I've been trying to see if I like the previous voice (josh groban) but I ended up remembering Ewan McGregor and just- it fits so much better for Dream.
I write you this letter with great difficulty. As I put my thoughts to paper I must wrestle against inner voices of temperance urging me to choose patience over haste. But how can I continue to wait, and play the inert fool, as I have done for too long now? Am I to feign indifference and watch the only thing I have ever wanted for myself slip out of reach forever? How would prudence then serve me in the resulting misery?
I would far rather endure the most grievous of battle wounds than bear another sighting of you in the company of another suitor. I have observed the men that come to call on you. Not one of them close to worthy. not one of them possibly as taken or seized by their passions as
My frustrations are assuaged only when I realize that their courtships continue to fail. One after the other I see them dismissed, perhaps only as a result of Bema heeding my unuttered prayer. Yet how long could such a blessing possibly hold? There will never be a shortage of candidates vying for the affections of one so admirable and incomparably fair.
I know the rising threats of war have heightened the pressure upon you to marry. To find a husband who would take you into his home and under his care and ensure your safety and that of your family’s.
Would that I had the freedom. Would that my inheritance did not press upon my shoulders a duty to serve Rohan before my own desires. I should feel honored to answer such a call, if only it did not restrain me from the summons of my heart.
My cousin is of the opinion that duty need not stand in the way of truth. My trust in his wisdom has led me to pick up a quill, and yet I cannot seem to fully accept the righteousness of this act. Of telling you how I feel when I cannot freely act on it or give you what you deserve, which is the whole of my being.
I think of you often and I can scarcely remember the last time I
I have admired you for so long but I have kept silent for fear of
If you would have me, I wish to
Thank Bema you're the town busybody, @sotwk!
Who knew Eomer could write so elegantly? And the crossed out lines? THE CROSSED OUT LINES??? Excuse me while I run out into the night and throw rocks at his window (yes I know which room in Meduseld is his, no I'm not creepy, I'm just observant that's all) because um. Well. I have some things to talk to him about (and some other things I'd like to do to him as well) and what do you mean I could just wait until morning to talk to him, did you see the CROSSED OUT LINES??? Patience and prudence and temperance didn't serve Eomer very well, clearly, and I'm not going to make the same mistakes he did!
(this was such a fun ask game, @sotwk! Thank you so much! You're such an amazing writer and I hope you had a lot of fun with your summer campfire ask event last month!)
The result is that his lot, put into the band’s work, is a richly developed, confidently Luke contribution, and at the same time, he can give space for his bandmates’ contributions since he lets off artistic steam in his solo stuff. "For me, it’s a way for the band to last forever," he says touchingly in his Aussie accent.
LUKE HEMMINGS
Photographed by Savanna Ruedy for LADYGUNN Magazine (2024)