*whispers* Celebrian *coughs*
LadyBrooke, thanks for quoting that letter from Tolkien about transforming his experience/ seeking a distraction. This was something I had suggested some posts back, that Tolkien's fascination with war epics was related to his own wartime experience in WWI and was not necessarily a deliberate lie.
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I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.
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