Sure, it's okay for <I>us</I> to clap when Gandalf goes down in flames, but those poor non-Tolkien people must think we're absolutely morbid.<P>I don't think the soundtrack is sad, but every time I hear it, tears run down my face. It's not tragedy, it's just...<I>something</I>, I don't understand it...
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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