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[scionofgrace]

Yesterday I was reading quotes from LotR (books, not movies, I don't quote the movies), and I'm sitting there thinking, man that's good language. It's like, every once in awhile I forget why I am first and foremost a Tolkien fan, and then I go back and read bits and say, "Oh yeah! That's why!"

That book is hardwired into my brain. Really. I

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[tahmthelame]

I know, same here! Very excited about the long weekend. I'm so not used to actually being off on federal holidays.

...but I'm still going in to put in some extra work on Monday. :) Hey, we get paid extra for three hours of basically just moving some stuff around; I'm not going to complain.

[izhilzha]

I unconsciously imitate the style all the time, and I'm always paraphrasing bits. And when I read it, it's like coming home after having been on vacation, or visiting a place I grew up in.

Yes. Oh, yes. That's exactly how it is. It's not even just the descriptions; I tend to free-associate from specific words or word-phrases into whole sentences or passages. As simple as the mention of a "road" turing into "The Road goes ever on and on"; or as complex as "I'm glad you're here" evoking the entire scene on Mt. Doom: "I'm glad you are here with me, Sam. Here at the end of all things." Unconscious, ingrained, a part of who I am.