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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…
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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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This story is based in real life! Only sort of kidding just a little. Awww! Thanks for reading and commenting. I think he deserves a great someone really awesome after how I have treated him so far.
However could you have imagined just "stopping" with this lovely little piece? "Survivor" or not (and he certainly is), Erestor deserves to find true love (not just healing) in Aman after all these ages!
Thanks for reading. I am so glad you enjoyed it. This is a prequel to my short story No Justice to Yourself. But that is certainly not his happy ending story yet. I do have an idea for what comes after that. But not this month!
Thank you so much again for letting me know you liked the story!
Erestor has so many great lines here. His explanation of the expression to Glorfindel is a hoot. Glorfindel comes off as well-intentioned but kind of a cad here - but aren't we all at some point in a relaitionship?
Of course, I am looking forward to Erestor's happy ending...and deeply curious about it, too.
I love this Erestor (I know, I am that way with Laura and Alex also--shamelessly admiring of my own creatures!). I have to give him a happy ending!
Glorfindel comes off as well-intentioned but kind of a cad here - but aren't we all at some point in a relationship?
Thanks! That was exactly what I was hoping for with Glorfindel. I don't dislike him, but I can't admire him in this circumstances either. He honestly never intended to break Erestor's heart. But, of course, he did.
My first thought was, dear lord, I kind of hope poor Ecthelion (who knew nothing of this exchange or what went on) stays far, FAR away from Erestor! But you know, I have a soft spot for Ecthelion (even when I mangle his name in my typing).
Erestor, I love you, and this is such a horrible thing to happen, but this sort of blindness leads us down the most hurtful roads, doesn't it? Been there too. Hated it. Tried to hate the person, but darnit...I still can't. Well, I can, but I still kind of don't.
Glorfindel needs to be thwapped upside his caddish head. It's good for him, and I really do believe he needs it every now and then to keep from being ridiculous. I've heard a lute upside the head does wonders for people like him.
You always manage to put humour in what would be melodrama in any other writer's hands. I really admire that!
Thank you so very much, Levade. I am so happy you could have fun with it. I have been enjoying torturing my version of Erestor throughout a few of my stories to date--unlucky in love. Some day, I will have to fix that. But meanwhile, I think he still has some mileage left before I let him settle down.
Oh dear! Not very honorable or noble of you Glorfindel! Treating poor Erestor like he's expendable.
It was actually great to read Glorfindel; the legendary warrior reborn, without his halo, without that shaft of golden light that follows him everywhere.
Erestor certainly deserves to find someone who actually deserves him.
Oh my! What a nice surprise to wake up to this morning! I had almost forgotten about this story. It's be a long time since my Erestor has featured in one of my, hopefully I revisit that story line in the not too distant future.
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment.
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