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Eruhen · 03-01-2012, 08:47 PM

I'm reading it again right now. Good stuff, as always. Like I posted in the thread for the last chapter, I love anything about the Second Age.

I'll post more once I've read through the whole thing. Something that's always stuck with me, though, is the subtle contrast between Fëanor and Gimli's requests. If I remember correctly, Tolkien never makes explicitly makes the connection, but I always think of this chapter when reading "Farewell to Lórien."

It makes me smile when Celeborn goes

when Gimli asks for a hair, thinking that he's going to have to bodily restrain his wife.

03-01-2012, 08:47 PM	#3
Eruhen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: At the Mountains of Madness Posts: 399	I'm reading it again right now. Good stuff, as always. Like I posted in the thread for the last chapter, I love anything about the Second Age. I'll post more once I've read through the whole thing. Something that's always stuck with me, though, is the subtle contrast between Fëanor and Gimli's requests. If I remember correctly, Tolkien never makes explicitly makes the connection, but I always think of this chapter when reading "Farewell to Lórien." It makes me smile when Celeborn goes when Gimli asks for a hair, thinking that he's going to have to bodily restrain his wife. __________________ Agannâlô burôda nênud; zâira nênud. Adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda: îdô kâtha batîna lôkhî. Êphalak îdôn Yôzâyan. Êphal êphalak îdôn hi-Akallabêth.