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Kalimac · 01-04-2003, 01:02 AM

Hey, what do you know. Peregrin, let me second Diamond's thanks [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Just goes to show that the author himself doesn't know what's going on half the time in his own story (I'm sure I don't, at least).

I'm glad it turned out the way it did, though. Having Eowyn die would have been a good, dark story but in a way having her "come back to life" would have been much harder to do; most people can write a dramatic, tragic scene but not nearly so many can manage a good (and believable) happy ending like Eowyn's and Faramir's. Of course, if anyone could do it it would be Tolkien...

01-04-2003, 01:02 AM	#15
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Hey, what do you know. Peregrin, let me second Diamond's thanks [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Just goes to show that the author himself doesn't know what's going on half the time in his own story (I'm sure I don't, at least). I'm glad it turned out the way it did, though. Having Eowyn die would have been a good, dark story but in a way having her "come back to life" would have been much harder to do; most people can write a dramatic, tragic scene but not nearly so many can manage a good (and believable) happy ending like Eowyn's and Faramir's. Of course, if anyone could do it it would be Tolkien... __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.