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grammaboodawg
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Mon, 1:46pm
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It's time for some BS!
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Here's part 1 of a 3-part look at Frodo and Sam dealing with Gollum on their way to the Cross-roads… for a moment of Tolkien-zen.
From Journey to the Cross-Roads: The Two Towers …"'Which way do we go from here?' asked Frodo. 'Is that the opening of--of the Morgul Valley, away over there beyond that black mass?'
… 'Need we think about it yet?' said Sam. 'Surely we're not going to move any more today, if day it is?'
… 'Perhaps not, perhaps not,' said Gollum. 'But we must go soon, to the Cross-roads. Yes, to the Cross-roads. That's the way over there, yes, Master.'
… The red glare over Mordor died away. The twilight deepened… …crawled above them. Frodo and Sam took a little food and then lay down, but Gollum was restless. He would not eat any of their food, but he drank a little water and then crawled about under the bushes, sniffing and muttering…
… '...Off hunting, I suppose,' said Sam and yawned. It was his turn to sleep first, and he was soon deep in a dream. He thought he was back in the Bag End garden looking for something; but he had a heavy pack on his back, which made him stoop. It all seemed very weedy and rank somehow, and thorns and bracken were invading the beds down near the bottom hedge.
… 'A job of work for me, I can see; but I'm so tired,' he kept on saying. Presently he remembered what he was looking for. 'My pipe!' …and with that he woke up.
… 'Silly!' he said to himself, as he opened his eyes and wondered why he was lying down under the hedge. 'It's in your pack all the time!' Then he realized, first that the pipe might be in his pack but he had no leaf, and next that he was hundreds of miles from Bag End."
We have been there and back again.
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Tue, 1:40pm
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Here's part 2 of a 3-part look at Frodo and Sam dealing with Gollum and seeking shelter deep inside a tangled knot of thorny gorse-bushes on their way to the Cross-roads… for a moment of Tolkien-zen.
From Journey to the Cross-Roads: The TwoTowers ..."It seemed to be almost dark. Why had his master let him sleep on out of turn, right on till evening?
'Haven't you had no sleep, Mr. Frodo?' he said. 'What's the time? Seems to be getting late!'
...'No it isn't,' said Frodo. 'But the day is getting darker instead of lighter... ...As far as I can tell, it isn't midday yet, and you've only slept for about three hours.'
...'I wonder what's up,' said Sam. 'Is there a storm coming? If so it's going to be the worst there ever was. We shall wish we were down a deep hole, not just stuck under a hedge.' He listened. 'What's that? Thunder, or drums, or what is it?'
...'I don't know,' said Frodo. 'It's been going on for a good while now. Sometimes the ground seems to tremble, sometimes it seems to be the heavy air throbbing in your ears.'
...Sam looked round. 'Where's Gollum? ...Hasn't he come back yet?'
...'No,' said Frodo. 'There's not been a sign or sound of him.'
...'Well, I can't abide him,' said Sam. 'In fact, I've never taken anything on a journey that I'd have been less sorry to lose on the way. But it would be just like him, after coming all these miles, to go and get lost now, just when we shall need him most... ...if he's ever going to be any use, which I doubt.'
...'You forget the Marshes,' said Frodo. 'I hope nothing has happened to him.'
... 'And I hope he's up to no tricks. And anyway I hope he doesn't fall into other hands, as you might say. Because if he does, we shall soon be in for trouble.'
... At that moment a rolling and rumbling noise was heard again, louder now and deeper. The ground seemed to quiver under their feet. 'I think we are in for trouble anyhow,' said Frodo. 'I'm afraid our journey is drawing to an end.'
... 'Maybe,' said Sam; 'but where there's life there's hope, as my Gaffer used to say; and need of vittles, as he most-ways used to add. You have a bite, Mr. Frodo, and then a bit of sleep.'"
We have been there and back again.
