CuriousG
Gondolin
May 18, 6:06pm
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"The cunning work of frost"
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For whatever reason, this phrase stood out to me as one that I preferred over every version you re-generated, except for Milton and "the work of subtle frost." I can't explain why, it's just something about layers of nuance embedded in the whole line that make it stand out as very Tolkienesque in a pleasing sort of way, evocative of the wonders to be found in nature. I don't want to hear anyone complaining about scraping frost off their windshield in the winter--it's cunning, so appreciate it.
As for the different Bible versions, yes, they are spot on. I have always imagined a teenager smacking gum and blowing bubbles when I heard the New Living Translation (NLT) Style version: "Just look at the snow, and the incredible design of frost!" Like, wow, man, totally! I'm completely capable of speaking that way too, but I want my mythic fantasy prose to be elevated, thank you, not denigrated, so go back to the mall's food court, punk.
More broadly: I like the haunting effect of The Silmarillion style, though I don't want everything I read to be written that way. But I like how lines linger with me: "The true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West and cometh from the Sea." (That's from memory and not fact-checked on purpose. It lingers in a good way even if memory scrambles it.)
And then there's the iconic: "And Morgoth came." (Fingolfin's duel.)
(This post was edited by CuriousG on May 18, 6:09pm)
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