tolkien always does that to me, too. awed melancholy is a good term for it, i think. part of the unfulfilledness, for me, always seems to come from the pervasive sense of that-which-has-passed-away. i always leave a reading or a viewing just longing to be in that world. even the battles have the ineffable sweetness of legend... i don't know. maybe camillafarfalla's latest icon quote says it best.
my favorite lit prof always said that the myth of the golden age is both the oldest and the most melancholy trope. i agree.
but yeah. i hear you on the inexplicable sadness. hang in there! :::hugs:::
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Date: 2002-12-18 01:11 pm (UTC)my favorite lit prof always said that the myth of the golden age is both the oldest and the most melancholy trope. i agree.
but yeah. i hear you on the inexplicable sadness. hang in there! :::hugs:::