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Best LoTR dream EVER
... so now I'm up after four hours of sleep because I was awakened by the phone, which turned out to be my co-artist on this freelance job. Of all the people not to realize that I wouldn't be up at eight a.m., you'd think an artist would know better. *g*
But it was almost worth it, because I was awakened in the middle of the best Lord of the Rings dream of all time, and I'm glad I didn't segue into another dream and forget about it.
There was some sort of complicated dream logic to explain this, which I don't remember the details of, but I think it included something along the lines of all of the Ring bearers having been killed, and the war was going really badly, and so, Gollum ended up in charge of the armies standing against Sauron.
And the sad/pathetic/hilarious thing is that he was trying to do a really good job! But, being Gollum, was doomed to fail because he was absolutely terrible at it! We hadn't even made it to the actual generaling, because the entire dream, at least up to the point when I woke up, dealt with the politics of holding together this loose coalition of different forces from different (mostly made up by my subconscious) parts of Middle Earth. And leaving aside whether Gollum would suck at actual military strategy (answer: probably yes), this was what he was really bad at. Gollum + diplomacy = really bad idea. Since they were independent groups of fighters rather than one unified army, he'd lose a battalion or twelve every time one of his generals would stomp off in a huff, which would basically happen every time he opened his mouth. Around the time that I woke up, he'd just managed to thoroughly insult the (female) leader of a bunch of guerrilla-style wilderness fighters that he really needed.
He had some sort of advisor that actually kinda knew what they were doing ... I don't remember who or what it was (Gandalf? the ghost of Aragorn? an Ent? I think it was more of a "what" than a "who"), but I vaguely remember that the entire process of "advising" Supreme General Gollum reduced down to telling him constantly "No, don't say that! Don't say ... oh shiiiit ..."
But it was almost worth it, because I was awakened in the middle of the best Lord of the Rings dream of all time, and I'm glad I didn't segue into another dream and forget about it.
There was some sort of complicated dream logic to explain this, which I don't remember the details of, but I think it included something along the lines of all of the Ring bearers having been killed, and the war was going really badly, and so, Gollum ended up in charge of the armies standing against Sauron.
And the sad/pathetic/hilarious thing is that he was trying to do a really good job! But, being Gollum, was doomed to fail because he was absolutely terrible at it! We hadn't even made it to the actual generaling, because the entire dream, at least up to the point when I woke up, dealt with the politics of holding together this loose coalition of different forces from different (mostly made up by my subconscious) parts of Middle Earth. And leaving aside whether Gollum would suck at actual military strategy (answer: probably yes), this was what he was really bad at. Gollum + diplomacy = really bad idea. Since they were independent groups of fighters rather than one unified army, he'd lose a battalion or twelve every time one of his generals would stomp off in a huff, which would basically happen every time he opened his mouth. Around the time that I woke up, he'd just managed to thoroughly insult the (female) leader of a bunch of guerrilla-style wilderness fighters that he really needed.
He had some sort of advisor that actually kinda knew what they were doing ... I don't remember who or what it was (Gandalf? the ghost of Aragorn? an Ent? I think it was more of a "what" than a "who"), but I vaguely remember that the entire process of "advising" Supreme General Gollum reduced down to telling him constantly "No, don't say that! Don't say ... oh shiiiit ..."
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ROFL...............thank goodness
but shame, shame for Mirkwood elves to let him go after Aragorn rounded him up.........
:D
I love LOTR
I read in LOTR, have done beta work in it, and have had vivid dreams about it, one that made me do some writing.......
When I had those all nighters due to the tumor pumping out so much cortisol,
I used to read LOTR all night........it was my first ff.....
and all because I googled Aragorn and Legolas and found a lovely
site.......
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I asked my sister who said she didn't have a clue as she had read them
I must say that the first book almost made me comatose....but my BIL
told me to read them in order.
I read the books after I had fallen down a flight of stairs here at home and had a lot of down time to do it
When I saw the first film, was in a really bad place then given our mother's deteriorating condition, I rushed out the following day to find TT......which I watched as soon as I got home from seeing her and could not wait to see the final film, ROTK.
I saw it on the big screen, it was playing by then in a small neighborhood theater, but did not matter to me......
Then I googled Aragorn and Legolas and found the Mellon Chronicles:
http://www.aragorn-legolas.5u.com/fanfiction.html
which introduced me to ff...........and as the old saying goes, the rest is history.
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It's interesting ... for me, LOTR is one of those things that I've never been tempted to seek out fanfic for, maybe because the books were so indelibly ingrained in my childhood as a finished, complete thing -- I just don't really have the desire to read more. It's similar for other childhood favorites (the Pern books, say) ... in my head, they simply are, and the desire to have more of that world is something that hadn't really happened for me yet.
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learned to love ff..........
I read in SGA, LOTR and M7 mainly........
My sister thinks its nuts, but. . .
I figure no different than the writing she has done, and she has been
published, or the writing my BIL has done.....or anybody for that matter
We were read to as children. I think that is where our love of books
and reading in general came from
I was that little girl in 'Matilda' when I was a child save for the
little red wagon she pulled along behind her to hold all the books.
I live in the Portland metro area where there is Powell's which is the largest privately owned bookstore in the US.......one square city block of books and more than one level............
I find bookstores, libraries fascinating and so does my sister and I believe it all stems from having been read to as a child.
I remember when DGM and I walked to Arleta library when I was a little girl. When the librarian told me I could check out books and take them home!!!! I asked how many and was delighted with her answer. However, DGM reminded me that I would have to carry them home.....home being quite a hike. She already had other packages she was carrying.
When I was at the university I loved to study in the stacks...there were private rooms along the walls.........it was wonderful.
Now you are probably asking why I did not become a librarian?? No interest in pursuing that part of books.
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but I vaguely remember that the entire process of "advising" Supreme General Gollum reduced down to telling him constantly "No, don't say that! Don't say ... oh shiiiit ..."
And now I'm thinking of John trying to advise General McKay... *is hopeless SGA addict*
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I love show/movie dreams. I have two Dr. Who stories (that I will write!) that came from dreams.
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SUPREME GENERAL GOLLUM.
That's. About as terrifying a thought as FIELD MARSHAL JAR-JAR.
And the poor advisor-spirit thing! That's... not an easy job. But at least Sauron's really bad? So they should come back eventually? Maybe. Um.
*still laughing*
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AAAAAAAAAAA ... okay, yes, probably. XDDDD
It really was a hilarious dream. I mean, not at the time. It seemed perfectly logical at the time. But I started laughing as soon as I woke up.