Tormis Narno/Tomohiro Nakano yng 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Went to see a Lord of the Rings concert with a friend the other day!

And here's the actual oil painting of Gorys hi Benel! (Once again this is WIP and I'll finish it once the first layer of paint dries)

Filling in the details…

Work in progress!
‘Gorys hi Benel’

My new D&D roulette dice!

I saw the film in 4DX format btw. It's not a complex movie unlike something like JW Dominion—in fact it has a very simple plot—and I think that works in this case. I did feel like the ending was rather truncated though. I wish it was like 15 minutes longer.

TL;DR: The film was 7/10 for me. Solid.

Maybe that was because of the time constraints, but the composer also did the last two Harry Potter films and I also don't like the music of those two films, so it may be just that their style doesn't click with me personally. Oh well.

The only parts of the score that I genuinely liked were either reused JP themes by John Williams or something heavily inspired by them. I haven't listened to the soundtrack in isolation just yet, but upon my first viewing there were no new memorable themes or motifs that stood out to me.

The downside for me personally was the music, which honestly felt kinda generic. It's fine moment to moment, but once you look at the bigger picture there is hardly any cohesion or rhyme or reason as to why what is playing is playing.

As for the film itself it wasn't the best JP/JW movie ever but I enjoyed it, especially thanks to the character of Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey). I guess as a fellow nerd and researcher I sympathised with him most. Also, nice spinosaurus redesign (might be a hot take?).

So during my stay in the cinema they restocked some of the merch that had been sold out so I ended up buying more than I intended (which cost more than I care to admit...)

At the theatre now to see Jurassic World Rebirth!

ジュラシックワールド新作のコップ、カーディフの映画館にまだあるかしら。

OK time to really switch to Bluesky I guess. I can't stand Twitter anymore tbh.

すみませんブルスカ全然使ってなくて今拝見しました！　お知らせありがとうございます。フォロバいたしました。

久々に劇場で観たFotRで思い出したけど、May It Beの字幕翻訳かなり超訳ですよね。

月曜日の某取材後に旅の仲間4DXキメることになった。

生誕した。

151 - ConLangs (Constructed Languages) and Culture with Seumas MacDonald - StoryADay Languages evolve from the cultures that produce them, which offers a fertile world for writers to explore, whether you are writing contemporary, realistic fiction or futuristic and fantasy worlds. Thi...

Interesting article about Conlangs (Constructed Languages) in the month’s @writersdigest . To hear my interview with linguist Seumas MacDonald, creator of the Conlang in @lr_lam’s latest series, on how to construct languages and what to avoid, go here: storyaday.org/episode151/

For me, therefore, Fantasy is not a form of escapism; contrarily, it is deeply rooted in reality no matter how fantastical its contents may be. Its fundamental connection with the Real is the reason why so many people connect with stories of imaginary people in imaginary worlds.

As I might have said elsewhere before...

One crucial function of Fantasy is to be a tool for us to better understand the Real. It is a mirror that reflects the real world, and a portal to a world alien but familiar.

思い出～

明後日観に行くやつや。>RP

『コット、はじまりの夏』とても良かった。素朴で美しくて透明感のある映像、それによって描かれる静かな少女コットの悲痛な内面。子供の居場所を作るのは大人の責任。コットが走り続けられるような世界であって欲しい。

英独仏3つできないと印欧語研究者にはなれないことを再確認して死んでる

終わった。さすがに通ってると信じたい。

早く来すぎた（恒例）

Currently following every person who's tweeting (guess it's not technically 'tweeting', what is it called here? Posting?) about conlang and conworld. Conlangers and conworlders, let us connect!

ただし無差別にフォローしてそうなアカウントとかfamily-friendly でないアカウントはその限りではない。

いやー通ってほしい