NotACat
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(I know this is related to a totally different course, but I can't think of a better place to post this. If there is a better place, could someone please direct me towards it? It would be nice if we had fora for all of the public courses 
but I can understand if the extra work makes it less attractive to those who would actually have to do it )
The Professor was on Slide 16 of "Return of the Shadow", titled "The Necromancer in His Place", which talked about Rivendell and the Shire becoming "besieged islands" in a sea of darkness, and he drew a parallel between Bingo (the character who eventually morphed into Frodo) and Turgon, in that Gondolin had also been a "besieged island" in its own era.
It struck me that actually a better parallel might be between Bingo/Frodo and Finrod Felagund. The latter left his kingdom, which was in a reasonable state at the time, because he was needed on a quest which ultimately led to his doom (OK, so Frodo did make it back but only for a while). While he was away his kingdom was usurped and fell apart at the seams. So I'm also drawing a minor parallel between Lotho Sackville-Baggins and the Sons of Fëanor, which I bet isn't something that happens every day
Any thoughts on my gradual slide into insanity?
but I can understand if the extra work makes it less attractive to those who would actually have to do it )The Professor was on Slide 16 of "Return of the Shadow", titled "The Necromancer in His Place", which talked about Rivendell and the Shire becoming "besieged islands" in a sea of darkness, and he drew a parallel between Bingo (the character who eventually morphed into Frodo) and Turgon, in that Gondolin had also been a "besieged island" in its own era.
It struck me that actually a better parallel might be between Bingo/Frodo and Finrod Felagund. The latter left his kingdom, which was in a reasonable state at the time, because he was needed on a quest which ultimately led to his doom (OK, so Frodo did make it back but only for a while). While he was away his kingdom was usurped and fell apart at the seams. So I'm also drawing a minor parallel between Lotho Sackville-Baggins and the Sons of Fëanor, which I bet isn't something that happens every day
Any thoughts on my gradual slide into insanity?