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A Sense of History: Passing Ships As Tolkien's characters in various texts gaze out to the sea, what do they see? What is brought by the ships coming out of the West?
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Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues. When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than…
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
My newly drawn map of Aman, as complete as I could make it.
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Turgon's Rock Opera
On the anniversary of the publication of "The Silmarillion," we’re reflecting on the importance of music in Arda with prompts that come from rock songs. Read more ...
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The arrival and departure of ships across the Great Sea carries mythic significance for the peoples of Middle-earth. The image of ships crossing out of and back into a mysterious West appears as well in Beowulf and is alluded to in Tolkien's tower analogy in his lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," where the tower allows those who climb it to observe the passage of the ships.
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He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
So gathered they were to Bree, what lieutenants who could be spared, from their scattered watches west and east, for their chieftain had returned from his long sojourn in lands godless and mountains strange.
Aragorn returns from the South to tells his tales. Halbarad listens.
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The June/July prompt for the Teitho challenge is "mentor" and invites fanworks about this relationship in Tolkien's works.
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I love all the little details about this - it makes their world feel very fully realized, and lifts it above the romance. Indis as a runner, the convincingly adorable girl Findekano meets in the street...it shows both an awesome command of the legendarium and a great imagination.
This pairing is a favorite of mine, but I hate when it's treated as the defining trait of either of them. You do an excellent job of capturing what it means to be a prince of the house of Finwe, and that there's a little more to it than kissing your cousin. Best of luck in completing this in the summer challenge!
Oh, thank you for such a lovely review! I've been basking in it all day, and it's about time I replied! First of all, thank you! I was conscious of trying to expand Tirion into a place where people would really live -- and have problems that happen in cities everywhere. And I agree about Fingon/Maedhros, which is a pairing I love a lot, and that's because they're two great characters who had rich and complicated loves beside Their Great And Tragic Love. (Not that I don't adore reading and writing about that. I totally do.)
Anyway -- thank you for reading and reviewing. You've brightened up my day!
This fic is more convincing and thoroughly realized with every passing chapter! I feel like your focus is growing instead of narrowing, and in a very good way - Findekano's world doesn't close in around Maitimo, although I am definitely eagerly waiting for them to meet again, and I am very invested in the adventures of the minor characters as well. I like your Ecthelion. I don't think I've seen many authors who incorporate Argon into their world, but adding him gives the family this air of hubbub and barely-controlled chaos which is very appropriate for a wedding.
I like the unhurried pace of it--and how you are taking your time over things here: sibling interactions, sculpture garden, library books, cooking. And how the love story happens in the middle of all that. And the stew gets burnt...
That final image is lovely. I like them together in this way and without the maelstrom of Feanor and Nolofinwe etc. There are some lovely bits of humour in this too and you've made me laugh several times. There's a gentle longing and you catch the stage of love that is quite adolescent in its fumbling naivety and slightly clandestine nature, the jealousy that goes with it. THe backdrop of siblings works well and is all in all, very enjoyable.
That final image is lovely. I like them together in this way and without the maelstrom of Feanor and Nolofinwe etc. There are some lovely bits of humour in this too and you've made me laugh several times. There's a gentle longing and you catch the stage of love that is quite adolescent in its fumbling naivety and slightly clandestine nature, the jealousy that goes with it. THe backdrop of siblings works well and is all in all, very enjoyable.
That final image is lovely. I like them together in this way and without the maelstrom of Feanor and Nolofinwe etc. There are some lovely bits of humour in this too and you've made me laugh several times. There's a gentle longing and you catch the stage of love that is quite adolescent in its fumbling naivety and slightly clandestine nature, the jealousy that goes with it. THe backdrop of siblings works well and is all in all, very enjoyable.
Ah, those damned Silmarils are nothing but trouble, but I like how they valiantly attempt to struggle on despite it - Fingon especially. And of course the chapter is your usual quality. I'd also love to read more about the Maglor-Fingon friendship; these two seem like a good match (in a friendly way) themselves. I can't wait to see where you take this, even if I know a little (the perks of being a beta reader).
I've often thought Tolkien skipped over so much and its wonderful to read this introduction to the Silmarils. But the real jewel is the relationship of course between Maitimo and Findekano- and there are some asture observations, such as Findekano realsing he talks all the time about Maitimo as Finwe does about Feanaro. LOve the stage its at- the fumbling clumst depseration andthe the slight awkwardness of the morning and how that gradually eases into a steadier, more trusting and deeper relationship.
It is so rare to get stories set around this time, and even rarer to get the quailty as well as the subject. Thank you for sharing this, but I very much hope you will continue to.
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