How would you change things?

[afro-elf]

Hello, this is my 1st post after tons of reading.

I'm a role-player and a would be writer. I was wondering for you of a similar mind how would you change the Lord of the Rings if YOU wrote it today.

For me the world be a little altered. The Elves would not have faded to the extent that they have in LOTR. ( I really like Tolkein's Elves) There would have been better communication between the free peoples. Not SO much estrangement.

O'course because I'm a minority there would have been a wider mix of colors. I DO NOT IN ANY WAY THINK LOTR IS RACIST.

I know the hobbits were dark but I'm about to speak blasphemy... I liked the parts dealing with Elves and Men more so
than the parts with hobbits. I liked Merry and Pippin. Legolas and Aragorn, Glorfindel, Imrahil, Faramir, Gandalf and Gildor were my favs though.

I USUALLY role-play characters similar to me physically if Human. Or at least darK skinned if not.

For me it would have been cool if some of minor but cool characters were Black or Asian. Say Glorfindel, Gildor, Imrahil or Beregond.

Or REALLY cool if the House of Stewards were Black or Asian

Maybe the Riders of Rohan would have been Mongols

Then it could be really multi-cultural

A Human Aragorn marries an Elf,
A black Faramir marries an Asian
Galadriel and Gimli oops!

I'm not a big fan of "HIGH MAGIC" so LOTR is fine. BUT I think the Black Riders did not seem THAT powerful to me. I think I would have made them more fearsome.

The Lord of the Nazgul only seemed like the" Lord of the Nazgul " to me in the Return of The King. That's when he became the "TERRIBLE WITCH KING" to me.

Maybe the descrition of magic would be a tad more detailed.
Ex. Did Andruil glow with flame or was if figurative?

Gimli and Legolas would have been more prominent. Maybe the same with the son's of Elrond and Halabard. Maybe showing them "Hanging out" with Aragorn getting to know about the Rangers' life.

O'course Eowyn being told not to leave would have to do more needing one of noble blood staying behind more than her being a women.

There MAY have been a HANDFUL women warriors around in my story.

Tom Bomodil would not be singing Tom Bomodilo la la la
(blasphemy again) the character would have stayed but without
romper room gaity

Legolas would have wore boots not shoes and had a short sword(Roman Gladus style) instead of a long knife


These are just a few things I thought of. I really enjoy LOTR rings but my writting style is different than that of the Professors.

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS A Tolkien bashing is just a question to see what you guys would change.

please forgive the errors that may be in the above I'm 3+ hours GMT and its WAY past my bed time

Ciao