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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    It was Háma who’d put Théoden right about being a father to a girl.

    ‘You’re not being a father to “a girl”,’ Háma had told him, ‘You’re being a father to Éowyn.'

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    18 Sep 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    No one had prepared Théoden to raise a girl-child. From the start, it was a task he feared himself most unequal to.

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    13 Jul 2024

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    Life after war has much more politics than Gimli thought, and much less Legolas than he would like, but the latter he knows (or believes) he has to get used to. Or: Legolas leaps, occasionally stumbling, into a new age, while Gimli can't see the wood for the (green)leaf.

    "How do your people court then?"

    The question was not as abrupt as it would seem, firstly because the news that his brother was courting had clearly left Legolas in deep thought for a number of days, secondly because Legolas had long ago confessed his curiosity about the lives and customs of Gimli's kin, and thirdly because Legolas' grace was well-known to be in his light feet and not his manners.

    However, Gimli saw no reason to let him have his own way entirely. "And by my people do you mean the Longbeards, or the Dwarves of Erebor, or the wandering mender that I now seem to be?"

    "I meant," Legolas said, "wandering jesters."

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    08 Jul 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 56

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    To know a dæmon’s name was to know a Man or Woman’s soul. It made you vulnerable. Better, then, that the dæmons of children have no names. Better that they be nameless and safe until they are settled and strong. Éowyn did not feel strong and nor did her dæmon. She was twenty-four years old and she felt a hundred. Éowyn's dæmon left his name on the battleground.

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    04 Jul 2024

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    The mechanic isn’t just pretty – she’s muscular. And sweaty. And broad. Her shoulders are wider than they look at first glance, and as she reaches up to remove her hat and wipe at her brow with her forearm, Lena can see her bicep flex.

    Lena tries very hard not to be affected by that, or by the adorable red line the ball cap leaves on the woman’s forehead.

    “Hi! I’m Kara. James said your Porsche gave out?”

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    Needing to get away from the stress of her job for a few months, Lena buys a summer lake house in the most remote town she can find. She fully intends on keeping to herself, resting, and interacting as little as possible with the locals.

    Until her car breaks down, and the town mechanic happens to be the hottest woman she’s ever seen.

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    29 Jun 2024