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Aragalen the Green
Gondor
May 8 2013, 3:09pm
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Dazzlingly marvelous! Perfect! Flawless! Staggering!
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Thank you for these wonderful insights into Tolkien's writings! I love how every sentence, even every word is perfectly crafted; and how Tolkien was able to create vistas of the imagination from just a few well-chosen words.
Some of my favorites are:
Best creature death scene:
"The great bow twanged. The black arrow sped straight from the string, straight for the hollow by the left breast where the foreleg was flung wide. In it smote and vanished, so fierce was its flight. With a shriek that deafened men, felled trees and split stone, Smaug shot spouting into the air, turned over and crashed down from on high in ruin. Full on the town he fell. His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes. A vast steam leaped up, white in the sudden dark under the moon. There was a hiss, a gushing whirl, and then silence. And that was the end of Smaug and Esgaroth, but not of Bard". (The Hobbit, Fire and Water).
Best case of mistaken identity:
"'The Corsairs of Umbar!' men shouted. 'The Corsairs of Umbar! Look! The Corsairs of Umbar are coming...the Corsairs are upon us! It is the last stroke of doom!'" (The Return of the King, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields).
(One of the) best Hobbit hero moments:
"But suddenly he (the Witch-King) too stumbled forward with a cry of bitter pain, and his stroke went wide, driving into the ground. Merry's sword had stabbed him from behind, shearing through the black mantle, and passing up behind the hauberk had pierced the sinew behind his mighty knee...no other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will". (The Return of the King, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields).
We are indeed blessed. Thank you, Quickbeam!
'"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb.'
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Tolkien's Greatest Hits - The Most Impressive Wordplay from our Favorite Author
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News from Bree
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May 8 2013, 6:42am
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Dazzlingly marvelous! Perfect! Flawless! Staggering!
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Aragalen the Green
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May 8 2013, 3:09pm
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And of course
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IdrilofGondolin
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May 9 2013, 12:09am
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Of course!
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Aragalen the Green
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May 11 2013, 6:14pm
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Now that was a lovely thing to imbibe...
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silneldor
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May 8 2013, 5:17pm
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Tolkien was definitely a matchless master of words!
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Escapist
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May 8 2013, 6:36pm
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*bookmarks*
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Alassëa Eruvande
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May 8 2013, 6:49pm
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*goosebumps* every time I read that, and it's been many times. //
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CuriousG
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May 8 2013, 7:35pm
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Most poignant rail against societal expectations for females
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Lissuin
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May 8 2013, 8:20pm
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That's a great passage Lissuin...
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Brethil
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May 9 2013, 12:07am
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That's always the most poignant for me. //
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CuriousG
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May 9 2013, 5:21pm
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"Ripe with powerful language"!
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dernwyn
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May 8 2013, 10:28pm
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Loved this
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Ziggy Stardust
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May 9 2013, 12:12am
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This is great!
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sherlock
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May 9 2013, 10:41am
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Glorious, glorious, language and imagery
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 9 2013, 1:52pm
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Ah, This reminds me of why JRRT is my favorite Author
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demnation
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May 9 2013, 3:59pm
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*Bookmarks* and
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Loresilme
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May 10 2013, 11:43pm
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Another one...a sad one. :(
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Aragalen the Green
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May 11 2013, 5:43pm
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