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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
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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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*distant muttering because how are you allowed to be so talented it's not fair*
Maglor! You always write him so well. I love this whole hidden-elves-in-modern-world thing that's going on here. That little bit of tension over the naming thing--"unlike you I have not let go of my past so far that I have all but become mortal..." Yep. That was... wow. I liked that.
*distant muttering in the same vein right back at you* :3
I'm glad you liked the story so much! I like the notion of Elves in modern day a lot as well - much better as living, breathing people, too, rather than merely by inheritance from a distant ancestor, but it seems quite logical that they would have to adapt all the same - and Maglor, here being extremely conservative (and quite literally living in the past) of course would take issue with that.
I really like your Eric/Erchir and the way he adapted to modern world - he seems like a capable, nimble man who doesn't live in the past but takes the best of the present. I like his wise, practical words.
P.s. Just a suggestion that you might ignore if you want - there's a line, close to the end, that goes: "...that's much easier now, with mortal technology, ..." It is totally clear what you meant, but to me, it would sound better "with mortals' technology". But you decide, of course. ;)
You're spot-on with Eric's characterization - I think he's very much reconciled himself with the fact that times do change, and as an immortal creature he needs to stay on his feet to keep up, but he enjoys it, in part because it keeps him active, and seeing that change affords him plenty of opportunities.
Thank you for the suggestion, too. As long as it's clear I think I'll leave it this way (it's intended to be adjectival here, mortal technology as opposed to elven technology), but all the same, thank you. :)
Elves in modern times plus Maglor still roaming around! A superb combination! It's really intriguing to think that some mortals *know*. Yes, what would modern medicine make of an elf?
Thank you so much! :D I'm sure there are some mortals who do in fact know, but they're the rare sort who can be trusted utterly with a secret like that. Modern medicine and Elves... oooh dear, there's a story that does bear telling! I do essentially hold the view that Elves and Mortals are the same or a very closely related species, seeing how the capacity for fertile offspring exists, but with detectable differences that make Elves not only infinitely longeval, but also grant them other advantages like better healing and greater resistance to all our usual complaints, which would need to display in their genes somehow (handwavy answer because I have no backing in any medical field).
But I do think it's safe to say that "there's a whole new (old) group of people living among us and they're immortal!" would make quite a wave (and that was an unintentional Númenorean allusion there again, ahem), probably enough to chuck ethical concerns overboard, inofficially. And... while it's not written, and taking a backseat behind current WiPs, I'm afraid Maglor is going to attract some undesired attention at a future point in this storyline...
Elleth, you already know how much I love this, but it bears repeating: I adore this story to pieces! I love Maglor, and Eric, and the whole situation. All the details-- and Eric's relation by blood not the least (which I'm tempted to take as my own headcanon). It's a fabulous story! Thank you so much. :D
Thank you so much for commenting here again! :D I'm still thrilled that you enjoyed your fic, and you're most welcome to take Eric (or other blood-relations of Maglor's) into your own headcanon - that's a compliment if there ever was any! :D
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