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Yet another Friendtest.

This one has a lot to do with music, be it my own favorites, character songs, whatever. Also some random other things. Cookies to anyone who gets perfect. ;)

If anyone can find me romanized lyrics for the Lan-Yu theme song, I will love you forever. I can't find them ANYWHERE.

Short Diatribe on Tolkien:

Tolkein's essays are also incredibly boring to read. Mrr. They are, however, less boring than Rabkin's, and thus I must use his concept of "Fantasy" (which, by the way, eliminates contemporary fantasy (Huff), satire (Pratchett), dream-visions (Carroll), and allegory (Lewis)).

Basically, in Tolkien's view, it's not "Fantasy" unless it's completely seperate from our own world, and completely seperate on its own terms, hence why he has so much backstory for EVERYTHING in LoTR and associated works.

Thus, contemporary fantasy isn't fantasy - it runs on the rules of our world. Satire isn't because it uses someone else's fantasy world or pokes fun at our own world through fantasy, so they're linked. Dream-visions (i.e. Alice in Wonderland) aren't fantasy because they are precisely that - dreams, created from minds that live in the real world. And he claims to hate allegory, despite writing allegorical fantasy.

DESPISE.

Hmmm...

Well, black pants are the obvious choice.

However, I can't decide between the dark green sweater, the olive green sweater, the red/purple shirt, or the navy blue blouse.

-the navy blue blouse makes me look like a Navy officer.
-the red/purple shirt is the least formal.
-the olive green sweater has a low-cut neck and is green. I mean, we're already referring to her as Draco, no need to substantiate the rumor. ;)
-the dark green sweater looks the nicest, but see the comment on the olive green one.