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Olorin_TLA · 11-03-2003, 04:31 PM

Homeward Bound and Frodo's unrest in the Shire msut be in...The end-end...The Ring bearers and companions sail from the Grey Havens, and then, like a dream, the world slips away and Frodo sees from afar Valinor and tol Erresea in all their beauty (the seeing of it could come after "Well, I'm back," but I think maybe it would better here).Then it cuts back to Sam, to the fate of one who does not get to go West with the others, but remains behind...Sam entering Bag End, and then...you know.*sniff*I don't want a Galadriel voiceover or seeing the fates of others, because I think it would lessen the impact of those two last images. In fact, I think the ending of some of those charcters would be well done in Many Partings - not endings as in "Gimli went off to Aglarond, and Legolas to Ithilien," but ending as in the last sight of those characters, and we and Frodo know we never will meet them again. That will certianly help that feeling of waking up after a long dream, or falling asleep again, as the Hobbits say when they enter the Shire once more, as one by one all the friends we've seen fall away like autumn leaves... [ November 03, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin_TLA ]

11-03-2003, 04:31 PM	#30
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Homeward Bound and Frodo's unrest in the Shire msut be in...<P>The end-end...The Ring bearers and companions sail from the Grey Havens, and then, like a dream, the world slips away and Frodo sees from afar Valinor and tol Erresea in all their beauty (the seeing of it could come after "Well, I'm back," but I think maybe it would better here).<P>Then it cuts back to Sam, to the fate of one who does not get to go West with the others, but remains behind...Sam entering Bag End, and then...you know.sniff<P>I don't want a Galadriel voiceover or seeing the fates of others, because I think it would lessen the impact of those two last images. <P>In fact, I think the ending of some of those charcters would be well done in Many Partings - not endings as in "Gimli went off to Aglarond, and Legolas to Ithilien," but ending as in the last sight of those characters, and we and Frodo know we never will meet them again. That will certianly help that feeling of waking up after a long dream, or falling asleep again, as the Hobbits say when they enter the Shire once more, as one by one all the friends we've seen fall away like autumn leaves... <p>[ November 03, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin_TLA ] __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"