Post by Walter York on Aug 10, 2015 1:18:19 GMT
a whole thread in one post! Robert, Walter, and Ela got together to watch a movie on the player that Hayley sent Robert for Christmas before getting kidnapped
Elavial got comfortable, but insisted in keeping an eye on Robert’s first reactions to a movie. She had already seen it multiple times, she known most of the lines by heart and was finding it difficult not to quote the whole movie out loud.*
“How did they make the hobbits small like that? I thought all the actors would have been human? I mean, they are muggles after all.” Robert whispered, watching as the dwarves, hobbits and elves all interacted.
“It’s all CGI, mate, computer stuff.” Walter whispered back, leaning in towards the two of them so he could be heard.
“CGI?”
“Yeah, computer generated imagery.” Elavial answered, paying no mind to the constant questions Robert had been asking, something that would bother her in the past. “Although, the height differences are just tricks of the camera and body doubles.”
“Oh.” He didn’t really understand what a computer was, but thought it was probably too difficult to answer right then.
“They got the giants wrong.” He’d been really enjoying it, even though they had gotten some of the other creatures wrong as well, but giants weren’t made out of rocks, and he wasn’t sure what they were basing that off of. The other ones at least made some sense. He supposed elves, long lived and wise, could have been based off of wizards (though the story had wizards too, so that theory needed some work), and the dwarves seemed to be alright, so that was fine,. but giants were big stupid creatures, not rock monsters. He shook his head. Still, it was impressive, the way everything was presented. He didn’t think there could be anything like this.
“Well, it was written by a muggle.”
Robert nodded and was quiet again.
Elavial had slid down from her original sitting position and had positioned her head almost on Walter's shoulder, if it wasn't for the cushion separating them both. “There are other movies where it represents how giants actually are, maybe Tolkien just didn’t like the original ones.”
Walter was holding very still so as not to dislodge her. It was an oddly comfortable way to sit. “Could be, you know, artistic license and all that.”
“yeah,” Robert had gotten wrapped up in the story again, concerned that Bilbo was suddenly on his own.
Bilbo had just outsmarted Gollum in the game of riddles and turned himself invisible. The group had been quiet for a while now, so she leaned over to Robert. “Can you imagine having to answer Gollum’s riddles at the entrance, instead of Arnold’s?” she whispered, even managed a small chuckle.
“I can’t imagine having to answer a riddle every time I wanted to get into the common room at all. We barely even have to know the password to get in. Bas isn’t picky.” He was a bit sad when he realized that she had moved away.
Robert noticed the way Ela was leaning and focused more on the movie. It was hard not to think that if things had gone as they should, Hayley would have been leaning against him watching it too. Or it would be just the two of them. It was easier to concentrate on figuring out the riddles.
Elavial turned to Walt, “It gets hard at first, but some of the riddles have the same type of answers, so one gets used to it in the end, I suppouse.” When she realized that Robert wasn’t going to comment, and felt the tinge of sadness coming his way, she backed away leaning back into her position in the middle. “Now that I think about it, I wouldn’t mind having Bas in the entrance. There are some days that answering riddles are the last thing you want to do.” She began eating what was left of her pudding, bringing her attention back on the movie.
“He’s a funny old thing,” Walter commented, “very kind, but very nosey, and he never lets anything go. Ever.” He chuckled a little, but grew quiet as the wargs came and everyone was running.
Robert leaned forward, watching intently now. It was such a powerful medium for stories, much better than the radio. He bit his lip as everyone scrambled into the tree, it reminded him a bit of second year. He wasn’t sure how they were going to make it out of this one, it seemed hopeless. And then...suddenly he sat back. The moth in Gandalf’s hand reminded him of Hayley’s dragonfly patronus. He shut his eyes tight and sucked in a breath.
The momentary sadness Elavial felt before, had come back. She turned towards Robert, noticing he had closed his eyes. She turned to look at Walter, giving him a look as if asking him what should she do.
Walter was momentarily confused, then he spotted Robert. Something has sparked his memory, no doubt. He shook his head and shrugged, he didn’t really know what to do.
Robert took a breath and opened his eyes again, his expression cleared, becoming carefully blank.
“Everything okay, Bobby?” It was a stupid question really, and Elavial knew he wouldn’t answer truthfully, but she asked it more to let him know that she had noticed his expression. She assumed it was something about Hayley. Maybe remembering this was Hayley’s gift. Or a line in the movie she had quoted before.
