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Modtheow
Lorien
Oct 11 2012, 4:45pm
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Thanks for drawing attention to the similarities in description of the coming of dragons in "The Fall of Gondolin." In both cases, as you say, the people are in a hopeful and cheerful mood, they see lights in the distance and wonder what they are, and then as the lights come closer and become clearer, their wonder turns to dread and fear. I think this way of describing the coming attack works well because we see it from the point of view of the people involved, not from the point of view of the attacking dragon. The description puts us in the position of those people trying to figure out what's coming at them, so moments later we can feel their panic more keenly, especially since there is such a strong contrast, so quickly, between feelings of hope and fear.
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***Fire and Water*** I: Smaug Attacks
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Modtheow
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Oct 9 2012, 8:14pm
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Smaug happens
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CuriousG
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Oct 10 2012, 10:52pm
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Fall of Gondolin
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Modtheow
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Oct 11 2012, 4:45pm
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My Thoughts
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justbennett
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Oct 12 2012, 10:18pm
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The last lucky arrow
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Modtheow
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Oct 14 2012, 4:34pm
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The sequence is excellent.
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dernwyn
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Oct 13 2012, 12:23am
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Bilbo as dragon-slayer
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Modtheow
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Oct 14 2012, 4:46pm
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quite a scene
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Escapist
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Oct 13 2012, 12:52am
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Bilbo as author
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Modtheow
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Oct 14 2012, 4:57pm
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I think of Bilbo and Frodo as the writers of an original manuscript
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Escapist
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Oct 14 2012, 5:05pm
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Late answers
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sador
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Oct 14 2012, 3:11pm
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and a late question
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Modtheow
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Oct 14 2012, 5:14pm
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All of those you've said
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sador
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Oct 15 2012, 9:39pm
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