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> Mmm, maybe. I could even see some interesting story about, say, Elrond explaining to his wife that he's left their daughter back behind in Middle-Earth.... hehehe... or similar stories.

Hmm, that might be an interesting story. Elrond walks up to his wife and first tries to set a good mood by handing her a ring of power as a Valentine's Day present. Then while she's admiring the ring he adds, "Um, by the way, honey, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is, we have grandchildren! The bad news is. . ."

Looking at Appendices A and B of "Return of the King" sometimes gives me ideas for stories. I thought it was kind of cool how the story about Durin's Folk set the background for "The Hobbit" as well as the Moria scene in LoTR; I think an expansion of Moria's history would be interesting. I also sometimes wonder about the pre-"Hobbit" history of the Shire and Arnor Tolkien sometimes alludes to, like when the Witch-King of Angmar invaded Arnor, or when Bullroarer Took charged the goblins in the Battle of the Green Fields. And then there's the part in "The Hobbit" where Gandalf mentions he has something else to do and takes off, and later it turns out he had a whole 'nother major adventure battling Sauron at Dol Guldur while Bilbo and Co. were travelling through Mirkwood; I always wonder exactly what happened there! There's a lot of little allusions like that I wonder about. I guess it's not so much fan fic I have in mind as that I wish Tolkien had expanded these little hints into stories, so my mind can't help wondering what happened and trying to fill in the blanks :)