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Darkstone
Immortal
Oct 21 2013, 7:47pm
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"Tinker Bell," he called softly, after making sure that the children were asleep, "Tink, where are you?" She was in a jug for the moment, and liking it extremely; she had never been in a jug before.
"Oh, do come out of that jug, and tell me, do you know where they put my shadow?"
The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before.
Tink said that the shadow was in the big box. She meant the chest of drawers, and Peter jumped at the drawers, scattering their contents to the floor with both hands, as kings toss ha'pence to the crowd. In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.
If he thought at all, but I don't believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water, and when they did not he was appalled. He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed. A shudder passed through Peter, and he sat on the floor and cried.
His sobs woke Wendy, and she sat up in bed. She was not alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor; she was only pleasantly interested.
"Boy," she said courteously, "why are you crying?"
Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully. She was much pleased, and bowed beautifully to him from the bed.
-James M. Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy, 1911
Later:
He had become frightfully cunning. "Wendy," he said, "how we should all respect you."
She was wriggling her body in distress. It was quite as if she were trying to remain on the nursery floor.
But he had no pity for her.
"Wendy," he said, the sly one, "you could tuck us in at night."
"Oo!"
"None of us has ever been tucked in at night."
"Oo," and her arms went out to him.
"And you could darn our clothes, and make pockets for us. None of us has any pockets."
-ibid
(Hmmmmm.... I seem to remember another faerie story about pocketses.....)
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I met a Balrog on the stair,
He had some wings that weren't there.
They weren't there again today,
I wish he would just fly away.
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Where the shadows are.
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Rembrethil
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Oct 21 2013, 2:17pm
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Darkness
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CuriousG
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Oct 21 2013, 2:52pm
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Thanks, and some thoughts
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Rembrethil
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Oct 21 2013, 4:32pm
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To do with theories of evil?
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noWizardme
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Oct 21 2013, 8:14pm
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Yes.
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 3:55pm
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23 Sceadu
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Darkstone
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Oct 21 2013, 3:24pm
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Yes...
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Rembrethil
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Oct 21 2013, 4:39pm
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There is also the Shadow as Self.
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Darkstone
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Oct 21 2013, 4:46pm
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And this is what shadows are made of:
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Rembrethil
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Oct 21 2013, 6:51pm
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"None of us has any pockets."
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Darkstone
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Oct 21 2013, 7:47pm
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Darkness does equal evil in Tolkien's world...
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rangerfromthenorth
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Oct 21 2013, 9:57pm
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Then, would you say the opposite is true?
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Kalimac
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Oct 21 2013, 10:15pm
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interesting question
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rangerfromthenorth
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Oct 21 2013, 10:20pm
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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Meneldor
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Oct 21 2013, 10:57pm
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Agreed
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 4:01pm
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In general, that's it. But Tolkien will not go gently into that bad night...
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squire
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Oct 21 2013, 10:39pm
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Elves and light
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CuriousG
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Oct 21 2013, 10:45pm
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besides the points made by others about the stars and moon there is more...
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rangerfromthenorth
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Oct 21 2013, 11:03pm
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Could the imagery of stars be read as
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Kalimac
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Oct 21 2013, 11:58pm
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That's more like it
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squire
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Oct 22 2013, 12:29am
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Exactly!!!!
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 4:05pm
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Exactly. //
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 22 2013, 3:24pm
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Yes, I agree. The sematics are terribly troubling....
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 3:59pm
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Please tell me I'm not the only one...
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Dame Ioreth
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Oct 22 2013, 1:44am
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Yes, that's pretty much
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 22 2013, 3:26pm
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The 'Smoke and Mirrors' are a lie
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 4:12pm
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Fear and darkness are often connected with fear, but-
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RosieBaggins
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Oct 22 2013, 11:35am
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I wonder
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Dame Ioreth
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Oct 22 2013, 2:07pm
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Elves, who awakened when the stars were kindled, love the Night.
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 22 2013, 4:02pm
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That is what I say!!
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Rembrethil
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Oct 22 2013, 4:08pm
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as suggested above, the elves loved twilight (which includes light,stars, moon)
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rangerfromthenorth
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Oct 24 2013, 4:46pm
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Sauron is after all, "The Dark Lord"
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rangerfromthenorth
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Oct 24 2013, 4:42pm
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some thoughts
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elostirion74
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Oct 24 2013, 7:50pm
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Back at ya!!
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Rembrethil
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Oct 25 2013, 1:35am
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Gandalf, Pippin, and shadows
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CuriousG
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Oct 25 2013, 6:10pm
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Maybe....
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Rembrethil
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Oct 25 2013, 6:53pm
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