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Time moves oddly in some places in Middle earth.
It quickens and flows and pools like amber. IT rushes and flees, and it lingers. Time is... far from a constant.
And time is just ONE of the subjects for #TolkienFriday.
Set your watches, folks...
It quickens and flows and pools like amber. IT rushes and flees, and it lingers. Time is... far from a constant.
And time is just ONE of the subjects for #TolkienFriday.
Set your watches, folks...
Today's topic is courtesy of no doubt long-time listener and first-time caller @Joabyjojo, who randomly opined on time and a Hobbit's fondness for two breakfasts.
And was then dobbed in my @DaveMilbo, bless his cotton, Melbourne-loving socks.
And was then dobbed in my @DaveMilbo, bless his cotton, Melbourne-loving socks.
"maybe they don't live on a 24 hour clock? maybe that's why those dipshits want two breakfasts."
Was Jorab's thought, and he's kinda hit the hobnail on the head.
Time is not exactly a constant in all parts of Middle Earth.
Was Jorab's thought, and he's kinda hit the hobnail on the head.
Time is not exactly a constant in all parts of Middle Earth.
All stories end, even if we want them to go on forever. In fact, The War of the Ring has two literary endings...
But what comes after that last page has turned, and with tears in our eyes we put our tales away.
It's #TolkienFriday, and we're looking at what happens next.
But what comes after that last page has turned, and with tears in our eyes we put our tales away.
It's #TolkienFriday, and we're looking at what happens next.
Those two endings? In the greater scale of the story, this is the last line of The Silmarillion:
"...and an end was come for the Eldar of story and of song."
When they take ship for Valinor, it is very much the end not just of an age, but a whole history.
"...and an end was come for the Eldar of story and of song."
When they take ship for Valinor, it is very much the end not just of an age, but a whole history.
In The Return of the King though, the story is much more personal, and the journey ends not with the Elves, or with Frodo, but with this:
"And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap.
He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said."
"And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap.
He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said."
