#shadow-bride

[6-and-7]

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien) "This macabre poem is about a man with no shadow who sits like a statue until a woman passes by. Then he wraps her shadow around them both and forces her to dance with him forever, casting a single shadow…"

Darkness (Lord Byron) "Darkness by Lord Byron

Written in the 'Year without a Summer' of 1816, Byron was inspired by the ashen darkness to compose this poem about the end of the world, and the gloom that would accompany it."

The Dark (Lemony Snicket) "The Dark is about a young lad named Lazslo, who is terrified of the dark. He avoids “the dark” as it mainly hangs out in the basement. Then, one night “the dark” is in his room as his nightlight bulb loses its spark. Lazslo, the young lad, must come face-to-face with his fears of “the dark”."

Dark Leitner Bracket Semifinals Bout 1

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Darkness (Lord Byron)

The Dark (Lemony Snicket)

Voting ended onApr 12, 2024

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The Double Shadow (Clark Ashton Smith) "The titular shadow arrives after a master wizard attempts an ancient and unknown summoning spell. It does nothing except approach the casters one by one, very slowly, ignoring every method they use to flee or fight it, until it touches and merges with their own shadow, forcing them into a hideous transformation. Link"

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien) "This macabre poem is about a man with no shadow who sits like a statue until a woman passes by. Then he wraps her shadow around them both and forces her to dance with him forever, casting a single shadow…"

Dark Leitner Bracket Round 1 Bout 1

The Double Shadow (Clark Ashton Smith)

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2024

[esther-dot]

Tolkien poem with Jonsa vibes

A guy who seems "dead" being brought back to life by "a lady clad in grey" reminded me of Sansa reuniting with Jon at the Wall. And of course, the line, "he clasped her fast, both flesh and bone, and wrapped her shadow round him" definitely works as a description of their hug. 

The pic is from my dilapidated copy of “The Tolkien Reader” and if you haven’t already, y’all should read about the Jonsa parallels with Aragorn/Arwen and Beren/Luthien (1, 2, 3) in @fedonciadale​ ‘s metas. 

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Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien) "This macabre poem is about a man with no shadow who sits like a statue until a woman passes by. Then he wraps her shadow around them both and forces her to dance with him forever, casting a single shadow…"

The Night Land (William Hope Hodgson) "The Sun has gone out and the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in the Last Redoubt, a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high, which is under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a shield known as the "air clog", powered from a subterranean energy source called the "Earth Current". For thousands of years vast living shapes known as the Watchers have waited in the darkness near the pyramid. It is thought that they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human."

Dark Leitner Bracket Round 3 Bout 1

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien)

The Night Land (William Hope Hodgson)

Voting ended onApr 11, 2024

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Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien) "This macabre poem is about a man with no shadow who sits like a statue until a woman passes by. Then he wraps her shadow around them both and forces her to dance with him forever, casting a single shadow…"

Empire of the Vampire (Jay Kristoff) "Daysdeath is the term used to describe the sudden shroud of ash and smoke which rose into the sky twenty-seven years prior to the beginning of the story. The exact cause remains unknown, though most people suspect a falling star which crashed into the earth with enough force to send tons of debris into the lower atmosphere, blanketing the skies and preventing more than a smidgen of sunlight from passing through the shroud. The shroud has not abated in strength over the following decades, and the results have been devastating - repeated crop failure and abysmal harvests, the withering of forests and other natural greenery and the resulting food and material shortages, but perhaps worst of all, the undead no longer being constrained be the daily need to hide from the sun, their numbers quickly multiplying as the lesser vampires were no longer destroyed by the sunlight. The ancien vampires soon realized the opportunity this afforded, and not only have they embarked on a campaign of global conquest, they actively work to eliminate any chances of mankind dispelling the shroud through artificial means."

Dark Leitner Bracket Round 2 Bout 1

Shadow-Bride (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Empire of the Vampire (Jay Kristoff)

Voting ended onApr 10, 2024

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[nerdyreaders]

Shadow-bride There was a man who dwelt alone, as day and night went past he sat as still as carven stone, and yet no shadow cast. The white owls perched upon his head beneath the winter moon; they wiped their beaks and thought him dead under the stars of June. There came a lady clad in grey in the twilight shining: one moment she would stand and stay, her hair with flowers entwining. He woke, as had he sprung of stone, and broke the spell that bound him; he clasped her fast, both flesh and bone, and wrapped her shadow round him. There never more she walks her ways by sun on moon or star; she dwells below where neither days nor any nights there are. But once a year when carvens yawn and hidden things awake, they dance together then till dawn and a single shadow make.

J.J.R. TOLKIEN 

[ohverde]

Shadow-bride

There was a man who dwelt alone, as day and night went past he sat as still as carven stone, and yet no shadow cast. The white owls perched upon his head beneath the winter moon; they wiped their beaks and thought him dead under the stars of June. There came a lady clad in grey in the twilight shining: one moment she would stand and stay, her hair with flowers entwining. He woke, as had he sprung of stone, and broke the spell that bound him; he clasped her fast, both flesh and bone, and wrapped her shadow round him. There never more she walks her ways by sun or moon or star; she dwells below where neither days nor any nights there are. But once a year when caverns yawn and hidden things awake, they dance together then till dawn and a single shadow make.