/lit/ - Literature

STOP THE FILM!
*record scratch and pause*
You ever have one of those BAD days? And I mean really bad? Well it turns out you're not alone. Even wizards have their ups and downs now and again...
Hi. My name's Gandalf. I'm an istari from Middle Earth. You see the poor chump clinging to an outcrop of rock, dangling off the side of a collapsed stone bridge in the dwarven holds of Khazad-dûm? Yup. That's me. You may be saying "what are you doing there"? Well, to really understand, we need to go back a few years...
*rewind to third age of the sun when the five Maiar take human form*
We came to middle earth many years ago as the istari. We were young and bright eyed back then. Those were the days...
You see that handsome spirit on the second left? That's me! Man, I looked good back then! The guy next to me is Saruman. We'll get to him later. Okay, lets skip forward a bit...
*fast forward to gandalf graduating hogwarts*