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

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Sorry it's taken me so long to comment on this - but hurrah! It's taken a long time, but I'm glad that you finally have it.

Have you noticed that all past references to you in lj user tags as 'Altariel1' are now displayed as 'Altariel'? History being rewritten before our very eyes.

Sadly, the 'glitterboy' journal still exists. It's been lying idle for years, but I think this means that I'm not likely to be able to get rid of my '1' in the very near future.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I liked seeing all those 'Altariels' appear. Perhaps you could try 'glitteryboy'. Or, to make the point, 'glitteriestboy'.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Or, to make the point, 'glitteriestboy'

*giggles*

I don't suppose anyone could really add a number after that, could they?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Only to be absolutely sure.