“Sure, I just...” he cast around for an excuse. “thought he was going to fall, you know.” He almost managed a smile with the lie, but it fell flat.
Elavial lifted an eyebrow, “Really?”
“Well, there’s no indication prior to the end that giant eagles are going to show up, is there.” He gave a shaky nod.
“Oh, that’s right, you wouldn’t have seen it happen in the trilogy,” Walter said, looking between the two of them, “otherwise you’d know it as the thing Gandalf does.”
“Yeah...the moth Gandalf whispers to, it sends a message asking the eagles for help...” Elavial was still skeptical, and was even getting frustrated at his excuses. Usually she would have just let it be, but she decided to press on, “Was that really it, though?”
Robert frowned, he didn’t want to, but...he sighed. “the moth reminded me of the dragonfly is all. Her patronus.”
Elavial sighed, her expression turning into a mixture of concern and embarrassment. “Why didn’t you just say so? We could stop the movie if you want.”
“I want to see how it ends.” He said simply, giving her a shrug. “Looks like Thorin is about to start talking again.” He gestured at the little screen.
‘There he goes, directing the attention to something else again’, Elavial thought, letting out a defeated “Okay, fine.” and laying back on her cushion.
Walter looked between the two of them again, then patted her arm gently, mouthing ‘let him be,’ at her.
Elavial looked down at her arm to find that Walter was trying to comfort her. She looked up, giving him a sad smile and nodded, placing her hand on his. She gave it a small squeeze before taking it back and returning her attention to the movie.
Both boys leaned back against their own cushions, watching as the final scene played out and the troupe celebrated being half way there.
“Is it over then?”
“Shhh, this part is great,” Walter shh’d Robert quickly so he wouldn’t miss it.
Elavial kept her arms over her chest, anticipating Robert’s reaction to the last scene.
The eye appeared and Robert jumped, “is that....is that Smaug? He’s awake! They’re going to walk right into a trap!. Where did the muggles get a dragon from?”
“Believe it or not, the crew found him in some mountains in New Zeland, while they were filming.” Elavial answered seriously, waiting to see if he believed her.
“But there are statutes and that kind of thing, surely all the people involved would have had to have had their memories wiped.”
“I was kidding, Bobby.” She shook her head, stretching out her arms in front of her. “The dragon is a computer generated image. Remember, CGI? He’s not actually there.”
“Oh, oh, right.” Robert flushed a bit. He’d forgotten that bit about the computers. “That must take a lot of work, doing all that with computers. They got the pupil right, and from the map...it looks like the right form too. Seems an odd way to end things though. I assume the other...uh...DVDs have the rest of the story?”
“Mhm,” Elavial leaned back further, lying down on the cushion. “That’s when you see the dragon completely though. It’s great.”
“I think you’ll really enjoy it. They do some really great things with the dragon. The third movie especially, absolutely fantastic.”
“Well, we should...um...watch the rest some time.”
“Yeah. I have the rest at home, I could have my mom send them to me.”.Elavial suggested, pulling her blanket up to her chest. “So, you liked the movie then?”
“Oh, umm, she sent them all, so...but yes, I did, like it, I mean.” There was an odd twist of expressions then, eventually settling on a small smile.
Elavial managed to smile back, despite the sense of loss and sadness creeping in the back of her mind. The movie had been an enjoyable distraction, but she knew it would all have been easier if Hayley was back safe and sound. No matter how much she tried, there was no escaping or denying it.
“It’s really good, impressive.” He stretched, meaning to get up. “It’s late though, we should probably get to bed... Are you staying here, Walter?”
“Oh, uh, yeah, it’s after hours, can’t really go back. Thought I’d just camp on the couch.”
Elavial got herself up, wiping some crumbs off her shirt. “I’ll fix up the couch for you then.” And with that, she got the cushions back to their respectful place and used the blankets she had brought down to cover it. “Uhm,” She looked at it, and it seemed it would comfortable enough. “I could bring a pillow down, if you want.”
“I’ll be alright, thanks Ela.” Walter smiled at her, “your couches are in better condition than ours.”
Robert gathered up the player and the disk, making it all neat. “Well, I’ll see you two in the morning then.” He stood awkwardly for a moment, then headed upstairs to the boys dormitories.
“Well, sleep well, Walt.” She crossed her arms over her chest again, and had meant to turn to walk up the stairs but stopped halfway. “Oh. And thank you. For, you know...being there for him. For us.”
“Sure,” he looked down, hoping she wouldn’t notice the way he coloured at her thanks. It felt unnecessary. “What are friends for? Sleep well, Ela.” He waited till she had gone up before curling up on the couch. It was a long time before he slept.
