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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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“So I ask again: how are you?” When Elrond opened his mouth, Gil-galad said, “Or rather, how is Maglor?”
*snorts* I love how well Gil-galad knows Elrond, and that he specifically gave him the screen for a scenario like this one.
I really enjoyed this, Indy. I think my favourite moment was the forehead kiss Elrond gave him to check his fever was gone - my heart broke a little! But I do like that in this version of events, Elrond knows Maglor is still alive and they see each other from time to time.
:D Gil-galad rather stole the show, didn't he? The screen's actual purpose was a surpise to me; it came out while writing and just sat there blinking for a couple of seconds.
Thank you! That is a lovely moment. No matter what 'verse I'm writing in, Elrond and Maglor always keep in contact for a little bit into the Second Age, though the length of that contact does vary by story. I'm too fond of them to do anything else.
Elrond waited for a short while before kissing Maglor’s forehead to check one last time that his fever was truly gone. Satisfied for now, he slipped into the living room to snatch another couple hours of sleep before needing to wake to check on Maglor again.
OMG! I adore that. So a wonderful image and a great way to show their closeness. It's a lovely story, beautifully rendered.
I love stories when Elrond and Maglor get to meet again after the War of Wrath, and this was no exception! I feel sorry for Maglor for having been poisoned, but at the same time I'm happy that he got to be Elrond's guest for a while. Loved wary yet sympathetic Gil-galad. And what a clever way to use that beautiful screen!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The screen was literally a "hey, I wanted to do this challenge specifically with the screen and all I need to do is replace the door with it" and then the screen turned out to be a minor plot point!
Maglor sharing embarrassing young!Elrond tales.... I need this xD
I quite like your Gil-Galad; he's too often made out to be hateful against the Fëanorians, which - to me - doesn't mesh well with his actions through the years...
As odd as it seems, I'm also quite pleased that he forced Elrond to consider what should be done if the worst happened; it's a good quality in a King, contingency-making.
Unfortunately, I'm constitutionally incapable of writing them!
Gil-galad surprised me; I went into the story knowing that he knew Elrond visited Maglor but not that he'd sneakily encouraged it. I can see why people think Gil-galad would hate the Fëanorians… but I also disagree with it. I'm one of those writers who doesn't go for strict binary thinking when it comes to characterization.
Yes, it is. Both as a king and as a relative and as someone who will be (is becoming?) a friend.
I loved reading this! I'm quite a fan of the Fëanorians and their relationships with the people around them. Elrond regularly visiting Maglor is my new headcanon now, and I love how Gil-Galad encourages it within his role as King <3
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