Not as Planned
is a short Deconstruction Fic about a girl from our modern world who falls into Middle-earth, the setting of The Lord of the Rings.
She plans to join the quest to destroy the "Ring of Saran", seduce both "Legless" and "Eragon", and save a few lives. Elrond stops those plans.
Not As Planned provides examples of:
- Accidental Misnaming: The girl misnames almost everything because she is too stupid to know the correct names. "Like, it's not my fault you can't use English names right." She says "Riverdale", "Bramir", "Gamly", when the correct names are Rivendell, Boromir, Gimli.
- Artistic License – Medicine: Someone dies from "catching a bad cold from being out in the rain". The common cold comes from a virus, not from cold weather.
- Deconstruction Fic: The story destroys the cliché fan plot, where a modern girl falls into Middle-earth and joins the quest. This time, Elrond arrests the girl to prevent her from ruining the quest.
- The Ditz: The girl. The elves soon notice her stupidity, and Elrond labels her, "an ignorant child — an imbecilic child".
- Imaginary Love Triangle: This triangle only exists in the girl's mind. Both Legolas and Aragorn would want her. She would refuse "Eragon" and marry "Legless".
- Mundane Luxury: As the girl grows into womanhood, she muses the life she could have had if she remained in the modern world, as opposed to being trapped in a medieval-esque setting without modern medicine, running water, or new clothing she can purchase more often than her old clothes are falling apart.
- Nominal Importance: The only characters with names are canon characters from The Lord of the Rings, such as Elrond. The girl who is the main character has no name in the story. She meets no named characters except Elrond. This shows that the girl and her associates are not important persons.
- Old Maid: When the girl becomes twenty, she is already considered an old maid. To escape this label, she enters a loveless marriage.
- Sailor Earth: Defied. The girl wanted to join the Fellowship as its Tenth Walker, but Elrond prevents her from doing so.
- Trapped in Another World: The portal was one-way, so the girl can never return home, and must live in Middle-earth.
