There will be no dawn for Men...
I was just flipping through my collection of middle earth history books when I reached an epiphany: i've decided that I am going to study european history, but upon college graduation, i'll become a tolkein scholar. a handful of colleges and universities are demanding them in an effort to broaden their english department and also to offer a more interesting curriculum to their students. while there are specific fields to study in the world of tolkein, my mind is suited for all of them and i'll be proficient in every aspect of middle earth, which of course will make me more useful. people are just starting to branch out into the history behind the LOTR novels and theres even a tolkein society that has been around for decades, started by christopher tolkein, son of the one and only. it is a world of magic and mythos that few people have ever come to comprehend and in a society where the tangible rules as do the narrow minded, many loyal to tolkein's works may see it completely forgotten. my mission would be to teach others of tolkein's writings and maybe inspire an entire generation to enjoy something that is deeply rooted in intangibility. sure theres no proof that middle earth ever existed, and tolkein did smoke a lot of opium for inspiration, but his timeless tales of loss, redemption, betrayal, and fellowship are greater than even the most spectacular media, either that of yesterday, today or tomorrow, and as long as people love it, it can never say goodbye.