Fannish observation, feel free to ignore

*snickers*

In Tolkien - specifically, Silmarillion - fanfic, there's a sort of movement that strives to explain the originally mythological goings-on and/or backgrounds in other ways, mostly natural science. Sometimes this results in really awesome stories and thought experiments while sometimes I dislike it because it deconstructs things just a bit too much for my taste. Kinda like in real life, really: If it gets too deconstructive, I'm off...
Anyway, among the MEFA nominees is ( OMG SOMETHING SPOILERIFIC IF YOU HAVEN'T READ 'ON THE TWILIT PLANET BELOW' YET! )

(I thought I'd never get to use this icon. Finally! Finally! >:D)

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In more productive news, I cut all the reeds in our constructed wetland (thank you, al_pha!), because that's what you have to do in autumn to keep it nice and orderly and growing back next spring, or something. Most of the reeds I used as mulch for the garden, but some I kept to try making skeps later on. No, I won't use skeps on my real bees, but they'll be cool to have for LARP events. Remember, guys, it's all fun and games as long as it only happens to fictional people! Or bees, as the case may be.