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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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These... stories, letters, whatever reminded me of something I read recently- A Well-Remembered Voice by J.M. Barrie. It's a play, set during the first Great War, concerning a father who is visited by his son Dick, who was killed in battle. He and his son discuss what it was like at the Front- here's a bit of it:
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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02-16-2005, 03:16 PM | #43 | |
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But then there was the darkside.. I see what you mean about A well remembered voice.
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02-19-2005, 02:03 PM | #44 | |
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02-23-2005, 07:09 PM | #45 |
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I wrote some NC-17 rated fanfic about the royalty about ten years after the war of the ring
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02-26-2005, 01:28 PM | #46 | |
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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02-26-2005, 02:45 PM | #47 |
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Well ya know... she DID look longingly to the East after the army set off for the Morannon...
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04-07-2005, 05:05 PM | #48 |
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Added another chapter in my third post of this thread.
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05-01-2005, 07:58 PM | #49 |
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In re: Recollections of a Dunedain Ranger by SnowDog
I really got into this story. I appreciate the "blow-by-blow account" of all the fighting; it put me in the head state of actually being there, which good storytellers are able to do. I like to comment on people's writing here in Entmoot that I've truly enjoyed. I'm not into the whole spell-checking/fact-arguing/constructive criticism thing-IMO that's what English professors and script supervisors are for. Your story was moving; it almost sounds as if it came from a writer who is intimately familiar with the realities of warfare. Very good stuff--I'm gonna re-read it.
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Welcome to Entmoot, and I take it you picked your username Lotesse for this time of year? Lotesse is the month from April 23 to May 22.
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05-04-2005, 04:43 PM | #51 |
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Yep, your'e exactly right - I picked it from the Appenices in a hurry; I was so excited about registering that I didn't think about my name long enough. I want to be Gwaihir. Oh, well...
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05-05-2005, 10:15 PM | #52 |
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Lotesse is a good name though.
Pleased to meet you! *bows*
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08-08-2005, 03:57 PM | #53 |
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I have to say, snowdog, that is a great version of the battle. I like the details.
Val, another great version from the point of view of a young Ranger in his first battle. I 'd like to see your versions of the battle outside the Black Gate. It should be a great read. Btw, Val, I dont think it sounds too Britty. It sounds the way Tolkien would have wrote it.
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08-11-2005, 09:07 AM | #54 |
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I've just read this thread for the first time.
A nice story, Snowdog. Halbarad surely deserves more attention that he got in the books. And I loved your "Requiem for a Ranger" letter, Val! I see no fault with it at all. You are really good at writing letters! Especially I loved the fight with this Black Numenorean guy and its outcome. I believe he was one of them, from Harad, not a Southron. We never meet Black Numenoreans up close, except the Mouth, but he is an unique, twisted sort of person. I believe, there were quite decent ones in the South. I mean they hated Gondor (understandably), but were good fighters and preferred death to surrender. I liked the last touch, pointing at different cultural background. As for the author of the letter, he was a Nothern Dunadan, so never met the Black Numenoreans. I think a fighter from Gondor would have known about them at least and would have been taught to hate them. Just my ramblings... |
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not only that but there were Riders and Men of Gondor as well, Snowdog. there could be several hundred accounts to this battle
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