[Thinhyandoiel]

Ai yai, don't think I've posted for two pages. Sorry 'bout that. Since I got my PS2 I've been sitting infront of a TV screen rather than a computer monitor. Anyways, this whole love business is a tricky thing, now isn't it? Of course, it does depend on the style and genre of your writing. I find it's harder in my type of fantasy, the traditional type. It's hard to explain why, too. Friendship, though, that's quite easy. I find friendship, besides love, is the strongest bond there is. "It's not about anything but the men beside you." I heard a quote like that while watching Black Hawk Down, and the moment I heard that, a new truth opened up to me about the strength of friendships, or simply the strength of the bonds of men (or Elves and Dwarves [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]). I mean, let's look at the Fellowship. They were all fighting for Middle-Earth, or more precisely, the free peoples of Middle-Earth. And if you look even more deeply into each character, they each have a bond to someone that they wanted to protect, at least I'm assuming they did. Aragorn was most likely fighting not only for his kingdom or for his people, but wouldn't he be fighting for his love of Arwen also? The Hobbits fought for eachother and the Shire; Legolas and Gimli fought for eachother and for Mirkwood and the Lonely Mountain and their families. Legolas's brothers and father, his mother as a sort of revenge thing. At least, this was what I was thinking when I thought about this. In my story, Aven wouldn't even be there if it wasn't for his friendship with Deomer. Deomer himself wouldn't be there but for the strong friendship and loyalty he had with Aowae's brother. Anyways, I think I've talked long enough about this. Anyone else?