A/N Ahem. OH MY GODS!!! OH MY GODS!!! OH MY (expletive deleted) GODS!!!!!! DECEMBER 17TH CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's all I have to say.

Except that I just realized that I originally published this jolly little fic almost a year ago today. How time flies... :)

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Though at times it seems
The Darkness
Has forever fallen,
Hope springs eternal
The light appears
At the end of the tunnel of night.
The ache of waiting
Is lessened somewhat.
And

The Return of the Kings trailer
Has arrived.

I stare at the screen
In wonder
In joy
In a state of
Complete
Utter
Bliss.

Through hours of waiting
Hours of downloading
I sat
And waited
Patient.
(Well... Not really patient...)
And now
I am rewarded.

Oh Peter!
You will not let us down!
I know it now!
I know it!

Oh the beauty,
The magnificence!
I cannot get enough!

Frodo's fear
Aragorn's encouragement
Eomer's grief
Gollum's shrieks
Arwen's sorrow
Elrond's anger
Shelob's...
I SAW SHELOB!!!!!!

Oh Frabjous day!
Calloo!
Callay!
(I chortle in my joy!)

And,
After dacing in my celebration
I collapse
In a happy heap on my computer chair
And watch it again
And again
And again
And write this chapter.

And then I watch it again...