Damn You, High Fantasy Virus

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Nothing like watching all the appendix bullshit on the Lord of the Rings DVDs to get one motivated to do some worldbuilding. When Richard Taylor's declaiming* about the backgrounds of different varieties of Orc helmets, or how they tried to advance armor to make it look like things changed over centuries, you can't help but want to put more detail into your own world's culture and customs. Quite useful to have on as background noise, really.

Why yes I AM on a Tolkien kick lately; thanks for noticing!


*As far as I can tell, Sir Richard Taylor, KNZM, has "declaim" as his ONLY setting. Everything he says sounds like he's practicing a dramatic reading of some epic medieval saga.

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[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

So I did! Also I missed him kissing Bernard Hill on the nose. Kissy fellow, that Viggo.

I liked the poor chainmail guys. "We've been doing this for two years. We don't have fingerprints anymore."