"Then Fingon looked towards Thangorodrim, and there was a dark cloud about it, and a black smoke went up; and he knew that the wrath of Morgoth was aroused, and that their challenge was accepted. A shadow of doubt fell upon Fingon's heart; and he looked eastwards, seeking if he might see with elven-sight the dust... rising beneath the hosts of [his distant allies]. [...]
"But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men lifted their voices in wonder and joy. For unsummoned and un-looked for Turgon had opened the leaguer of Gondolin, and was come with an army ten thousand strong, with bright mail and long swords and spears like a forest. Then when Fingon heard afar the great trumpet of Turgon his brother, the shadow passed and his heart was uplifted, and he shouted aloud: 'Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë! The day has come! Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!' And all those who heard his great voice echo in the hills answered crying: 'Auta i lómë! The night is passing!'"
It's not quite the same situation (neither McCain nor even Bush is even remotely a Morgoth figure), but the sense of unexpected joy and hope in that cry resonated with me a lot yesterday. (Not that I was surprised by Obama's win in light of the polls before the election, but I last year at this time it seemed like an almost impossible dream.)
This morning, though, that joy is tempered somewhat by the success of Proposition 8, which has now enshrined discrimination against homosexuals in the California constitution. Argh. Still, for the nation as a whole this is a great day.
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It's not quite the same situation (neither McCain nor even Bush is even remotely a Morgoth figure), but the sense of unexpected joy and hope in that cry resonated with me a lot yesterday. (Not that I was surprised by Obama's win in light of the polls before the election, but I last year at this time it seemed like an almost impossible dream.)
This morning, though, that joy is tempered somewhat by the success of Proposition 8, which has now enshrined discrimination against homosexuals in the California constitution. Argh. Still, for the nation as a whole this is a great day.