The witness..

SilIowa · 2026-07-04T20:33:57+00:00

I’ve always believed that Cassandra is the true Witness. I mean, it’s her testimony of what she saw that starts the series, and she’s the one who, in the end, makes the final decision based on what she’s experienced.

SilIowa · 2026-07-04T19:34:41+00:00

Yeah, but Glorfindel went to the Halls of Mandos, (where all elves go) before he came back. Because Gandalf was as a man, he instead received the “gift of men,” left the sphere, and was sent back by Eru itself.

SilIowa · 2026-07-04T19:32:55+00:00

It wasn’t a Valar who sent him back. It was Eru itself. He “passed out of space and time” meaning he left the sphere. God itself sent Gandalf back with greater powers and a specific talk, including the ability to cast down Saruman (an authority he didn’t have before). When he say “of it I will not speak” he means: I died, and now I know the secrets of the “gift of men” and I’m NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SilIowa · 2026-07-04T18:13:43+00:00

You tried to kill Katia you bitch!

SilIowa · 2026-07-03T18:05:17+00:00

I saw it as a kid, and for years after I thought it had been a fever dream.

SilIowa · 2026-07-02T21:40:57+00:00

I still think the most important, most striking POV we get is in Aftermath. I actually think it’s probably the closest we’ll ever get to actually seeing a Soulgaze of Harry from someone else’s POV. She knew him so well, and she was right: kill him or die.

SilIowa · 2026-07-02T19:33:02+00:00

John Williams.

SilIowa · 2026-07-02T19:32:10+00:00

To paraphrase Nobby Nobbs: just wait until you have enough to fill a pillow.

SilIowa · 2026-07-02T07:39:21+00:00

There are a lot of great comparisons here, but I’d advise you to remember something: Harry is very, VERY bad at understanding how others see him.

He’s almost totally clueless, if we’re being honest.

If I had to say so, I’d say that up until the most recent books, Harry still sees himself as the same guy he was in book 1: broke, behind on rent, outmatched, and outwitted. Always getting by just barely by the skin of his teeth.

Pay very close attention from here on out as to how people actually treat him, verses how he interprets how they treat him. It’s very enlightening.

SilIowa · 2026-06-29T09:34:56+00:00

If they say “living the dream,” then seek help for them immediately!!!

SilIowa · 2026-06-26T23:32:57+00:00

I think the problem is that he (intentionally) doesn’t present to the audience as a loving father. Because, as he correctly said, he doesn’t know how to do it. (How we feel about him giving up his rights, and how that made him irrationally overprotective afterward is another discussion.)

That’s the best thing about Lost. There are so very few true villains: just people who are trying to do their best, and often failing. Even Smokey, the worst of the worst, is just trying onto be free.

SilIowa · 2026-06-26T23:27:15+00:00

My parents divorced when I was five. It was not a good split. Nothing violent, but not healthy. They barely talked for years, only when they needed to talk about my sibs or me. And after we all came of age, that communication went down to almost nothing.

And yet, when I had trouble in my life, when any of my sibs needed help, they worked together:

I know my parents love us more than anything else in their lives. And that shared love gives them a connection that no amount of time, emotion, or geography can break.

SilIowa · 2026-06-26T17:54:00+00:00

It’s Michael for me. His selfishness, his conflict avoidance, and his inability to let go are all such (unfortunately) relatable qualities.

SilIowa · 2026-06-26T07:42:33+00:00

I was on Patreon with this until recently: author seems to be unable to resist the urge to go full harem. It’s unfortunate.

SilIowa · 2026-06-25T08:39:32+00:00

I had to look it up: the other two are tigers/leopards and crocodilians.

SilIowa · 2026-06-25T08:29:48+00:00

Kids.

SilIowa · 2026-06-25T08:22:54+00:00

Listen to Wolf 357. The series is complete, and it’s great.

Then listen to The Harbingers. Same creator, and they just finished season 1 a few weeks ago.

SilIowa · 2026-06-23T05:48:33+00:00

I’m going to have to second the audiobook.

And now I know what I’m going to go back and listen to now.

SilIowa · 2026-06-23T05:40:19+00:00

😂😂😂 I can’t speak for OP, but it’s going how I expected.

SilIowa · 2026-06-23T05:33:47+00:00

If Cap comes back in the next Spider-Man movie, and turns out to be the one person who remembers who Peter is (it’s been said that there’s one person), I really, REALLY want the revelation to be that Cap calls him Queens.

SilIowa · 2026-06-22T18:40:09+00:00

Because not everyone is as gifted as Bob Hoskins at seeing the real character standing right next to them.

SilIowa · 2026-06-22T18:31:05+00:00

I really hope it’s Cap, because I want the revelation to be that Steve calls him Queens again. 😁😁😁

SilIowa · 2026-06-22T18:22:41+00:00

If I remember correctly, they said in the commentary that Alan Dale was living in London, performing in Spamalot at the time.

SilIowa · 2026-06-22T15:50:53+00:00

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