The Music of the Ainur. Silmarillion / J. R. R. Tolkien
every single text post i see about the silmarillion has me more and more confusedâĶ..kinslaying over some shiny rocks??? half the continent disappearing??? something about some fellow called feanor being dramatic but secksy but also a mass murderer???? elrond having twenty parents???? luthien singing her way out of odd situations and also beating sauron up??? oaths are bad but burning boats is ok???
the werewolves??????
iâm sorry WHAT???????
ok my bad, boat-burning is also frowned upon! wait is that why everyone likes this guy so much??? is the bar really that low??
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Real talk, though, my favorite thing about the Silmarillion is that Jirt successfully captured the actual chaos and unlogic of real mythology in that thing. Then, combine it with all the other writings and you realize that there is no canon, just a bunch of stories that may or may not agree with each other, and thatâs okay, because thatâs how actual myths work.
Imagine losing your phone (or having it stolen, nobody's entirely sure) but you've got the location thing on so you can check from your computer where the phone is when it's turned on. You try to map out where the fuck it is, but it's been wandering around in places that don't have maps and people shouldn't access. It turns out that no matter who stole it, a fucking raccoon has it now, and you're pretty much run out of battery. You need this phone so you try to fervently figure out how the fuck you're going to get it back.
Okay, it hasn't been moving in a raccoon-like fashion for a while, so you're pretty sure that it's not being carried around by the raccoon anymore. Oh, it looks like it's been found, someone turned it on and charged it! A notification pings on your computer, someone has sent a message from your phone!
"23rqrferq233rqrw434r". The phone is moving on the GPS again. It has been picked up by another fucking raccoon!
...And that is roughly how I picture Sauron feeling when the Ring was once again carried by another hobbit.
omg this is perfect.Â
