Gen category
| Name : | Syndarys |
| E-mail : | syndarys@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | Aragorn/Legolas, Frodo/Sam, Merry/Pippin, angst, humor, fluff... pretty much everything. |
| They refuse to beta : | Anything outragously OOC. |
| Favorite pairings : | Aragorn/Legolas |
| Hated pairings : | Anything with Gollum or Gimli |
| Strengths : | Speed, spelling, editing phrasing if requested... especially good at angst & humor. |
| Comments : | I read through fics at least twice to make sure I've got everything. I also add notes to the author if I come across anything that I feel could be improved by them. Also, if you've got some RPS you want checking, I'll do that as well! |
| Name : | Makamu |
| E-mail : | yaoifreak14@yahoo.de |
| Rating they beta : | PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | two weeks |
| They prefer to beta : | angst, romance fics, sillmarillion-based, Legolas/Haldir; Aragorn/Boromir; Elladan/Elrohir; Elrond/Gilgalad; anything with a good plot |
| They refuse to beta : | Legolas/Aragorn; Gandalf/anyone; Aragorn/Arwen *shudder*; Saruman/anyone; Gollum/anyone; uruk-hai/anyone, Legolas/Boromir; Boromir/Merry/Pippin, no extreme PWPs (under 300 words) |
| Favorite pairings : | see above |
| Hated pairings : | see above |
| Strengths : | Everything that has to do with plot: timelines, characterizations, content, Povs, lemon scenes and dialogues |
| Comments : | I am German, so it might take a bit until I have checked everytthing, but I will try to help you with grammar stuff, too. I speak and know both Sindarin and Quenya and I can help you with this, too. Now go and send me your fics *grins* |
| Name : | Dragon's Needle |
| E-mail : | dragonsneedle@cox.net |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Just about anything |
| They refuse to beta : | Child abuse , RPS, excess violence, OC, crossover |
| Favorite pairings : | anyone, especially unusual combinations |
| Strengths : | grammer and spelling (professional copyediting/proofreading experience); good with LotR canon and some familiarity with Silmarilion |
| Comments : | Gimmie more! |
| Name : | Laura (boomrat) |
| E-mail : | Boomrat@juno.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | most stories |
| They refuse to beta : | any stories with sam or gimli (does not apply to non-slash stories) |
| Favorite pairings : | Most pairings w/ elves |
| Hated pairings : | Legolas/Gilmli |
| Strengths : | I am good w/ elvish and black speech, and all aspects of english. |
| Name : | Theresa V. |
| E-mail : | intrepidsoul@earthlink.net |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Sci-fi & fantasy related series or original works. |
| They refuse to beta : | N/a |
| Favorite pairings : | Angel/Buffy--Mulder/Scully--Spike/Buffy |
| Hated pairings : | Riley/Buffy, Doggett/Reyes |
| Strengths : | Excellent with spelling, grammar. Good with usage. |
| Comments : | Be patient with me, let me know up front what you expect and need ( I like people that know what they want!). Also, your material is considered confidential, I won't share it or archive w/o your permission. |
| Webmistress comment : | Just so you know, she know that it is a LOTR specific site, even if her form is more general. ;) |
| Name : | Lassenole |
| E-mail : | elf_of_anduin@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | absolutely anything:) |
| They refuse to beta : | nothing that i can think of! |
| Favorite pairings : | legolas/gimli, legolas/anyone |
| Hated pairings : | n/a |
| Strengths : | grammar, syntax, wording |
| Comments : | i'm quite good at fixing grammar etc. but i'm not an expert on lotr content, besides having read the books again recently. |
| Name : | Trianne |
| E-mail : | perhobfan@yahoo.co.uk |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | Hobbits Wizards Orcs Humour |
| They refuse to beta : | Male preg |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Sam |
| Hated pairings : | Silmarillion and non-LOTR (not really a hate) |
| Strengths : | Fast! Good command of English (own typos notwithstanding)spelling and punctuation. Good sense of humour. Have read LOTR 3 times now, Hobbit twice, and Silmarillion once (love it just dont want to beta it). Have seen the movie 5 times in the cinema and have dvd (27 times and counting). |
