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[pensnest]

1. Orson Scott Card rewrites Hamlet and, surprise, surprise, the bad guys are gay.

However, in response to this (among others), there is a choice list of LGBT-friendly books being compiled here. Go! Add! Etc!

2. For icon-makers reading this, have you thought of joining chromicons? The community is just starting up a new challenge which looks like fun, here.

3. I've been re-watching the Appendices on the Lord of the Rings extended edition DVDs, which are still utterly fascinating. Particularly the creation of the sets, miniatures, costumes and prosthetics. Amazing stuff. Though I still say they were wrong about Faramir.

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[faithette.livejournal.com]

OK, I sold my set of LOTR in a moment of cash desperation... how were they wrong about Faramir?

[pensnest]

They insisted Faramir had to succumb to the lure of the ring and drag Frodo and Sam off to Osgiliath in time for the battle and for them to be menaced by the Ringwraith on his fell beast. Then Faramir had an epiphany and let them go.

Hah.

I think it might have been done better, if they had to do it at all, but the point of Faramir is that he's a better man than Boromir was. Also, it's all very well saying that if Faramir declines to take the ring, it makes the ring look weak - if the Ringwraith gets within spitting distance of the ring and fails to find it, it makes the Ringwraith look really un-scary.

Ah well.

[fleurrochard]

OMG, were they ever wrong with Faramir!