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Epic Tolkien Bookclub: Week One
*smashes a bottle of champagne over the post* And we're off!
Epic Tolkien Bookclub: Week One (The Hobbit)
Chapter I: An Unexpected Party
Chapter II: Roast Mutton
Rules
I very much doubt we'll require much in the way of formal rules, but just for the sake of formality and clarity:
(I'm cheating a bit, as it's not quite the 11th here yet, but I want to get this up before I go to work tomorrow, and 6am posting is just asking for disaster). Have at it, guys! :)
Epic Tolkien Bookclub: Week One (The Hobbit)
Chapter I: An Unexpected Party
Chapter II: Roast Mutton
Rules
I very much doubt we'll require much in the way of formal rules, but just for the sake of formality and clarity:
- Discussion is welcome and encouraged, as is disagreement. Name-calling and personal attacks will be punished by a barefoot gauntlet walk across a set of lego pieces.
- There is no spoiler policy in place. Although we're reading the Hobbit, please feel free to bring in things from other Tolkien works, any of the films, the History of Middle Earth, the Letters of JRR Tolkien, and, if you should like, other literary sources.
- There is no such thing as too nerdy. Or too excited.
- If you have any concerns at any point, I'm the closest thing this gong show has to a mod, so feel free to get in touch. I can be reached either by PM through this site, or directly by email at sigridhr.lokidottir@gmail.com.
(I'm cheating a bit, as it's not quite the 11th here yet, but I want to get this up before I go to work tomorrow, and 6am posting is just asking for disaster). Have at it, guys! :)
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And then Arwen doesn't sail west, and they lose her forever. And Elladan and Elrohir's fates are never confirmed, so it's possible they never sailed either.
Excuse me while I nurse my heartbreak in the corner.
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His uncles are left in the forest to die. His father turns into a star, his mother turns into a bird. He's raised by Maedhros and Maglor, who, respectively, toss themselves into a chasm and go wandering on a beach forever. He makes friends with Gil-Galad.
Gil-Galad dies.
His brother choses to become human.
His brother dies.
He gets married, has three kids, one of them also choses to die.
And his wife gets tortured and (possibly) raped by orcs and sails west.
His sons may or may not also chose to die.
It's a miracle Elrond didn't chose to die.
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I like how he's described as 'kind as summer', even after all that. You're right – he took the shit life flung at him and made everything better for the people around him. And he's the most welcoming of all the elves we see – he'll pretty much let anyone stay over, and he fosters generations of Dúnedain kids.
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I just..I don't know... :) It makes me happy think about it
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