tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post6190204532606396704..comments2024-03-22T15:53:38.589-07:00Comments on Kate of Mind: Puttin' the Blog in Balrog VII - Fellowship of the Ring II: 6-12Kate Sherrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-85936831649557805482012-07-19T17:51:35.960-07:002012-07-19T17:51:35.960-07:00Yeah, I'm pretty sure when I was a kid I didn&...Yeah, I'm pretty sure when I was a kid I didn't quite connect the dots. I remember wondering at one point why we cared about this Aragorn dude getting to be king, and had to re-read almost immediately to assemble him with Strider. Hey, I was in like 4th grade, and was far more interested in the hobbits. Hee.<br /><br />Oh man, Boromir as boss-man would have been horrifying. Except now I kind of want to read the alternate version, where the Ring goes to Minas Tirith and Boromir winds up getting Wraithed and... wait, no I don't.Kate Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-85104520897082316892012-07-19T17:48:47.633-07:002012-07-19T17:48:47.633-07:00I agree. We just have to wait patiently for Christ...I agree. We just have to wait patiently for Christopher to dig up the bar napkin it was written on for later release as The History of Middle Earth #14: Of Ropes and Running AboutKate Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-35639931288368519292012-07-19T14:03:13.218-07:002012-07-19T14:03:13.218-07:00I also liked "blasphenomenal" BTW.
Isn&...I also liked "blasphenomenal" BTW.<br /><br />Isn't it funny how even Tolkien characters with multiple names in a bunch of languages can even still have nicknames? I do like that Aragorn's was "hope" way back when. I did feel on earlier reads of LOTR that he stuck in my mind as "Strider" for a long time and all the extra "Aragorn" stuff seemed added in later. Maybe because we see him for so long in the beginning as a Ranger; the other side to him doesn't seem as organic, somehow.<br />But I loved how he gradually shouldered the leadership burden in the wake of Gandalf's death. If Boromir had had his ish together just a little more, he might have made a successful play to become leader of the fellowship. How disastrous would that have been?David Jón Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214464940911202724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-24659739561198264192012-07-19T11:14:08.251-07:002012-07-19T11:14:08.251-07:00That's a weird little detail, Sam's intere...That's a weird little detail, Sam's interest in ropes, I'm sure Tolkien has described Elvish rope in detail in some manuscript or other.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978672202726885286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-31133950676288513822012-07-18T16:05:05.696-07:002012-07-18T16:05:05.696-07:00Hee hee, thanks. I worry sometimes that too much s...Hee hee, thanks. I worry sometimes that too much snark finds its way into these posts, but I am only capable of these kinds of jokes when I'm poring over something that I madly love!Kate Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-50761970623897545382012-07-18T16:03:21.740-07:002012-07-18T16:03:21.740-07:00I never read Frodo laughing as mocking or cruel, j...I never read Frodo laughing as mocking or cruel, just sort of gentle humor. The way my friends sometimes laugh at me when I trip on uneven pavement and stuff. I mostly just mentioned it because of the marked contrast between the book and film versions of that scene. Sam's stumble was just a splashy little fumble in the book, but the film had to turn it into a big dramatic rescue/rebirth from the water scene. Yuck.<br /><br />Oh yeah, GRRM owes all to Tolkien, including using both R initials. I mean, come on, right? But it's kind of traditional to steal your idol's clothes as you turn them inside out and whatnot.Kate Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-90073099652140512692012-07-18T14:37:33.396-07:002012-07-18T14:37:33.396-07:00"Silmarilcrum" -- bwa-ha-ha!"Silmarilcrum" -- bwa-ha-ha!David Jón Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214464940911202724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-16065028997955908002012-07-18T08:55:57.138-07:002012-07-18T08:55:57.138-07:00It made me really sad this time to read Frodo laug...It made me really sad this time to read Frodo laughing at Sam for trying to jump on the boat. Like, really sad and to the point where I really wanted to punch Frodo in his tiny hobbit nose.<br /><br />Also, I am noticing more and more how many names, places and phrases GRRM TOTALLY ganked from Tolkien. <br /><br />Tirion/Tyrion, Drogo/Khal Drogo, War/Winter is coming, etc. [sigh]essjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117046454917324592noreply@blogger.com