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The tension, the horror of this growing sudden darkness, the fact that Fëanor was away, the fact that his grandchildren are instead there and they flee, and how does that weight on their conscience? They relay what happened to their own father, and Finwe's death is gruesome and bloody, terribly similar to Fingolfin's, or Fingon's.

And Finwe. What were his thoughts, how did he fight? He was facing a Vala, for the first time ever an Elda was facing a Vala - the old enemy that had haunted the Quendi ever since their awakening, the enemy from which Finwe had defended his people and brought them against all hope in a land where such horror and death would not find them.

Witnessing it, hearing of it, the death of this father that was so dearly beloved, the death of a king who has led his people for almost 4,000 years, through the darkness of Cuivienen to the light of Aman — he must have been loved beyond reason by his family and people. No wonder they moved a continent to avenge him.

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

I always change his hair from straight to curly XD

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

Hi friends!

As many of you know, Scribe and I are going to be relocating to Providence, RI in just a few months, so that I can start a PhD program in History. The hard part is getting there. We haven't had much money ever since Scribe got sick, and cross-country moves are very expensive, so we're fundraising a bit to try to ease the burden.

Volume 24, Issue 1 Asexuality in Tolkien's Legendarium

Happy Pride everyone! The Journal of Tolkien Research has just published a new issue focused on the asexual and aromantic spectrums and how they resonate within Tolkien's Legendarium. The mods over here are so excited to read these and will be posting a weekly article summary for the next few months!

Introduction: Asexuality and Aromanticism in Tolkien's Works

Clare Moore and Rory Queripel

“Mythology is Language and Language is Mythology”: Allegory, Applicability, and/or Asexuality in Tolkien’s Legendarium

Rory M. Queripel

“Motions of Love and Friendship”: Elven (A)sexuality

Clare Moore

Chaste Bachelors and Abstaining Husbands: Celibacy and Asexuality in the Line of Finwë

Kristine Larsen

“A Natural Human Activity”: the Split Attraction Model as a tool for reading Tolkien’s Legendarium

Sarah Courtis

“As Bachelors Very Exceptional”: An Asexual Reading of Frodo Baggins

Danna Petersen-Deeprose

What is Unwritten May Yet Resonate: In Search of Female A-spec Resonances in Tolkien

Jackie Sheppard

An Asexual Autist’s Feminist Musings on The Lord of the Rings

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