Oh, also, in the novel, they discover just before battle starts that Frodo was captured, so they're thrown into complete and utter despair. Which makes the realization when the Ring is destroyed that much more wonderful.

edited because ain't but one i in despair.

I'm just grateful that Merry and Pippin didn't get trampled in their mini charge. Pure luck, there.

I was arguing lightly with someone at work about the exclusion of the Scouring. While I think it is important (like the knowledge that Frodo's captured), selfishly I don't think it's important enough to further break my little heart, which was in as little pieces as I think possible for successful repair.

Every time I think about it again, Tolkien keeps bumming me out more and more.

Is that the inscription from the One Ring on the collar of Richard Taylor's coat?

Ooooooh. Man, that must have been difficult to emboss. If I can figure out how to do it, I know what my Evil Queer Twin (and #1 Tolkien geek) is getting for his birthday.

Is that the inscription from the One Ring on the collar of Richard Taylor's coat?

Who's up for a pirate voyage to NZ and looting Richard Taylor's house? The treasures of the ages are in there. You know it will be like a dragon's hoard.

We just need a burglar ...

"She's like Morticia, only better!" - El Vez

Jilli, is El Vez talking about you?

Didn't you think Frodo looked like a Living Dead Doll when he was wrapped in spider-webbing and Sam cleared off his face?

Who's up for a pirate voyage to NZ and looting Richard Taylor's house?

Sign me up!

Actually, I just want to raid the costume department's left-over fabrics.

Jilli, is El Vez talking about you?

Hee! Yes! He was performing at Teatro Zinzanni the night I went there for a friend's birthday in November.

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Well, as goth icons go, I certainly rank you with Morticia, Wednesday Addams, Death, Vampira, early Siouxsie and Peter Murphy.

Well, as goth icons go, I certainly rank you with Morticia, Wednesday Addams, Vampira, early Siouxsie and Peter Murphy.

swoons at Hec's feet

Cruises in to chortle over TTTEE documentaries, with eyes closed to avoid RoTK spooilage (I'm betting that Gandalf invents some kind of self propelled carriage to get the very badly wounded but NotNoNeverHow dead King Lurtz To the underworld equivalent of the houses of healing so he can make the coronation where he reveals that he's really a woman, and all would not love her, but they would despair more than enough to make up for it.

So my new favorite thing is the pure joy displayed by Viggo when recounting how he convinced a stunt guy to muss up Legolas's face a little. Headbutts are cool.

My other new favorite thing is the elves and Uruk-Hai flipping each other off at Helm's Deep. They very much should have included shots of that. And yes, I do mean in the theatrical release.

My newest favorite thing is the scene of Miranda Otto doing the sword training. She looked cuter than the cutest thing, if not particularly lethal.