HISTORY BECAME LEGEND ... OR COOL THINGS YOU FORGOT EXISTED ON THE SWG:FUNNIES

[angelica_ramses]

The Silmarillion is one of the saddest books, all doom and gloom and everybody dies after suffering horrific fates. True? Well, yes but that's not the only possible interpretation. At the SWG we have a special section: Funnies where comics are collected that show that just because the Silmarillion is relentlessly tragic doesn't mean we can't find something to laugh about.

Between 2009 and 2012, pandemonium_213 gave us snapshots of the life of Gothmog and Draugluin , who are not all about smiting and devouring but had fun, too. Little Gothmog lives in Thangorodrim with his mom (Ulbandi Fluithuin) and dad (Melkor, Black Foe of the World). Melkor’s right-hand man and Gothmog’s babysitter -- Professor Thû ("I'm not a babysitter. I'm an observer!") -- makes appearances, too. Here you can find the Angband perspective on Feanor's death , Maedhros's rescue , Morgoth's family life , video games , and a lot more.

Whitewave injected colorful cuteness into The Silmarillion in her Chibi of the Month where Finrod, Nimloth, Caranthir, Glorfindel and Miriel received the star treatment.

Comments

[heartofoshun]

OMG! These are terrific! I had almost forgotten them. Never forgot them--just hadn't thought of them in a long while!

[angelica_ramses]

I had trouble choosing which comic to showcase: little Drauglin producing the key to the hell-wrought iron after *ouch*!? or the song of Valinor? or...? They're are all really terrific!

[grundyscribbling]

I love these posts. As a newer SWG member, these are usually not so much 'things I forgot existed' as 'things I did not know existed'.

[angelica_ramses]

Thank you thank you thank you!

It's great to hear that you're enjoying these gems hidden in the archive. I laughed all over when I was writing the post for the Funnies!

There's more to come!

[grundyscribbling]

Wonderful - I'll be looking forward to it. :)

[jenni_blog]

Thank you for this. I wasn't aware these awesome funnies existed, my participation in the SWG has been so random and scattered. I looked at them all and had many good laughs!

[angelica_ramses]

So happy you're enjoying these posts! This was very enjoyable. I hope you'll like the next.