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Wed, 9:19am
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Here's part 3 of a 3-part look at Frodo and Sam dealing with Gollum and seeking shelter on their way to the Cross-roads… for a moment of Tolkien-zen.
From Journey to the Cross-Roads: The Two Towers ..."The afternoon, as Sam supposed it must be called, wore on. Looking out from the covert he could see only a dun, shadowless world... ...It felt stifling but not warm. Frodo slept unquietly, turning and tossing, and sometimes murmuring. Twice Sam thought he heard him speaking Gandalf's name. The time seemed to drag interminably. Suddenly Sam heard a hiss behind him, and there was Gollum on all fours, peering at them with gleaming eyes.
... 'Wake up... ...Wake up, sleepies!' he whispered. 'Wake up! No time to lose. We must go, yes, we must go at once. No time to lose!'
... Sam stared at him suspiciously: he seemed frightened or excited. 'Go now? What's your little game? It isn't time yet. It can't be tea-time even, leastways not in decent places where there is tea-time.'
... 'Silly!' hissed Gollum. 'We're not in decent places. Time's running short, yes, running fast. No time to lose... ...Wake up, Master, wake up!' He clawed at Frodo; and Frodo, startled out of sleep, sat up suddenly and seized him by the arm. Gollum tore himself loose and backed away.
... 'They mustn't be silly,' he hissed. 'We must go. No time to lose!' And nothing more could they get out of him. Where he had been, and what… …was brewing to make him in such a hurry, he would not say. Sam was filled with deep suspicion, and showed it; but Frodo gave no sign of what was passing in his mind. He sighed, hoisted his pack, and prepared to go out into the ever-gathering darkness."
We have been there and back again.
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Otaku-sempai
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Wed, 1:40pm
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A very happy birthday to mega-fan, late-night host and screenwriter for The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past (working title) Stephen Colbert. Many happy returns on the occasion of your sixty-second birthday!
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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CuriousG
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Wed, 9:22pm
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Always good to have a prominent ally
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And I was dazzled years ago by not only Colbert's depth of lore mastery, but the speed with which he could cover facts. There are some Youtube clips of him rattling off detail-heavy answers to Tolkien questions that are fun to watch, including his passion on the subject. May Colbert's beard grow ever longer!
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Thu, 1:59pm
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Here's a Book Spoiler of one of Tolkien's lovely ways of setting up an event and the way he can draw you into it... for a moment of Tolkien-zen.
From The Palantír: The Two Towers
..."Pippin said no more. He lay still now, but sleep remained far away; and it was not encouraged by the sound of Merry breathing softly, asleep in a few minutes after saying good night. The thought of the dark globe seemed to grow stronger as all grew quiet. Pippin felt again its weight in his hands... ...saw again the mysterious red depths into which he had looked for a moment. He tossed and turned and tried to think of something else.
...At last he could stand it no longer. He got up and looked round. It was chilly, and he wrapped his cloak about him. The moon was shining cold and white... ...and the shadows of the bushes were black. All about lay sleeping shapes. The two guards were not in view... ...Driven by some impulse that he did not understand, Pippin walked softly to where Gandalf lay. He looked down at him. The wizard seemed asleep, but with lids not fully closed: there was a glitter of eyes under his long lashes. Pippin stepped back hastily. But Gandalf made no sign... ...drawn forward once more, half against is will, the hobbit crept up again from behind the wizard's head. He was rolled in a blanket... ...his cloak spread over the top; and close beside him, between his right side and his bent arm, there was a hummock, something round wrapped in a dark cloth; his hand seemed only just to have slipped off it to the ground.'
...Hardly breathing, Pippin crept nearer, foot by foot. At last he knelt down. Then he put his hands out stealthily, and slowly lifted the lump up..."
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Otaku-sempai
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Thu, 3:15pm
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May 14 - Another Day, Another Birthday
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Kate Blanchett, the good Galadriel, turns 57 years old today. Have a great birthday, my Lady!
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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