Elavial got comfortable, but insisted in keeping an eye on Robert’s first reactions to a movie. She had already seen it multiple times, she known most of the lines by heart and was finding it difficult not to quote the whole movie out loud.*
“How did they make the hobbits small like that? I thought all the actors would have been human? I mean, they are muggles after all.” Robert whispered, watching as the dwarves, hobbits and elves all interacted.
“It’s all CGI, mate, computer stuff.” Walter whispered back, leaning in towards the two of them so he could be heard.
“CGI?”
“Yeah, computer generated imagery.” Elavial answered, paying no mind to the constant questions Robert had been asking, something that would bother her in the past. “Although, the height differences are just tricks of the camera and body doubles.”
“Oh.” He didn’t really understand what a computer was, but thought it was probably too difficult to answer right then.
“They got the giants wrong.” He’d been really enjoying it, even though they had gotten some of the other creatures wrong as well, but giants weren’t made out of rocks, and he wasn’t sure what they were basing that off of. The other ones at least made some sense. He supposed elves, long lived and wise, could have been based off of wizards (though the story had wizards too, so that theory needed some work), and the dwarves seemed to be alright, so that was fine,. but giants were big stupid creatures, not rock monsters. He shook his head. Still, it was impressive, the way everything was presented. He didn’t think there could be anything like this.
“Well, it was written by a muggle.”
Robert nodded and was quiet again.
Elavial had slid down from her original sitting position and had positioned her head almost on Walter's shoulder, if it wasn't for the cushion separating them both. “There are other movies where it represents how giants actually are, maybe Tolkien just didn’t like the original ones.”
Walter was holding very still so as not to dislodge her. It was an oddly comfortable way to sit. “Could be, you know, artistic license and all that.”
“yeah,” Robert had gotten wrapped up in the story again, concerned that Bilbo was suddenly on his own.
Bilbo had just outsmarted Gollum in the game of riddles and turned himself invisible. The group had been quiet for a while now, so she leaned over to Robert. “Can you imagine having to answer Gollum’s riddles at the entrance, instead of Arnold’s?” she whispered, even managed a small chuckle.
“I can’t imagine having to answer a riddle every time I wanted to get into the common room at all. We barely even have to know the password to get in. Bas isn’t picky.” He was a bit sad when he realized that she had moved away.
Robert noticed the way Ela was leaning and focused more on the movie. It was hard not to think that if things had gone as they should, Hayley would have been leaning against him watching it too. Or it would be just the two of them. It was easier to concentrate on figuring out the riddles.
Elavial turned to Walt, “It gets hard at first, but some of the riddles have the same type of answers, so one gets used to it in the end, I suppouse.” When she realized that Robert wasn’t going to comment, and felt the tinge of sadness coming his way, she backed away leaning back into her position in the middle. “Now that I think about it, I wouldn’t mind having Bas in the entrance. There are some days that answering riddles are the last thing you want to do.” She began eating what was left of her pudding, bringing her attention back on the movie.
“He’s a funny old thing,” Walter commented, “very kind, but very nosey, and he never lets anything go. Ever.” He chuckled a little, but grew quiet as the wargs came and everyone was running.
Robert leaned forward, watching intently now. It was such a powerful medium for stories, much better than the radio. He bit his lip as everyone scrambled into the tree, it reminded him a bit of second year. He wasn’t sure how they were going to make it out of this one, it seemed hopeless. And then...suddenly he sat back. The moth in Gandalf’s hand reminded him of Hayley’s dragonfly patronus. He shut his eyes tight and sucked in a breath.
The momentary sadness Elavial felt before, had come back. She turned towards Robert, noticing he had closed his eyes. She turned to look at Walter, giving him a look as if asking him what should she do.
Walter was momentarily confused, then he spotted Robert. Something has sparked his memory, no doubt. He shook his head and shrugged, he didn’t really know what to do.
Robert took a breath and opened his eyes again, his expression cleared, becoming carefully blank.
“Everything okay, Bobby?” It was a stupid question really, and Elavial knew he wouldn’t answer truthfully, but she asked it more to let him know that she had noticed his expression. She assumed it was something about Hayley. Maybe remembering this was Hayley’s gift. Or a line in the movie she had quoted before.
“Sure, I just...” he cast around for an excuse. “thought he was going to fall, you know.” He almost managed a smile with the lie, but it fell flat.
Elavial lifted an eyebrow, “Really?”
