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*Snerk* As good a theory as any I've ever heard for the whole sea-fever thing...

Obviously I should write an article! *giggle*

Honestly, I keep hoping someone will turn up some old Anglo-Saxon poem that ties back to that whole trope

At the risk of sounding incredibly obvious...The Seafarer? Especially around lines 36 and 58? (I'm not a huge fan of that translation, but the one I made in my Anglo-Saxon class is buried somewhere on my hard drive.) It's not a perfect match by any means, but it speaks to that idea.

because it's such a lovely concept and growing up in a coastal city in a family that did a lot of boating I really identify with it.

It is gorgeous. My favorite part of the whole trilogy is the moment in ROTK where Legolas hears the gull and knows he's never going to rid himself of the longing. So sad and beautiful.

(Me, I'm a lifelong inlander and don't really identify with it, especially as my last boating experience made me swear off ever getting on any kind of water again. Damn tippy canoes.)

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