The Tolkien Coming of Age Club - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

peony_foxburr · 05-02-2003, 12:18 AM

Then and now: The Lord of the Rings was cool because it was magical, seemingly without limitation, and our parents were NOT there. (What was in that pipe-weed, anyway?) I'm now amazed by how much just washed right over me then, that now resonates so deeply. For example:the parting of Sam and Frodo at the end of ROTK. When a teen, I could not imagine losing a friend to death. When I did, at age 33, it was all the more poignant because he also could not be healed--this was AIDS in the days before protease inhibitors--and was suffering, and yet I *so* wanted him not to go. And like Sam, I live in the hope that the separation is not permanent.

This posting is not simply for the purposes of catharsis: was wondering how "Tolkien revisited" resonated for others in this group.

05-02-2003, 12:18 AM	#11
peony_foxburr Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Trollshaws/RdtoR 354 miles Posts: 91	Then and now: The Lord of the Rings was cool because it was magical, seemingly without limitation, and our parents were NOT there. (What was in that pipe-weed, anyway?) I'm now amazed by how much just washed right over me then, that now resonates so deeply. For example:the parting of Sam and Frodo at the end of ROTK. When a teen, I could not imagine losing a friend to death. When I did, at age 33, it was all the more poignant because he also could not be healed--this was AIDS in the days before protease inhibitors--and was suffering, and yet I so wanted him not to go. And like Sam, I live in the hope that the separation is not permanent. This posting is not simply for the purposes of catharsis: was wondering how "Tolkien revisited" resonated for others in this group. __________________ "And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water." -The Return of the King