Fandom Snowflake Day 3
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narya_flameI will come back to Day 2 tomorrow :)
Day 3
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
For me, it's 'The Shadow of the Past', the second chapter from The Fellowship of the Ring.
I first fell in love with Middle-earth via the Bakshi cartoon. I was tiny - not even at school. My uncle used to babysit for me on a Saturday night so my parents could have some peace, and one night he brought it with him. I adored it; never mind The Lion King, my heart belonged to the Hobbits and Elves of Tolkien long before most of the Disney Renaissance films had left their cultural stamp on my generation.
When I was finally given a copy of the book (I was seven, maybe eight?) I read through 'Concerning Hobbits' and was honestly bored - but I was a patient kid, and I knew what was coming. I giggled my way through 'A Long-Expected Party'; as I recall, the Bakshi film doesn't spend long on it, or else it didn't really stick in my memory. But with 'The Shadow of the Past', I was sucked right into the story I recognised and loved - the folly and tragedy of the Second Age, the threat of Mordor creeping into the cosy, homely Shire, the promise of magic and adventure and the inevitable sorrow and loss to come. Honestly, I still find it hard to put into words, but that is still my go-to passage whenever I need a Tolkien fix.
For me, it's 'The Shadow of the Past', the second chapter from The Fellowship of the Ring.
I first fell in love with Middle-earth via the Bakshi cartoon. I was tiny - not even at school. My uncle used to babysit for me on a Saturday night so my parents could have some peace, and one night he brought it with him. I adored it; never mind The Lion King, my heart belonged to the Hobbits and Elves of Tolkien long before most of the Disney Renaissance films had left their cultural stamp on my generation.
When I was finally given a copy of the book (I was seven, maybe eight?) I read through 'Concerning Hobbits' and was honestly bored - but I was a patient kid, and I knew what was coming. I giggled my way through 'A Long-Expected Party'; as I recall, the Bakshi film doesn't spend long on it, or else it didn't really stick in my memory. But with 'The Shadow of the Past', I was sucked right into the story I recognised and loved - the folly and tragedy of the Second Age, the threat of Mordor creeping into the cosy, homely Shire, the promise of magic and adventure and the inevitable sorrow and loss to come. Honestly, I still find it hard to put into words, but that is still my go-to passage whenever I need a Tolkien fix.
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Date: 2019-01-04 06:14 pm (UTC)I saw one of my cousins a couple of days back, as he and his family were on their way back to Liverpool from Bristol via Swindon and called to see mum and my brother and he mentioned that chapter too. I remember him talking about it back in 93 as well, when he first read LOTR. He was saying very much the same thing. It’s so well done, as up until then you are firmly within the Shire and all its little doings, and it’s rather like a walker coming upon the Grand Canyon unexpectedly.
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