I don't even KNOW what's going on here...

Michael: See, I only know about Fëanoriel because I have an aunt who has a friend who has a brother who has a wife who has a friend who knows Chris, so she gets to read the Secret Tolkien Papers.
Michael: All sorts of stuff that the Tolkien Estate won't release in them, like how Legolas had a crush on Durin' ( Read more... )

Gildor, the confusing-as-fuck Elf that Frodo meets as he carries the One Ring out of the Shire, claims to be a member of the House of Finrod. ovirginsaint and I took it upon ourselves to figure out how this could be possible... with glorious results.

Michael: Gildor confuses me. :/
OVirginSaint: happy happy gildor?
Michael: Gildor Inglorion of the House of ( Read more... )

As always, the best quips are courtesy of isasolan :

isasolan: making up a name is hard T__T
Michael:
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Okay, there's nothing I like more than helping people write book reports or form presentations or whatever without reading the book. After all, reading is boring, I agree completely. So, this in mind, I've summarized the major plot points of The Silmarillion for you, and provided some discussion points at the end.

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( Guaranteed A+ )

Túrin Turambar, my favorite character in the drama of Arda, gets just about zero love for anyone else it seems. There are reasons for this, of course; he was kind of an asshole, and everything he touched turned to fail. However, that's never the justification I hear -- and often times people LOVE the characters that have incredibly similar ( Read more... )

So, ages and ages ago, Kate and rhaella had a wicked awesome convo about the nature and relationship between Eru Ilúvatar, Manwë Súlimo, and Melkor the Morgoth. I know jackshit about this convo, on account of rhaella's Gaia journal now being set to private.Pity, pity. I CAN say, however, that at some point I followed the conversation to its logical ( Read more... )

VOYAGE OF EÄRENDIL in a nutshell.

*the Exiles of Gondolin and Doriath come to the Havens*

EÄRENDIL: You're cute.
ELWING: So are you. Even if we're both still kids and shouldn't be starting romances yet.
EÄRENDIL: This is a nutshell. Michael is condensing things.
ELWING: Ah, I see.

*Eärendil and Elwing are wed*

( Go on, keep reading. I dare you. )

A quick convo, courtesy of isasolan and Kate.

Kate: The secret of Pac-man is far too profound for our simple mortal minds
isasolan: yeah... you must be right
isasolan: we should ask manwe
Kate: haha
Michael: If a secret is too profound for our simple mortal minds, I'm sure that Manwë thinks it has something to do with doggy poo.
Kate: XD
Kate: Manwe's ( Read more... )

So before Dragon Quest VIII was released, I joined a community called Slime Knights. The community gave away prizes in exchange for Mini Medals that you could earn by participating in various activities. I never did earn enough of the medals to actually win anything, but I did write a rather nice little piece. I guess. If it sounds corny, well, it ( Read more... )

I think this one speaks for itself. Oh, and for my insanity. Itself and my insanity.

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 ( Oi! Fantine! )