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A Sense of History: Thálatta! Thálatta! While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
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While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
With Gildor Inglorion we finally climb the stairs of Elostirion and look on the view, and what we see appears to reveal a hidden thread in the story of Frodo Baggins. This post reads two annotated translations of two Elvish songs to step through a crossroads in the narrative to arrive at the tower on the margin of the story, wherein is a stone that is a window onto Valinor.
In a book as full of death as the Quenta Silmarillion, grief and mourning are surprisingly absent. The characters who receive grief and mourning—and those who don't—appear to do so due to narrative bias. Grief and mourning (or a lack of them) serve to draw attention toward and away from objectionable actions committed by characters.
Bilbo recounts, in verse, the attempt of Gandalf, Beorn, and him to cross the Forest River after the Battle of Five Armies. Written for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's 2024 Mailing Competition.
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Oh, this is so good. First of all, I love the idea of Argon as a painter -- I feel like it's an art which, strangely, doesn't get much said about it compared to carving, architecture, jewelcraft, weaving, etc. In a way, it feels appropriate, like how we know the Romans loved their paintings, but vanishingly few survive.
And, of course, it's crushingly sad! Wonderful stuff.
Thanks very much! I fell in love with Argon as a painter last summer, when writing The Music of Sight for Scribbles and Drabbles. Now he just won't leave me alone. He's so ephemeral, in canon, it felt right to give him a more ephemeral craft. Very glad to hear that it worked for you, too. And mwahaha yes, I'm crushing you, I'm crushing you...oh, Arko :(
Ooh, I loved this fic! Argon as a daydreamer and an artist is a lovely portrayal. My favourite part was probably when Fingon sees his face reflected in moonlight- a powerful scene that has a lot of emotion and pictures the arrival of the moon and the new era so cleverly. There is something special in the atmosphere of this fic, well done.
Thanks very much! Poor, dreamy Argon. He's one of those characters where there is enormous room to play and I'm enjoying doing that with him. I'm glad you enjoyed this. :)
Thank you! Including Argon in canon adds so much potential for angst. Baby brothers...Fingon is so alone, after Alqualondë, and now even more so. He'll have to try to live up to Argon’s expectations, in his memory.
Alas for Fingon indeed, yet I think maybe not so much for the sensitive soul that is his brother — he experiences the world so much more intensely, in such fine detail, I think life in Beleriand would have crunched him up and spat him out bitter, or mad, or both. But then again, there are all those years of the watchful peace which is but a few lines in the book, so maybe alas for dear Argon to miss out on the magic that was Beleriand. Either way, your Argon is now cemented firmly in my head canon and I love him fiercely and want to get to know him more.
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