Childhood nostalgia poll

[rachelmanija]

Please reminisce, fondly or not, about any of these, or other books read in childhood, especially if they seem to have, deservedly or undeservedly, vanished from the shelves. I'd love to hear about non-US, non-British books, too.

[Poll #1720139]

Comments

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I never made it through the Silmarillion. I would try with the creation myths, get lost, and skip ahead to Beren and Luthien.

I totally called dibs on Luthien when I was part of a masquerade entry enacting filkertom's song "Return of the King, Uh-Huh" -- Aragorn in an Elvis jumpsuit, Eowyn and Arwen in prom dresses made from a vintage fifties pattern, and a crowd of fangirls in poodle skirts, representing all the races of Middle-Earth. With our poodle emblems referencing our characters. Our Entwife had a tree on a leash! Of course I had Luthien's emblem, and I also had LED blinky stars in my hair. It was AWESOME.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ah, no love for poor angsty DOOOOOOMED! Kullervo Elric Túrin Turambar, or all the mad-bad-dangerous-to-know angsty DOOOOMED! Sons of Fëanor? I am a total sucker for Fëanorian angst...and in retrospect, I'm pretty sure that Maedhros/Fingon was one of my formative h/c slashy ships long before I had any idea just why those scenes thrilled me so much.

Those costumes sound AWESOME. Please tell me there are photos somewhere!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

The instigator's photos have developed link rot, but you can see a few here: http://www.sickpupsnot.org/arisia2004.html

The emblem on green next to Luthien's was just supposed to be "semy of elanor flowers" because the concept was that the 8-year-old was Elanor Gamgee.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Eee, you used the canon heraldic devices! *hearts* And the Uruk biker jacket is EPIC win. XD

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

That was the instigator's jacket, and she wore it with the One Ring skirt. Oh, and that fellow in the green jerkin is my ex-husband, and we looked up the Quenya word for "security" and how to spell it in tengwar and appliqued that in white felt on the back of his cloak. And someone was able to READ IT FROM THE AUDIENCE AND KNOW WHAT IT SAID. We figured that was the most epic win of all.

I was responsible for three skirts -- Luthien, Elanor, and the Entwife.

Also epic was the White Tree of Gondor on the back of Aragorn's jumpsuit, done up in EL wire. Due to last-minute alterations, the circuit wound up routing THROUGH his torso. Not ideal!