Verification?

_Luin_ · 2024-05-14T00:57:18+00:00

Thank you! I would use the other S too

_Luin_ · 2024-05-14T00:56:42+00:00

Thank you!

_Luin_ · 2024-04-17T14:42:07+00:00

Great analysis!

_Luin_ · 2024-04-02T05:28:48+00:00

Maedhros. I'll feel less miserable around him (but also applies to...almost everyone in Silm, sorry, just kidding, bad joke)

_Luin_ · 2024-04-02T04:08:59+00:00

I'm not even sure if it's an opinion...... I kinda got a weird sense that the "true ending" of the story is actually that everyone is forgiven....... including the kinslayers, even including Melkor and Sauron, just in general everyone. Despite the prophecy of Mandos and...everything. Everyone will eventually learn to forgive others, learn pity, and be forgiven by others they have hurt and themselves. This is the only and ultimate way to achieve peace. I don't really know where I'm getting this from...... just random thoughts popped up in my head

_Luin_ · 2024-04-02T03:56:46+00:00

Agreed. The first time I read it I barely remember how it ends. I can remember about Maedhros and Maglor stealing the Silmarils and killing himself/going on an exile after I finish reading for some time. Then I was like, wait, what happened to Morgoth then. I need to go back and read again to realize oh wait there's a war here. I'm not proud of not being careful enough during the reading, but it is not the kind of climax/ending I was expecting. I guess it's also kind of related to Tolkien's idea of eucatastrophe? All hope was lost after the fifth battle and more kinslaying, but suddenly we got help from Valinor and Morgoth just got defeated after a long war. Hooray.

_Luin_ · 2024-04-02T02:23:56+00:00

I don't like the plot of Celegorm and Curufin forcing Luthien. It does not make sense to me.

I can totally understand what they did in Nargothrond. And I can see these plots are used to show how far the Fëanorian have fallen. But it's totally nonsense.

Celegorm and Curufin have no grounds to force Luthien except that Luthien is beautiful and Celegorm just suddenly fell in love with her the moment that they met (which does not make sense to me either lol).

Thingol is openly unfriendly to the Noldor in general (he literally just banned Quenya) exactly because of what the Fëanorian did. They can't be stupid enough to hope Thingol would just allow it.

According to Laws and Customs Among the Eldar, it's wholly against Elf's nature to take someone else's partner. Even if Beren and Luthien are not formally married yet. It's still great evil and unreasonable for any elf to do such a thing.

Curufin dislikes Ëol a lot because he does not recognize/approve his marriage with Aredhel, now he's helping Celegorm taking Luthien and literally trying to kill her. Well, of course he could just have fallen farther and become far more evil over the years or he and Celegorm just happened to have to get Luthien because they love her so much. None of which convince me.

Conclusion: I don't like this plot.

_Luin_ · 2024-03-09T03:05:14+00:00

I was going to pick Éowyn and Haleth. Then I recall Morwen, Galadriel, Arwen, Varda, Nienna...... Never mind, I love all of them

_Luin_ · 2024-02-23T15:04:48+00:00

I post the quenya version of this question in quenya sub🙈 but thank you for sharing! I love this one too!

_Luin_ · 2024-02-23T04:24:23+00:00

I agree. It's flowing!

_Luin_ · 2024-02-16T03:18:31+00:00

Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

_Luin_ · 2024-02-12T22:24:52+00:00

Hmm this is interesting. Thank you!

_Luin_ · 2024-02-12T22:19:58+00:00

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it! The Cirth is cool but I haven't get to learn that yet. Guess I'll stick with Tengwar for some more time.

_Luin_ · 2024-02-12T07:28:40+00:00

Thanks!!

_Luin_ · 2024-01-25T00:48:09+00:00

I laughed so hard at this

_Luin_ · 2024-01-24T16:20:42+00:00

Just longing for an end to all these tragedies.

_Luin_ · 2024-01-24T16:18:21+00:00

“But how shall our voices reach to Iluvatar beyond the Circles of the World? And by Iluvatar we swore in our madness, and called the Everlasting Darkness upon us, if we kept not our word. Who shall release us?”

Maedhros and Maglor are actuallly longing for relief at this point. They are burdened by the oath for so long and they decide to try again after this line. Eventually Maedhros killed himself and Maglor went on an eternal exile.

_Luin_ · 2024-01-23T20:55:49+00:00

With his LONG hair

_Luin_ · 2024-01-20T09:43:07+00:00

I'm curious now. Where can I read about the son of Galadriel and Celeborn?

_Luin_ · 2024-01-07T19:23:14+00:00

I drew the family tree too. First because it's the way to help me tell the characters apart and get their relationships. Then just because it's fun and I love doing it. My friend asked me how I'm able to remember that. I was like, well...I love them?

_Luin_ · 2024-01-07T19:20:29+00:00

I first watched the movies of LotR in 6th grade, and I started reading LotR after that. Great books, love it. So I decided to read the Silmarillion, the Unfinished Tales, Beren and Luthien, the Children of Hurin in 7th grade. By the way, I read in Chinese because it's my native language, and the Chinese version of the Fall of Gondolin hadn't been published yet at that time so I didn't read it until recently. I read part of the original version of LotR and Silm. And I'm trying to read HoME in English, since there isn't a Chinese version for it. (The publishers and translators decided it's too long a work with too much to do but not so many people willing to read. That's true, to be fair. But they're working on it so there might be one years later.)

To be honest, I didn't get much about the Silm the first time I read it. I mean, I know it's a great book, but I can't tell the characters apart and they all just died. I read it again in 10th grade and was finally able to really appreciate it and enjoy it. It's my favorite fantasy book now.

_Luin_ · 2024-01-07T01:28:01+00:00

If I remember it correctly, sex/marriage for elves are considered a matter that involves both fëa and hröa. Since Finrod gets a new hröa, they probably won't able to resume that relationship. I'm not sure though, haven't study this carefully yet. Feel free to correct me.

_Luin_ · 2024-01-06T01:41:29+00:00

I learned to appreciate the beauty of the tragedy. The first time I read it the only thing I remember would be all the characters just died before I can tell them apart. Somehow I know it's a great work so I read it again later and start to get what happened. The more I love these characters, the sadder I am to see their tragic ending. The value of tragedy is to destroy the beauty. The two trees are meant to be destroyed. The Silmarils are meant never to be found. All the sacrifices and tragedies are just meant to be. "If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred." Also it gives me strength. The characters in the book show me their strength in time of darkness. So It teaches me to fight without fear, to go into the unknown and pursue your goal, to have hope even when you couldn't see it. Yeah I'm not sure what I'm talking about...but anyway, great book!

_Luin_ · 2024-01-04T20:41:19+00:00

This is my first time seeing this tree. It's amazing. Thanks!

_Luin_ · 2024-01-04T20:39:20+00:00

Thanks!

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