Lovely convention in a great setting.
Am in trouble with my wife and her friend whoâs staying with us. Am apparently not taking the presence of âgiant spidersâ in the house sufficiently seriously. For reference, weâre not exactly talking Shelob.
This is fantastic analysis. As a little addendum, Illuvatar makes it clear that though the journey of the creation may be altered, ultimately nothing can come to pass that was not intended in the original song. Itâs a definite âGod has a planâ take on life and death.
I CONSTANTLY think about this âFrodo Didnât Failâ essay mapsburgh.tumblr.com/post/1516872...
The climactic scene of The Lord of the Rings, when Frodo and Sam reach the Cracks of Doom, is one of my favorite scenes in all of literature. So I was very interested a little while back when noted Tolkien scholar Stephen Colbert laid out a neat little analysis of the scene. Frodo seems to fail at his appointed task â rather than throwing the ring into the fire, he claims it for himself, and the ring is only destroyed by the coincidental intervention of Gollum. Colbert then notes that Gandalf should have known that Frodo would fail. Back in the second chapter, Frodo demonstrated to Gandalf his inability to throw the ring into the much cooler fires of his own hearth, after having only possessed the ring for a few hours. Therefore, one may assume, Gandalf must have intended for one of the other members of the Fellowship to intervene and ensure the ringâs destruction.
I think weâre usually pretty obvious amongst the hip young people of Manchester.
Amsterdam looking lovely this morning. Running a work event in the old stock exchange - what a beautiful building.
Over complex fight being played out in Dragonbane (only one initiative card unused) being run by 13yo. Fun tho.
