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Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.” “It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?” “It’s not as though I…
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This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
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I love the idea of the library of Cîr Imladris and this is an especially fascinating document and commentary! I appreciate both the uncertainty about the provenance and the archivist's precise observations (until right before the end, that is, when he gets deliberately vague).
[I do hope you don't mind my mentioning it, but you have somehow ended up with one instance of "here" for "hear"]
Thank you! (And thank you for the typo-catch too. Fixed now.)
Originally it was just the double-drabble, and then the archivist in my head piped up with 'You can't just leave it like that!" and the note practically wrote itself. I'm delighted it spoke to you!
Oh! This is wonderful. But you are kicking in an open door with me. I love Fuingon and Maedhros so much. Love Fingon's warmth, heart, courage, and noble aspirations so much in this. So tragic and beautiful.
I love this whole concept so much. The details of the works are so well thought out, and the archival processes (and hiccups) so detailed. The personalities come through so clearly. And there's pathos, and humor, and curiosity. Delightful, every time.
I really love how you construct these - so many little delightful details, like the Dwarf-made paper and oak-gall ink. It really does read (to my layman's eyes) very much like someone describing an ancient text!
An arrow loosed from bowstring twined of hair & shadows plied
It's an interesting and cool idea, to write something for a fragmentary idea in the form of fragmentary manuscript pages! I like your explanations for the various confusions. And I'd be fascinated to read the "Beren Strongbow and the Princess of Night" version(s)!
Your poem is so evocative, the visual presentation as a forest by a lake just gets me so excited, and then to top it off all the little archivist details are simply marvellous!
Wow!! The poem itself but that art and presentation is next level! And I love the commentary on it, guessing the age based on little clues and questioning translations... <3
Comments on Pages from the Archives of Cîr Imladris
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