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These are a mixture of my favourite moments from the books and random out of context quotes, some happy, somefunny, some sad. Caveat lector, and all that.
From The Fellowship of the Ring:
Oh, Sam:
"If you don't come back, sir, then I shan't, that's certain," said Sam. "Don't you leave him, they said to me. Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon, and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with, I said.
Sometimes, I think a lot of Hobbit writers, at least the ones I've read, tend to forget that Merry and Frodo (and Pippin and Frodo, but possibly to a lesser extent) are friends too, that the Hobbits aren't split up in two pairs like that, because, well:
It all depends on what you want," put in Merry. "You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin -- to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours -- closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo."
The rhyme that always, always gets to me, especially the last line:
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Gandalf steals Legolas' Random Elf Wisdom gig:
We are sitting in a fortress. Outside it is getting dark.
Melle has a Nazgûl fetish and gets shivers down hre spine every time she reads this:
"Nazgûl," he whispered. "The Nine are abroad again. They have crossed the River secretly and are moving westward. They have taken the guise of riders in black."
Also, I am twelve and like to take qoutes out of context:
Boromir stirred, and Frodo looked at him. He was fingering his great horn and frowning.
More spine-shivering moments, because dude, Tolkien remains the only writer on earth who ever made me feel a deeper terror than Stephen King did:
"We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming.
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deepsix? You'd best look away, I think:
"Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people! I have failed."
"No!" said Aragotn, taking his hand and kissing his brow."You have conquered. Few have gained such victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall."
Boromir smiled.
"Which way did they go? Was Frodo there?" said Aragorn.
But Boromir did not speak again.
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He knelt for a while, bent with weeping, still clasping Boromir's hand.
Favourite Legolas/Gimli moment ever, and I'm so grateful that PJ put it in the movie, and god, but it was perfect:
Éomer's eyes blazed, and the Men of Rohan murmured angrily, and closed in, advancing their spears. "I would cut off your head, beard and all, Master Dwarf if it stood but a little higher from the ground," said Éomer.
"He stands not alone," said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. "You would die before your stroke fell."
Minor Legolas/Gimli moment:
Gimli was lifted up behind his friend [Legolas], and he clung to him[.]
At on point, I used to know this entire speech by heart:
"Of course, it is likely enough, my friends," he said slowly, "likely enough that we are going to our doom; the last march of the Ents. But if we stayed at home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later. That thought has long been growing in our hearts; and that is why we are marching now. It was not a hasty resolve. Now at least the last march of the Ents may be worth a song. Aye," he sighed. "we may help the other peoples before we pass away."
More Legolas/Gimli, with echoes of Ruth/Naomi:
"You are a Wood-elf, anyway, though Elves of any kind are strange folk. Yet you comfort me. Where you go, I will go."
Yet more Legolas/Gimli, and can you tell what my OTP is?
"I will gladly go with you, if Legolas, my companion, may ride beside us."
Legolas and Gimli and I keep giggling at this passage:
"There are eyes!" [Legolas] said. "Eyes looking out from the shadows of the boughs! I never saw such eyes before."
"The others, surprised by his cry, halted and turned; but Legolas started to ride back.
"No, no!" cried Gimli. "Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse! I wish to see no eyes!"
Pippin respects his elders:
"So that is the King of Rohan," said Pippin in an undertone. "A fine old fellow. Very polite."
Who'd have thought? More Legolas/Gimli:
"Hoom, hm! Ah now," said Treebeard, looking dar-eyed at [Gimli]. "A dwarf and an axe-bearer! Hoom! I have good will to Elves; but you ask much. This is a strange friendship!"
"Strange it may seem," said Legolas, "but while Gimli lives I shall not come to Fangorn alone."
Best line ever, which I tend to quote in any situation that fits it, and quite a few that don't:
"Nice sensible hobbits stay with Sméagol."
Frodo channels Legolas and spouts random poetic lines:
"I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting all dead."
Okay, Sam, would you like my heart on a silver platter, or will plain do? Gaaah:
Frodo's face was peaceful, the marks of fear and care had left it; but it looked old, old and beautiful, as if the chiseling of the shaping years was now revealed in many fine lines that had before been hidden, though the identity of the face was not changed. Not that Sam Gamgee put it that was to himself. He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no."
Oh, Faramir:
"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the brigh sword for its shapness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory."
Keeping in mind this is in re: Sam attacking Shelob in defense of Frodo, are we really sure the good Professor didn't intend any subtext here? Really now:
No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above his fallen mate.
And um, yes, and also wibble:
"Frodo, Mr. Frodo!" he called. "Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodoç! O wake up, Frodo me dear, me dear. Wake up!
For ruby_fruit, re: Pippin and Bergil, and awww:
Hand in hand they went back to the City, the lsat to pass the Gate before it was shut.
