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Angry Brandybuck · 02-20-2004, 03:03 AM

The idea of it is very evocative of Excalibur the 'singing sword'. I don't recall ever knowing why that sword sang but it evokes the idea that a sword is more than just a tool, that it is a living thing.

Saying that the voice was 'cold' suggests the metallic ringing sound that a sword makes when being wielded (check out Tarantino's Kill Bill and listen real hard whenever someone has a sword unsheathed; every move they make with it makes the sword ring ever so slightly: beautiful)

02-20-2004, 03:03 AM	#1
Angry Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wotton-on-the-Edge Posts: 86	The idea of it is very evocative of Excalibur the 'singing sword'. I don't recall ever knowing why that sword sang but it evokes the idea that a sword is more than just a tool, that it is a living thing. Saying that the voice was 'cold' suggests the metallic ringing sound that a sword makes when being wielded (check out Tarantino's Kill Bill and listen real hard whenever someone has a sword unsheathed; every move they make with it makes the sword ring ever so slightly: beautiful) __________________ The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath, The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.