Ava Blue

I need to know this now.

@keilah-h

Oh my. XD He would make an interesting centaur. I like it.

*applause*

Rereading Narnia is the ultimate cure for boredom.

@freed_and_redeemed

Thanks! 🙂 It was fun to draw.

@whalekeeper

I can see how someone would feel that way. I’ve never had trouble keeping my mental images separate from movies. It must depend on the person lol.

That would be nice. XD It’s annoying to have different versions of characters competing for attention. I can usually keep them s…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @koshka

Here it is!

In which Aenwest gets lost inside her head, and dwarves need manners

Chapter 2

Travenor walked quickly. I scurried through the woods behind him, feeling remarkably like a squirrel trailing an elk. Sunlight streamed down through the leaves around me, creating a world of green and gold. Birds sang above us…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Aaiii! Save us, it’s a film lover!

*Strangled gasp of horror*

😈 I am evil incarnate.

Part of me really wants to see the movies, since they are touted as being so accurate and fantastic, while another part of me clenches my mental images close and growls protectively. It’s how I am with every book I read, (especially Narnia, heh…

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the judging will happen tomorrow. Oh wait. It is tomorrow. Later today actually.

@elishavet-pidyon

I don’t really have advice, but I think Mark Twain did this excellently in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

@whalekeeper

Aaiii! Save us, it’s a film lover!

*Strangled gasp of horror*

Just kidding. I do understand that, and I have heard of some fantastic things they did with the adaptions, including splendid character interactions and even deviations from the books that actually made the plot more family friendly. Like cutting out the barrow…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

*applause*

Gentle warriors for the win! I am now inspired to write better representations of gentleness, purpose, and grief. We need unique turns on these topics.

 I think one of the reasons their story is cut is because it’s a story that speaks to more sensitive people. Aragorn looks cool on screen to everyone, and ev…

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@theducktator

You have pulled me from the pit of despair, only to yeet me back inside.

I must continue. I must. (I haven’t finished everything owed yet.)

Interesting discussion, points taken XD
I will go out on a limb and say that I have high respect for the movies despite their treatment of Eowyn and Faramir. There is some insane dedication in the directing, special effects, and actors which really speaks for how much the movie makers respected the source material. LotR got extremely lucky with…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Oh! Great topic. Creative narration is my favorite. I like in manga how characters explain their own backstories, because the author gets to have them explain it through their own eyes. And that way, we can even see two characters describe the same event in different ways.

I also like in the book thief how death is the…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon @ellette-giselle

(Tagging you both bc I didn’t realized until adding the tags these replies were from two people so I wrote it in one post 😂)

Also, I think those interconnected side plots like the Stewardship drama and Eowyn’s story are what really keeps the books from dragging on too long. If it was just destroying a ring, it w…

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@mineralizedwritings

Excactly! It’s so sweet, but not sugary sweet, you know? If it’s not in there, then half her character is left out (the real Eowyn, in fact) It’s a neat turn on illustrating healing and hope that really brings a lot of light into the story. 🙂

I think it’s my second time to read/listen to the Return of the King. I read the…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Yess… I was freaking out at that chapter. I felt like I was in a dream XDXD

I can’t believe what they cut from the movie of them! That chapter was the completion of Eowyn’s arc, and cutting it out made it seem like her arc ended at the triumph over the Nuzgal, which is really wrong. Her arc isn’t about war, but healing. And…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Yes! We just listened to the chapter with him and Eowyn, and I just kept crying and laughing.

*Insert a five page essay on sorrow and love and joy and how they are not mutually exclusive*

*Insert random squeaking noises of happiness*

Yeah… Aragorn/Strider is one of the reasons Faramir is not my only favorite. 😉

@elishavet-pidyon

Aw, thank you! 😁 It’s your favorite? I feel like I was just handed a medal.

Faramir is my favorite lotr boy and nobody can change my mind 🥰

The photo quality kinda softened his face, but I still agree. He’s such a fun character. He’s almost as much a walking paradox as Aragorn. XD

yesss I love him 😭 I love Aragorn too thoug…

@mineralizedwritings

Aw, thank you! 😁 It’s your favorite? O.O I feel like I was just handed a medal.

The photo quality kinda softened his face, but I still agree. He’s such a fun character. He’s almost as much a walking paradox as Aragorn. XD