I believe that the curse that causes the downfall of the family is the result of sibling incest. If I'm recalling the Silmarillion correctly. I suppose the Encyclopedia of Arda would help.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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sumi - Mar 23, 2007 11:28:36 am PDT #2351 of 28175
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Mar 23, 2007 11:31:30 am PDT #2352 of 28175
Art Crawl!!!
Sorry about that.
Of course, the Silmarillion has been out for 30 years so it can't really be that spoileriffic.
sumi - Mar 23, 2007 11:31:37 am PDT #2353 of 28175
Art Crawl!!!
From the Encyclopedia of Arda:
The most tragic of Tolkien's heroes, Túrin, son of Húrin and cousin to Tuor, was in his time the most feared of Men by the servants of Morgoth. He did great service to both Doriath and Nargothrond, and is famed for slaying Glaurung, Father of Dragons, but the curse of Morgoth was on him, and evil followed him always. In the Forest of Brethil he came upon his own sister, but through the spells of Glaurung they did not know each other, and wed. After Nienor discovered the truth, she threw herself to her death, and in despair Túrin fell upon his own sword.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2007 12:44:37 pm PDT #2354 of 28175
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sumi, you've posted that twice--once whitefonted, once not.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2007 9:43:43 am PDT #2355 of 28175
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whee! The b.org LibraryThing book count has updated (11266) and so has the Zeitgeist page.
Volans - Mar 27, 2007 6:50:33 pm PDT #2356 of 28175
move out and draw fire
OK. Cuecatting my books in is fun.
Now I want a DVDThing and a CDThing.
I also want a BooksI'veReadButDon'tOwnThing.
-t - Mar 27, 2007 7:33:04 pm PDT #2357 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I also want a BooksI'veReadButDon'tOwnThing.
I've been going through my Suggestions and adding the one's I've read but don't own to my Catalog with a ReadNotOwn tag. I'm not sure it's a good idea, but I can't stop myself.
Kate P. - Mar 27, 2007 7:35:05 pm PDT #2358 of 28175
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yeah, I'm sorely tempted to do the same thing myself. Particularly since I already keep a record of the books I read, and it would be SO handy to have that info in a database like LibraryThing...
(OMG, stop the madness! At least until I don't have Actual Library School Homework to do anymore!)
brenda m - Mar 28, 2007 1:16:39 am PDT #2359 of 28175
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I can't do that. Throwing the count off would really bug me. It might be worth setting up a separate account for that, though.
Kate P. - Mar 28, 2007 2:06:37 am PDT #2360 of 28175
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
It might be worth setting up a separate account for that, though.
Oh, I like that idea even better!