Lookit! Crying hobbits!
Spike: Or maybe Captain Forehead was feeling a little less special. Didn't like me crashing his exclusive club, another vampire with a soul in the world. Angel: You're not in the world, Casper.
'Just Rewards (2)'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2004 8:10:48 am PST #1504 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - Jan 26, 2004 8:22:27 am PST #1505 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Awww, so sweet.
MechaKrelboyne - Jan 26, 2004 8:23:33 am PST #1506 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Granted, the endless slog throught Mordor and "I can't go on...I must go on...it's so heavy..." is probably the hardest going for me these days on re-reading the books.
Just so. 'It's cold. We don't have much Lembas left. My shoulder hurts. This ring is heavy.' When I read it the first time I would keep stopping to wonder if Tolkien was doing it deliberately to try and make reading about it as mind numbingly horrible as doing something about it. Now, I'm just. 'Yeah, suck it up and march, Shire Boy. Let's get to the good stuff.'
Nutty - Jan 26, 2004 8:29:03 am PST #1507 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Although, let us have a moment of propers for when Sam throws away his pots, and throws them into a deep fissure to make sure Gollum won't get any of them. Like Gollum would know what to do with a pot, but the very idea of Sam crying over his pots, and casting away the last vestiges of his sense of civilization -- sob!
Also,
"Are we nearly there?" "I don't know, because I don't know where we're going."
I don't know how you make clear that it's a (really dry) Bataan Death March unless you make it sort of a death march for the reader, too.
Katie M - Jan 26, 2004 8:30:37 am PST #1508 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I actually like that whole section quite a bit now. (As a kid I merrily skipped straight ahead to Mount Doom.)
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2004 8:31:59 am PST #1509 of 3902
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
When I read it the first time I would keep stopping to wonder if Tolkien was doing it deliberately to try and make reading about it as mind numbingly horrible as doing something about it.
I'm pretty sure that's exactly the feeling he was trying to capture. Think WWI battlefield, not necessarily in a combat situation, but in a watch and travel situation. I think it works really well first time out, especially if you don't know the end as a foregone conclusion, but it's mighty hard going subsequent to that.
Now, I'm just. 'Yeah, suck it up and march, Shire Boy. Let's get to the good stuff.'
Suh-nerk!
Jessica - Jan 26, 2004 8:32:53 am PST #1510 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Crazy, the lot of you. Frodo & Sam walking is the good stuff. Not like those skimmable skimmable battle scenes.
Sean K - Jan 26, 2004 8:33:27 am PST #1511 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I don't suppose anyone grabbed any screen shots of Fran at the GGs?
MechaKrelboyne - Jan 26, 2004 8:35:23 am PST #1512 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
I've got the oddest picture in my head of Gollum wearing one of Sam's pots on his head, now...
I don't know how you make clear that it's a (really dry) Bataan Death March unless you make it sort of a death march for the reader, too.
True enough. Unfortunately for Mr. Tolkien and his literary intent, I know a short cut.
Katie M, I wholeheartedly accept the premise that I'm getting more immature as I age, at least until I find evidence to the contrary.
Katie M - Jan 26, 2004 8:37:41 am PST #1513 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Heh. Well, in most cases I have less patience as a reader now than I did then. I dunno why RotK is different.