| Comments : | I write in English (UK) but will gladly beta for English (US) or English as a second language, just tell me! |
| Name : | Rawly |
| E-mail : | Rawlypop@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | Anything. |
| They refuse to beta : | Nothing. Prolific aren't I? |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas/Gimli Frodo/Sam |
| Name : | Cristina |
| E-mail : | zephyrina@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Elves pairs |
| They refuse to beta : | Mary Sues...no please ! |
| Favorite pairings : | any with elves ; Aragorn / Legolas , Legolas / Haldir , Boromir / Legolas |
| Hated pairings : | Legolas /Gimli |
| Strengths : | I'm more into LotR canon, characterization from movie / book(s) ( I read all about Tolkien years ago ) , POV, details, descriptions. I'm weak in grammar / spelling , since English is not my first language .....Italian could be useful ? |
| Name : | Elisabeta |
| E-mail : | isis_astaria@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Non-PWP, and the darker the better! Particularly partial to BDSM, orcs, Uruk-Hai, Gollum, bloodplay and all the other good stuff that tends to make readers squirm ;) |
| They refuse to beta : | There's absolutely nothing that I'll refuse outright, but I'd rather not have to deal with fluff. |
| Favorite pairings : | Aragorn/Boromir; Boromir/Faramir. |
| Hated pairings : | I'm not convinced that I *hate* any pairings... |
| Strengths : | LotR canon, characterization, plot holes, syntax, Elvish, spelling, and to a lesser extent, grammar. And I'll beta anything you could possibly throw at me, no matter how extreme (or silly/disgusting/generally insane) you may think it is. |
| Comments : | By way of a warning - I'm English, although I'm not in the habit of anglicising fics unless specifically asked to do so. Also, my Elvish (Quenya, and Sindarin to a lesser extent) is fairly competent, if anyone needs translational help. And I don't suppose this would be of any use, but I also speak French, Spanish, Italian and Latin, and my Ancient Egyptian and German aren't bad either ;) |
| Name : | GW Katrina |
| E-mail : | gutterwoman@angelfire.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Everything |
| Name : | Aunty Mib |
| E-mail : | aunty_mib@lycos.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Humourous slash. I very much enjoy all of the Hobbit characters. |
| They refuse to beta : | Homophobic stories. I have a low tolerance for pouncy elf stories. |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Sam |
| Hated pairings : | Uruk-hai and victim |
| Strengths : | I'm quite good with the book canon and the movie canon. I'm good with story arc, POV and continuity. My grammar is good except for punctuation. |
| Comments : | I can beta virtually anything without 'rewriting' the story to fit my preferences. My own writing style is closer to P.G Wodehouse than to Anne Rice. |
| Name : | Tigerlily Brandybuck |
| E-mail : | moongoddess1950@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | hobbits |
| They refuse to beta : | Het |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo & Sam |
| Hated pairings : | Frodo & Aragorn |
| Strengths : | I am a fast reader. I can handle just about anything and I will be honest in any constructive criticisim (but my spelling stinks) |
| Comments : | Please pick me! |
| Name : | Benevola |
| E-mail : | benevola2001@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Any and all hobbit slash Aragorn/Frodo slash Boromir/Merry/Pip slash |
| They refuse to beta : | Elf slash Really non-canon AU |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Sam |
| Hated pairings : | Legolas/Gimli |
| Strengths : | Punctuation and sentence structure Have read the LOTR trilogy ~9 times Majored in English Lit in college |
| Comments : | I'm just happy to provide my services |
| Name : | Renai Cade |
| E-mail : | curt_wild_@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | anything, but I don't know a lot about the lesser character elves |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas, Aragorn, and Boromir |
| Hated pairings : | please no Gimli or Gandalf |
| Strengths : | speed, plot flow/ sentence structure, some grammar, movie and book, and I'll be honest but not brutally so |
| Comments : | definately not a speller |
