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noWizardme
Half-elven
Jan 24 2013, 10:16pm
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Noble goals, dropping it stylistically, selfishness and retrofitted Ents
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The discussion of creativity & where it ends reminded me of this...
"Most noble goals can remain so only in principle: carnage and misery form a very large part of how things come to fruition" Aliette de Bodard (author ) "Author Spotlight" interview in Lightspeed Magazine #30, November How often that happens! A confession - the Eru/Aule conversation is one of the few places where , for me, Tolkien irritates me stylistically. i can't take all the thee/thou/thine seriously. Sounds too much like a lift from the King James Bible. Does this passage clang for anyone else, or is it just me? In our last thread we discussed whether something selfish about the Valar was surfacing. Continuing that theme, I notice that 3 of them are now wanting their own special kind of sentient creatures: is there a bit of Melkor in all Valar, perhaps? Lastly- I wonder whether the bit about the Ents is retrofitted? Treebeard says that the Elves woke them up: is that because he doesn't know the Yavanna part of the story, or because Tolkien has had to dig himself out of having allowed the Elves to do something he later decided was the preserve of Eru only?
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The Silmarillion discussion: Of Aulë and Yavanna
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telain
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Jan 20 2013, 6:00pm
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I do like the last lines of this chapter ;-)
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FlyingSerkis
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Jan 20 2013, 9:36pm
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Aluë and Yavanna
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masinger
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Jan 20 2013, 10:46pm
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now that you mention it...
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telain
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Jan 21 2013, 1:48pm
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what are Valar "children" anyway?
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telain
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Jan 21 2013, 1:33pm
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Dharma and Greg
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PhantomS
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Jan 21 2013, 2:52pm
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of ethical creation
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telain
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Jan 22 2013, 8:25pm
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Counterfeit creatures
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noWizardme
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Jan 27 2013, 2:45pm
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I suspect counterfeit Dwarves are hobbits--beware!/
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CuriousG
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Jan 28 2013, 3:38am
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Of Valar and Marriage Counseling
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CuriousG
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Jan 21 2013, 7:30pm
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that last line...
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telain
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Jan 23 2013, 8:30pm
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I'm going to jump on that comparison!
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FlyingSerkis
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Jan 23 2013, 9:25pm
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Great insights from both of you.//
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CuriousG
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Jan 23 2013, 9:36pm
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thanks!
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telain
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Jan 24 2013, 6:39pm
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Noble goals, dropping it stylistically, selfishness and retrofitted Ents
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noWizardme
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Jan 24 2013, 10:16pm
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Whateth dost thou speaketh of?
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telain
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Jan 24 2013, 10:59pm
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Okay, back to Dwarves, or Telain complaineth to Eru
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CuriousG
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Jan 25 2013, 12:08am
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absolutely no complaints here!
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telain
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Jan 27 2013, 12:45am
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Begging dwarves beggar belief?
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noWizardme
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Jan 27 2013, 12:38pm
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An Ent and a Dwarf walk into a bar (it has to be tried :) )
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noWizardme
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Jan 27 2013, 1:30pm
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I like the 2nd one best./
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CuriousG
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Jan 28 2013, 3:37am
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Some passages are to be found in the original Silmarillion, and others ent, as you might say
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squire
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Jan 25 2013, 12:58pm
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The problem with Ents
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CuriousG
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Jan 24 2013, 6:01pm
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good points!
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telain
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Jan 24 2013, 6:44pm
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Yavanna is to Galadriel as who is to whom?
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CuriousG
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Jan 24 2013, 6:57pm
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very interesting questions!
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elostirion74
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Jan 22 2013, 9:32pm
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Maiar of Aulë and Yavanna
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 25 2013, 12:54am
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Superb connection!//
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CuriousG
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Jan 25 2013, 1:34am
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Then again, Yavanna...
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 25 2013, 1:46am
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superb connection seconded!
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telain
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Jan 27 2013, 12:56am
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Fall, Mortalty and the Machine
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noWizardme
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Jan 27 2013, 12:24pm
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Creativity gone amiss
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CuriousG
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Jan 28 2013, 4:24am
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Saruman!
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noWizardme
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Jan 28 2013, 5:26pm
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Don't stop there with the editing
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CuriousG
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Jan 28 2013, 5:49pm
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"creativity gone amiss" and sadly...
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telain
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Jan 28 2013, 5:57pm
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and on to the next chapter...
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noWizardme
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Feb 3 2013, 5:08pm
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Insights from "Arda Reconstructed"
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CuriousG
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Jan 28 2013, 3:50am
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Interesting!
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telain
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Jan 28 2013, 5:38pm
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A long post went down the cyber-drain!
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sador
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Feb 7 2013, 2:51pm
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The writing is still very much JRRT's
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Feb 7 2013, 3:55pm
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