5 years ago...

[rose_griffes]

Five years and two months ago I discovered fanfiction. Five years and two weeks ago I woke up with an idea for a story that wouldn't go away until I finished writing it. Then five years ago today I made my own livejournal account so I'd have a way of posting that story somewhere online when I finished it (about two weeks after that

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[rose_griffes]

C: I'm fascinated that you wrote Lord of the Rings fic; the very idea of that terrifies me, because it's so complex. (Book fandoms in general intimidate me, but that one in particular.)

G: How you've ended up living in so many places and what you think about that.

H: I'm trying to find the version I want you to hear, but basically one of my long-term interests is the song Two Sisters or "The Cruel Sister"--because it's interesting that versions of it appear in so many cultures. Plus the fact that it's potentially the remnants of multiple songs shoved together. Sometimes they're farmer's daughters, sometimes they're the daughters of a nobleman. Sometimes the miller steals a gold ring off the dead body, sometimes he's not in it. Sometimes the body is mistaken for a swan. And of course, versions in which the dead sister is made into a harp that sings her sister's guilt are soooo... weird and cool? And weird?

Anyway, one of my favorite versions (just for the vocalists) is by Texas Celtic band Clandestine, but I can't find a version for you to listen to online. (I could upload it for you if you were interested.) But here's Clannad's version and Pentagle's (so good!) and Old Blind Dogs' version.

eta: I'm guessing you're familiar with the version by Loreena McKennitt, "The Bonny Swans."