Wibble:
[Merry] felt very small, and he was puzzled and depressed by all these gloomy words. More than ever he missed the unquenchable cheerfulness of Pippin.
Okay, several people may wish to skip this:
Proud and grave [Faramir] stood for a moment as he spoke to the guard, and Pippin gazing at him saw how closely he resembled his brother Boromir -- whom Pippin had liked from the first, admiring the great man's lordly but kindly manner.
Aaand you might want to skip this one, too, because arghwibblesobsnifflewah:
"Well, I have you now, Sam, dear Sam," said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand.
Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness.
And then there's this:
And Éomer answered [to Aragorn]: "Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail."
And of course:
[Sam] drew a deep breath."Well, I'm back," he said.
Awwwwww:
[Gimli] was named Elf-friend because of the great love that grew between him and Legolas, son of King Thranduil, and because of his reverence for the Lady Galadriel.
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We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Dlón's son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If this is true, then iut is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any love, or that the Eldar should recive him, or that the Lords of the West should permit it.
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This, and the whole speech it's from, is why Peter Jackson's changes to Faramir made me so cranky. Not the whole taking them off to Osgilath thing, I thought that was a perfectly reasonable expansion of the whole moment of doubt thing, but turning him into someone who viewed the ring as a useful tool. Not including this speech! Wah!
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And hey, any questions, I shall attempt to answer for you! So helpful am I. Nothing at all to do with recruitment, noooo ...
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Turkey basters?
why does fanon say that hobbits come in pairs? they seem very all-together in the beginning.
As I noted in the post, I don't know, though partially I think because they do get "split up" at the end of FotR. But yes, the friendship between all four of them does seem to be ignored a lot, sadly.
is there any good hobbit fic set during the quest? where is it? is there sam/frodo that won't make me want to claw my eyes out?
I've no idea. Don't really read hobbitslash, but will attempt to find out.
what about legolas/gimli?
I had a few, but cannot locate them right now. Remind me of this after I've written the Christmas drabbles.
is aragorn actually straight?
Evidence would suggest yes.
do elven women put out?has anyone ever written about merry having a stupid little boy cursh on eowyn?
I hope so, because aw, socute!
does he have a stupid little boy crush on her in the books, or was that just rotk?
ISTR so, yes. At the very least, they have this older sister/little brother thing goig on which I find insufferably cute.
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also, wow. so aragorn was like... apparently into boring chicks. I'm just sitting here making a D&D character sheet in my head that's like "ugh. Aragorn: Lawful Good Human Paladin. :P"
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And aragorn is kinda boring himself, so he goes with theboring chicks.
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Yes! Also one of my favorite moments in the book. The guise of riders in black. *guh*
*looks at bubosquared's quotes* I *so* need to read those books again.
*weee* I had lots of fun yesterday. Thanks! :-)
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Mmmm, Nazgûl ...
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<3! And all the other Legolas/Gimli quotes up there. ...Okay, to be honest, pretty much your whole entry = <33333
I so love them all.
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my favorite moment--right now, anyway, it will change--is boromir's funeral song. I cry and *cry,* man.
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We are sitting in a fortress. Outside it is getting dark.
:: laughs :: I'm betting this was from the movie.
Also, I am twelve and like to take qoutes out of context:
Boromir stirred, and Frodo looked at him. He was fingering his great horn and frowning.
*snerk* You're twelve? Then we're like nine after all those quotes from OoP we giggled over. Direct quotes like "[The Weasleys] were chanting "he got off, he got off...", "Ron ejaculated" and [the twins]: "Good thing we kept our peckers up" still make me grin. And Snape teaching Harry defence against external penetration (aka Occlumency). Excuse me while I choke on my laughter.
And I so need to finish reading that book. Some of those quotes... gah.
But about those hobbit slashlists (you wanted the link, right?): there are several.
Hobbit Slash, Shire Shippers, Whether or No (yes, from that quote. Sam/Frodo and Merry/Pippin shippers), Hobbit Feet (Frodo/Sam), Frodo Ringbearer (slash apparently not required), Frodo Slash, Lord Of Slash (Frodo centric), Merry/Pippin: this one and this one and finally Elevensies (about Pippin).
I joined Whether or No and got recced the following fics:
- Rain by Lobelia Sackville Baggins.
It's the only fic I read till now. Sam/Frodo, with a side of Frodo/Merry (especially in the added chapters). A story of unrequited love (Frodo's in love with Sam, Sam is... confused, mostly).
It walks that very fine line between good drama and überangst. It's actually reminiscent of some of the Remus/Sirius fic I read when I first entered the HP fandom, but I'll admit it was much better written than most of the Remus/Sirius I read. A bit too dramatic for me, at times, but like I said, I thought it was rather well written. And that includes the Frodo/Milo Burrows added chapter.
