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Post by _ on Nov 2, 2018 22:53:03 GMT -6
Write stuff about Tolkien as you like. I haven't read the Beren and Lúthien tale, but I did stumble upon an original vocal arrangement of the poem and it is quite good. I recently got a map of Middle-Earth and have been listening to the audio book of LOTR occasionally. Tolkien's world has so much depth. Frodo's journey to destroy the One Ring is an inspiring story to me. I'd like to understand more of Middle Earth beyond the superficial details in the LOTR story ... this is more of a longterm thing with expected slow/passive progress (which is good because I certainly don't have the time needed to delve deeply in now).
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Post by anfauglith on Nov 3, 2018 3:08:13 GMT -6
My username is from Tolkiens mythology of middle earth. So I really like his writings. Some friends of a friend meet on a weekend in february every year, where they do longish lectures and presentations in their kitchen about some details in Tolkien's works, until everybody get's tired and then they watch Peter Jackson's LotR-Movies. Been there once. 's been fun, but also a bit weird.
A few years ago I bought my wife "The children of Hurin", but she didn't liked it. So... some day I will read it by myself then.
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Post by _ on Dec 15, 2018 13:19:02 GMT -6
A few years ago I bought my wife "The children of Hurin", but she didn't liked it. So... some day I will read it by myself then. When I read it, I found it profoundly depressing This is a nice reference book. I have it set up on my desk right now for ... inspiration to press on.
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Post by anfauglith on Dec 17, 2018 10:35:40 GMT -6
When I read it, I found it profoundly depressing Oh... I am not sure if that's a good thing... Did you enjoy the book although it was depressing? Or is it just depressing?
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Post by _ on Dec 18, 2018 5:20:56 GMT -6
That is a great question. When I read it, it was more just depressing: hope sought (by me, the reader) was not found (in the story). I'd like tio read it again; I very well could've had misaligned expectations for it. I also read it when I had more of a cursory interest in Middle-Earth (in contrast to the more 'intense', so to speak, interest I have now).
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Post by _ on Jan 29, 2019 9:07:22 GMT -6
I've been listening to the Silmarillion as an audiobook. It is fascinating. When the Valar, which are 7 male and 7 female, were being described, I was looking to identify with one of the male valar so I could be encouraged and strengthened. None really seemed close to my likeness, in terms of attributes and attitudes. However, one of the female pretty much struck the nail on the head. Here is her introduction, copied from a pdf of the book:
Mightier than Estë is Nienna, sister of the Fëanturi; she dwells alone. She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began. But she does not weep for herself; and those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope. Her halls are west of West, upon the borders of the world; and she comes seldom to the city of Valimar where all is glad. She goes rather to the halls of Mandos, which are near to her own; and all those who wait in Mandos cry to her, for she brings strength to the spirit and turns sorrow to wisdom. The windows of her house look outward from the walls of the world.
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Post by _ on Feb 9, 2019 18:12:12 GMT -6
This scene is so powerful and well-done. (In case you haven't seen/read LOTR but plan to do so ... spoilers).
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Post by _ on Mar 23, 2019 10:33:24 GMT -6
I am extremely (<-- cannot be overemphasized) interested in acquiring a copy of any of the LOTR movies with all the background music and sound effects and without dialogue. Does anyone have any ideas on either how to find this or how to potentially create this?
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Post by _ on Apr 11, 2019 4:08:29 GMT -6
Another amazing scene. I LOVE the transition, specifically ~30 seconds to ~45 seconds, from victorious elation to unexpected doom, which is met with courage and death.
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Post by _ on May 13, 2019 20:36:34 GMT -6
Update: LOTR is still good.
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Post by _ on May 21, 2019 17:07:40 GMT -6
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Post by _ on May 21, 2019 18:07:39 GMT -6
anfauglith I found your username in the index of names in the Silmarillion. If you'd like to share, I'd be interested to know why you chose it.
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Post by anfauglith on May 22, 2019 9:54:00 GMT -6
Anfauglith is the name of a plain (translated something like "plain of the swirling dust") in which the battle of the sudden flame (Dagor Bragollach) happened. Bevor the battle that plain was called "Ard-Galen" ("Green region")...
First of all, leaving behind all meaning, I like the name for it's sound. The second thought might be that I like how in Tolkien's world places may completely change their character and become something else which sometimes comes with a changed name (Mirkwood, which was former Greenwood the Great is another great example for that). And I like the idea of the plain Anfauglith carrying the memories of that horrible battle and not allowing anybody to forget... (but I think that the whole area sunk into the sea in a later age. So much for ever changing places in Tolkien's World.)
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Post by _ on May 22, 2019 12:48:05 GMT -6
Dude! That's awesome. Thank you for sharing! Names, and how they change etc., are so cool. Turin has like 17 different names in 'The Children of Hurin'.
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Post by _ on Jun 9, 2019 15:37:50 GMT -6
I feel like Turin, who spends his whole life trying to escape his doom. (I will not draw the comparison further should any not want spoilers.)
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Post by _ on Jun 12, 2019 15:41:59 GMT -6
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Post by _ on Jul 11, 2019 19:56:12 GMT -6
I finished The Silmarillion.
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Post by anfauglith on Apr 17, 2020 7:57:34 GMT -6
Some weeks ago I finished reading LotR in English. Took me something like 9 months. Somehow I have the impression that I learned a thing or two about christian life and such off the trilogy. Things about what hope is, about possible points of view in the face of disaster and darkness, about making decisions, about friendship, and something about heaven and the light. Sounds funny maybe. But the descriptions of places like Lothlorien and Valinor, the little bottle of light that Sam and Frodo took to Mordor... it really helped me to nourish a idea of how God and Goodness might be that is far away from all the masses of books and youtube videos and devotionals by the normal protestant pastor/speaker/writer... (I do not say that all those things have no value. I just say that the ideas of evil and of good from Tolkiens world is something I can relate more to. Sometimes I think that Tolkien himself would maybe liked that, considering the fact that he was a devout catholic christian himself)
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Post by julienbakerfan on Apr 25, 2020 17:26:45 GMT -6
The last time I read Lord of the Rings (early this year), I realized that the entire novel is about death. I should do a blog post on this sometime.
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Post by anfauglith on Nov 12, 2020 11:03:52 GMT -6
So... Tolkienesque moments, anybody?
Here's mine. A few days ago I decided to join the German Tolkien Society. They have all sorts of events like Tolkien reading fests or the Tolkien days (a weekend in June, I believe, where all sorts of events take place, from music to scientific lectures, cosplayer groups) and regular meetups (even in my city) to talk about fantasy literature, tolkien (of course), eat and drink and play games. So... I am excited and hope to meet some nice people and find a place to nourish my love for all kind of fantastic and tolkienesque things.
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Post by _ on Nov 12, 2020 15:53:51 GMT -6
Here's mine. A few days ago I decided to join the German Tolkien Society. They have all sorts of events like Tolkien reading fests or the Tolkien days (a weekend in June, I believe, where all sorts of events take place, from music to scientific lectures, cosplayer groups) and regular meetups (even in my city) to talk about fantasy literature, tolkien (of course), eat and drink and play games. So... I am excited and hope to meet some nice people and find a place to nourish my love for all kind of fantastic and tolkienesque things. This sounds positively wonderful.
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