| Name : | Min Rho |
| E-mail : | rtistmin@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | preference.... for fic written by someone not in the 13-15 year range. |
| They refuse to beta : | Mary-Sues. Gary-stues. Self-insertion of any kind. |
| Favorite pairings : | none |
| Hated pairings : | Mary-sue (Self-inserted author or modern day person) with any canon character. |
| Strengths : | a good ear and eye for rhythm and pacing. Good editor. Brutally honest. Relatively fast. |
| Comments : | It's hard to critique a good writer. But it's even harder to have a flawed writer listen to advice. |
| Name : | Ysabel Beaulieu |
| E-mail : | ysabel_beaulieu@yahoo.ca |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | M/m slash, f/f slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | I can do Sweet&Tender and BDSM. I have no problem reading fic that are non-consentual. I like Mpreg. |
| They refuse to beta : | Het. No Way In Hell. RPS. OCC (Mary-Sue or not). Bestiality. Pedophelia (I could accept if the two are minor, but it most be a low rating). Necrophelia. Sam/Frodo angst in Mordor. Crossover. |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas/Gimli, elf/elf and Haldir/anything |
| Hated pairings : | Boromir/Aragorn |
| Strengths : | Plot holes, continuity, detail, descriptions. I'm very week in spelling and grammar because English is not my native language. I could help with bit of French, but I don't see it being usefull in this fandom. |
| Name : | Gabby Hope |
| E-mail : | yllosubmarine@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Stories mainly revolving around the hobbit characters. In rare occasions, Aragorn and Legolas fics. |
| They refuse to beta : | Any slash that includes characters of different species. |
| Favorite pairings : | Merry/Pippin, Frodo/Sam |
| Hated pairings : | Gimli/Legolas |
| Strengths : | Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, story line, comments on the overall flow of the story, charactor and story canon. |
| Comments : | I can receive Word Pad attachments, which I prefer, or copy and pasted stories into emails. |
| Name : | Evian |
| E-mail : | supremegrace@aol.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Any |
| They refuse to beta : | nothing |
| Favorite pairings : | any |
| Hated pairings : | none |
| Strengths : | Fast reader, good punctuation/spelling/grammar; will beta anything for anyone. (I'm not picky) |
| Name : | Amber |
| E-mail : | riderriddle@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, gen and het |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | NC-17 fics, rape fics, child abuse fics, PWP, fluff, angst...actually, anything goes! (the darker the better, but fluff's okay) |
| They refuse to beta : | Refuse? What's that? (I'd prefer anything w/o Gollum, though I will beta that) |
| Favorite pairings : | Elrond/Legolas Elrond/Anyone Thranduil/Anyone |
| Hated pairings : | Er...N/A? I like 'em all! |
| Strengths : | I read VERY long fics very quickly, I can usually review within an hour or 3 as soon as I find it. I'm good at grammar, spelling, and I'm taking Quenya, Sindarn, and Black Speech courses over the internet. I'll beta anything you offer. |
| Comments : | I'll review your story and/or fix mistakes...That's my impression of beta. I have yet to change my naviete after doing that to a lot of fics...I'm not good at Simarillon fics, I haven't read it yet, sorry... |
| Name : | Match |
| E-mail : | minerva54@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | G, PG, PG-13 and R |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, gen and het |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Book canon; primary characters (as a rule of thumb, in my estimation Faramir is a primary character, while Haldir is not); psychological fic rather than heavy smut (this doesn't exclude PWPs); short to midlength stories; quest to post-quest rather than pre-; melancholy to dark stories. |
| They refuse to beta : | AUs of any sort, mpreg, humor, fluff, epic 18-chapter novels. No Silmarillion-based fic, as I'm not familiar with the text. Would prefer not to deal with action-adventure type plots, but that's not a hard-and-fast rule. |
| Favorite pairings : | I'm interested in femslash and Men, but I'll read nearly anything if you can make me believe in it. |
