Fate Questions (Patreon)

Howdy once more y'all.  I have a few questions I would like everyone’s opinions on. And this time, I decided to break up the questions coming up in various story by fandom rather than having one thread for all the current ones.

First up, Fate Touched:

1. I have the next two arcs figured out now: dwarven arc, then northern exploration/monster slaying arc, then a short meeting with Gandalf and Saruman. But that leaves me with about six years or so before I have Harry and Aragorn crossing paths once more in Gondor. And Yes, Aragorn needs those years before showing up in Gondor. He needs seasoning. So the question is, what should I have the starring couple do. Should I have them:

A. Come back to the dwarves and travel among the other dwarven clans with Fili and a group of dwarves? Fili will be serving as his uncle’s diplomatic representative.

B. Have them become involved with the Rangers and their ongoing attempts to police the edges of Mordor? This would be a heavy combat choice, with on and off small campaigns against equally small but dangerous forces of orcs.

C. Head south, pass through Gondor and then into Harad. The Haradrim is the southern empire who are enemies of Gondor, but that doesn’t quite mean they, unlike the corsairs, are enemies of all that is good. This is a dangerous route, but could be fun in terms of world building, and making Harry and Tauriel masters of disguise for a bit LOL.

D. Head east to explore the world beyond the dwarven realms and into the lands of the Easterlings. Easily the most dangerous choice, since the Easterlings are under Sauron’s thumb, wholeheartedly devoted to him. They will have access to orcs, and by the time Harry and Tauriel are there, a certain undead King might be on hand to order them to his master’s liking.

2. When should the wedding happen? Is a wedding scene interesting to you, my readers? I wrote out several for ATP, and I am just wondering if people see those scenes as good world building moments, or just necessary and want to get them over with.

3. Saruman and Harry. How much of Saruman’s eventual fall into darkness should I show? The vast majority of it happened off screen in canon, but with Harry here, and Saruman already having a few of his runes, I have a way and a reason to show his fall.

4. Aragorn. I intend for him and Harry to lose contact eventually, with Aragorn staying in Gondor, and Harry disappearing afterward with Tauriel. But once I do, should I start showing scenes of what Aragorn is up to? Most of his adventures upon leaving Gondor itself will be canon events as much as possible, but I am wondering if people would like to see him falling for Arwen, among the Rohirrim, and having adventures with his fellow Rangers while Harry and Tauriel are having their own elsewhere.

5. And for one, last time: Tauriel having a child. Should this happen during the time skip? That way the child will have time to mature and grow before events of the War of the Ring occurs. (And yes, folks, I have an idea for how the ring will eventually be found…) Or should I put off having a child until after or right near the end of the war? A kid would be a great way to shift focus to other characters and time skip like hell, but is it too much?

Note as always guys and girls, these questions are just opinion questions. I do not promise to go with the majority on these LOL.