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bunn

Lúthien V Sauron

Mar 20, 2016 21:04

[click here if embed does not work for you]
5 minutes 45 seconds of art. Story by Tolkien, music by Tample.ru, Art by me. I recommend putting the sound on. The song is the metal version of a small section of Finrod's Song.
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Comments 40

mme_n_b March 20 2016, 21:10:54 UTC

The video isn't playing for me :(

bunn March 20 2016, 21:41:07 UTC

Oh drat, I wonder why? Looks like it ran for thesmallhobbit.

Does this link work : http://bunn.livejournal.com/video/album/491/?mode=view&id=272 ?

That's what I get for thinking 'hey, I'll try this new LJ video hosting'. :-/ Maybe I should have put it on Youtube.

mme_n_b March 21 2016, 01:05:37 UTC

Nope :((((

I'll try it later tonight from different browsers.

mme_n_b March 21 2016, 01:11:12 UTC

Yay, that worked!Takes forever to load, but when it loads it works and is awesome. Luthien's eyes are very alive and the picture of her appearing at the entrance to Beren's dungeon is very powerful. Thank you.

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thesmallhobbit March 20 2016, 21:18:22 UTC

I loved the whole video. The story, your artwork is lovely - especially Sauron (I was rather taken by him) and the music and singing, which is very striking.

bunn March 20 2016, 21:43:24 UTC

Hurray! I thought the song was amazing.

ladyofastolat March 20 2016, 21:51:47 UTC

That is awesome - the art, the music, the art, the dogs... everything. I love it! :-D

bunn March 20 2016, 22:51:38 UTC

:-D I think Sauron would be very insistent that he's NOT a dog.

Do you even get were-dogs...?

ladyofastolat March 21 2016, 08:37:07 UTC

If you can have werewolves, you really ought to have werepoodles and werechihuahuas and werecorgis, too. Granted, there would more embarrassment potential in the affliction. Waking up at dawn to find yourself stark naked next to a half-eaten deer is bad enough, but at least you're probably alone out in the wilds. However, waking up to find yourself naked and curled up on the Queen's bed would likely lead to prison and/or torture and execution, depending on historical period.

Given the choice between turning into a wolf or into a corgi, I think Sauron made the right one.

bunn March 21 2016, 08:47:59 UTC

If he was a corgi, he wouldn't even be able to reach Huan's bottom to sniff it...

Although, if were-dog WAS a thing, it would surely be a brilliant excuse for philanderers everywhere. Wake up naked in the wrong bed? Just shuffle away quickly going 'Were-dog, sorry!'. Nobody will want to get close enough to check in case you bite them. :-D

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king_pellinor March 20 2016, 21:51:56 UTC

I really liked that, especially the way you used light :-D

It took me a little while to realise the pictures were changing, not just the lighting :-)

bunn March 20 2016, 23:03:24 UTC

The lighting started as an accident, because I was drawing first thing in the morning and took the first photo in early grey light and didn't adjust the white balance on the camera as I drew more and took photos of the changes.

But then I liked it. :-)

hhimring March 20 2016, 22:08:04 UTC

Splendid!
I really like some of those effects you achieved here, those trees and so on!
And it complements the music very well and vice versa.
I also agree with you on the wolf theory.

bunn March 20 2016, 23:54:53 UTC

Thank you!

It made me notice a little inconsistency in the published Silmarillion! When Luthien arrives, she sings, and Beren sings back, so clearly he knows she's there. Only when she gets inside, she finds him so deep in despair he doesn't even notice her. Clearly two stories that have come together again incongruously, having been transmitted via two alternative traditions. :-)