Ah, I see, and I withdraw my objection :) I should have figured, really, since the fic is from Gimli's POV so logically it would be discussing the culture he's familiar with.
Yeah, the first time I read LotR I didn't get half the references (Eärendil, who is he) but I definitely loved the feeling that there existed enough of a world to have those sorts of references. Even in the Hobbit those references are there! :D
Speaking of which, have you heard the "Arkenstone = Silmaril" theory before? What do you think of that? (Tolkien probably did not intend the two to be the same, but imo there are enough similarities between the two that it's a plausible thought experiment/fic fodder if you want it to be)
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Yeah, the first time I read LotR I didn't get half the references (Eärendil, who is he) but I definitely loved the feeling that there existed enough of a world to have those sorts of references. Even in the Hobbit those references are there! :D
Speaking of which, have you heard the "Arkenstone = Silmaril" theory before? What do you think of that? (Tolkien probably did not intend the two to be the same, but imo there are enough similarities between the two that it's a plausible thought experiment/fic fodder if you want it to be)