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Findekáno (Fingon the Valiant) | The Silmarillion (findekano) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-04-29 23:16:00

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!open, maryanne walker (oe)

This place is strange. The people here are strange.

And aye, if you think I'm talking about you, I probably am.

Also, mortals whine a lot.

And they seem to die and get sick a lot, too.

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	maryanne_walker 2013-04-30 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Immortals do their fair share of whining too. But us being a pack of weirdos is what makes us not boring. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	findekano 2013-04-30 03:56 am UTC (link)
	Ah, but we whine for we feel grief so acutely and sorrow eats at our souls. You whine for other reasons. And why is death so feared by mortals? Is it not something which you much face? You should face it with bravery, not fear and sadness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

maryanne_walker
2013-04-30 04:18 am UTC (link)

Sorrow eats our souls too, we just can't die from it. Some see it as a blessing, others see it as a curse.

What other reasons?

Because we don't have a pretty 'hall of waiting' to go to when we die. It's either heaven or hell. Some go to a place called purgatory. Which is an in between, but not in a good way. Heaven is supposed to be all you'd ever dream of. While hell... Hell is supposed to make Mordor look like a cozy bonfire.

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	findekano 2013-04-30 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Ah, I have not heard this part of the lore of men. Do tell me more! Your lives are eternal, which fascinates me. Even when Arda is no more, your fëar will continue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

maryanne_walker
2013-04-30 04:37 am UTC (link)

I don't know if it fits for all men or not. I don't know what happens to men of Middle Earth.

Evil vile men are supposed to go to Hell, whereas good men are supposed to go to Heaven. I've never been myself. To either. Laura has been to purgatory, though. And supposedly, this is what all the religious extremists say, that's where we go when we die.

I don't know what to believe though. If I had a choice? I'd go wherever Daryl went. Heaven, Hell...It wouldn't matter. I'd fight back to back with him no matter what.

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	findekano 2013-04-30 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Ah. I know not how it is for those who are not elves, but no matter how we have conducted ourselves in life, death finds us in the halls of Mandos, where we wait for our bodies to be made anew. It is but a place of waiting, and we must wait longer if we have done evil in our lives. What is religion? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

maryanne_walker
2013-04-30 06:32 pm UTC (link)

Do you know if you see people, or elves rather, while you wait? What happens when you die of grief?

It's the belief in and worship of a higher power, like The God, or gods in general, Loki for example is a god. Not like a king or higher grade being. But someone celestial? I guess. I guess you could worship someone that's more fleshly too, but that usually leads to big heads, and even bigger egos.

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	findekano 2013-04-30 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	I do not know for sure, or from experience. I have not yet been to the Halls of Waiting, although it is my Doom to find myself there soon. Ah, like the Valar? But they are real. I have met them, and spoken and dined with them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pull_my_finger 2013-04-30 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Oi, you better watch yourself bucko. Some of the people I happen to like are mortal. ~~Or I might be tempted to use some of my new X-men powers on you.~~ Back off, or I'll show you what the ghost of one can really do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nelyafinwe 2013-04-30 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	At least you shall offer entertainment. I have suffered through 6 younger brothers and upwards of 12 younger cousins for 3500 years. I am used to being hounded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pull_my_finger 2013-04-30 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	I've had to suffer through three younger brothers and my Dad, since my Mum left. And I'm Scottish. I think I win. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)