for-such-a-time-as-this
for such a time as this
This is a collection of ramblings, ponderings, musings and tales--housed in the mind of writerly young lady who spends too much time thinking while she walks.
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“There comes a time when you look into the mirror and realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. Then you accept it, or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking into mirrors.”
~ quote from Chrysalis
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RIP, our perfect Delenn, Mira Furlan. An incredible person and actress.
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“All life is transitory. A dream. We all come together in the same place at the end of time. If I don’t see you again here, I will see you in a little while, in the place where no shadows fall.” — Delenn (Babylon 5, S2 E18)
Mira Furlan (1955-2021)
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thinking about how in the Lord of the Rings books, as opposed to his attitude of ‘I personally liked Boromir more’, Denethor tells Faramir that he DOES wish Faramir had died instead of Boromir, in a moment that captures his character and defines him perfectly.
This isn’t to say that he comes off better here. Indeed, a lot of people might prefer movie!Denethor’s selfishness and favoritism because, horrible and cruel as it is to tell your own son you liked their dead sibling better, it is nonetheless an understandable and selfish cruelty. For some reason, a lot of people tend to respond better to that kind of mentality, even if they personally disagree with it. The motives of the selfish often resonate more with people, and it may not be a good idea to dwell on why.
However, Book!Denethor is not like that. He actually gives a reason for preferring Faramir to have died, and it totally encapsulates his character: he reasons that it would have been better for Faramir to die, because he feels that Faramir’s closeness to Gandalf (being “a wizard’s pupil”) presents a danger to Gondor’s sovereignty and independence, and that Boromir was a skilled commander who is a more certain military asset than Faramir.
It is cold.
It is ruthless.
It is chillingly pragmatic, and in another series (such as Game of Thrones, or the military sci fi genre), Denethor would likely be narratively considered a hero for valuing one child over another on strictly utilitarian grounds, or at least considered reasonable.
However, in Lord of the Rings, that kind of pragmatism corrupts men into monsters. It is what made Saruman despair and throw his lot in with Sauron, reasoning that they could rule together rather than be defeated. It is what made Sauron, ages ago, corrupt into the madness of seeing the world and demanding that only his vision of order and absolute tyranny could make it flourish.
In a more pragmatic or ruthless setting, Denethor would be a hard man making hard decisions. In LoTR, however, hard men are the reason things have gotten bad, and hard men will break and leave nothing behind.
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i honestly don’t think authors grasp the effect dark haired, morally grey characters have on their readers. like i mean they can literally kill a man and most of us will still be here like
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Nasal congestion is so stupid. Your body stops breathing properly as a defense mechanism
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“Shh, it’s alright,” the villain said. “You’re doing beautifully and I’m so proud of you. But that’s enough now. It was cruel of them to make you fight me - you could never have won. It’s not your fault.”
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character: ah, finally some well-deserved time off from my dangerous and stressful job. how relaxing. nothing bad could possibly happen
two minutes and a theme song later:
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Dolce & Gabbana - Alta Moda Fall 2019 Haute Couture Collection [x]
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