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mollyringwraith

Silmarillion: initial notes

Jun 30, 2006 15:04

Thank you for participating in yesterday's silly poll. I don't actually care if I'm a BNF, but felt like asking on a whim. I'm glad, in fact, that such a large contingent answered "No." :)

Anyhow:
I am finally tackling The Silmarillion. I'm only 146 pages in (my version has 378, not counting indexes and glossaries and genealogies and such), but ( Read more... )

scholarly attempts, tolkien misc

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capra_maritimus June 30 2006, 23:22:26 UTC

You want to call it what? ...'Elves on Ice'?"

*sporfle*

Oh, gods, you someone should write that! ;)

The Forging of the Silmarils would work as a title, though after what happened with the first HP book it'd probably end up being called The Forging of the Magic Jewels. :D

capra_maritimus June 30 2006, 23:22:57 UTC

*has dirty thoughts about Feanor's 'jewels'*

*snicker*

mollyringwraith June 30 2006, 23:32:53 UTC

Hee hee. Well, there's that bit about the abandoned Elves crossing the Grinding Ice, y'know...

I was going to say, even if you didn't, that "Magic Jewels" does sound a bit dirty. But yes, think of the new beauty potential: Elves are all supposed to be gorgeous. For the films, they'd have to bring us tons of previously unknown pretties.

capra_maritimus July 1 2006, 00:23:43 UTC

Hee hee. Well, there's that bit about the abandoned Elves crossing the Grinding Ice, y'know...

Yup. :D There also needs to be many Titanic and Day After Tomorrow references. LOL!

mmmm...pretties....LOL!

second_banana June 30 2006, 23:42:40 UTC

*sings* Shelob's mom has got it going on!

Urge to filk rising... rising...

I actually really really like the Silmarillion. It actually works better for me as an audio book though. It reminds me of the Iliad of the Odyssey in that "we are a huge tale of myth that really should be accompanied by a dude in a skirt playing an instrument of your choice while the recitation commences" kind of way. But that's just me. I listen to it when I drive.

ayrn July 1 2006, 08:20:53 UTC

I was SO going to chime in with that and only that musical clip (well, text clip with the suggestion of music). Then it wasn't original anymore and I lost my bottle. Then I decided to leave a vote of confidence anyway so that you'd know you were not the only person in the universe suffering from a similar filk urge. You are not alone.

mollyringwraith July 1 2006, 15:27:57 UTC

Aye, it's like Homer or Ovid or the book of Genesis. And I've always liked myths, so hey, that's cool. I find I slow down and relax while reading it.

Man in skirt dreymar July 7 2006, 10:51:50 UTC

Dude in a skirt playing an instrument... like me, you mean ( ... )

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angel7step July 1 2006, 00:36:31 UTC

Not to mention that idiot fanboys think Fingon and Maedhros were gay.

Yes, the plot of the Silmarillion is really about people fighting over jewelry and the hand injuries which result, not unlike the plot of LotR.

Personally, I think that the Silmarillion movie trilogy could be centered on Beren and Luthien, Turin Turambar and Tuor/Fall of Gondolin/Earendil, with earlier events (such as the Music of the Ainur and the making of the Silmarils) folded in as flashbacks wherever necessary.

mollyringwraith July 1 2006, 15:29:36 UTC

Yes, the plot of the Silmarillion is really about people fighting over jewelry and the hand injuries which result, not unlike the plot of LotR.

Heehee. Guess that's about right. I do find myself wondering just how special these Silmarils could possibly be. I mean, do they DO anything? At least the Ring could destroy the world. But I guess having the last light of the Trees is something.

I'll probably have more thoughts on the trilogy idea as I read further...

allisona July 1 2006, 02:09:07 UTC

Truly enjoying your thoughts on "The Silmarillion". Looking forward to more!

elycia July 1 2006, 06:06:32 UTC

"It's called 'Fëanor.'... F-E-A-N-O-R. With an umlaut over the E. ...An umlaut is those two dots, like over the I in 'naïve'... yeah, you're supposed to put two dots over that. ...You want to call it what? ...'Elves on Ice'?"

SNORT. Yeah, that sounds about like Hollywood...

I still have to try again to read The Sil. I tried once in my teens, became traumatized by details around page six, and gave up in terror. ;-) Now that I'm older and wiser, perhaps I can discipline myself to do it.

mollyringwraith July 1 2006, 15:31:22 UTC

There are a lot of Capitalized Names of Geographic Features, and Kinfolk That Start with Fin-. But at least the chapters are short, and I do find myself moving along through it faster than expected. The glossary at the back, for when I lose track of who's who, is handy as well. :)