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I remember a description of Luthien wearing a lilies embroidered robe, with white roses on her hair. So I made some changes to one of my Luthien dresses, Inspired by the Renaissance Italian robes.

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Visiting Nienna often, Olorin must be gentle and friendly.

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by J.R.R. Tolkien

What’s it about?

It’s about a fantasy world of dragons and elves and dark forces where everything good will be destroyed unless two unpretentious rural folk throw a powerful ring into a volcano halfway across the continent.

That sounds specific.

It is heavily implied that this was one of a number of possible strategies, and it is further implied that there are many powerful, intelligent people who believe the chosen strategy to be extremely stupid and destined to fail.

This book has like a million pages. Surely there’s something else?

Tolkien has created an entire universe with epic battles of good and evil, high adventure, courtly romance, political intrigue and friends overcoming adversity. But this is a blog post not a Wikipedia page.

What should I say to make people think I’ve read it?

“This is the beginning of the modern fantasy genre.”

What should I avoid saying when trying to convince people I’ve read it?

“I could doing with hearing more from Tom Bombadil.”

Should I actually read it?

If you like this sort of thing. It’s not bad; it’s just very long. Although, if you’ve read Game of Thrones and you complain about the number of pages, you should probably present yourself to the relevant authorities at first light.

How Leitmotifs are Used in Film Scores

How Leitmotifs are Used in Film Scores

A Leitmotif is a short musical phrase that is repeated throughout the film or series of films to emphasize recurring people, places, objects, ideas, emotions etc. Some of the best uses of leitmotif in cinema, in my humble opinion, come from film series with long run times where the scores for all of the films are composed by the same composer.  The length of the series allows the composer to…

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let’s buy and island and start to live like they do in middle earth

Truer words have never been spoken!

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Gimli

- “Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! ”

Arwen

- “ And to that I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. ”

Boromir

- “To Let That Fear Drive Us To Destroy What Hope We Have - That Is Madness!”

Saruman

- “Moria… You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame”

Bilbo

- “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea – any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!”

Sam

- “But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”

Aragorn

-  "At last all such things must end but I would have you wait a little while longer: for the end of the deeds that you have shared in has not yet come.“

Frodo

- “I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.”