geekiness

[darkluna]

ChefBoy owns a copy of the EE of Fellowship, but apparently we never watched it, because I was watching the movie yesterday, and was shocked to find that Celeborn is pronounced with a hard C. (Is it lamer not to know that, or is it lamer to really, really care that I didn't? :-)) Then I watched the extras, and dude! Elizabeth Fraser does the Lothlorien-theme vocals! But my favorite music is still the Rohan music.

It is a lot harder than I thought to hold a fictional war. It happens before my story even starts, but I do need to know what happens. I can imagine lots of ways to get it started, but I'm kind of looking at the tapestry wondering which thread would be best to tug on.

Comments

[isrephael.livejournal.com]

Have you not read the Silmarillion? It contains all the pronunciation rules. And, so you know, all Elven C's are hard. They may be squishy, but their consonants aren't.

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

I attempted the Silmarillion when I first read the trilogy, but couldn't get through it. It's pretty tough going for an 8-year-old. :) But I went and got myself a copy just yesterday.

[isrephael.livejournal.com]

That's about the same age that I read it. Of course, I had also read Edith Hamilton's Mythologies and The Bible around the same time frame. And, in so doing, doomed myself to a life of esoterics and anachronistic thought