TIL: JRR Tolkien’s great granddaughter, Ruth Tolkien, is the only blind person in the UK to be a competitive fencer. She is currently ranked the #186th best fencer in the country.
for by him [Túrin] was holden the hand of ruin / from Thingol’s folk, and Thû feared him – / Thû who was thronéd as thane most mighty / neath Morgoth Bauglir; whom that mighty one bade / ‘Go ravage the realm of the robber Thingol, / and mar the magic of Melian the Queen.’
Tolkien, J. R. R. The History of Middle-Earth III: The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. (London: HarperCollins, 2002.) 16. (The Lay of the Children of Húrin, Version 1, I “Túrin’s Fostering”)
1) as friends: this is really fucking scary, Húrin would be a champion of Melkor! Gothmoth would take him under his wing and present him with the dragon helm he’d take from Fingon’s corpse, if Húrin survived the unnumbered tears. Maybe he’d be a general under glaurung. Or, maybe Morwen is given to him after the Sudden Flame as a present, too. Maybe he and Huor kill each other during the unnumbered, having grown apart. Wow! It’s the absolute worst!
2) favorite meal time together: once Melkor feeds Húrin some nasty pickled orc food just because he can. Húrin doesn’t want to admit but he actually likes it.
3) annoying third wheel: curse
4) caught red handed: once Glaurung goes fetch Papi and finds him sitting on merrily straddling Húrin’s shoulders
5) caught being cute: Gothmog is present when Melkor absently-minded braids Húrin’s beard
6) perfect date: dagor dagorath
7) dark au scenario: I managed to make canon worse!! See #1
“Wow! It’s the absolute worst!” She says gleefully
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