(Here's another look at "Have me do" Frodo, "the alien hobbit with the Power to Please".)
Pearl, you wrote:
"And my love for Frodo is part of my love for LOTR, and neither of these things can fade, because my favourite books always become part of me: part of my life, my dreams, my soul - LOTR most of all. Tolkien (like C.S. Lewis) is a hugely influential writer on the way I see the world - so much in his philosophical Catholic worldview resonates with me. The nostalgia and melancholy in Tolkien's work, that yearning for a Paradise Lost, really resonates with me ..."
*Smooch* Thank you for helping me see it in a better perspective. Better because it is both true and beautiful.
Yes, the boards have been terribly distracting for writing fanfic, but they have been very nurturing and inspiring, too. Just as in real life, strong relationships take a lot of one's time and energy, but, without that investment, the relationship simply does not come to fruition. And you are right about strong personalities clashing. I have certainly seen that happen. It did not happen on the swoon thread, however, since it was mostly just for fun.
Ah, The Kitchen; what a place! I barely dared to lick its tiles (picking up a few stray bilberries), but it was a fantastic combination of everything I craved and was fired by. It spoke to the "whole fan." Mind, body, spirit, heart, everything. But, yes, I could see it had its lifespan and then expired. When I get a little distance on it, I will come to see that about the other threads I have loved.
You also wrote,
"Think of it instead as the Haremites having left and taken the Straight Road with Frodo to the West, where the leaves do not fall and where our beloved Iorhael can abide in peace and quietness in 'Arda Unmarred'."
Oh, SOB, Pearl. I am getting all teary. Not from whingeing from the poignant beauty of the thought you expressed. No wonder you were nominated for "Light of Earendil" or whatever that was at TORc.
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Date: 2005-08-26 02:09 pm (UTC)Pearl, you wrote:
"And my love for Frodo is part of my love for LOTR, and neither of these things can fade, because my favourite books always become part of me: part of my life, my dreams, my soul - LOTR most of all. Tolkien (like C.S. Lewis) is a hugely influential writer on the way I see the world - so much in his philosophical Catholic worldview resonates with me. The nostalgia and melancholy in Tolkien's work, that yearning for a Paradise Lost, really resonates with me ..."
*Smooch* Thank you for helping me see it in a better perspective. Better because it is both true and beautiful.
Yes, the boards have been terribly distracting for writing fanfic, but they have been very nurturing and inspiring, too. Just as in real life, strong relationships take a lot of one's time and energy, but, without that investment, the relationship simply does not come to fruition. And you are right about strong personalities clashing. I have certainly seen that happen. It did not happen on the swoon thread, however, since it was mostly just for fun.
Ah, The Kitchen; what a place! I barely dared to lick its tiles (picking up a few stray bilberries), but it was a fantastic combination of everything I craved and was fired by. It spoke to the "whole fan." Mind, body, spirit, heart, everything. But, yes, I could see it had its lifespan and then expired. When I get a little distance on it, I will come to see that about the other threads I have loved.
You also wrote,
"Think of it instead as the Haremites having left and taken the Straight Road with Frodo to the West, where the leaves do not fall and where our beloved Iorhael can abide in peace and quietness in 'Arda Unmarred'."
Oh, SOB, Pearl. I am getting all teary. Not from whingeing from the poignant beauty of the thought you expressed. No wonder you were nominated for "Light of Earendil" or whatever that was at TORc.
~ Mechtild