I'm not sure, but I think I'm kind of wanting something in between the "Crab salad" and the laughter... some description of Macalaure snerking, or trying not to laugh but failing, or some joke about them being spider meat, or something... bleh, once again, my own mind has deserted me before I could sufficiently clarify my thoughts. >_<
Eek...I know the feeling. I will certainly revisit this section with this in mind. :)
The whole notion of spiders is inspired by the common Baltimore insult against steamed crabs that are small or skimpy; we call them spiders! :)
Most of the disconnect between the brothers didn't really bother me much, at least for this chapter
Yeah, I'm getting mixed reviews on this. As I told Niothwen, this means that I have to think about it and decide for myself. Damn. Here I thought I'd get off easy and get y'all to do my work for me. :^P
very interesting how Macalaure has his own gifts and his own desires, but throughout his life, he'll never really be able to escape his father.
I've always felt for the Feanorions in this. It seems common for children to want to exceed their parents in some things; to do better where their parents made mistakes, etc. But the Feanorions are fated to be inferior; they are being told, "No matter what you do, you'll never exceed him. You'll always sit in his shadow." That they are immortal makes this worse; he's ever-present too, overshadowing them.
It makes me wonder how this may have affected their later deeds. "Oh, look, dad's taking a heretic's oath. Should we do the same? Well, since we'll never be any better than him, I don't see where we have a choice."
"Oh, look, dad's slaying the Teleri...." Et cetera.
It seems a lot of weight for a young Elf to carry and not at all fair.
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Eek...I know the feeling. I will certainly revisit this section with this in mind. :)
The whole notion of spiders is inspired by the common Baltimore insult against steamed crabs that are small or skimpy; we call them spiders! :)
Most of the disconnect between the brothers didn't really bother me much, at least for this chapter
Yeah, I'm getting mixed reviews on this. As I told Niothwen, this means that I have to think about it and decide for myself. Damn. Here I thought I'd get off easy and get y'all to do my work for me. :^P
very interesting how Macalaure has his own gifts and his own desires, but throughout his life, he'll never really be able to escape his father.
I've always felt for the Feanorions in this. It seems common for children to want to exceed their parents in some things; to do better where their parents made mistakes, etc. But the Feanorions are fated to be inferior; they are being told, "No matter what you do, you'll never exceed him. You'll always sit in his shadow." That they are immortal makes this worse; he's ever-present too, overshadowing them.
It makes me wonder how this may have affected their later deeds. "Oh, look, dad's taking a heretic's oath. Should we do the same? Well, since we'll never be any better than him, I don't see where we have a choice."
"Oh, look, dad's slaying the Teleri...." Et cetera.
It seems a lot of weight for a young Elf to carry and not at all fair.