- Rites Of Passage. Novel-length story about Frodo's youth in Buckland. Apparently well liked all around "hobbit fandom".
- Legacy. Excellently written, apparently (haven't read it yet, but so I'm told, and looking at the site where it's published, it also seems very plotty), but rather darker than most hobbit fics. (Sounds like my kind of fic. *g*) Looks like it might be Frodo/Bilbo, but I'm not entirely sure.
Some other people also publicly recced me fics on Whether or No in msgs 2811, 2815, 2816 and 2128. (If you're interested but don't want to join, I can copy/paste them for you.)
I have no idea how much hobbit slash you have or haven't read, so I'm sorry if this is rather useless to you.
I personally also enjoyed Bill the Pony's Foolish Games, which was recced all over the place. Completely plotless and shameless hobbitsmut (they're playing spin-the-bottle, for goodness sake!), but Sam and Pippin are just so adorable (pre-quest). If you're looking for something more than smut, though, you'd better pass this one up.
I haven't yet encountered a story that seems to be set during the quest, though. (I haven't had a chance to look at all the recced fic, though). Shame, that.
So how about convincing me H/D can be done well, now, hm? I completely forgot the name of the fic you recced Sunday, and I don't think you gave the author's name, anyway...
Don't feel compelled to do this, though. I'd be interested in seeing some good H/D, but I much doubt I'll ever become a H/D shipper, so I won't be too disappointed if you don't find the time to rec me anything. *g*
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We are sitting in a fortress. Outside it is getting dark.
:: laughs :: I'm betting this was from the movie.
OK, so I was wrong, it was from the book. *g* I do think he was being metaphorical, though. Or trying to be. :-) Yes, you made me stop and stare at that sentence when I saw it. I was like 'this is it! This is it!'. I'm pathetic. *g*
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Oh yeah. :: laughs :: ;-P
I actually never took notes, not even on HP and that's my only fandom. And I love it. That's probably also why I'm constantly leafing through the books (hey, any excuse is good). *g* I'm usually pretty good at remembering random things like that, though, just silly quotes. However, whenever I actually try to remember something... I think it slips right out just to spite me. *glares at own mind*
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But I'm a serious overanalyser, so I take notes. And quote things. And mark favourite parts of books so I'll remember where they are if I want to re-read just that part.
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With HP, it's much easier to remember where something (a certain scene, etc) is, so I just leaf through the book, or rather, the part where I know the scene in question is. Though there were times when I actually knew the page numbers of certain scenes by heart. :: grin :: I'm still very much in love with the scene in CoS where Harry and Ron have just arrived at Hogwarts are talking about Snape... Favourite embarrassing scene ever. Actually, come to think of it, I did copy that particular scene. *g* And the Lexicon... Yes, very handy, except that I keep forgetting to bookmark it, and I'm never sure where it is. So I'm forever taking the books back up, but that's OK. And after having read them four times in less than a year (well, except OoP), I do remember most things, or at least have some inkling of where to look for them. Though notes would probably be better. *g* And I can imagine you'd need to take notes on LotR... Pretty complicated, that one.
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Ooh, you do take things far. :-) I'm impressed. I generally prefer to think about the characters and the plot, though. And I'd think that in that respect, LotR would be much more interesting, what with all the different creatures, etc, etc...
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Which is what's missing from LotR. I mean, I love the world, an I love to know more about it, but there's no need to pick apart every detail with other people or something like that.
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(Also, Azkaban, and I'll gladly elaborate if you want, but I'll shut up for now.)
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And what of Azkaban? Yes, elaborate, elaborate (if you have the time)! :-)
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I kind of treat the Wizarding World as a "real" society, so JKr doesn't often enter the picture for me, and judging from what I've seen in the books, the WW isn't really a very fair or just society oftentimes.
I'll probably do a big post on justice in the WW in general once I've re-read the books, but the very idea of Azkaban bothers me, especially the Dementors, and the fact that Sirius was (kept) locked up there for twelve years without ever having a trial. (Hagrid also spent a few months there during PoA, also without trial, and according to the lexicon, Crouch Sr sent many suspects to Azkaban without trial during the first war.)
And then of course there's the fact that even if suspects are given a trial, it's not exactly a fair one. (Note that the defendant doesn't have a lawyer/representative, or even the right to speak up for himself, it seems--the prosecution presents their case, then the jury hands down a verdict--assuming that he would be physically and psychologically able to after being escorted into the room by Dementors (and possibly being held at Azkaban for some time before the trial?))
And I'm possibly thinking too hard about this, but as with the House Elves, the characters themselves have challenged/expressed doubts about this sort of thing, thus making suspension of disbelief a lot harder.