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Thing The First - almost all my friends in the UK are more or less under snow. All day Friday, and all day today, it has snowed here. And this is all we have to show for it....
A dusting on the higher ground. Otherwise it simply disappeared as it landed. I am quite envious of everyone who has 6 inches and more!
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gatty mentioned something I had not read - probably because it was written a while before I migrated from the Buffyverse over to the Tolkien fandom. It is Bagenders - a series in which "The Fellowship have been made immortal and are living together in the house-share from Hell." The writers happily acknowledge that it owes quite a bit to Father Ted & The Young Ones, with the odd shout out to Terry Pratchett, Julian and Sandy from 'Round the Horne', 'Blackadder Goes Forth', Blue Peter - and lots of other things. So British friends who enjoyed Father Ted and/or The Young Ones you really should go and read!
Having read LotR, or seen the films, is really all the Tolkien knowledge you really need.
And as for me - I am going to dive back in... I may be some time.
Thing The Third - Tolkien Friends - do you rememberstormwreath's Royal Houses of the Noldor made simple with chibi figures? Well he has begun to tell us The History of Middle Earth - starting In The Beginning - and has also, now, helped us figure out The Valaquenta - go, go and look - the history of Middle Earth has never looked cuter. And if you look in the comments to that post you will see that he and I have our own thoughts on why Nienna lives where she does, and cries so much...
A dusting on the higher ground. Otherwise it simply disappeared as it landed. I am quite envious of everyone who has 6 inches and more!
Thing The Second - new friend
gatty mentioned something I had not read - probably because it was written a while before I migrated from the Buffyverse over to the Tolkien fandom. It is Bagenders - a series in which "The Fellowship have been made immortal and are living together in the house-share from Hell." The writers happily acknowledge that it owes quite a bit to Father Ted & The Young Ones, with the odd shout out to Terry Pratchett, Julian and Sandy from 'Round the Horne', 'Blackadder Goes Forth', Blue Peter - and lots of other things. So British friends who enjoyed Father Ted and/or The Young Ones you really should go and read! Having read LotR, or seen the films, is really all the Tolkien knowledge you really need.
And as for me - I am going to dive back in... I may be some time.
Thing The Third - Tolkien Friends - do you remember
stormwreath's Royal Houses of the Noldor made simple with chibi figures? Well he has begun to tell us The History of Middle Earth - starting In The Beginning - and has also, now, helped us figure out The Valaquenta - go, go and look - the history of Middle Earth has never looked cuter. And if you look in the comments to that post you will see that he and I have our own thoughts on why Nienna lives where she does, and cries so much...