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[the-ellia-west]

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[paramouradrift]

At long last, I bring you...

AN UPDATE!!

I have five more chapters sitting in my draft document waiting for revision, so keep a weather eye out for further updates in the coming weeks.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[shadesfalcon]

J. R. R. Tolkien: no, my books aren't about the war I experienced. It's just a story

J. R. R. Tolkien's works: you cannot go home, war ends entire bloodlines, you are mourning the death of your brother alone, you dug into the earth and permanently scored the land, you cannot explain what you have been through, you cannot go home, "that wound will never fully heal. He will carry it the rest of his life", leaving the women behind does not save them, the young die first, you cannot go home, the parent will bury their child, you have lost the wives and you will never connect with them again, "how shall any tower withstand such numbers and such reckless hate?", you are not the same, you cannot go home, you can never go home, your father will only side with those he sees as worthy bloodlines and you cannot change his mind, it is more meaningful Not to kill, sometimes your sacrifice accomplishes nothing, you cannot go home

[prokopetz]

I think a lot of people are getting the wrong idea when they call Tolkien a freak because he invented this elaborate framing device whereby the Red Book of Westmarch was actually written by Bilbo and Frodo (with some addenda by Sam) and he, Tolkien, was merely an editor and translator. Throughout history it's actually been a very common literary device for an author to represent their work as having been written by a character who appears in the story, with the author themselves variously positioned as a translator, editor, and/or literary executor. At the time that Tolkien was writing, such a device would have been seen as somewhat old-fashioned, but certainly not eccentric. Like, Tolkien was definitely a freak, but not for that reason.

[losthiqhway]

[wizardarchives]

Gandalf and Bilbo by Tim Kirk (1974)

[metamorphesque]

These lines (first from the films, thereafter from the books) taught me something profoundly essential about how to be there for a friend, a lover, or a loved one when they are consumed by despair, weighed down by grief, or overwhelmed by the weight of mental torment. It taught me that some burdens are sacredly personal; untransferable tasks that each of us must face in our own time and way.

Yet, while we cannot take their pain or carry their burden for them (no matter how much we wish we could), there is something else we can do. While we cannot lift their burden, we can lift them. We can carry their weary body, their weary heart, as they bear the weight of their pain. In doing so, we offer them a sanctuary — a place of care and safety, where they can begin to confront their hurt without the fear of being alone in its gaze.

While the pain may be theirs to bear, the journey through it need not be traveled in solitude.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, I love you.

[pawjobss]

Wanna try and fit your hands around you waist? <3

[the-ellia-west]

I tried a little something by adding some leaves and stuff to Ronan's hair

(Oh and also I drew Mangrove again bc he's fun to draw)

He looks a little plain...

He's not very attention grabbing like any of the other characters

Rose has her flowers, Jak has his Horns, Phenik has his hair, Mangrove has his... everything...

Finn has his feathers

Hm...

Morena, Wild, and Ronan don't really have any fun facial features.

Maybe Morena's wings & Dress, Ronan's big cape and weapons, And Wild's eyes will detract from that?

[paramouradrift]

Justice & Updates

Avast! An update!

Finished this in the pre-Halloween crunch, sat on the draft, made some light edits, and threw it into the sea for trials without a backwards glance. And the next chapter takes an entirely different approach than my outline so. This is how we run things around here.

[amartworks]

shows up to Starfall with a newborn and tells a pregnant unmarried woman (possibly his or his dead brother's ex lover) that he killed her brother. Ned's honor has taken him to places i wouldn’t go with a gun

[enchantedbook]

'Letters From Father Christmas' by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1920.

[prokopetz]

Yes, your worldbuilding is thorough, your geography meticulous, your plotting elaborate, and your characterisation nuanced, but answer me this: is there a fucked up little guy?

[saessenach]

What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms… or the memory of a brother’s smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

Jon Snow - and family that haunts him, because sometimes ghosts make for the best love stories.

[fearmeeeee]