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⌈ Secret Post #2987 ⌋

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Comments

Re: LOTR

[philstar22]

Good choices. Mine:

LOTR: Council of Elrond, Gandalf vs. the balrog, Boromir, Glorfindel vs. the Nazgul, Eowyn vs. the Witch-King
Hobbit: I also love the Thranduil stuff, and then the scenes with Bilbo and Smaug
Silmarillion: Beren and Luthien, Fingolfin challenging Morgoth, Turin, the fall of Gondolin, and Earendil and the War of Wrath

Re: LOTR

[(Anonymous)]

Bilbo vs Smaug is so iconic and awesome. Have you seen the 1977 Hobbit cartoon? For all the negatives of the cartoon, I actually thought the conversation between Bilbo and Smaug was really well done in that (except the revenge line -- that didn't flow for me).

I agree with your Silmarillion scenes except for Turin. However, in Unfinished Tales, I like some of Turin's tale with regards to the expansion of Beleg, Gwindor, and Brandir's characters, (though I don't think we look for the same things in the characters we like).

Eowyn vs the Witch-King is indeed awesome. I will say that the first time I read LOTR, Boromir's 'betrayal' came out of nowhere to me and I didn't like him. But, rereading it, I really appreciated his efforts to make up for his mistake and I came to appreciate his character much more.

Re: LOTR

[philstar22]

Turin appeals to the side of me that likes dark and angsty. Plus, anything with dragons is something made for me. I don't actually like him as a person, but he's an interesting character because as much as Morgoth's curse is there, he kind of dooms himself. Actually that is a common theme in the Silmarillion: Are the Noldor cursed by the doom of Mandos, are Feanor and his sons bound by their oath, or do they bring it on themselves? It is mostly a little of both.

Re: LOTR

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think I have that side. Turin just frustrates me. Curse-storylines frustrate me. I hate the idea that there's no escape from them and yet it's the cursed person's own actions that doom them. Finduilas tells Turin how he can save himself but he doesn't listen -- that kind of thing frustrates me. Just watching the inevitability of it and watching the cursed person do nothing about it and not learning anything from his actions (and dooming so many innocent people) frustrates me. That's why I don't find Turin interesting because he doesn't LEARN and because of that, he seems so self-centered. He destroys 3 peoples (and the outlaws). He's just so frustrating.

Feanor also frustrates me but I can understand him better. I pity Maglor and Maedhros and the others (except Celegorm and Curufin), but the Feanorians don't really have too much of my sympathy. I'll admit I'm a Sindar-girl at heart, though I love Fingolfin and his line.

I like the truly good people (Elrond, Tuor, Cirdan, Finrod). I like more hopeful stories. So, Tuor surviving to raise his son, and Barahir rescuing Finrod, and Haleth founding her kingdom, and Luthien just being amazing are the things I love about the Silm. Basically, all the high points of Elvish history ;)