By any other name

[altariel]

Thanks to the munificence of trixieleitz, you will notice that 'the annoying 1' has now gone from my user name, and I'm now finally, properly altariel. You shouldn't notice any difference at all at your end.

Who is Altariel? Altariel is the Quenya name for Galadriel, Tolkien's best female character. It means something about golden hair. My hair is more silver these days, nor am I stronger than the foundations of the earth (not every day, anyway), but (despite what the fanfic suggests) Galadriel was always my favourite character in Tolkien. She hung out with angels and was the boss of the White Council (the Good Guys' think tank and strategy-making body). She knew that apparent defeats can be transformed into great victories, if you play a long enough game. Also she understood that some victories are not worth the scorched earth that they would take. Wise woman.

Tolkien couldn't stop turning her into the BVM, but in my head she is more Jadis (without all the bad press Lewis gave her).

Plus - magic mirror!

Altariel is also the name under which I commit Tolkien fanfiction.

Thank you, trixieleitz!

Comments

[cruisedirector]

Congratulations on the 1-less name! And I want to see you when you are in the US, but I don't yet know exactly when we are going to be where in that direction (definitely Jamestown, and the chair of the Duke English department is one of my favorite people in the world so I would love to get down there).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I would love to meet up with you while I'm over. I'm very much hoping I'll get to Shore Leave - does that feature in your plans?

[cruisedirector]

I'm not sure yet! It depends on part on whether I have to work at Shore Leave! But I live near enough that I am sure we could meet up somewhere if you are going.