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Remmirath · 06-30-2002, 01:11 AM

Wow. As someone who just finished the LoTR for the fourth time TODAY, *is proud of her accomplishment* I must say I know exactly how I should respond to this. *sighs* After reading those words, "Well,I'm back," I promptly release all the tears I've been holding back since the scouring of shire. For days I can burst into tears at the slightest prompting, usually when it's LOTR related, and randomly quote from the books. *grins* I don't snap out of it until I've gotten another good, thick book to get into. And yet, though I cry like crazy each and every time I read it, I wouldn't change a word. It's real, more real than any other book I've ever read, and that's why I love it so.

I think another deep wrench for me is that the members of the Fellowship all part ways and live separate lives and in the end, die. I would be so pleased if every one of the characters I so love could simply stay at the court of Minas Tirith forever, but destiny took them elsewhere. It's just a shock to hear that the fairy-tale heroes I love die like any other mortals. Yes, I suppose I've gotten off topic, haven't I?

06-30-2002, 01:11 AM	#31
Remmirath Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Eldalonde on fair Westernesse Posts: 12	Wow. As someone who just finished the LoTR for the fourth time TODAY, is proud of her accomplishment I must say I know exactly how I should respond to this. sighs After reading those words, "Well,I'm back," I promptly release all the tears I've been holding back since the scouring of shire. For days I can burst into tears at the slightest prompting, usually when it's LOTR related, and randomly quote from the books. grins I don't snap out of it until I've gotten another good, thick book to get into. And yet, though I cry like crazy each and every time I read it, I wouldn't change a word. It's real, more real than any other book I've ever read, and that's why I love it so. I think another deep wrench for me is that the members of the Fellowship all part ways and live separate lives and in the end, die. I would be so pleased if every one of the characters I so love could simply stay at the court of Minas Tirith forever, but destiny took them elsewhere. It's just a shock to hear that the fairy-tale heroes I love die like any other mortals. Yes, I suppose I've gotten off topic, haven't I? __________________ "From this point on, she whispered to him earlier, we will either find or lose our souls." The English Patient "But you ARE a person, and I can't say I'm fond of that" -Nny "Over the Moutains of the Moon, down the valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride, the shade replied-if you seek for Eldorado!"-Edgar Allen Poe I am dearprudence64 on AOL. IM me.