Yuletide FTW!

[desertport]

First things first: my Yuletide writer, [eta: Idhren] is freakin' talented. Ze wrote me a Beowulf poem that could almost be a missing fragment of a translation of the original. I don't even know where to start in praising it (my word-hoard is verklempt!), so here's a sample that speaks for itself:

In time Hrethel gave this gem-woman to mighty

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, you English majors and the things you request for Yuletide!

Sounds as if the person did an amazing job, though. So many of the requests for things like yours are ones where I think, "I could write that. But I'm not sure I could write 1000 words' of it!" I mean, someone asked for a Cat Macro story once. 1000 words of Cat macro?!?

OTOH, watching the things go by on the pinch-hit, I often feel lucky if I even know the fandom. There are many that just make me boggle, and then I feel bad because I can't help out. :(

Your Christmas celebration sounds lovely-- my family is agnostic, so Christmas is a long-standing family day with gifts and everything but the religion. For those who are Jewish, it's a day off that the whole family might have, AND you can see matinees in practically empty theaters! \o/

Is "The Emperor's New Groove" the one with Krank/Kronk (sp) in it? Patrick Warburton would be the only part I'd remember (I love Patrick Warburton), though if that's the movie then I think John Goodman is also in it

[desertport]

Ha! You cannot know how much I squeed when I saw Beowulf on the fandom list. And then to get that poem

[halfshellvenus]

Ah, your cat-macro plots remind me again that I tend to take too literal an approach to these things!

I have never seen that video before! And what an amalgam of bizareness-- driving a tractor! Circumcizing "grateful" squirrels (rogue Mohel-- look out!). :0

Patrick WB is indeed the voice of Kronk. He has this dry ability to pull off "suave stupidity" much like Leslie Nielsen did, and it's just so funny.

Hoodwinked is great storytelling, and you'll never think of a cartoon goat the same way again afterward. ;)

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, lover of things Beowulf, you have got to read this! On a horse...

[desertport]

Oh, jeez...

Scorning arms
He spoke these words: / "Look upon me.
Now upon yourselves. / Again upon me.
You are not me."

*dies*

[halfshellvenus]

I think that I shall never see
an egomaniac such as he.

Though no-one ever laid out the rules for when the egomania is justified. What then?

Of course they would worship that mighty warrior, for he could conquer both beast and bodily odors. ;)

[idhren24]

Post-reveal means I can drop by and say a personal thank you, thank you: you sure know how to make an author blush with happiness.

I have Mother-Tongue meta forthcoming, and as well as a proper reply to your insightful comment over at AO3, but I won't have time to write either up until the weekend at the earliest. I'll drop a link here to the former when it's done.

Thank you for the marvelous prompt, and for making this Yuletide (my first!) one to remember.

[desertport]

Thank you, so much. I honestly am so happy that my prompt somehow sparked something so beautiful and beautifully crafted. I'm really looking forward to your meta on it. Seriously, there is so much that can be said about the poem, and I'm curious about your process and thoughts on what went into it.