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dernwyn
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Oct 13 2012, 12:23am
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The previous chapter has the undercurrent of tension: where is that blasted dragon? Is he going to return in the midst of the dwarves' delight at the treasure? It would have made Bilbo's hike into the room less effective, had we known that the dragon was already dead.
What a perfect "view" we have, as Smaug follows the river down to the lake! Like a spark from the "fireworks" on the Mountain, coming closer...and closer...and by the time he arrives, we're in as much of an organized panic as the townspeople. I did a search for depictions of this scene on Rolozo Tolkien, and found that artists love to portray the dragon destroying the town, but no one shows him approaching it!
I find "the lake rippled red as fire" fascinating: once again, that combination of fire and water, reminiscent of the steam and black smoke coming from the entrance to the Mountain.
And what a change from the original version of the story, where Tolkien had Biblo be the dragon-slayer; now the humble hobbit is nowhere in sight!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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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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