| Name : | Tex |
| E-mail : | BrallaQueen@aol.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Most things, excepting those below. Angst/emotionally charged fiction (hurt/comfort/no comfort) a favourite. Will also beta fuzzy consent and chanslash. |
| They refuse to beta : | BSDM, rape, PWP. |
| Favorite pairings : | Variety is the spice of life. Will have a go at any except those stated below. |
| Hated pairings : | Any with Legolas or Hobbits |
| Strengths : | English A-level grade A. I am good at spelling, punctuation and syntax; and can offer ideas or breed plot bunnies for the starved writer. Weaknesses: Cannot speak Elvish, and I can be very harsh with pointless fiction posted my way. |
| Comments : | I am an English teacher at heart and I will do my utmost to help anyone who *asks me first* before posting. Regards! |
| Name : | Icarus |
| E-mail : | dinkbird@earthlink.net |
| Rating they beta : | any, prefer stories that lead to or include R or NC-17 |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | a couple days, but I'll get back to you right away to tell you if I can do it |
| They prefer to beta : | hobbits |
| They refuse to beta : | Male Preg, rape, hurt/no comfort, you get the idea |
| Favorite pairings : | don't have a favorite, but I love hobbits! |
| Hated pairings : | None that I can think of, but some I think most people can't pull off. |
| Strengths : | Well, I sing pretty well and I... Oh, you mean for beta-ing. Spelling etc., of course. Ask and I'll check for flow. I'm good at gauging if something feels like 'canon.' Read the LotR about 30 times now. |
| Name : | Grantham |
| E-mail : | Grantham411@aol.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Anything. I enjoy stories with angst, torture, or romance |
| They refuse to beta : | Nothing, but I don't like when main characters die. |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Aragorn, Legolas, Faramir |
| Hated pairings : | None |
| Strengths : | Excellent spelling, good grammar, fair punctuation. I have read the three LOTR books and seen FOTR several times. Not great on book cannon, Simarillion or The Hobbit. |
| Comments : | I can proofread short stories or parts of longer ones in 3-4 days. If you send me a novella, it will take longer. I know how hard it is to proofread ones own work so I'm happy to help. |
| 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 : | Joey |
| E-mail : | joey112@aol.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | As long as it's slash, I don't mind much of anything. I prefer dark, but wouldn't limit myself to it. Oh yeah, I like explicit sex scenes and kink as long as it fits the story. MPREG only if it was funny, then again I find them funny even if they aren't. |
| They refuse to beta : | You must be thinking of someone else. *g* |
| Favorite pairings : | Elrond or Legolas with anyone |
| Hated pairings : | Most hobbit pairings |
| Strengths : | I've edited several paper zines, I've edited 3 pro novels. I'm not fast, but I'm thorough. I've been a Tolkien reader and fan for 30 years, and have a good feel for the characters. I do not speak Elvish, though my French, Italian and Spanish aren't bad. On the other hand I've survived in a Brit fandom for 10 years. Finally I'm a fan artist and need the inspiration at times. |
| Comments : | I'm not shy about commenting on a story. If someone is interested in writing and learning more about the mechanics of writing, I'm a good choice. If you only want "that's a great story" I'm not your best choice. |
| 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 : | Sarah |
| E-mail : | hoshi@hotPOP.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A week |
| They refuse to beta : | Anything with a hobbit getting it on with a non-hobbit. |
| Favorite pairings : | legolas/any non-hobbit |
| Hated pairings : | hobbits/non-hobbits |
| Strengths : | Grammar, spelling, rewording confusing sentences |
| Name : | LeggyLassy |
| E-mail : | bloomin_babe2002@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | G, PG, PG-13 and R |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A day |
| They prefer to beta : | Any Pref w Legolas/Aragorn |
| They refuse to beta : | Frodo HATE FRODO |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas/Aragorn |
| Hated pairings : | FRODO/ANY HOBBIT |
| 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 : | Alba |
| E-mail : | ardhrianna@yahoo.com |
| Rating they beta : | G, PG, PG-13 and R |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | 3-4 days |
| They prefer to beta : | Anything, really. Not overly familiar with the Men (other than Boromir and Aragorn) so I may not be much help with those. |
| They refuse to beta : | I suck at sex scenes, so I'd probably say anything incredibly graphic. |
| Favorite pairings : | Legolas/Haldir, Haldir/Celeborn (pattern, anyone?), Sam/Frodo, Merry/Pippin, Legolas/Elrond |
| Hated pairings : | None. |
| Strengths : | Good command of English language and spelling. I'm good at catching punctuation and grammar miscues. Not so strong in the Elvish, unless it's like one word that I can use the online dictionaries for. :) |
| Name : | Salina |
| E-mail : | beana_71@hotmail.com |
| Rating they beta : | Any |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | A week |
| They prefer to beta : | Any with hobbits or any with unusual pairings. Dark themes are good. Not big on the fluff. PWP are OK by me. |
| They refuse to beta : | RPS, MPREG, Mary/Gary-Sues |
| Favorite pairings : | Frodo/Sam, Merry/Pippin (and sometimes Boromir) |
| Hated pairings : | None |
| Strengths : | I can proof for spelling, usage, and grammar. Strong on LotR canon, weak on Silmarillion. I can give feedback on characterization, dialogue, and plot as well. Just tell me what you want. |
| Comments : | I try to take my time with stories, reading them several times through. I tend to comment quite extensively (down to the nit-picky 'this word just doesn't seem right, try this instead' type of comment). So if that ain't what you want, please let me know. I can adjust. |
| Name : | Abigail |
| E-mail : | golden_night_wolf@yahoo.co.nz |
| Rating they beta : | PG, PG-13, R |
| Type they beta : | m/m slash and het |
| Their speed for betaing a fic : | Three weeks |
| They prefer to beta : | Anything really.. |
| They refuse to beta : | FRODO or hobbit fic's |
| Favorite pairings : | Aragorn/Legolas |
| Hated pairings : | FRODO/ANY HOBBIT |
| 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. |