...I saw that someone had put something in my forum about my fanfiction paper about gender and Tolkien online fanfiction writers. Got all excited, then weary.
I know why I write, and I don't think it fits the stereotypical reasons - but what do I know? ;-) What I do know is that your paper was based on more than just your own opinion; therefore, I think it speaks well enough for itself.
BTW don't ever apologize for "lack of academic credentials" - life is a university in which the willing student can learn anything they care enough to pursue (and not expect to be spoon fed their education - a complaint I hear repeatedly from several college professors of my acquaintance). *okay - stepping down from the soapbox...
And now, for something completely different...
I really like this. Haldir is back where he belongs, defending the borders of Lothlórien (yes, I recall the lines from the Appendicies re: Dol Guldur and the several assaults on Lórien that occurred concurrently with the invasion of Rohan and the battles waged in Gondor).
Your line, "Eastern Lórien was now a sacrificial pyre" is full of foreshadowing, of the inevitable loss of M-e's enchanted Wood, no matter which direction the Ring War took. It makes one appreciate sadness of the elves, and the sacrifice they willingly made. I doubt any of them would have wished Galadriel had chosen other than as she did, faced with Frodo's "courtesy" (...gently revenged indeed).
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Date: 2004-02-24 04:06 pm (UTC)I know why I write, and I don't think it fits the stereotypical reasons - but what do I know? ;-) What I do know is that your paper was based on more than just your own opinion; therefore, I think it speaks well enough for itself.
BTW don't ever apologize for "lack of academic credentials" - life is a university in which the willing student can learn anything they care enough to pursue (and not expect to be spoon fed their education - a complaint I hear repeatedly from several college professors of my acquaintance). *okay - stepping down from the soapbox...
I really like this. Haldir is back where he belongs, defending the borders of Lothlórien (yes, I recall the lines from the Appendicies re: Dol Guldur and the several assaults on Lórien that occurred concurrently with the invasion of Rohan and the battles waged in Gondor).
Your line, "Eastern Lórien was now a sacrificial pyre" is full of foreshadowing, of the inevitable loss of M-e's enchanted Wood, no matter which direction the Ring War took. It makes one appreciate sadness of the elves, and the sacrifice they willingly made. I doubt any of them would have wished Galadriel had chosen other than as she did, faced with Frodo's "courtesy" (...gently revenged indeed).