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Uh, hello? Is this thing on? Been a while since I posted here, hasn’t it? Let’s see if we can get the ball rolling again.

There are a lot of great quotes about writing out there; these are some of the most insightful, thought-provoking, or ‘ah ha!’ ones I’ve come across.

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You know, looking back on this scene and the one where Gandalf tells Frodo about Bilbo sparing Gollum, I think I get it now. Bilbo showed pity because he saw a sad, miserable creature not a monster to be slain. And in doing so, he learned that being a hero isn’t about slaying evil beings. It’s about doing the right thing. And sometimes, that means sparing your enemy

–@master-of-many-fandoms2020 on ‘The Pity of Bilbo‘

If you were asked to describe a hero in one sentence, what would your answer be? I think master-of-many-fandoms2020 came up with one of the simplest, but most effective definitions I’ve ever come across, and sums up what we admire about the best fictional heroes. And what’s better is that this definition applies not just to those with godlike power, but to ordinary characters of any age, meaning that anyone, even the elderly, don’t need capes to be a hero.