| Hated pairings : | human/hobbit pairings usually squick me; little knowledge of elf/elf pairings, thus don't feel comfortable working with them. for some reason, Aragorn/Legolas irritates me. other than that, nothing. |
| Strengths : | Mechanics (grammar/spelling), plot structure and flow, world-building and background details, dialogue, style issues like phrasing and word choice. |
| Comments : | I try to work tactfully, but I have high standards and am not stingy with constructive criticism. Research is one of my strong suits. My devotion to accuracy is considerably greater than my knowledge of canon, so I prefer to be able to refer to the books. Possess only sketchy movie knowledge. No knowledge of Elvish, fairly unfamiliar with Elves in general. Something of a maps geek. The thing I care about over all else is good writing. I read a lot and have written for most of my life. I have a good ear for what works and what doesn't. Beards do *not* squick me. I may be one of ten people in the fandom for whom this is true. |
| Name : | Baranduin |
| E-mail : | baranduin98055@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Frodo paired with Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Faramir, Sam |
| They refuse to beta : | rapefic |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/man,elf |
| Hated pairings : | None really |
| Strengths : | Knowledge of the trilogy, word use, spelling, characterization, POV consistency, plot continuity |
| Comments : | Not terribly well-versed in Silmarillion. |
| Name : | Ryer |
| E-mail : | FireFox64118@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | anything you can possibly mix up and then throw at me |
| They refuse to beta : | I flat out refuse to beta anything with gimli or any child/adult romance |
| Favorite pairings : | do i have to pick? |
| Hated pairings : | anything with gimli |
| Strengths : | Grammar. I'm pretty ok with spelling but i'm human and i make mistakes. I know elvish languages (sindarian and quenya) well enough to do translations. And i'm not afraid to tall the truth |
| Comments : | constructive critisism helps the growing writer |
| Name : | Ms. Sage |
| E-mail : | lynsage@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, f/f slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | No preference. Will tolerate well-done Mary Sues. |
| They refuse to beta : | Rape (consensual bdsm ok), Gollum. |
| Favorite pairings : | Elves/anybody but Gimli |
| Hated pairings : | Gimli/anyone/font> |
| Strengths : | Tolerant and able to review continuity, arc, grammar, character development, etc. without bashing the writer too hard. Excellent command of English. Improving LOTR canon (book & movie)all the time. Will read non-LOTR fiction. Familiar with Buffy, Angel, X-Files. |
| Name : | PixiePoet |
| E-mail : | pixiepoet1@suscom.net |
| Rating they beta : | G, PG, PG-13 and R |
| Type they beta : | het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | Elves, particularly Legolas, but I like everything. |
| They refuse to beta : | Rape, incest, that's about it. |
| Favorite pairings : | Love them all! |
| Hated pairings : | . . .none that I've come across |
| Strengths : | Spelling and Grammar |
| Comments : | Give me something to do, I beg you. |
| Name : | DC |
| E-mail : | princess220@alltel.net |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | character driven fic, Strong plots, longer pieces. I prefer dark or angsty fic over light fluffy pieces. |
| They refuse to beta : | RPS, non-con/rape fic, PWPs |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Sam, Merry/Pippin |
| Hated pairings : | none |
| Strengths : | Grammar, spelling, and plot continuity. |
| Name : | Jud |
| E-mail : | MageSecrets1@aol.com |
| Rating they beta : | R and NC-17 |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash, het and gen |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Anything, no preference. |
| They refuse to beta : | pretty much nothing |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas with anyone |
| Hated pairings : | none |
| Strengths : | spelling, grammer, how things flow in the story. |
| Comments : | Depending on the length of the fic with determine the speed of the betaing. If its really short you'll get it back much sooner. |