshomeh