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Thank you, beautiful!!!! (No Text) <Goldilocks Took> [12/16 @ 19:59] (0/0)
thanks very much, I needed that (No Text) <Merryk> [12/15 @ 20:53] (0/0)
Wow <Deensterdude1> [12/15 @ 20:01] (0/0)
Beautifully put! (No Text) <Tar_Minastir> [12/15 @ 9:57] (1/1)

i think so too... (No Text) <Froda> [12/15 @ 17:26] (0/0)

Yeah. <Reverend> [12/15 @ 6:09] (0/0)

Amen. (No Text) <Curious> [12/14 @ 11:44] (0/0)

What would have happened to Gollum... <Dlz> [12/14 @ 8:40] (1/3)

Your last suggestion is probably closest to the truth. <RosieLass> [12/14 @ 8:53] (2/2)

Gollum himself realizes he will not survive <Curious> [12/14 @ 11:48] (0/0)
Amen (No Text) <Reverend> [12/14 @ 10:36] (0/0)

War, Tolkien and Viggo Mortensen <Merryk> [12/14 @ 7:42] (8/22)

Just wanted to say ... <Demosthenes> [12/16 @ 0:03] (2/2)

Are you referring to the song - The Scotsman clad in kilt ? <Lothirienne> [12/16 @ 8:09] (0/0)
what was the Scotsman piece? <Froda> [12/16 @ 7:43] (0/0)

one additional thing <Froda> [12/14 @ 20:52] (1/2)

You've made me feel sympathy <Merryk> [12/15 @ 19:11] (1/1)

LOL! Madison Ave, here I come! <Froda> [12/16 @ 7:29] (0/0)

I want to thank Curious, Reverend and especially NZ Strider for their well thought out answers. (No Text) <Lothirienne> [12/14 @ 13:53] (0/0)
Battle of Pellanor fields aftermath <Lothirienne> [12/14 @ 13:49] (0/0)
I think that the first thing <NZ Strider> [12/14 @ 12:16] (4/6)

Great! C.S. Lewis... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/15 @ 7:56] (0/0)
Well reasoned and supported, and yet <Curious> [12/14 @ 16:21] (1/1)

Fair enough. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/14 @ 22:36] (0/0)

"Dulce et decorum est <Merryk> [12/14 @ 15:09] (1/1)

here's a link to Owen's poem, <Froda> [12/14 @ 20:28] (0/0)

Ah, you make a continuation .... <Reverend> [12/14 @ 13:50] (0/0)

And, <Curious> [12/14 @ 12:00] (0/0)
Fair Question <Reverend> [12/14 @ 11:03] (1/4)

This is the best I can do myself. <Merryk> [12/14 @ 14:19] (1/3)

Unthinking people.... <Reverend> [12/14 @ 15:14] (1/2)

Orcs as Nazis <Merryk> [12/14 @ 16:59] (1/1)

Tolkien often suffers from... <Reverend> [12/14 @ 17:05] (0/0)

Since... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/14 @ 8:36] (0/0)

Is a summary coming, Ufthak? If not, thank you! (No Text) <Curious> [12/14 @ 5:43] (0/0)

What would have happened? (Story Spoiler) <Sirithdarion> [12/14 @ 0:31] (2/4)

No <Watson> [12/14 @ 5:35] (0/0)
Yes, yes, and would not have happened. <Durin III> [12/14 @ 1:06] (2/2)

I think you've covered it. <Reverend> [12/14 @ 5:41] (0/0)
Thanks for your thoughts. (No Text) <Sirithdarion> [12/14 @ 5:40] (0/0)

One of Tolkien's letters was posted on Main <Leto> [12/13 @ 19:11] (3/5)

I'm not entirely sure on this - <A_Tossed_Dwarf> [12/13 @ 21:16] (0/0)
Many Elves who die <NZ Strider> [12/13 @ 21:13] (0/0)
You could add Feanor. <Reverend> [12/13 @ 21:03] (2/2)

Thanks all. <Leto> [12/14 @ 18:11] (0/0)
Thanks for clearing that up, Reverend. <Varda Elentari> [12/13 @ 21:11] (0/0)

The temptation of Frodo <Mirime> [12/13 @ 10:49] (5/20)

Late thoughts <Acathalion> [12/14 @ 23:20] (1/2)

I see <Curious> [12/15 @ 6:14] (1/1)

Great point, and great link. Thanks! (No Text) <Acathalion> [12/15 @ 18:23] (0/0)

This is really interesting... <Mirime> [12/14 @ 10:09] (1/1)

Thanks for the great question! (No Text) <Curious> [12/14 @ 11:33] (0/0)

We see it in the Barrow when <Curious> [12/13 @ 16:56] (1/9)

Addendum. <Curious> [12/13 @ 17:03] (1/8)

So his temptation is.... <Reverend> [12/13 @ 17:25] (2/7)

I guess <Curious> [12/13 @ 20:28] (2/4)

Perhaps... <Reverend> [12/14 @ 5:47] (1/1)

I <Curious> [12/14 @ 6:37] (0/0)

Tolkien's temptation... <Kathira> [12/14 @ 5:33] (1/1)

Although <Curious> [12/14 @ 6:31] (0/0)

Do you think p'raps <Merryk> [12/13 @ 20:26] (1/1)

Good point! <Curious> [12/14 @ 5:05] (0/0)

I always had the belief that... <Weige> [12/13 @ 11:10] (0/0)
An interesting omission. <Reverend> [12/13 @ 11:02] (1/3)

"that obscure object of desire" <Froda> [12/13 @ 11:26] (1/2)

Frodo declines to tell <nerdanel50> [12/13 @ 20:29] (1/1)

right... here's the passage: <Froda> [12/15 @ 17:48] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #21 - Rings and their warranties. <Ufthak> [12/13 @ 10:12] (2/2)

You answered your own question. (No Text) <Curious> [12/13 @ 17:14] (0/0)
Ghost in the machine. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/13 @ 10:25] (0/0)

The Ending <ringfan> [12/13 @ 7:10] (7/12)

I felt the ending was bittersweet <Entmaiden> [12/14 @ 21:32] (0/0)
A question of form <Acathalion> [12/13 @ 22:26] (1/1)

Thank you. As <Curious> [12/14 @ 7:04] (0/0)

There are two endings, or more: <iowaboy> [12/13 @ 21:11] (1/1)

There is also <Curious> [12/14 @ 6:52] (0/0)

hmmm <Deensterdude1> [12/13 @ 20:38] (1/1)

It does grow on you doesn't it? <Goldilocks Took> [12/14 @ 11:15] (0/0)

All good things must come to an end <Brick> [12/13 @ 18:49] (1/1)

Sauron Defeated: epilogue <Durin III> [12/14 @ 1:20] (0/0)

I trust you have read the appendices... <Nimrodel > [12/13 @ 17:10] (0/0)
Finis <Reverend> [12/13 @ 7:35] (1/1)

Other books <ringfan> [12/16 @ 7:18] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #20 - Boromir shuts up at last <Ufthak> [12/13 @ 5:34] (9/19)

It appears Boromir disagrees with the decision of the council <Entmaiden> [12/13 @ 20:03] (1/1)

I also think he's hoping... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/14 @ 0:27] (0/0)

I think he has his fingers crossed behind his back (No Text) <Leto> [12/13 @ 19:04] (0/0)
Masterful equivocation? <Curious> [12/13 @ 17:21] (1/5)

are you saying... <Mim the Petty Dwarf> [12/14 @ 0:25] (1/4)

Yes. <Curious> [12/14 @ 5:21] (1/3)

Addendum. <Curious> [12/14 @ 5:27] (1/2)

Further addendum. <Curious> [12/14 @ 7:09] (1/1)

And <Curious> [12/14 @ 7:11] (0/0)

I see <Eglarest> [12/13 @ 15:05] (0/0)
Agree with everybody: <NZ Strider> [12/13 @ 10:02] (1/1)

Yeah, what I'm doing is trying.... <Reverend> [12/13 @ 10:53] (0/0)

He thinks he's just heard a death sentence. <Reverend> [12/13 @ 7:32] (1/1)

And so he has. (No Text) <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/13 @ 9:43] (0/0)

Shhhh! I'm plotting! <PhantomS> [12/13 @ 7:09] (0/0)
I think..... <Dlz> [12/13 @ 6:29] (0/0)
Yes and no. <Morwen> [12/13 @ 6:19] (2/2)

Good call. As Sam says, <Acathalion> [12/13 @ 22:03] (0/0)
Good point <Merryk> [12/13 @ 20:20] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #19 - The hypocrisy of the Elves <Ufthak> [12/13 @ 5:32] (6/9)

I also have a problem.... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/14 @ 0:13] (0/0)
The difference is threethousand years <NZ Strider> [12/13 @ 8:47] (0/0)
Elrond is NOT a Noldor... <PhantomS> [12/13 @ 6:57] (3/3)

Ah, good point. <Ufthak> [12/13 @ 10:05] (0/0)
Perhaps you mean her brother Orodreth... <Reverend> [12/13 @ 7:23] (0/0)
Ooops, I read "Elrond is NOT Noldus" <Draupne> [12/13 @ 7:12] (0/0)

confusion.... <Dlz> [12/13 @ 6:38] (0/0)
Fatherhood maybe? <Draupne> [12/13 @ 6:25] (0/0)
The Elves are fading. <Morwen> [12/13 @ 6:14] (0/0)

Inspired by the post below: Marriage on a different level: <Eirhren> [12/13 @ 0:22] (1/2)

Nothing at all. <Reverend> [12/13 @ 7:04] (1/1)

Thank you for you answer <Eirhren> [12/13 @ 12:27] (0/0)

Middle Earth Health and Sanitation <Arador> [12/12 @ 21:40] (2/7)

Better than our Middle-ages, overall, I would think. (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/12 @ 23:09] (0/0)
Cleanliness is next to Britishness. <Reverend> [12/12 @ 22:40] (4/5)

field trip, anyone? <Froda> [12/13 @ 10:32] (1/1)

Darn. Too late to change my Major. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/13 @ 10:57] (0/0)

Way OT, but isn't better <Draupne> [12/13 @ 6:34] (0/0)
but I only read the articles ; ) <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 23:11] (0/0)
hmm..Victorians....how about cholera? <Arador> [12/12 @ 23:09] (0/0)

A rare wasted moment in the Reading Room . . . <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 18:39] (4/10)

I feel the same way (No Text) <Entmaiden> [12/14 @ 21:30] (0/0)
rare; and precioussss <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 21:17] (5/6)

Wonderful post, and congrats! I hope we all find our own joy from this board. (No Text) <Lorien-lover> [12/14 @ 15:19] (0/0)
Congratulations!!!! <Goldilocks Took> [12/14 @ 13:00] (0/0)
Congratulations, and amen. (No Text) <Curious> [12/14 @ 6:41] (0/0)
Wow, that's great! <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/13 @ 9:48] (0/0)
Congratulations! <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 21:50] (1/1)

Thank you, my friend (No Text) <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 22:59] (0/0)

Imagine, if you can, <Ataahua> [12/12 @ 20:55] (0/0)
You're very welcome. <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 18:57] (0/0)

Would Gollum go to the Grey Havens... <andyjoe> [12/12 @ 18:30] (6/6)

But wasn't Gollum evil before the <Goldilocks Took> [12/14 @ 13:15] (0/0)
Gollum wasn't evil or good - Death of Sam and Frodo <Villordsutch> [12/13 @ 6:40] (0/0)
Gollum's fate was tied to that of the ring <Dryhten> [12/12 @ 20:47] (0/0)
Remember how the Elven rope burned him? <Reverend> [12/12 @ 19:59] (0/0)
Well, to begin with... <Watson> [12/12 @ 18:37] (0/0)
Can . . . open . . .worms . . . everywhere . . . <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 18:33] (0/0)

What happened at the end of the "Return of the King" <trp1623> [12/12 @ 17:31] (3/3)

they lived happily to the end of their days... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 18:09] (0/0)
What they did <Eglarest> [12/12 @ 17:47] (0/0)
They went into the West <Hobbit-Of-No-Intellegence> [12/12 @ 17:45] (0/0)

Just who was Tom Bombadil??? <Dlz> [12/12 @ 15:59] (5/16)

Tom Bombadil <doggans> [12/13 @ 19:05] (0/0)
Basically, you can choose <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 21:17] (1/11)

ok, NZ.. a question for you <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 21:37] (2/10)

Well, there's Old Man Willow <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 21:48] (2/8)

Thanks; a few more <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 22:21] (3/5)

I can't figure Tom out either, <NZ Strider> [12/14 @ 18:55] (0/0)
hmmm..names <treegoatie> [12/13 @ 13:27] (0/0)
Have you read "The Tao of Pooh"? <Curious> [12/12 @ 22:35] (1/2)

light flickers.... <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 22:57] (1/1)

Only when you are <Curious> [12/13 @ 16:38] (0/0)

Hey dol! <Curious> [12/12 @ 21:58] (1/1)

what you said below.. <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 22:46] (0/0)

Elves sing. <Curious> [12/12 @ 21:42] (0/0)

check out these............. <Eglarest> [12/12 @ 18:11] (0/0)
See below. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/12 @ 16:14] (0/0)
Just a garden-variety Vegetative Numen. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/12 @ 16:02] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #18 - Sending the Ring Over the Sea (using Parcel Force?) <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 9:07] (3/10)

Confused in New York <Froda> [12/12 @ 10:57] (2/7)

There are two levels here. <Reverend> [12/12 @ 12:21] (1/1)

I used to think the same. <Curious> [12/12 @ 13:01] (0/0)

The Valar don't want <Curious> [12/12 @ 11:43] (1/4)

contradiction <Froda> [12/12 @ 13:49] (1/3)

But kids DO have free will, <Curious> [12/12 @ 14:27] (1/2)

getting back to Ufthak's qu... <Froda> [12/12 @ 19:38] (1/1)

getting back, long way round <NJRanger> [12/12 @ 20:52] (0/0)

The Valar have all kinds of ways .... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 10:13] (0/0)
I think the main point here is simply this: <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:24] (0/0)

A little discussion on marriage and betrothal in LOTR... <Elfstarbrow> [12/12 @ 8:51] (6/18)

Interesting questions <Lothirienne> [12/12 @ 16:37] (1/11)

Many cultures even today allow for... <Kathira> [12/12 @ 20:27] (2/10)

But I doubt Gondor was one of those cultures... <Loressar Erchamion> [12/13 @ 8:22] (1/1)

But since the subject is Eowyn... <Kathira> [12/13 @ 8:30] (0/0)

we know more about genetics now <Lothirienne> [12/12 @ 20:58] (3/7)

Most anthropologists argue that that the incest taboo is not based on genetic problems <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/13 @ 18:08] (0/0)
The cousin genetic study I mentioned... <Kathira> [12/13 @ 8:26] (3/4)

interesting article -but not to be obnoxious <Lothirienne> [12/13 @ 18:49] (0/0)
Elvish Mores.... <Reverend> [12/13 @ 9:38] (0/0)
I was just reading that myself. <Kiskadee> [12/13 @ 9:09] (1/1)

At one time? <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/13 @ 18:17] (0/0)

Kissing cousins... <Reverend> [12/13 @ 7:09] (0/0)

We should remember the Kin-strife here. <Reverend> [12/12 @ 12:09] (1/1)

Eldacar and Too-Rin Too Rambar <PhantomS> [12/13 @ 7:37] (0/0)

Gondor had a civil war <Curious> [12/12 @ 12:08] (0/0)
nope, not at all "girly"! <Froda> [12/12 @ 10:34] (0/0)
Thengel, Th�oden's father, married <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:48] (0/0)
I think Eowyn's comment <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 9:13] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond #17 - Guess Who reappears <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 8:34] (1/6)

Time's up, Curious. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:18] (1/5)

I of course find this <Curious> [12/12 @ 11:22] (1/4)

absolutely! <Froda> [12/12 @ 13:57] (1/3)

Well, <Curious> [12/12 @ 14:47] (1/2)

well, that's rather brilliant... <Froda> [12/12 @ 19:58] (1/1)

The hobbits <Curious> [12/12 @ 21:52] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #16 - Fall and Betrayals <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 8:33] (5/10)

Isildur's failure to destroy the Ring? <Idril Celebrindal> [12/12 @ 12:50] (0/0)
Can anyone say "kinslaying"? <Curious> [12/12 @ 11:16] (0/0)
I suppose Elrond counts Maeglin <Reverend> [12/12 @ 10:25] (0/0)
I don't think even Saruman <Kiskadee> [12/12 @ 9:30] (1/2)

Ulfang was his name. <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:57] (1/1)

Thanks! (No Text) <Kiskadee> [12/12 @ 19:43] (0/0)

Maeglin who betrayed Gondolin to Morgoth? (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:16] (1/3)

Aha! Score one to the Antipodean! <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 9:25] (1/2)

It does. As long as you <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:29] (1/1)

Oh, I'm by no means that stupid. <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 9:33] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #15 - The Fall of Saruman, or, You Can't Trust the Valar to Organise a Piss-Up in a Brewery <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 7:23] (5/25)

As Reverend and NZ Strider have noted <Curious> [12/12 @ 10:29] (0/0)
Of course I should add here... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 10:02] (1/4)

all right.! but then I'd like to know... <Froda> [12/12 @ 10:14] (2/3)

Read the Book of Job. <Curious> [12/12 @ 10:32] (0/0)
A typically fallen and cynical question. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/12 @ 10:26] (1/1)

yours from the muck & mire, that's me! (No Text) <Froda> [12/12 @ 10:37] (0/0)

Best. Subject. Heading. EVER. <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 8:45] (1/1)

agree on both counts <Froda> [12/12 @ 8:53] (0/0)

They do not make a good impression... <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 8:20] (0/0)
We could add to your list. <Reverend> [12/12 @ 7:32] (3/15)

LOL, the beauty of Beaurocracy (No Text) <Norwen> [12/12 @ 13:46] (0/0)
It's like I've said before: <Watson> [12/12 @ 7:59] (1/12)

If I were feeling polemical . . . <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 8:46] (1/11)

Yes, but the British actually <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:12] (4/10)

It could be argued... <LordM> [12/13 @ 5:24] (0/0)
Um, aren't you Britishers... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 10:28] (1/3)

It is a sign of our humility <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 10:41] (1/2)

Actually... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 12:12] (1/1)

Yeah, but the chicks always dig a big hammer. (No Text) <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 18:35] (0/0)

And why? Because . . . <Pukel-man> [12/12 @ 9:30] (0/0)
Hey, occasionally we CAN win something <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 9:16] (1/3)

Well, you won the first battle in 1066 <Draupne> [12/13 @ 3:33] (2/2)

Hey. Didn't the French win that one? (No Text) <Leto> [12/13 @ 19:00] (0/0)
No, but you can talk about Jonny Wilkinson if you like. ;-) <Pukel-man> [12/13 @ 7:53] (0/0)

That is kind of strange isn't it? <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 7:39] (0/0)

Gandalf and his ring <andyjoe> [12/12 @ 7:17] (1/7)

It's partly because... <Nimrodel > [12/12 @ 7:24] (1/6)

We also didn't know... <Watson> [12/12 @ 7:40] (1/5)

Doesn't Gandalf give it away when... <Weige> [12/12 @ 8:30] (2/4)

The Secret Fire... <Watson> [12/12 @ 11:42] (0/0)
hmmm <andyjoe> [12/12 @ 8:40] (1/2)

No he does not reveal it <Reddevil> [12/12 @ 9:13] (1/1)

Specifically, <Reverend> [12/12 @ 16:01] (0/0)

Quick FOTR question... <Gwaihir's Wingman> [12/12 @ 7:14] (1/2)

He fournd out during the torture, IIRC. (No Text) <Nimrodel > [12/12 @ 7:20] (1/1)

Good, that is what I told him but I wasn't sure... Thanks (No Text) <Gwaihir's Wingman> [12/12 @ 7:26] (0/0)

Strictly...Rohirrim� & horses (experts, tear out your beards.... now!) <PhantomS> [12/12 @ 6:13] (4/5)

Boromir - fighter-jock, not an intellectual... <Kathira> [12/12 @ 14:32] (1/1)

I think that Boromir was .... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 16:12] (0/0)

Some answers... <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 9:08] (0/0)
Ho Hum <Reverend> [12/12 @ 7:25] (0/0)
Picking out a few... <Nimrodel > [12/12 @ 7:19] (0/0)

Slinker/Stinker <Glaze> [12/11 @ 22:13] (4/5)

I had thought of that myself <balrogslippers> [12/13 @ 4:35] (0/0)
I agree he was not <Curious> [12/12 @ 7:33] (0/0)
dissociative identity disorder(DID) <Arador> [12/12 @ 0:01] (1/1)

funny <Eirhren> [12/13 @ 0:25] (0/0)

Hmmm... Interesting..... <WhiteLadyEowyn> [12/11 @ 23:03] (0/0)

Inspiration for Fingolfin's duel against Morgoth (Vatnsd�la Saga) <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 18:27] (3/7)

Thats always been one of my favorite SIL moments.. <Raistlin the White> [12/11 @ 22:27] (0/0)
it has always seemed curious to me.... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 19:31] (1/1)

Well, remember that in traditional <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 10:25] (0/0)

Spotter's Badge for that one . . . <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 19:08] (1/3)

I am already looking forward to it! <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 19:16] (1/2)

Forehead would be perfect! ;) <Moiraine> [12/11 @ 19:53] (1/1)

The most convenient <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 10:18] (0/0)

Arwen <Fingofin> [12/11 @ 16:44] (1/6)

She's forfieted the right. <Reverend> [12/11 @ 17:56] (1/5)

where... <Dlz> [12/11 @ 19:33] (1/4)

HoME: "Sauron Defeated" <Reverend> [12/11 @ 20:45] (1/3)

so... <Dlz> [12/11 @ 20:48] (1/2)

I believe.... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 21:58] (1/1)

but why did aragorn ask her then (No Text) <Fingofin> [12/12 @ 14:50] (0/0)

Question about Legolas and Gimli ....... <the_hobbit_girl> [12/11 @ 14:12] (3/3)

Pick up the Silmarillion, dear. <Nimrodel > [12/12 @ 7:28] (0/0)
The journey of Legolas and Gimli <PhantomS> [12/12 @ 5:42] (0/0)
They sail West by the "Straight Road" to the Undying Lands. <Hama of Rohan> [12/11 @ 15:29] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #14 - Saruman�s Real Estate and Personnel Management <Ufthak> [12/11 @ 10:09] (6/37)

Gandalf and Saruman... <Dlz> [12/11 @ 20:14] (2/2)

There are several references <Watson> [12/12 @ 7:45] (0/0)
Pretty sure <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 7:43] (0/0)

Remember the Voice. <Reverend> [12/11 @ 18:04] (1/1)

Agree. Tolkien repeatedly emphasises <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 18:45] (0/0)

UUT - Control over his troops might have been the power of his ring. (No Text) <Lacrimae Rerum> [12/11 @ 17:48] (1/5)

Another person goes in for UUT's? Et tu, LR? (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 18:32] (2/4)

OT: Colleen McCullogh says... <Reverend> [12/12 @ 16:10] (2/2)

Shakespeare has told us this, <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 19:03] (0/0)
Well Suetonius says <Lacrimae Rerum> [12/12 @ 17:24] (0/0)

:-) Just keeping my stay in the RR brief.... <Lacrimae Rerum> [12/11 @ 18:40] (0/0)

Saruman cannily exploited a legal loophole <Narya> [12/11 @ 16:38] (0/0)
of homelessness and snake oil salesmen <NJRanger> [12/11 @ 11:07] (1/2)

There was man food available <Curious> [12/11 @ 11:45] (1/1)

clarification..oops <NJRanger> [12/11 @ 11:54] (0/0)

My thoughts. <Curious> [12/11 @ 10:53] (3/21)

The Uruk-hai aren't human-orc crossbreeds <Idril Celebrindal> [12/11 @ 19:42] (1/2)

They aren't half-orcs, that is clear. But <Curious> [12/11 @ 20:12] (1/1)

Here it is! <Curious> [12/11 @ 20:18] (0/0)

Uh-uh <Ufthak> [12/11 @ 13:56] (1/8)

Right. <Curious> [12/11 @ 14:39] (1/7)

It's not cannibalism! <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 4:42] (2/6)

Well, Tolkien did eventually decide <NZ Strider> [12/12 @ 10:03] (0/0)
They can interbreed. <Curious> [12/12 @ 7:44] (2/4)

cannibalism & Bored of the Rings <Froda> [12/12 @ 8:38] (0/0)
Would you call a wolf eating a domestic dog a cannibal? <Ufthak> [12/12 @ 8:37] (1/2)

Many animals do eat their own <Curious> [12/12 @ 10:08] (1/1)

I wouldn't be so certain in calling any higher mammal non-sentient (No Text) <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/12 @ 23:08] (0/0)

why interbreed, anyway? <Froda> [12/11 @ 11:17] (4/8)

Saruman the eugenicist <Hermione> [12/11 @ 13:59] (1/1)

In the darker corner <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 18:43] (0/0)

The "Man's-flesh" reference <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 12:13] (2/2)

Good catch. <Curious> [12/11 @ 12:46] (0/0)
aha! I knew it! thanks, K! (No Text) <Froda> [12/11 @ 12:22] (0/0)

foul meats <NJRanger> [12/11 @ 11:43] (1/1)

And the trolls in The Hobbit <Curious> [12/11 @ 11:53] (0/0)

Well <Curious> [12/11 @ 11:40] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #13 - Gollum�s Diary: To do - Get Rescued <Ufthak> [12/11 @ 10:07] (4/10)

Perhaps, like Gandalf, Sauron sensed... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 18:10] (0/0)
Ok, I think... <I_have_read_all_The_Books> [12/11 @ 14:01] (0/0)
Yes Sauron's *biggest* mistake... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/11 @ 13:39] (1/2)

How about <Curious> [12/11 @ 14:24] (1/1)

That's right too! (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/12 @ 13:56] (0/0)

"Oft evil will shall evil mar." <Curious> [12/11 @ 10:34] (2/4)

Addendum. <Curious> [12/11 @ 10:59] (0/0)
Oh sure, blame the birds... <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 10:53] (1/2)

All possible, of course. <Curious> [12/11 @ 11:00] (1/1)

Didn't you mean to say <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 12:01] (0/0)

For Silverlode; big cats in the Icelandic Sagas . . . <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 8:53] (6/6)

>^^< (No Text) <Asia the Cat> [12/12 @ 23:16] (0/0)
Speaking of cats . . . <Moiraine> [12/11 @ 16:15] (0/0)
Interesting. Thanks for that! (No Text) <Silverlode> [12/11 @ 14:52] (0/0)
There are more examples <Blue Wizard> [12/11 @ 13:49] (0/0)
I love that cat story <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 10:39] (0/0)
Interesting. Of course, these cats <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 9:01] (0/0)

The Disaster Of the Gladden Fields-� Isildur's banana peel <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 6:30] (1/1)

My impression is... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 7:35] (0/0)

I just read a movie review <Merryk> [12/11 @ 6:15] (2/7)

That's an interesting perspective <Blue Wizard> [12/11 @ 6:51] (0/0)
In the books <Curious> [12/11 @ 6:49] (2/5)

Sense of spiritual struggle <Merryk> [12/11 @ 9:17] (1/2)

I saw <Curious> [12/11 @ 9:36] (1/1)

amen to that (No Text) <NJRanger> [12/11 @ 11:18] (0/0)

Battles of the Mind <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 7:30] (1/1)

I was focusing on TTT <Curious> [12/11 @ 7:39] (0/0)

Elementary question what happens to dead Noldor <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/11 @ 1:20] (3/3)

One addition to what the others have said: <NZ Strider> [12/11 @ 9:03] (0/0)
Death among Elves <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 5:59] (0/0)
From what i understand.... <Groovicles> [12/11 @ 5:25] (0/0)

Idiot Pronunciation Question . . . <Pukel-man> [12/10 @ 19:49] (1/14)

*bemused smile* <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 20:03] (2/13)

Eorl one syllable? <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/11 @ 8:28] (2/2)

I can't really do it either <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 12:19] (0/0)
If it makes you feel better <Curious> [12/11 @ 9:43] (0/0)

Thanks. So . . . <Pukel-man> [12/10 @ 20:32] (2/9)

Boromir gets its wrong because.... <beren_boy> [12/10 @ 23:14] (0/0)
Yes, but make sure <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 20:37] (1/7)

So where is the emphasis? <Kathira> [12/10 @ 20:55] (1/6)

I'm fairly sure <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 22:19] (1/5)

I usually pronounce the last syllable <Kimi> [12/10 @ 22:37] (2/4)

Yes, but a bit shorter and more clipped. <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 7:29] (0/0)
That would depend on <Draupne> [12/11 @ 1:08] (1/2)

I pronounce it <Kimi> [12/11 @ 1:13] (1/1)

I see ;-) (No Text) <Draupne> [12/11 @ 1:37] (0/0)

Did First Age humans visibly age? <Curious> [12/10 @ 15:26] (4/29)

Thank you all. Now I would like to know <Curious> [12/11 @ 6:36] (1/8)

Try Aldarion and Erendis. <Reverend> [12/11 @ 7:23] (1/7)

Thanks, so then in the Third Age <Curious> [12/11 @ 7:47] (2/6)

Here I yeild... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 14:21] (0/0)
curious, <summertime> [12/11 @ 10:32] (1/4)

Which showing <Curious> [12/11 @ 12:47] (1/3)

i <summertime> [12/11 @ 12:52] (1/2)

I think that will work. <Curious> [12/11 @ 14:26] (1/1)

okay... <summertime> [12/11 @ 15:27] (0/0)

Of course they did. <Reverend> [12/10 @ 19:40] (2/13)

Ack, my mistake... <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 6:33] (0/0)
phew! <summertime> [12/10 @ 20:03] (1/11)

did Arwen lose all her beauty? <Arador> [12/10 @ 20:47] (1/10)

I believe that both... <Reverend> [12/10 @ 21:10] (2/9)

I thought... <summertime> [12/11 @ 6:13] (0/0)
I mean when she died on Tol Galen(?) <Arador> [12/10 @ 21:21] (1/7)

I get the impression that <Kimi> [12/10 @ 21:36] (1/6)

die of excess happiness? <Arador> [12/10 @ 21:52] (1/5)

If this were not a family board <Kimi> [12/10 @ 22:08] (2/4)

A long-held ambition. ;-) <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 8:27] (0/0)
little death? <Arador> [12/10 @ 22:21] (1/2)

I see. <Kimi> [12/10 @ 22:34] (1/1)

If.... <Reverend> [12/11 @ 5:57] (0/0)

More evidence <Acathalion> [12/10 @ 17:29] (1/2)

in the Finrod and Andreth debate <Arador> [12/10 @ 19:23] (1/1)

Well spotted. That's pretty convincing. (No Text) <Kimi> [12/10 @ 19:47] (0/0)

A small hint of loss of vigour <Kimi> [12/10 @ 15:36] (2/2)

That sounds very sudden. <Curious> [12/10 @ 16:41] (0/0)
There's a sort of evidence by contrast <Kimi> [12/10 @ 16:22] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #12 - Sauron the Ventriloquist <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 9:56] (3/15)

My understanding is... <Reverend> [12/10 @ 12:05] (1/7)

I guess I am simple minded... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/10 @ 14:08] (1/6)

At that time <Curious> [12/10 @ 14:52] (1/5)

Actually. <Hama of Rohan> [12/10 @ 23:09] (1/4)

Yes, but it was 90 years <Curious> [12/11 @ 6:31] (1/3)

I guess my reading. <Hama of Rohan> [12/11 @ 7:38] (1/2)

The Encyclopedia <Curious> [12/11 @ 7:54] (1/1)

And yet. <Hama of Rohan> [12/11 @ 8:34] (0/0)

The words may well be meant literally. <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 10:34] (0/0)
I'd say figuratively, <Ataahua> [12/10 @ 10:25] (2/5)

No - ALL heard/perceived Sauron. <Hama of Rohan> [12/10 @ 23:17] (1/3)

why could they take off their rings? <Froda> [12/11 @ 6:48] (1/2)

My theory. <Hama of Rohan> [12/11 @ 7:42] (1/1)

nice theory! <Froda> [12/11 @ 10:37] (0/0)

I agree. (No Text) <Curious> [12/10 @ 12:47] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #11 - Saurman the Witless, Saruman the Delay-Maker, Saruman of Many Blunders! <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 9:23] (4/16)

The Istari mandate (s) <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 6:14] (0/0)
i disagree <yncanes> [12/10 @ 15:49] (1/1)

Actually, in his own mind... <Watson> [12/11 @ 19:06] (0/0)

This was Gandalf's biggest mistake... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/10 @ 13:56] (1/1)

I don't think so. <Curious> [12/10 @ 14:59] (0/0)

was that really the mandate of the Istari? <vedhed> [12/10 @ 9:47] (6/10)

Comfort food for thought <Acathalion> [12/10 @ 18:29] (1/2)

hmmmm... <summertime> [12/10 @ 19:47] (1/1)

Good points! I agree. (No Text) <Acathalion> [12/11 @ 16:21] (0/0)

tying up loose ends...security level color codes in ME <summertime> [12/10 @ 17:05] (0/0)
They weren't there to destroy him, but... <Watson> [12/10 @ 12:36] (0/0)
It seems unlike Gandalf, <Curious> [12/10 @ 12:32] (0/0)
Agree: The Istari's mission <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 10:23] (1/1)

You make a strong point at the end of your post... <vedhed> [12/10 @ 16:07] (0/0)

Well, they were to hinder him <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 10:01] (1/1)

OK... I see your point. <vedhed> [12/10 @ 10:15] (0/0)

The Stone of Erech . . . <Pukel-man> [12/10 @ 7:36] (3/11)

Chesterton's "The Ballad of the White Horse" <Kiskadee> [12/10 @ 23:16] (2/7)

Thank you . . . <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 8:29] (1/1)

G.K. Chesterton <Curious> [12/11 @ 9:15] (0/0)

"As trees walking the earth" <Kimi> [12/10 @ 23:55] (1/4)

I didn't know that <Kiskadee> [12/11 @ 10:32] (1/3)

Here's a link <Curious> [12/11 @ 15:22] (2/2)

Thanks <Kiskadee> [12/12 @ 14:15] (0/0)
Alfred thread! Great idea! <Pukel-man> [12/11 @ 21:33] (0/0)

Interesting suggestion. <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:02] (0/0)
Paths of the New Zealand dead? <Darkstone> [12/10 @ 9:03] (1/1)

Interesting. Thanks for that. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:04] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #10 - Why must blokes always fight? <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 7:01] (3/14)

My thoughts. <Curious> [12/10 @ 11:58] (1/3)

Boromir was 40. <RosieLass> [12/10 @ 19:53] (1/2)

My bad. But <Curious> [12/11 @ 6:20] (1/1)

Yes, he is a typical sword-jock... <Kathira> [12/11 @ 14:25] (0/0)

You got a problem with that? Let's step outside... <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 10:08] (2/8)

Full agreement. <Reverend> [12/10 @ 12:13] (0/0)
touchy, touchy... <Froda> [12/10 @ 10:49] (1/6)

Most people complain <Curious> [12/10 @ 11:38] (1/5)

I know... <Froda> [12/10 @ 12:49] (1/4)

I just think <Curious> [12/10 @ 12:58] (1/3)

yes, but <Froda> [12/10 @ 13:52] (1/2)

Are you saying <Curious> [12/10 @ 14:10] (1/1)

seems the only thing we're sure about is the "weatherbeating"! (No Text) <Froda> [12/11 @ 6:36] (0/0)

I think he's mainly irritated <Eledhwen> [12/10 @ 8:45] (0/0)

The Faithful Stone...my� thoughts <PhantomS> [12/10 @ 5:45] (4/6)

Ahhh... one of my favorite stories... <beren_boy> [12/10 @ 22:30] (0/0)
My rate is ten pounds an hour, with regular snacks brought out. ;-) (No Text) <Pukel-man> [12/10 @ 12:49] (2/2)

You're fired. I've found a �5.50 and hour Numenorean army :) (No Text) <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 6:17] (0/0)
10 quid?!? I'll give L9 5s 4d, but with <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 16:25] (0/0)

Pukel-man, are you reading? This one's for you! <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:12] (0/0)
Yes, leech is an old word for <Kimi> [12/10 @ 10:56] (0/0)

About Arwen <Ringaren> [12/10 @ 1:20] (7/28)

Love story <Galenaldaron> [12/11 @ 22:14] (0/0)
They needed it <Elfgirl14> [12/10 @ 19:24] (0/0)
Asking again only because I'm really interested in opinions <Serai> [12/10 @ 18:09] (5/7)

Um, I thought I gave my answer. <Curious> [12/11 @ 19:15] (1/2)

That's an answer about his age <Serai> [12/11 @ 23:02] (1/1)

Yes, and I am attributing that to <Curious> [12/12 @ 7:09] (0/0)

Very interesting thoughts <Serai> [12/11 @ 14:31] (0/0)
Anglo-Saxon versus Roman POV? <Darkstone> [12/11 @ 8:50] (0/0)
ya and na <FlyingSod> [12/10 @ 20:03] (0/0)
Perhaps you shouldn't . . . <Moiraine> [12/10 @ 19:32] (0/0)

Why not? Slavishly <Curious> [12/10 @ 11:31] (1/1)

Absolutely <Serai> [12/10 @ 11:43] (0/0)

The story of Arwen and Aragorn <Serai> [12/10 @ 10:58] (3/12)

The strange thing is, we haven't seen Elrond throw down the gauntlet to Aragorn yet... <Dryhten> [12/11 @ 4:12] (0/0)
another consideration: in the book <Annael> [12/10 @ 11:31] (0/0)
Aragorn is younger in the movies. <Curious> [12/10 @ 11:22] (2/9)

I disagree there... <WhiteLadyEowyn> [12/10 @ 17:47] (2/2)

let's do Numenorean numbers... <PhantomS> [12/11 @ 7:41] (0/0)
Well, he had not yet proposed <Curious> [12/10 @ 19:08] (0/0)

How do you figure he's younger? <Serai> [12/10 @ 11:33] (1/5)

First, he still has the Ring <Curious> [12/10 @ 13:03] (1/4)

He never used the ring to propose to her in the book..... (No Text) <WhiteLadyEowyn> [12/10 @ 17:51] (2/3)

It's in the Tale of Years, <Curious> [12/10 @ 19:20] (0/0)
Aragorn's details and his ring <Serai> [12/10 @ 18:05] (1/1)

Well <Curious> [12/10 @ 19:23] (0/0)

Two other reasons: <Watson> [12/10 @ 5:17] (0/0)
a feminine touch <drakedreper> [12/10 @ 1:25] (1/1)

of course <FlyingSod> [12/10 @ 17:50] (0/0)

The 'WHAT IF' books???? <FlyingSod> [12/9 @ 17:11] (4/11)

LOLOL <Serai> [12/10 @ 18:13] (0/0)
I thought you were referring to these <Blue Wizard> [12/10 @ 7:09] (0/0)
Btw, FlyingSod <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 3:57] (1/1)

Ty <FlyingSod> [12/10 @ 17:19] (0/0)

You hate who?!!! <LoTRfanatic'sfriend> [12/9 @ 19:22] (1/6)

Accident!? <Ufthak> [12/10 @ 3:52] (4/5)

So???!! <LoTRfanatic'sfriend> [12/10 @ 18:48] (0/0)
Brooks apparently wrote that first book <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:45] (1/1)

Forgive or not <FlyingSod> [12/10 @ 17:25] (0/0)

Me too, but it was my own fault... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/10 @ 10:32] (0/0)
Yes! <Seillib> [12/10 @ 7:24] (0/0)

Is Bombadil ever fully explained in SIL ? <thiefbaggins> [12/9 @ 16:13] (2/3)

He's not mentioned in the Sil, IIRC. (No Text) <Nimrodel > [12/9 @ 20:14] (1/1)

There is mention of "any other order <Curious> [12/9 @ 21:27] (0/0)

Nope <Eglarest> [12/9 @ 16:24] (0/0)

Seven for the Dwarf-lords ... <Norwen> [12/9 @ 13:40] (4/5)

In addition to the answers below <Curious> [12/10 @ 10:48] (0/0)
The exact quotes... <PhantomS> [12/10 @ 5:23] (0/0)
o.k. <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 14:00] (0/0)
Gandalf explains in "The Shadow of the Past" <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 13:59] (1/1)

Well said...it's also... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 14:16] (0/0)

Could someone help me? I need to know what other names Sauron used in 'The Sil'. <Lancelot> [12/9 @ 13:31] (2/7)

Sauron, a.k.a.... <PhantomS> [12/10 @ 5:28] (0/0)
Check Encyclopedia of Arda <Blue Wizard> [12/9 @ 13:36] (2/5)

Thank you much Blue Wizard!!! (No Text) <Lancelot> [12/9 @ 13:50] (1/2)

One word of caution <Blue Wizard> [12/9 @ 14:11] (1/1)

They had obviously been to much on TORN then ;-) (No Text) <Draupne> [12/10 @ 1:25] (0/0)

Here it is... I think it's all you need... (No Text - Link Inside) <E�rendil The Mariner> [12/9 @ 13:43] (1/1)

Thanks Earendil! (No Text) <Lancelot> [12/10 @ 6:38] (0/0)

Anyone else have The Tolkien Bestiary? <Seanagrin_Took> [12/9 @ 13:30] (2/3)

read it <FlyingSod> [12/9 @ 15:56] (0/0)
I've seen it for years but never bought it (No Text) <Corsair of Umbar> [12/9 @ 13:39] (1/1)

: <Seanagrin_Took> [12/9 @ 13:42] (0/0)

Anyone know a where I can find a good long Middle Earth fanfic? <Seanagrin_Took> [12/9 @ 13:21] (3/9)

I highly recommend Watson's writing (see below for link) <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/10 @ 10:38] (1/1)

Why, thank you <Watson> [12/10 @ 11:49] (0/0)

try fanfiction.net <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 14:07] (2/2)

warning on fanfiction.net <FlyingSod> [12/9 @ 16:38] (0/0)
Don't bother <Eledhwen> [12/9 @ 16:00] (0/0)

See of you can catch up with Watson or Celandine Brandybuck. <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 14:01] (1/3)

Well, I have a completed novel... <Watson> [12/9 @ 14:19] (1/2)

Okay... <Seanagrin_Took> [12/11 @ 13:34] (1/1)

I Entulesse (The Return) <Watson> [12/11 @ 15:15] (0/0)

Gollum <x_daniella_x> [12/9 @ 12:11] (2/2)

gollum <hogandog89> [12/9 @ 16:01] (0/0)
Daniella, <Norwen> [12/9 @ 13:20] (0/0)

Fresh perpectives and Tolkien <thepalantir> [12/9 @ 10:41] (4/4)

If you dig hard enough <Curious> [12/10 @ 10:34] (0/0)
well, <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/9 @ 15:08] (0/0)
well yes and girls killing bad guys too (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 13:33] (0/0)
The idea that... <PhantomS> [12/9 @ 12:37] (0/0)

Other LOTR Book <ChaosTheMatador> [12/9 @ 10:40] (2/2)

one step beyond <FlyingSod> [12/9 @ 16:12] (0/0)
Those books are volumes VI-VIII and par of IX <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 10:59] (0/0)

All about aging. <Curious> [12/9 @ 8:56] (2/12)

Interbreeding with angels <Darkstone> [12/9 @ 11:43] (2/6)

I've never understood this passage... <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:26] (1/1)

Thanks for the tip <Darkstone> [12/10 @ 19:00] (0/0)

I agree <Curious> [12/10 @ 8:50] (1/3)

The Third Tower and Erech <Darkstone> [12/10 @ 9:59] (1/2)

"Erech" is the Hebrew vocalisation <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:18] (1/1)

Well, if you can't trust Tolkien... <Darkstone> [12/10 @ 19:02] (0/0)

Oh, my back.... <PhantomS> [12/9 @ 9:31] (3/4)

My responses to your answers. <Curious> [12/10 @ 8:48] (0/0)
Virtue matters. <Reverend> [12/9 @ 11:41] (1/1)

Thanks. But what about <Curious> [12/10 @ 8:51] (0/0)

Very thorough answer. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 11:02] (0/0)

The Bombadillion: Instalment IV: The Use of the �Bombadil� Material in the LotR. B & C. <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 8:46] (3/11)

By the way <Curious> [12/9 @ 14:05] (1/1)

No problem. :-) (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 14:15] (0/0)

badgers begone! <Froda> [12/9 @ 13:41] (2/3)

Agree completely. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 14:12] (0/0)
Imperviousness to the Ring <Curious> [12/9 @ 13:54] (1/1)

agreed! <Froda> [12/9 @ 14:02] (0/0)

Tolkien has simply <Curious> [12/9 @ 9:08] (1/4)

I thought it was your contention <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:12] (1/3)

Yes and no. <Curious> [12/9 @ 9:33] (1/2)

I must take exception <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:49] (1/1)

"He appeared already to know <Curious> [12/9 @ 10:13] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #9 - Boromir and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat <Ufthak> [12/9 @ 5:47] (10/28)

Could it be that *only* Faramir was sent the dream <nerdanel50> [12/9 @ 13:43] (5/9)

this used to be my working hypothesis. <Reverend> [12/10 @ 6:29] (0/0)
OK, not a liar, but <nerdanel50> [12/9 @ 15:00] (3/4)

I've thought of it this way too -- <NZ Strider> [12/10 @ 11:30] (1/1)

I have to take an opposing view <Acathalion> [12/10 @ 18:59] (0/0)

Hey, I can sometimes ask a decent question! <Ufthak> [12/9 @ 16:54] (0/0)
When you say hapless power, I <Curious> [12/9 @ 15:19] (0/0)

Nice theory, but Faramir <Curious> [12/9 @ 14:27] (0/0)
hey, great hypothesis! <Froda> [12/9 @ 13:54] (0/0)
I don't think he would lie. <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 13:51] (0/0)

dreams <Froda> [12/9 @ 12:50] (0/0)
I don't see much resemblance... <Uitlander > [12/9 @ 10:57] (0/0)
What was the point of sending Boromir <Curious> [12/9 @ 10:52] (2/4)

Faramir <Eglarest> [12/9 @ 16:31] (0/0)
but then again... <Norwen> [12/9 @ 13:33] (1/2)

Ultimately <Curious> [12/9 @ 13:44] (1/1)

It seems to make sense if... <Darkstone> [12/10 @ 15:32] (0/0)

Added complexity to Boromir <Lothirienne> [12/9 @ 9:53] (0/0)
Some thoughts (mostly rambling) <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:24] (0/0)
Dreams, and Faramir's fall <Darkstone> [12/9 @ 8:52] (0/0)
Trading Places <Merryk> [12/9 @ 7:33] (0/0)
I think it develops the character of Gandalf. <Reverend> [12/9 @ 7:01] (2/5)

I don't think it's utterly unsupported <Watson> [12/9 @ 14:41] (0/0)
Why didn't the dream say <Curious> [12/9 @ 10:37] (1/3)

No fair... <Reverend> [12/9 @ 11:01] (2/2)

That Gandalf sent the dream never occurred to me... <Kathira> [12/9 @ 11:45] (0/0)
Well, you <Curious> [12/9 @ 11:16] (0/0)

Makes you want to know more about Faramir <Eledhwen> [12/9 @ 6:59] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #8 - A side note on Purity <Ufthak> [12/9 @ 5:30] (3/4)

Some comments <PhantomS> [12/9 @ 12:30] (0/0)
Consider the source. <Curious> [12/9 @ 11:06] (0/0)
This is shorthand for a whole lot of history. <Reverend> [12/9 @ 6:47] (1/1)

Agree. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:08] (0/0)

Let's Teach Sindarin....and live long <PhantomS> [12/9 @ 4:54] (1/1)

I suppose that Thengel was a King <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:07] (0/0)

Entdraught <Sven the Alligator> [12/8 @ 21:11] (1/3)

I think Legolas talked about it... <Mirime> [12/8 @ 21:29] (2/2)

It's in the chapter "Flotsam and Jetsam" <Nimrodel > [12/8 @ 21:35] (0/0)
Yup, you're right... <Sven the Alligator> [12/8 @ 21:35] (0/0)

The History of the Lord of The Rings (The Trilogy) and the History of Middle Earth - worth getting? (No Text) <HTSwindell> [12/8 @ 19:31] (4/4)

*nods* <LoTRfanatic'sfriend> [12/9 @ 19:25] (0/0)
Sorry, I don't have a canned response all ready. <Reverend> [12/9 @ 7:03] (0/0)
And mine. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/9 @ 5:03] (0/0)
Here's my standard advice on HoME. (No Text - Link Inside) <NZ Strider> [12/8 @ 20:02] (0/0)

Faramir and Eowyn after ROTK <eowynthegreat> [12/8 @ 15:34] (5/6)

I do know Eowyn and Eomer sent Merry great gifts when he became master of Buckland (No Text) <Dryhten> [12/8 @ 17:28] (0/0)
In the intro to The Fellowship of the Ring... <Loressar Erchamion> [12/8 @ 16:36] (0/0)
they had a son named Elboron.. <Arador> [12/8 @ 16:24] (0/0)
Well, <PhantomS> [12/8 @ 15:52] (0/0)
Lived happily ever after? <Brick> [12/8 @ 15:47] (1/1)

thank you <eowynthegreat> [12/8 @ 19:57] (0/0)

Questions on werewolves, wargs and other personifications of evil... <Dryhten> [12/8 @ 13:11] (13/47)

Does Warg = Ulf <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:20] (1/6)

But Fenris's sister isn't a wolf, is she? <Draupne> [12/10 @ 1:33] (2/5)

The children of Loki are admirably diverse. <Reverend> [12/10 @ 18:53] (1/2)

Hela is a woman from the waist up and a zombie from the waist down, right? (No Text) <Dryhten> [12/10 @ 18:54] (1/1)

As I remember it, no... <Tauriel> [12/11 @ 6:03] (0/0)

One of them is like said can't remember her name (No Text) <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/10 @ 11:22] (1/1)

You sure? <Tauriel> [12/11 @ 6:22] (0/0)

Wargs are bad umkay? (No Text) <Nomad> [12/9 @ 13:14] (0/0)
european wolf, not extinct. <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/9 @ 10:35] (0/0)
Of wolves and dogs <thepalantir> [12/9 @ 10:33] (1/1)

Defiantly wolves <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:23] (0/0)

Wolf-riders in Icelandic sagas <NZ Strider> [12/9 @ 9:42] (0/0)
Beowulf = bee wolf = bear <Blue Wizard> [12/9 @ 7:30] (0/0)
The European Wolf is not extinct, as far as i'm aware <Ufthak> [12/9 @ 5:35] (2/2)

No, but we're doing our best .... <Draupne> [12/10 @ 1:29] (0/0)
absolutely not! <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/9 @ 10:12] (0/0)

I'm not a naturalist, by any means. <RosieLass> [12/8 @ 16:44] (0/0)
Well there's a fairly new report <Kiskadee> [12/8 @ 15:43] (3/3)

Cave Lions (No Text) <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:30] (0/0)
Well, it's not that large, and it's really cute <Draupne> [12/9 @ 0:51] (0/0)
Perhaps there is a common theme. <Curious> [12/8 @ 18:12] (0/0)

And by the way <Serai> [12/8 @ 15:04] (2/4)

If we're to judge by the name <Draupne> [12/9 @ 1:01] (0/0)
Wargs... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 15:13] (1/2)

So they're just huge wolves <Serai> [12/8 @ 15:19] (1/1)

We just have no evidence. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/8 @ 16:52] (0/0)

My Antonia <A_Tossed_Dwarf> [12/8 @ 15:04] (0/0)
That's an interesting point <Serai> [12/8 @ 15:01] (1/1)

Not all european myth <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:41] (0/0)

I'm not sure... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 13:52] (3/17)

My impressions from reading many books about wolves <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:46] (0/0)
Your first point... <Silverlode> [12/8 @ 15:09] (1/14)

Not to argue... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 15:17] (2/13)

Cave Lions had died out in europe well before historic times <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/9 @ 19:49] (0/0)
Interesting... <Silverlode> [12/8 @ 15:30] (2/11)

Think Androcles <Reverend> [12/8 @ 16:51] (2/9)

A bit of confusion there <Blue Wizard> [12/9 @ 9:21] (2/4)

Very interesting but depressing <Kiskadee> [12/9 @ 11:14] (1/1)

OT: Kiskadee, Stephen Gay Gould <Kimi> [12/9 @ 11:47] (0/0)

Could be. <Reverend> [12/9 @ 11:11] (1/1)

My understanding from looking at some more articles <Blue Wizard> [12/10 @ 9:14] (0/0)

Ah..I think we're talking at cross purposes here. <Silverlode> [12/8 @ 17:42] (3/3)

There were large cats in Northern Europe <Blue Wizard> [12/10 @ 9:23] (0/0)
It's the lynx of course <Draupne> [12/9 @ 0:10] (0/0)
Strangely though, legends of large cats in barren regions of England have sprung up in the last 50 years or so... <Dryhten> [12/8 @ 17:50] (0/0)

Werrrl....... <beren_boy> [12/8 @ 15:40] (0/0)

Wild (abandoned) dogs in the U.S. <Curious> [12/8 @ 14:50] (0/0)

For Reverend: The Super Navy Of Tar Minastir <PhantomS> [12/8 @ 6:51] (5/5)

Actually, five years sounds about right <Darkstone> [12/9 @ 6:39] (0/0)
Well.... <Zimraphel> [12/8 @ 12:42] (0/0)
Again, long-lived folk... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 11:15] (0/0)
I suspect the answer to both our questions <Curious> [12/8 @ 7:34] (0/0)
And why did it take Gil-galad 95 years <Curious> [12/8 @ 7:22] (0/0)

?? <orlandosgurl> [12/7 @ 17:16] (2/8)

Hi there <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/7 @ 17:22] (1/3)

Read <orlandosgurl> [12/7 @ 17:38] (2/2)

Yes, he is <Lady Elrondo> [12/7 @ 21:08] (0/0)
You're welcome <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/7 @ 17:51] (0/0)

The greatest of the battles... <Reverend> [12/7 @ 17:20] (2/3)

I would just add that humans <Curious> [12/8 @ 9:43] (0/0)
Thanks <orlandosgurl> [12/7 @ 17:42] (1/1)

In a nutshell... (really big nutshell) *SPOILERS* <PhantomS> [12/8 @ 6:40] (0/0)

LOTR and age <Maire> [12/7 @ 13:44] (17/19)

Unfortunately, I didn't discover LOTR until last year <Rain Queen> [12/8 @ 21:55] (0/0)
I was 15 <Serai> [12/8 @ 15:32] (0/0)
I was around nine. <Kelly of Water's Edge> [12/8 @ 10:57] (0/0)
They mean more to me now, <Seillib> [12/8 @ 9:35] (0/0)
Tolkien was 45 when he began LotR, and 63 <Curious> [12/8 @ 9:07] (0/0)
I've always been a big reader <Entmaiden> [12/8 @ 7:59] (0/0)
ofcourse, it all starts with the hobbit... <Dlz> [12/8 @ 7:44] (0/0)
I've read them repeatedly.... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 3:27] (0/0)
Sorry didn't read the whole post at first so this is more meaningfull reply <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/8 @ 0:01] (0/0)
I was eight when I first read it <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/7 @ 23:56] (0/0)
I was 11... <Watson> [12/7 @ 21:43] (0/0)
It's hard to say... <Nimrodel > [12/7 @ 19:43] (0/0)
Reply <orlandosgurl> [12/7 @ 17:26] (1/2)

Please use punctuation, dear... <Nimrodel > [12/7 @ 19:40] (1/1)

LOL Nim....James Joyce....*cringes* (No Text) <Varda Elentari> [12/8 @ 8:25] (0/0)

I read the Book back in the sixties when I was ... <River-Woman> [12/7 @ 16:03] (0/0)
I first read them at about age 8... <Varda Elentari> [12/7 @ 14:30] (0/0)
Well ... <Eledhwen> [12/7 @ 14:13] (0/0)
Well, I first read it at about 8 or 9 <Ufthak> [12/7 @ 13:51] (0/0)

How big was The Battle Of Unumbered Tears? <Reddevil> [12/7 @ 10:12] (2/7)

Consider that... <Reverend> [12/7 @ 17:18] (1/1)

Well, he was young. (No Text) <Curious> [12/7 @ 20:28] (0/0)

No Valar. <Curious> [12/7 @ 11:04] (1/4)

I thought that... <Reddevil> [12/7 @ 14:18] (2/3)

The War of Wrath... <Reverend> [12/7 @ 17:31] (0/0)
The War of Wrath <Mim the Petty Dwarf> [12/7 @ 17:26] (1/1)

I think that it is mentioned that the last alliance was the largest gathering ever (No Text) <Dogar> [12/8 @ 13:39] (0/0)

A question about Middle-Earth that has troubled my sleep <Elfstarbrow> [12/7 @ 9:27] (2/20)

yeah <Groovicles> [12/7 @ 11:55] (0/0)
Well, I'm not really qualified to answer this question <Dryhten> [12/7 @ 10:14] (1/18)

Dwarves sleep until the final battle. <Curious> [12/7 @ 11:11] (1/17)

Why wake them up? <summertime> [12/7 @ 11:27] (3/16)

The next world has .... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 3:21] (1/12)

I am not sure <Curious> [12/8 @ 6:26] (1/11)

Well said. <Reverend> [12/8 @ 10:56] (1/10)

But <Curious> [12/8 @ 11:03] (1/9)

Yes. <Reverend> [12/8 @ 11:44] (1/8)

Tolkien <Curious> [12/8 @ 12:33] (1/7)

I agree... <Reverend> [12/8 @ 13:32] (1/6)

I <Curious> [12/8 @ 13:45] (2/5)

Riddles <Reverend> [12/8 @ 14:07] (1/1)

Turin's <Curious> [12/8 @ 14:31] (0/0)

nice discussion <summertime> [12/8 @ 14:04] (1/2)

Thanks <Curious> [12/8 @ 14:35] (1/1)

up next... <summertime> [12/8 @ 17:42] (0/0)

Going with the Bible thing.... <A_Tossed_Dwarf> [12/7 @ 19:49] (0/0)
the great thing about predestination... <Mim the Petty Dwarf> [12/7 @ 17:30] (1/1)

spoken like a true dwarf ;) (No Text) <summertime> [12/7 @ 18:39] (0/0)

Question about Eldarion (Aragorn's son) <BrambleroseBrandybuck> [12/7 @ 7:50] (2/5)

He is mortal. <Curious> [12/8 @ 18:07] (0/0)
I don't think so <Eledhwen> [12/7 @ 12:46] (3/3)

I don't think so <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:38] (0/0)
No that much less <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/7 @ 23:17] (0/0)
He is Mortal <WhiteLadyEowyn> [12/7 @ 22:01] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #7 The Benefits of Hindsight <Ufthak> [12/7 @ 5:43] (4/21)

They could have destroyed it IF <Curious> [12/8 @ 9:52] (2/2)

Yes, great point! (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/8 @ 22:16] (0/0)
Good point! (No Text) <Morwen> [12/8 @ 15:35] (0/0)

I doubt that anyone could have done it. <Morwen> [12/7 @ 15:16] (3/9)

And remember <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:42] (0/0)
But there is one... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/8 @ 5:44] (2/6)

Doubtful. <Curious> [12/8 @ 9:48] (1/4)

But the power of love... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/8 @ 22:10] (1/3)

I suggest that you read this letter of Tolkien's. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/9 @ 5:17] (1/2)

I guess I'm a simple minded person. :) (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/9 @ 11:14] (1/1)

I admit <Curious> [12/9 @ 11:23] (0/0)

Quite possibly. (No Text) <Ufthak> [12/8 @ 9:04] (0/0)

agreeing with everyone here <Mim the Petty Dwarf> [12/7 @ 17:39] (0/0)

hmmm... <Dlz> [12/7 @ 7:45] (1/4)

I could be wrong but <nerdanel50> [12/7 @ 12:41] (1/3)

The big exception <Ataahua> [12/7 @ 13:36] (1/2)

That's my thinking too. <Ufthak> [12/7 @ 13:41] (1/1)

Elf-Lord Smackdown!! <Ataahua> [12/7 @ 13:46] (0/0)

No one will ever know. <Reverend> [12/7 @ 6:00] (2/2)

Nothing to add but my agreement. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 17:26] (0/0)
Agreed. (No Text) <Eledhwen> [12/7 @ 12:48] (0/0)

Wormtongue and Stormcrow <andyjoe> [12/7 @ 0:49] (5/6)

It's not an uncommon thing <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:49] (0/0)
Just some brief additions: <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 17:24] (0/0)
Yeh, they're nicknames, but of a particularkind... <Hermione> [12/7 @ 9:37] (1/1)

Interestingly, in Anglo-Saxon poetry <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 17:29] (0/0)

Don't think there's much doubt <Watson> [12/7 @ 5:49] (0/0)
I think you're correct <Silverlode> [12/7 @ 0:53] (0/0)

Aragorn's Age <Lamarne> [12/6 @ 18:36] (1/3)

If I've worked it out correctly, <Ataahua> [12/6 @ 18:44] (2/2)

Exactly three times a 'normal' lifespan. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/6 @ 21:05] (0/0)
You're right on <Altaira> [12/6 @ 20:30] (0/0)

Ring <Fingofin> [12/6 @ 16:21] (1/2)

The One Ring is another thing entirely. <Reverend> [12/6 @ 16:48] (1/1)

Good point <Altaira> [12/6 @ 21:08] (0/0)

Idiot Morgoth's strongholds question . . . <Pukel-man> [12/6 @ 15:30] (2/7)

Angband was left off the map that appeared <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 16:41] (0/0)
Due north of the Shire. <Reverend> [12/6 @ 16:10] (2/5)

Northwest? <ianfx> [12/6 @ 18:36] (0/0)
Thank you . . . <Pukel-man> [12/6 @ 16:15] (2/3)

if you can find it ... <LordOfAngband> [12/6 @ 22:50] (0/0)
Appendix A <Reverend> [12/6 @ 16:46] (1/1)

Which stronghold? <LordOfAngband> [12/6 @ 22:44] (0/0)

Intolerable, unbearable LOBELIA! <elspeth_heather> [12/6 @ 10:16] (4/15)

*looks both ways* <summertime> [12/7 @ 10:32] (1/10)

It would have been nice <Curious> [12/7 @ 11:01] (2/9)

Nerdanel <Reverend> [12/8 @ 14:14] (1/7)

You don't think Feanor's wife <Curious> [12/8 @ 14:56] (1/6)

It's said that she's not <Kimi> [12/8 @ 15:06] (1/5)

Well <Curious> [12/8 @ 15:10] (1/4)

Don't be too greedy <Kimi> [12/8 @ 15:15] (1/3)

Hey! Andreth, <Curious> [12/8 @ 15:51] (1/2)

She probably had good bone structure <Kimi> [12/8 @ 18:46] (1/1)

But <Curious> [12/9 @ 5:13] (0/0)

agreed. (No Text) <summertime> [12/7 @ 11:19] (0/0)

Lobelia is more real than Sauron, and <Curious> [12/7 @ 8:29] (0/0)
Not powerful enough to be truly evil. <Morwen> [12/6 @ 21:07] (0/0)
weeeeeell.. <Froda> [12/6 @ 11:02] (1/1)

Yes very evil...but then repents (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 15:23] (0/0)

So Aragorn didn't like being called 'Strider'... <Dlz> [12/6 @ 9:55] (6/8)

"That's King Strider, if you please. <Morwen> [12/6 @ 21:01] (1/1)

The name will be a reminder to him... <Kathira> [12/7 @ 6:44] (0/0)

I don't think that that is it at all <Blue Wizard> [12/6 @ 12:54] (0/0)
Yes -- he detests it; but he does warm to it <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 12:10] (0/0)
I always thought... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/6 @ 12:03] (0/0)
Did he? <Hama of Rohan> [12/6 @ 11:00] (0/0)
Strider = Bigfoot <PhantomS> [12/6 @ 10:49] (1/1)

"King Swollen Foot," aka "Oedipus Rex"... <Kathira> [12/7 @ 6:59] (0/0)

Did Sauron love the Ring? (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 7:57] (4/17)

The Ring is part of Sauron <Groovicles> [12/7 @ 12:03] (0/0)
Maybe not. <Curious> [12/6 @ 18:23] (1/11)

But... <beren_boy> [12/6 @ 20:18] (1/10)

If Frodo was humble <Curious> [12/7 @ 4:42] (2/9)

OK <beren_boy> [12/8 @ 14:33] (1/4)

What Sauron <Curious> [12/8 @ 15:08] (1/3)

So you are saying........ <beren_boy> [12/8 @ 15:51] (1/2)

OK. <Curious> [12/8 @ 16:09] (1/1)

Yes!!! <beren_boy> [12/9 @ 1:50] (0/0)

Sauron could hardly be said not to "believe in a Higher Power" <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:27] (1/3)

Let me be precise. <Curious> [12/8 @ 15:00] (1/2)

If I'm remembering correctly <Serai> [12/8 @ 15:18] (1/1)

Well, <Curious> [12/8 @ 15:54] (0/0)

The Ring and Sauron are one and the same <Dryhten> [12/6 @ 10:21] (0/0)
well.... <Dlz> [12/6 @ 8:46] (1/2)

Where does you footer quote come from? (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 8:55] (1/1)

FOTR... <Dlz> [12/6 @ 9:27] (0/0)

Strictly...Numenor (once a week, I drive the experts crazy!) <PhantomS> [12/6 @ 6:50] (5/18)

Why is Sauron afraid of the Numenoreans? <beren_boy> [12/6 @ 20:10] (0/0)
Let's see... <Reverend> [12/6 @ 16:36] (2/4)

Arament? <Reddevil> [12/7 @ 9:25] (1/1)

A typo. <Reverend> [12/7 @ 17:25] (0/0)

I think what s/he means by "Elf-sea burden" <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/6 @ 17:45] (1/1)

The Sea-longing seems to have been.... <Reverend> [12/7 @ 5:51] (0/0)

*screams and starts pulling out hair* -- some answers <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 11:50] (1/2)

I disagree with your interpretation of Letter 156. <Curious> [12/7 @ 8:56] (1/1)

Good point. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 16:07] (0/0)

Adunaic <Stanislaus Bocian> [12/6 @ 9:06] (1/7)

The key thing about Adunaic is that it is an "Ergative"-language <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 9:59] (3/6)

I love it when you go off on one like that . . . <Pukel-man> [12/6 @ 16:27] (2/2)

Well, by the traditional reckoning <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 16:11] (0/0)
Hmmm, a thousand-year-old Pukel-man.... <Ataahua> [12/6 @ 18:36] (0/0)

Is there a modern example of .... <Kathira> [12/6 @ 16:21] (1/1)

If I'm correctly informed, <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 16:05] (0/0)

Wow! *hands beside ears, bows three times* (No Text) <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/6 @ 14:02] (0/0)

Hmm, the only answer I can think of is <Draupne> [12/6 @ 7:13] (0/0)

Just finished the 'Children of Hurin' <PhantomS> [12/6 @ 6:29] (8/8)

What a story! <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:33] (0/0)
haunting, huh? <summertime> [12/7 @ 10:17] (0/0)
Ah, now you take your place among the great. <Reverend> [12/7 @ 5:38] (0/0)
Petty dwarves are not a different race, <Curious> [12/7 @ 4:57] (0/0)
Isn't it sad? <Varda Elentari> [12/6 @ 21:10] (0/0)
Although.... <beren_boy> [12/6 @ 19:50] (0/0)
Can't answer most of <Tharangil> [12/6 @ 19:45] (0/0)
It is a grim tale... <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 11:19] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #6 - Ring-making, and other forms of Dark Lord Community Service <Ufthak> [12/6 @ 4:53] (5/8)

the answer is right infront of you... <Dlz> [12/6 @ 8:24] (0/0)
Sauron's mind games <PhantomS> [12/6 @ 7:52] (0/0)
It is an old story... <Nomad> [12/6 @ 6:26] (0/0)
Reverend is right, plus <Morwen> [12/6 @ 6:26] (0/0)
They really didn't know this was Sauron. <Reverend> [12/6 @ 5:32] (3/3)

Bother, I knew that once. <Ufthak> [12/6 @ 17:01] (0/0)
Right -- and at the time the Valar were not communicating <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 11:09] (0/0)
It doesn't seem as if they listened much Galadriel (No Text) <Draupne> [12/6 @ 7:06] (0/0)

Council of Elrond #5 - No motorcycle helmets or hooded robes beyond this point <Ufthak> [12/6 @ 4:51] (5/11)

Well; as to these delays... <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 11:04] (1/1)

Fair enough. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/7 @ 5:42] (0/0)

Wasn't this about the time Gandalf was with Gollum? <Curious> [12/6 @ 6:34] (0/0)
Perhaps the Dwarves knew that Bilbo was safe in Rivendell. <Morwen> [12/6 @ 6:19] (1/1)

Good points <Altaira> [12/6 @ 19:21] (0/0)

Sauron was counting on dwarvish greed <Eledhwen> [12/6 @ 5:49] (1/1)

temptation <Froda> [12/6 @ 11:11] (0/0)

Long-lived sorts don't like to rush. <Reverend> [12/6 @ 5:22] (1/3)

Sauron, trickery and Dwarf-brains <PhantomS> [12/6 @ 6:21] (1/2)

Very good point <Draupne> [12/6 @ 7:01] (1/1)

Certainly.... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 8:01] (0/0)

what do you see? <drakedreper> [12/6 @ 0:53] (1/3)

drakedreper inside please <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/6 @ 3:45] (1/2)

it means... <drakedreper> [12/8 @ 8:01] (1/1)

haha! <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/9 @ 9:56] (0/0)

Would you say Tolkien was a humanist? (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/5 @ 11:57] (6/23)

I'd say he was an elfist. (No Text) <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/5 @ 15:08] (2/4)

Or a hobbitist (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/5 @ 15:16] (0/0)
Or a treeist! (No Text) <Curious> [12/5 @ 15:13] (1/2)

I would venture to say that Treebeard's voice <Blue Wizard> [12/5 @ 15:30] (1/1)

This speech reminds me of the old saying <Blue Wizard> [12/5 @ 15:35] (0/0)

Not all humanists reject religion. <Curious> [12/5 @ 14:59] (1/1)

Thanks Curious... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/5 @ 15:23] (0/0)

For some reason, I read that as "humorist" <Blue Wizard> [12/5 @ 13:26] (1/5)

What?! <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/5 @ 15:07] (1/4)

So this 300-year old midget in nothing but his underwear <Blue Wizard> [12/5 @ 15:52] (1/3)

So if Mel Brooks wrote LOTR.... <Ataahua> [12/6 @ 0:30] (2/2)

Don't forget <Serai> [12/8 @ 14:55] (0/0)
lol! let me know when your version hits the theaters... (No Text) <Froda> [12/6 @ 6:14] (0/0)

are you kidding? (No Text) <summertime> [12/5 @ 13:02] (0/0)
acc to the O.E.D., nope! <Froda> [12/5 @ 12:51] (1/1)

I was going for a more vague, maybe American, definition. (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/5 @ 13:42] (0/0)

Define "humanist" first. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 11:59] (1/6)

That's part of the question. :) (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/5 @ 12:26] (1/5)

So we can say "Tolkien was a humanist" <Draupne> [12/6 @ 0:56] (1/4)

Sorry, <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 7:57] (1/3)

It would help <Draupne> [12/6 @ 8:10] (1/2)

you might be right (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/6 @ 8:53] (1/1)

No might here ... <Draupne> [12/8 @ 23:59] (0/0)

E�rendil�s ship Vingelot <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 11:54] (6/15)

Fascinating, NZS! <E�rendil The Mariner> [12/7 @ 5:34] (1/1)

Oops! Good point, EtM! (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/7 @ 16:06] (0/0)

There is a Wat's Dyke <Kiskadee> [12/6 @ 9:37] (1/1)

Interesting -- thanks for that. Btw, <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 10:46] (0/0)

Very interesting <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/5 @ 18:32] (0/0)
Oh drat it (an explanation) <Nimfalma Took> [12/5 @ 14:09] (2/5)

this puzzling modding thing... <Froda> [12/6 @ 6:21] (0/0)
Strange indeed <Tauriel> [12/5 @ 14:25] (1/3)

Thanks for your understanding <Nimfalma Took> [12/5 @ 14:32] (2/2)

As for seeing the score 6... <Tauriel> [12/5 @ 14:57] (0/0)
Such things can be repaired <Watson> [12/5 @ 14:37] (0/0)

Is this Gado sometimes spelled Cado? <Reverend> [12/5 @ 12:53] (1/1)

Interesting -- I would have to do more digging to answer. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 13:45] (0/0)

Fascinating. And I love the name "Wade." <Curious> [12/5 @ 12:13] (1/1)

You must love Manly Wade Wellman. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/5 @ 12:17] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond #4 To Boldly Go Where No Dwarf Has Gone Before (without dying) <Ufthak> [12/5 @ 5:55] (5/12)

Dain had to let him go. <Arod the Swift> [12/5 @ 11:25] (0/0)
something related I wondered about <Annael> [12/5 @ 10:34] (1/1)

He might have thought <Draupne> [12/6 @ 2:48] (0/0)

As for Gandalf.... <Varda Elentari> [12/5 @ 9:14] (0/0)
They did okay for five years, after all. <Reverend> [12/5 @ 8:18] (2/4)

As to why Dain waited so long <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 9:51] (0/0)
Well, he did say "Durin's Bane still waits", and looked scared. <Ufthak> [12/5 @ 8:39] (1/2)

Sure. <Reverend> [12/5 @ 12:05] (1/1)

Well, <PhantomS> [12/5 @ 15:14] (0/0)

If Dwarfes are as stubborn as rumours say <Draupne> [12/5 @ 7:02] (1/2)

Stubborn is one thing, stupid quite another. <Ufthak> [12/5 @ 7:43] (1/1)

Not necesseraly <Draupne> [12/6 @ 0:00] (0/0)

The COuncil of Elrond #3 - Careless talk costs lives <Ufthak> [12/5 @ 5:41] (4/20)

Thrain's Ring <Hans S> [12/5 @ 12:27] (0/0)
Just a comment on the way Gloin speaks... <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 12:17] (1/12)

that's fascinating <Froda> [12/5 @ 12:56] (1/11)

The one piece of genuine Dwarvish <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 13:32] (3/10)

OT: Why... <Reverend> [12/5 @ 17:59] (3/7)

Good question. <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 20:03] (2/3)

Languages <Stanislaus Bocian> [12/6 @ 9:15] (1/1)

Thanks for that. My knowledge <NZ Strider> [12/6 @ 10:26] (0/0)

Plus you stubbornly stick to the grammatical change <Draupne> [12/6 @ 0:51] (0/0)

i don't know, but <summertime> [12/5 @ 18:33] (0/0)
I think it was 're-engineered' <NJRanger> [12/5 @ 18:12] (1/1)

Further OT. <Reverend> [12/5 @ 19:14] (0/0)

Except, of course, that <Curious> [12/5 @ 15:05] (0/0)
v. cool! <Froda> [12/5 @ 14:05] (0/0)

I wondered about that <Annael> [12/5 @ 10:37] (0/0)
I think the word 'shadow' here is a tipoff... <Reverend> [12/5 @ 8:00] (1/4)

Good points <Ufthak> [12/5 @ 8:10] (1/3)

ok, dopplegangers? (No Text) <summertime> [12/5 @ 11:03] (1/2)

Nasties who look just like you... <Reverend> [12/5 @ 13:00] (1/1)

hey, speak for yourself! ;) <summertime> [12/5 @ 13:09] (0/0)

Hobbit graphic novel <Treebeard's Beard> [12/5 @ 5:04] (0/0)

The depth of time.... <Reverend> [12/4 @ 20:51] (6/17)

For Tolkien, Change = Evil! <Curious> [12/5 @ 12:41] (2/8)

this touches on what could be a very interesting topic. <Reverend> [12/5 @ 16:15] (1/4)

My thoughts. <Curious> [12/5 @ 16:49] (1/3)

So what did the elvish blood represent to Tolkien? <summertime> [12/5 @ 16:59] (1/2)

The true golden age <Curious> [12/5 @ 17:18] (1/1)

Really, the true... <Reverend> [12/5 @ 17:42] (0/0)

Evil? I would say 'regretable' <Hama of Rohan> [12/5 @ 12:50] (1/2)

I would go further. <Curious> [12/5 @ 13:24] (1/1)

Re: Tolkien's view on change <TriMaster> [12/5 @ 14:09] (0/0)

the glacial drift of ME history <Froda> [12/5 @ 8:37] (0/0)
Long life spans... <Kathira> [12/5 @ 4:56] (1/1)

long lives (on Mars) <Froda> [12/5 @ 8:46] (0/0)

Interesting reflexions... <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 21:52] (0/0)
On the stability of empires . . . <Pukel-man> [12/4 @ 21:23] (1/2)

Interesting typo there <Kimi> [12/4 @ 21:42] (1/1)

Yeah, spotted that too, but had to go. ;-) <Pukel-man> [12/5 @ 6:01] (0/0)

An interesting thought. This occured to me... <Arod the Swift> [12/4 @ 20:59] (0/0)

Another Icelandic Saga influence . . .? <Pukel-man> [12/4 @ 18:48] (3/8)

icelandic <Puki> [12/8 @ 6:54] (0/0)
"Fax" is "hair, mane" -- <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 21:01] (1/5)

So you don't think that . . . <Pukel-man> [12/4 @ 21:13] (1/4)

I'm not sure. I should have <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 21:35] (1/3)

I think , although I'm definitly not sure <Draupne> [12/5 @ 1:09] (1/2)

I'm sure you're right now; <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 2:23] (1/1)

Horses played an important part in the religion <Draupne> [12/5 @ 3:06] (0/0)

as to the names <Arod the Swift> [12/4 @ 20:53] (0/0)

Do elves smoke pipes? <tolkienisgod> [12/4 @ 16:33] (4/10)

No. <Lady Elrondo> [12/6 @ 16:17] (0/0)
elvish pipes in ROTK? <Fukui> [12/5 @ 7:59] (1/1)

Here it is! <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/5 @ 10:21] (0/0)

I know they don't, but.. <Varda Elentari> [12/4 @ 17:12] (1/5)

The reference in the book <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/4 @ 17:38] (2/4)

Ack, the study of mortals! <PhantomS> [12/5 @ 5:31] (0/0)
No way. <Nimrodel > [12/4 @ 22:02] (1/2)

Pipeweed's smoked in Bree <Kimi> [12/4 @ 22:53] (1/1)

Isn't that probably the Hobbit influence? <Nimrodel > [12/5 @ 9:06] (0/0)

No. But they are fond of wine. (No Text) <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 16:57] (0/0)

Ringwraiths again <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/4 @ 15:42] (4/8)

The Barrow-wight may have been a wraith. <Curious> [12/7 @ 8:03] (0/0)
Four thousand eight hundred and fifty nine years... <Reverend> [12/4 @ 18:57] (0/0)
Q #2... <Hans S> [12/4 @ 17:37] (1/3)

Sooooooo.... <Dlz> [12/5 @ 8:26] (1/2)

not hard to find, <Hans S> [12/5 @ 14:41] (1/1)

thanks <Dlz> [12/6 @ 8:28] (0/0)

how he knew.. <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 17:09] (1/1)

thanks for your answers, good question NJ (No Text) <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/5 @ 0:55] (0/0)

More questions about "Many Meetings." <Curious> [12/4 @ 14:51] (7/10)

