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Old 04-22-2004, 05:38 PM   #1
Elianna
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Tolkien Simply Afraid

It is not my good sense that rebels, I'm afaid, simply afraid.

Of what? That demands making an egregiously embarassing admition: I haven't finished reading RotK.

*gasp*

I'm afraid of finishing it, knowing I'll be bawling like I am at the end of the movie, lamenting for the elves leaving.

I know it's not my good sense that rebels because I really want to read about Saruman's and Wormtongue's deathes, I really want to read about the mallorn tree in the Party Field, I really want to read my favorite poem in LotR "Still round the corner there may wait A new road or hidden gate....", about so many other things I've heard about at the end of RotK.

But I'm terrified that I'll weep and cry out and gnash my teeth, and destroy the book by the time I'm done with it...

Any words of encouragement?
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Old 04-22-2004, 06:50 PM   #2
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I doubt you'll destroy the book. But you'll probably cry. Many of us did, and still do.
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Old 04-22-2004, 07:10 PM   #3
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Silmaril Antidote to PLD (post-LotR depression)

Finish the book. Then read it again!

Or, better still, read the Silmarillion. And then the Unfinished Tales. And then ... etc
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Old 04-22-2004, 08:33 PM   #4
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If you haven't finished it, then how do you know about all those elements you just mentioned??

I didn't cry at RotK (I teared up, but didn't cry). I didn't cry at the books. (The Passion of the Christ made me cry, but that's another story) But every time I read the book, the end of RotK, I put down the book and seriously, I walk away with a heavy heart. What else is there to say? It's just sad! But if you read the appendices about Aragorn's death...it's like MAN, what a creep Tolkien was to tell us how it all ends! It's kind of like Bilbo. We all want to have his ending. "And they lived happily ever after to the end of their days."

Stilll, you really have to finish it. You may not remain on this board unless you do, we shall all retrieve our officially licensed Sting reproductions and drive you away.

Don't read the story of Aragorn and Arwen in the appendix, though, if you fear knowing the end. It's just not fair.
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Old 04-22-2004, 08:41 PM   #5
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I too walked away from the book with a heavy heart, but it was well worth it to read the ending and then go on to the Appendices. After having 'teared up' at the "Grey Havens" chapter, I found myself completely drained after reading "...the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" (but in a good way). I agree with Saucey that the logical next step in the great tragedy that is Middle-earth's history is to read the Silmarillion.

Knight, I wonder what Tolkien would think of one of his loyal fans calling him a creep.
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Old 04-23-2004, 02:58 AM   #6
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