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By Any Other Name
Nov. 29th, 2004 10:22 amYay! Have teh Intarweb back! Stupid campus network.
So, more reflections upon re-watching TTT. I love this story soooo much!
( On Names and the Power of Recovery )
On an additional tangent, who knew that the Rohirric woman in TTT who sends her children off on the horse to Edoras is named Morwen? There's this lovely touch with the other Morwen, Turin's mother: the mortal woman sending her son away to safety, knowing that she may very well die soon and never see him again. Even with the little sister, although Eothain knows little Freda as Turin never knew Niennor. Eothain/Freda incest, anyone? I just find it interesting that the name that Peter chose to reuse from the Silm fits so perfectly. Even the tangles of her hair blowing in those heavy winds recalls the images that had such impact on Turin of the woman running wild as the deer clad only in her knotted hair.
And so much irritation with people calling them “Rohans.” “Rohirrim,” fuck it! That's like saying “Americas,” “Englands,” or “Chinas.” It doesn't work like that. When you're presented with a proper class plural, use it, dammit! Faugh.
So, more reflections upon re-watching TTT. I love this story soooo much!
( On Names and the Power of Recovery )
On an additional tangent, who knew that the Rohirric woman in TTT who sends her children off on the horse to Edoras is named Morwen? There's this lovely touch with the other Morwen, Turin's mother: the mortal woman sending her son away to safety, knowing that she may very well die soon and never see him again. Even with the little sister, although Eothain knows little Freda as Turin never knew Niennor. Eothain/Freda incest, anyone? I just find it interesting that the name that Peter chose to reuse from the Silm fits so perfectly. Even the tangles of her hair blowing in those heavy winds recalls the images that had such impact on Turin of the woman running wild as the deer clad only in her knotted hair.
And so much irritation with people calling them “Rohans.” “Rohirrim,” fuck it! That's like saying “Americas,” “Englands,” or “Chinas.” It doesn't work like that. When you're presented with a proper class plural, use it, dammit! Faugh.
