Do you think Aragorn would have tried to reclaim the throne of Gondor had the Ring not come along?

Probably not. I mean, he was all happy to be in exile, he chose it, and he could have had Arwen with fewer problems, I'm thinking. Course, if he was destined to become king, then I think something else would have pushed him towards kingship. Some other evil, some other conflict would come up. That's the way of the world, any world. Even Middle Earth.

I had one of those wonderful connection moments with TMC last night in the shower. You know the times when bits and pieces of the story come together to make something whole. I had to finish showering quickly and keep repeating the story to myself so I wouldn't forget. Then I sat in the bathroom with a pad of paper and wrote it down. Man it's messy, cause I was writing so quickly. Part of the problem was that I see things in images...and it's a bit difficult to write down images. esp when you just have this glimpse. Ah well. I think I managed enough. One day TMC is gonna be really cool.

And I just lost a paragraph of Decadence. I hate it when the comp freezes... sigh. It'll come back to me. Be sure to check here for periodic updates to Decadence. I'm trying to write at least a paragraph a day. Eventually I'll get to do that for TMC too. Someday, grasshopper...

It bugs me that I can't share it with all of you. It would majorly spoil some plotlines.