“Well, there’s no indication prior to the end that giant eagles are going to show up, is there.” He gave a shaky nod.
“Oh, that’s right, you wouldn’t have seen it happen in the trilogy,” Walter said, looking between the two of them, “otherwise you’d know it as the thing Gandalf does.”
“Yeah...the moth Gandalf whispers to, it sends a message asking the eagles for help...” Elavial was still skeptical, and was even getting frustrated at his excuses. Usually she would have just let it be, but she decided to press on, “Was that really it, though?”
Robert frowned, he didn’t want to, but...he sighed. “the moth reminded me of the dragonfly is all. Her patronus.”
Elavial sighed, her expression turning into a mixture of concern and embarrassment. “Why didn’t you just say so? We could stop the movie if you want.”
“I want to see how it ends.” He said simply, giving her a shrug. “Looks like Thorin is about to start talking again.” He gestured at the little screen.
‘There he goes, directing the attention to something else again’, Elavial thought, letting out a defeated “Okay, fine.” and laying back on her cushion.
Walter looked between the two of them again, then patted her arm gently, mouthing ‘let him be,’ at her.
Elavial looked down at her arm to find that Walter was trying to comfort her. She looked up, giving him a sad smile and nodded, placing her hand on his. She gave it a small squeeze before taking it back and returning her attention to the movie.
Both boys leaned back against their own cushions, watching as the final scene played out and the troupe celebrated being half way there.
“Is it over then?”
“Shhh, this part is great,” Walter shh’d Robert quickly so he wouldn’t miss it.
Elavial kept her arms over her chest, anticipating Robert’s reaction to the last scene.
The eye appeared and Robert jumped, “is that....is that Smaug? He’s awake! They’re going to walk right into a trap!. Where did the muggles get a dragon from?”
“Believe it or not, the crew found him in some mountains in New Zeland, while they were filming.” Elavial answered seriously, waiting to see if he believed her.
“But there are statutes and that kind of thing, surely all the people involved would have had to have had their memories wiped.”
“I was kidding, Bobby.” She shook her head, stretching out her arms in front of her. “The dragon is a computer generated image. Remember, CGI? He’s not actually there.”
“Oh, oh, right.” Robert flushed a bit. He’d forgotten that bit about the computers. “That must take a lot of work, doing all that with computers. They got the pupil right, and from the map...it looks like the right form too. Seems an odd way to end things though. I assume the other...uh...DVDs have the rest of the story?”
“Mhm,” Elavial leaned back further, lying down on the cushion. “That’s when you see the dragon completely though. It’s great.”
“I think you’ll really enjoy it. They do some really great things with the dragon. The third movie especially, absolutely fantastic.”
“Well, we should...um...watch the rest some time.”
“Yeah. I have the rest at home, I could have my mom send them to me.”.Elavial suggested, pulling her blanket up to her chest. “So, you liked the movie then?”
“Oh, umm, she sent them all, so...but yes, I did, like it, I mean.” There was an odd twist of expressions then, eventually settling on a small smile.
Elavial managed to smile back, despite the sense of loss and sadness creeping in the back of her mind. The movie had been an enjoyable distraction, but she knew it would all have been easier if Hayley was back safe and sound. No matter how much she tried, there was no escaping or denying it.
“It’s really good, impressive.” He stretched, meaning to get up. “It’s late though, we should probably get to bed... Are you staying here, Walter?”
“Oh, uh, yeah, it’s after hours, can’t really go back. Thought I’d just camp on the couch.”
Elavial got herself up, wiping some crumbs off her shirt. “I’ll fix up the couch for you then.” And with that, she got the cushions back to their respectful place and used the blankets she had brought down to cover it. “Uhm,” She looked at it, and it seemed it would comfortable enough. “I could bring a pillow down, if you want.”
“I’ll be alright, thanks Ela.” Walter smiled at her, “your couches are in better condition than ours.”
Robert gathered up the player and the disk, making it all neat. “Well, I’ll see you two in the morning then.” He stood awkwardly for a moment, then headed upstairs to the boys dormitories.
“Well, sleep well, Walt.” She crossed her arms over her chest again, and had meant to turn to walk up the stairs but stopped halfway. “Oh. And thank you. For, you know...being there for him. For us.”
“Sure,” he looked down, hoping she wouldn’t notice the way he coloured at her thanks. It felt unnecessary. “What are friends for? Sleep well, Ela.” He waited till she had gone up before curling up on the couch. It was a long time before he slept.