#elves

In the silence of the night,

Religion and the Sha

My usual, gut-level, teeth-grinding reaction to certain referential allusions that occasionally come up during discussion is as follows:

Full D. sylvanus taxonomy is as follows:
Species: sylvanus
Genus: Dannan
Family: Faeidae
Infraorder: Catarrhini
Order: Primates.

[Written by Tiernan and Robin. Taken from the TNO archives, Issue #1, October 1995. ]

1. Are people spooked when you walked up behind them and they never heard you coming?
2. You are always the first one to hear something in the distance (ie: aproaching car, person, storm...)
3. You can smell a troll for miles and miles and miles...
4. You couldn't care less about gun control as long as they don't outlaw bows.
5. You think "Lord what fools these mortals be" should be in Bartletts Quotes.
6. You are frequently offered 'Santa's Helper' jobs at Christmas without an interview.
7. Your best friends are nymphs, pixies, and fairies.
8. You think trees are a great place to live, and holes in the ground are for worms and hobbits.
9. Your friends cat, who hates EVERYONE including your friend, loves you.
10. You HATE ear jokes
11. You catch yourself referring to David Bowie as 'cousin'
12. The only iron you care to work with is the one that takes the wrinkles out of your clothes.
13. You can smell what kind of mood the people around you are in.
14. You HATE plastic.
15. You LOVE mushrooms.
16. You can be spun around at night with a blindfold on and you stop spinning pointing to true North every time.
17. You find yourself arguing that Vulcans and Romulans are your long lost cousins with a Trek fan.
18. Almost no-one understands your sense of humor
19. Trolls stress you out.
20. You have pet dragons.
21. You would rather listen to bird songs than the radio.
22. You can sleep on the floor, ground or a wood waterbed, but not a metal frame bed.
23. Orcs are the cousins you don't talk about.
24. You have a fascination with edged weapons.
25. Most of your clothing has ties and laces instead of buttons and zippers.

Glorsoron atar celndu
a varda vilya!
oranta ramamel le
himsul pella i earon dinalin
tuile edri galenramar
aidar lissilin ne silivren ered
anna anara
tintiliel telprin coire iore

I am reaching out to you
Through the walls of my body
But my arms are not my heart
In the end you must find me
In the centre of my soul
Rests a fiercely glowing light
Through the blackness of my mind
Casts a glimpse of burning white
Round that star hang walls of glass
Colours through a prism swirled
Only shadows of that light
Live to reach the outside world
And the one who made that star
Is an elf of ancient lands
In my mind her essence dwells
In the lines upon my hands
I must meet another elf
In the light of the same star
Then I would not be alone
Come to me, if elf you are
So if you know how it feels
Reaching for the starlit sky
At the same time pulling back
No one hears your wordless cry
If your soul lies in that light
Form a land forgot by man
From the depths of ancient woods
Find me waiting if you can

Not exactly a filk, but I'm sure it can be sung to *some* Johnny Cash song or other trucker's favourite.

(With Apologies to Eminem and blame to Rialian. Don't kill me Kyrin!)

MIAREN:
I am the very model of an Elven Individual,
I've information memorable, magical, and mythical,
I know the kings of Faerie, and I quote the tales bardic-wise
Of Thomas Rhymer, Taliesin, Tam Lin and some otherwise;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters of Awakening,
I understand Rememb'rings, both the quiet and the quakening,
On matters of linguistics I am teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about what spelling of "des'tai" to use.

(from "Under the Sun" by Sugar Ray)

(from Ticket to Ride by the Beatles)

I was in wonder watching the Lord of the Rings last night. I had gone with my fiancee and a mutual friend. *sigh* It was just....wonderful. Rather than critique the movie, I will highlight my opinion on how the elves were portrayed, from the perspective of a reincarnate elf. Overall, I think the movie was really well done in all aspects (save the missing Tom Bombadil, minor point).