bunyip-things: all right, enough fooling around.  Let’s get back to basics.there are things in the deep woods with souls that are very unlike our own.  They have been with us from the moment we became aware of shadows where there shouldn’t be, of noises that we couldn’t identify.  If you’re lucky, you only hear them, … Continue reading

“You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man-flesh!”“Do you know how the Orcs first came to be? They were Elves once, taken by the Dark Lord – tortured and mutilated. A ruined and terrible form of life. And now…perfected! My fighting Uruk-hai.… Whom do you serve?““SARUMAN!!”— Saruman & Lurtz, … Continue reading

nativeafua: So I’ve been playing this “princess” game that’s about you, a female delegate, representing 1 of 8 kingdoms at a 3 month long conference; the premise is to forge relationships through friendships, respect and/or romance (of course) for various reasons. The game’s addictive, but one thing that irks my inner nitpicker is the fantasy-stereotypical … Continue reading

“Tell me…when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness?”‘You are a liar, Saruman, and a corrupter of men’s hearts. You hold out your     hand to me, and I perceive only a finger of the claw of Mordor. Cruel and cold!”– Tolkien, The Two Towers, The Voice of SarumanCC CREDITS- Saruman’s hair, beard, … Continue reading

“There will be no dawn for Men.”There came wolves and serpents and there came Balrogs one thousand, and there came Glomund the Father of Dragons. ―    J.R.R. Tolkien, The SilmarillionMY THOUGHTSCan I just state for the record that I would fall down and DIE if the Silmarillion got its own trilogy? I would – … Continue reading

“There will be no dawn for Men.”There came wolves and serpents and there came Balrogs one thousand, and there came Glomund the Father of Dragons. ―    J.R.R. Tolkien, The SilmarillionMY THOUGHTSCan I just state for the record that I would fall down and DIE if the Silmarillion got its own trilogy? I would – … Continue reading