B2MEM 2012 - March 5th
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altarielThe number called was: O68
My cards and prompts were:
Economy: War
March 3019: 7th March - Denethor and the palantír
Total War
"It is long since we had any hope."
Faramir, "The Window on the West", TTT
But before he left, they quarrelled. Not open hostilities, but that mutually assured destruction that has been their modus operandi for years. Not even death could bring them together.
“We are bereft,” the other said, “but we must not despair. There is still hope.”
He sees their emptied coffers and their opened veins. He sees a world in motion against him. He sees trenches, blitzkrieg, holocaust, fallout. He sees enemies at the gate, at the door, under the bed. He sees a mail clad fist punching at a human face, forever.
“Hope?” he said. “My son, we are beyond hope.”
My cards and prompts were:
Economy: War
March 3019: 7th March - Denethor and the palantír
Total War
"It is long since we had any hope."
Faramir, "The Window on the West", TTT
But before he left, they quarrelled. Not open hostilities, but that mutually assured destruction that has been their modus operandi for years. Not even death could bring them together.
“We are bereft,” the other said, “but we must not despair. There is still hope.”
He sees their emptied coffers and their opened veins. He sees a world in motion against him. He sees trenches, blitzkrieg, holocaust, fallout. He sees enemies at the gate, at the door, under the bed. He sees a mail clad fist punching at a human face, forever.
“Hope?” he said. “My son, we are beyond hope.”
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Date: 2012-03-05 06:00 pm (UTC)We've now finished the BBC series. I've blogged a few of my thoughts over on Wordpress,
http://mefinx.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/adolf-eva-and-tolkien-lotr-vs-the-banality-of-evil/
Revisiting it after many years, the parallels between Tolkein's scenario and the events
of the 1930s and 40s. That, plus my first visit to Germany a few weeks ago, have led me to reading some of the history from the German side and coming to terms with Dresden, among other things. Next, I'll be turning to the Carpenter biography of JRRT. It looks good, but has anybody done a more recent one?
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-03-06 08:47 pm (UTC)The Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards might be a place to start, just to sample some of what's out there. Or Espresso Recs for Lord of the Rings recs and Silmarillion recs.
There's John Garth's more recent biography (2003), Tolkien and the Great War, which particularly looks at his wartime experiences.
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Date: 2012-03-06 09:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-03-07 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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