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digdigil) has said, "Enough talking about child molesters! It is time to move onto happier topics! Give us the drabble-word, dammit!"
Okay, so maybe those weren't her exact words, but here it is, nonetheless:
quorum \KWOR-uhm\, noun:
1. Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is legally competent to transact business.
2. A select group.
"The extraordinary powers of the Senate were vested in twenty-six men, fourteen of whom would constitute a quorum, of which eight would make up a majority."
-Akhil Reed Amar, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction
"What other quorum in American history, save those who wrote our constitution, could claim as much impact on our day-to-day lives?"
-Gavin de Becker, [2]The Gift of Fear
Quorum comes from the Latin quorum, "of whom," from qui, "who." The term arose from the wording of the commission once issued to justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more specially designated justices.
Feeling a bit snarky, given my earlier post today, and having spent far too much time thinking about parole and probation (despite the fact that it is my job), I will ask to be pardoned from this really bad drabble. (Paroled, perhaps, as bad drabbles are hardly new to me?) The Halls of Mandos just always call to mind the Parole Commission....
Jeez, I need a new job....
A Death Sentence
Maedhros’ spirit was uneasy. Had be been able to pace, he would have. Had he been able to worry his nails, he would have. But he could not because he was dead and imprisoned in the Mandos’ Halls, without corporeal form.
But perhaps, he hoped, not forever.
Melkor, after all, only served a term of three ages, and Maedhros didn’t believe his deeds—however fell—were as wicked as those of Morgoth.
Fëanor, better at siphoning information, having dwelled here longer than Maedhros, appeared before him. “I have your verdict,” he said and smiled bitterly. “Once again: death by quorum.”
digdigil) has said, "Enough talking about child molesters! It is time to move onto happier topics! Give us the drabble-word, dammit!"Okay, so maybe those weren't her exact words, but here it is, nonetheless:
quorum \KWOR-uhm\, noun:
1. Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is legally competent to transact business.
2. A select group.
"The extraordinary powers of the Senate were vested in twenty-six men, fourteen of whom would constitute a quorum, of which eight would make up a majority."
-Akhil Reed Amar, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction
"What other quorum in American history, save those who wrote our constitution, could claim as much impact on our day-to-day lives?"
-Gavin de Becker, [2]The Gift of Fear
Quorum comes from the Latin quorum, "of whom," from qui, "who." The term arose from the wording of the commission once issued to justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more specially designated justices.
Feeling a bit snarky, given my earlier post today, and having spent far too much time thinking about parole and probation (despite the fact that it is my job), I will ask to be pardoned from this really bad drabble. (Paroled, perhaps, as bad drabbles are hardly new to me?) The Halls of Mandos just always call to mind the Parole Commission....
Jeez, I need a new job....
A Death Sentence
Maedhros’ spirit was uneasy. Had be been able to pace, he would have. Had he been able to worry his nails, he would have. But he could not because he was dead and imprisoned in the Mandos’ Halls, without corporeal form.
But perhaps, he hoped, not forever.
Melkor, after all, only served a term of three ages, and Maedhros didn’t believe his deeds—however fell—were as wicked as those of Morgoth.
Fëanor, better at siphoning information, having dwelled here longer than Maedhros, appeared before him. “I have your verdict,” he said and smiled bitterly. “Once again: death by quorum.”
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Date: 2005-09-15 04:04 pm (UTC)Maedhros didn’t believe his deeds—however fell—were as wicked as those of Morgoth.
Good point.
death by quorum
Even more painful than death by committee.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 04:12 pm (UTC)Maedhros didn’t believe his deeds—however fell—were as wicked as those of Morgoth.
Good point.
I think there's discrimination at work here. Has anyone called the NAAEP--the National Association for the Advancement of Elvish People?
Or PETE: People for the Ethical Treatment of Elves. (Since it just occured to me that you might not know of the NAACP!)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 04:18 pm (UTC)DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 04:29 pm (UTC)Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 04:35 pm (UTC)Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 05:44 pm (UTC)Let's see, things Tolkien did to him: made him swear a binding oath, hung him from a mountain for a very long time, cut off his hand, made him into a kinslayer three times, burned the hell out of his poor remaining hand, and threw him into a pit of fire.
Maedhros has witnessed the deaths of the following people, according to Tolkien: Finwe, Feanor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, Fingolfin, and Fingon.
Things I've done to him: fight with Feanor, fight with Nerdanel, fight with Macalaure, get bitten (fairly regularly) by Carnistir, get peed on by Carnistir. I make him unlucky and love and teased for getting caught giving 69 to a lord's daughter. He also has to do a lot of chores, and I make him read a lot of boring books. He has to struggle with a sense of inferiority as Feanor's son. In the stupid Sil play, he is a hopeless geek. And I do a whole lot more to him in AMC, but I won't spoil the story by saying anymore on it.
Most recently,
And
Things I've seen other fanfic writers do to him: He is tortured, beaten, mutilated, whipped, and burned. I've seen him racked at least once. He is starved, dehydrated, and frozen. Once, even, castrated (!!!)
He has been raped more times than I care to imagine: raped by orcs, raped by Morgoth, raped by Sauron. He is forced into provided oral gratification to Morgoth and Sauron. He is forced into prostitution with high-ranking officers of the Dark Lord. Once, he was sodomized with a rather large ax handle.
Speaking of sex, Tolkien not only did a lot of bad canon sh*t to poor Mae but doomed him to be a virgin through the duration of it.
Fanfic writers, on the other hand, prefer him to have sex with everyone. Most often, though, his brothers and cousins, especially Fingon and Maglor. He's had plenty of dashed romances with both genders.
Oh, and he's been persecuted for being gay too. The look on the face of my Maedhros, as he says, "But I'm not gay!" is priceless. Furthermore, he has been scandalized for not just being gay but being gay with his own cousin!
Once, Feanor caught him in bed with Maglor though (!!!)
Yes, I think it's time to pick on someone else.
Oh, Macalaure...? ;D
Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 07:25 pm (UTC)Well, at least you could argue its better than committing three kinslayings, being tortured, and THEN dying...
Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 07:41 pm (UTC)Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 07:43 pm (UTC)He must've gone a little crazyRe: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 07:57 pm (UTC)Damned noble Elves!
Oh, well, I shouldn't complain about a noble Feanorian for once.
Re: DEATH BY SENTENCE
Date: 2005-09-15 08:00 pm (UTC)Either that or he was like "Why me?!?!?"
(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 07:27 pm (UTC)Melkor, after all, only served a term of three ages...
Anyone else find this stupid?? Why am I even asking that question??
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Date: 2005-09-15 07:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 07:42 pm (UTC)Free Feanor!!!
:D
(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 07:44 pm (UTC)Indeed! Those jealous Valar...
(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-15 07:59 pm (UTC)So it was for the sake of Varda, Nessa, and Yavanna that he must be imprisoned forever, lest they realize what they're missing ;)
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Date: 2005-09-15 08:01 pm (UTC)