My thoughts: the importance of being Aragorn. <Curious> [12/5 @ 9:23] (0/0)
Late night answers <Morwen> [12/4 @ 23:03] (0/0)
Let's not dig too deep.... <Reverend> [12/4 @ 21:12] (0/0)
thoughts <Arod the Swift> [12/4 @ 20:48] (0/0)
good questions! some thoughts <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 18:00] (1/3)

so *everybody* knows Frodo has the ring? <summertime> [12/4 @ 19:35] (1/2)

maybe not everybody <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 21:28] (1/1)

oh...*grins sheepishly*...that's right. <summertime> [12/4 @ 21:40] (0/0)

Fancy Aragon... <summertime> [12/4 @ 17:44] (0/0)
Good Questions... (No Text) <ThorondorEagleofManw�> [12/4 @ 15:33] (0/0)

Tolkien and musical instruments <Thevina Finduilas> [12/4 @ 12:19] (2/5)

Since I've got the book out... <Julie of the pointed ears> [12/4 @ 17:50] (1/1)

There are also the instruments.. <Watson> [12/4 @ 18:43] (0/0)

The dwarves... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/4 @ 12:21] (1/2)

Apparently the Elves had harps. <Morwen> [12/4 @ 14:45] (1/1)

and horns <Draupne> [12/5 @ 1:22] (0/0)

So what if Frodo had turned into a wraith? <Hama of Rohan> [12/4 @ 10:28] (7/21)

The answer to your question: <Erelad> [12/4 @ 22:59] (1/2)

Actually, no. <Hama of Rohan> [12/5 @ 9:16] (1/1)

Did you follow my response below? <Curious> [12/5 @ 15:12] (0/0)

nazgul in their riding boots <summertime> [12/4 @ 17:17] (0/0)
My latest theory <Curious> [12/4 @ 15:15] (2/6)

This theory has a lot of merit IMHO <Methuselah> [12/4 @ 20:16] (0/0)
I don't follow you. <Hama of Rohan> [12/4 @ 16:16] (2/4)

The stab . . . <Curious> [12/4 @ 21:04] (0/0)
the theory works; 2 points <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 18:16] (1/2)

But no action means all is ended. <Hama of Rohan> [12/5 @ 9:21] (1/1)

maybe not clear <NJRanger> [12/5 @ 10:42] (0/0)

Hehe <Reddevil> [12/4 @ 12:58] (0/0)
He would have had a hard time keeping up with the other Nine, that's for sure (No Text) <dillene> [12/4 @ 12:47] (0/0)
I've always thought that <Lottelita> [12/4 @ 10:40] (1/1)

hmmm...Boromir dies and Gandalf takes an unexpected break... (No Text) <summertime> [12/4 @ 17:52] (0/0)

re: so what <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 10:40] (1/5)

I guess I'm wondering from the perspective of the Witch-king <Hama of Rohan> [12/4 @ 10:47] (1/4)

These are dangerous thoughts. <Reverend> [12/4 @ 12:00] (2/3)

Nice, but <Curious> [12/4 @ 15:20] (1/1)

a perhaps oversimplified answer.. <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 16:56] (0/0)

re: dangerous thoughts <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 13:51] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond - Sam <Annael> [12/4 @ 10:11] (5/6)

my own thoughts <Annael> [12/5 @ 10:42] (1/1)

But did Elves have a servant class? Remember <Curious> [12/7 @ 6:20] (0/0)

What did sam get out of the whole thing? <Dlz> [12/5 @ 8:50] (0/0)
One reason Sam's presence is <Kimi> [12/4 @ 11:29] (0/0)
Frodo was the Ringbearer., <Morwen> [12/4 @ 11:05] (0/0)
why Sam? <NJRanger> [12/4 @ 10:33] (0/0)

I'm looking for a quote <uninformed> [12/4 @ 7:25] (1/5)

?? <Reverend> [12/4 @ 7:39] (1/4)

reply <uninformed> [12/4 @ 7:52] (1/3)

the prologue? <huorn> [12/4 @ 8:14] (1/2)

* <uninformed> [12/4 @ 8:49] (1/1)

is this helping? <Jocko Drakd�dare�> [12/4 @ 15:08] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond #2 - Boromir's Early Warning Signs <Ufthak> [12/4 @ 6:26] (6/26)

Pride is not all bad. <Curious> [12/7 @ 5:13] (0/0)
I like the ambivalence <Froda> [12/4 @ 13:39] (0/0)
I think it must have been very difficult for Boromir <Morwen> [12/4 @ 11:23] (1/1)

Good point <Eledhwen> [12/4 @ 13:13] (0/0)

Boromir seems to be contrasted with Aragorn here <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 11:04] (3/11)

You had made an observation like this a while back... <notlost> [12/4 @ 13:37] (0/0)
Ouch. <Reverend> [12/4 @ 11:48] (4/8)

*shudders* Good for him <Draupne> [12/5 @ 1:32] (0/0)
They didn't have ariats then, either... <notlost> [12/4 @ 13:31] (0/0)
Maybe he rode in walking boots... (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 12:11] (1/3)

"...booted as for a journey on horseback." (No Text) <Reverend> [12/4 @ 12:56] (1/2)

When you're right, you're right... (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/5 @ 9:55] (1/1)

Hey, it happens... <Reverend> [12/5 @ 19:16] (0/0)

Gosh, I'd never thought of that! <Kimi> [12/4 @ 12:00] (1/1)

Or he (Tolkien) had never tried walking in riding-boots ... (No Text) <Draupne> [12/5 @ 3:07] (0/0)

Great contrast in those passages! <Lottelita> [12/4 @ 11:16] (0/0)

Pride before the fall. <Lottelita> [12/4 @ 9:18] (1/3)

the passage, I think you are looking for <joannaspring> [12/4 @ 10:59] (1/2)

But Tolkien *tells* us he's proud. <Lottelita> [12/4 @ 11:10] (1/1)

Agreed <joannaspring> [12/4 @ 12:04] (0/0)

It lays the foundation. <Reverend> [12/4 @ 6:50] (2/5)

Plus he has lost his horse <Draupne> [12/4 @ 8:08] (0/0)
he's had a hard time <Norwen> [12/4 @ 7:53] (1/3)

In the Unfinished tales <PhantomS> [12/4 @ 12:40] (2/2)

I see you started at the back of the book (also) ;) (No Text) <summertime> [12/4 @ 21:54] (0/0)
yes <Norwen> [12/4 @ 13:26] (0/0)

Repost: The Council of Elrond #1 - Frodo's Selective Memory <Ufthak> [12/4 @ 6:21] (4/5)

The resilience of hobbits <JewelTook> [12/5 @ 13:48] (0/0)
I think both, but mostly Rivendell. <Morwen> [12/4 @ 11:27] (0/0)
I think it's like giving birth... <notlost> [12/4 @ 8:03] (1/1)

Speak for yourself Honey! <Leto> [12/4 @ 19:20] (0/0)

Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy... <Kathira> [12/4 @ 7:46] (0/0)

Many Meetings: Thanks to You All and the Summary <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 23:25] (8/8)

Thank you, Kiskadee! <JewelTook> [12/5 @ 13:42] (0/0)
thanks for the discussion <Lothirienne> [12/4 @ 21:49] (0/0)
Thanks, Kiskadee! <Morwen> [12/4 @ 9:12] (0/0)
Thank you! Wonderful job! (No Text) <Curious> [12/4 @ 7:45] (0/0)
We continue to set new standards... <Reverend> [12/4 @ 6:40] (0/0)
thanks much! <Froda> [12/4 @ 6:30] (0/0)
Thank you, Kiskadee! A very methodical summary indeed! Thanks. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/4 @ 1:32] (0/0)
Great discussions, wonderful summary! Thanks! (No Text) <Kimi> [12/4 @ 0:12] (0/0)

Oh wise and ancient ones, what is this business of Aragorn being the right Turin? <Arador> [12/3 @ 19:05] (1/1)

It's more of a "logical" conclusion... <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 20:39] (0/0)

Attention: <Ri elwen> [12/3 @ 17:41] (1/1)

hope this helps (No Text - Link Inside) <Arador> [12/3 @ 18:47] (0/0)

Many Meetings: Last Question -Elrond and E�rendil <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 14:40] (8/8)

Earendil and Elrond <PhantomS> [12/4 @ 5:35] (0/0)
Elrond has had time to learn patience. <Morwen> [12/3 @ 22:25] (0/0)
I had never before considered <Leto> [12/3 @ 20:45] (0/0)
I do think it's a bit cheeky <Kimi> [12/3 @ 20:33] (0/0)
hmmm... <Froda> [12/3 @ 20:00] (0/0)
Lindir <Hans S> [12/3 @ 18:12] (0/0)
I like that theory about the stone! <Lottelita> [12/3 @ 16:37] (0/0)
I'm amazed that Elrond has nothing to say... <Reverend> [12/3 @ 15:20] (0/0)

Poem of Rohan <mehunt> [12/3 @ 11:15] (2/2)

Most anthologies of Anglo-Saxon poetry <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 12:43] (0/0)
I found some info <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 12:02] (0/0)

Best editions of LOTR and Sil? <Rufs> [12/3 @ 10:10] (4/5)

my idition <Treebeard's Beard> [12/5 @ 4:26] (0/0)
Don't get the new ones <tolkienisgod> [12/4 @ 16:29] (0/0)
Anyone have this edition? <Rufs> [12/4 @ 6:45] (0/0)
My recommendations <Blue Wizard> [12/3 @ 12:56] (1/1)

I like the Ted Nasmith-illustrated Sil, too (No Text) <Annael> [12/3 @ 13:36] (0/0)

Was the Quest 'good for' Frodo and Sam? <Smokering> [12/3 @ 3:42] (8/19)

hmm <jadeshadow> [12/3 @ 19:51] (0/0)
I hadn't given it much thought. <Lottelita> [12/3 @ 16:41] (1/2)

Bred and selected.... <Kathira> [12/4 @ 7:59] (1/1)

But <Lottelita> [12/4 @ 11:21] (0/0)

Sacrifice: central theme <SnowDog> [12/3 @ 9:15] (0/0)
Maybe *goodness* has nothing to do with it. <Merryk> [12/3 @ 9:13] (1/3)

I didn't mean <Smokering> [12/4 @ 2:08] (1/2)

I didn't think you did <Merryk> [12/4 @ 6:32] (1/1)

;0) (No Text) <Smokering> [12/5 @ 3:33] (0/0)

Was the Quest 'good for' Frodo and Sam? <LOtheR> [12/3 @ 7:34] (1/5)

Good observations, but.... <cabbage'n'taters> [12/3 @ 8:39] (1/4)

RE: Good observations, but.... <LOtheR> [12/3 @ 9:53] (1/3)

As... <Smokering> [12/4 @ 2:21] (1/2)

RE: As... <LOtheR> [12/4 @ 13:02] (1/1)

No, no... <Smokering> [12/5 @ 3:31] (0/0)

Sam and Rosie would have still married. (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/3 @ 6:53] (0/0)
You could drive yourself crazy... <Watson> [12/3 @ 6:20] (0/0)
Was it good for you? <Ufthak> [12/3 @ 5:10] (1/1)

LOL! (No Text) <THE BAGEL OF DOOM> [12/6 @ 5:08] (0/0)

Many Meetings: Don't know much about poetry... <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 1:35] (6/11)

Some thoughts <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 18:32] (1/1)

*applauds* (No Text) <summertime> [12/4 @ 21:19] (0/0)

Hmm...epic storytelling <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/3 @ 14:24] (1/1)

Well, just a couple: <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 18:42] (0/0)

functions of poetry in LotR <Froda> [12/3 @ 14:10] (0/0)
Poetry <Lothirienne> [12/3 @ 8:57] (1/2)

That sounds interesting <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 13:05] (1/1)

Yes to both questions <Lothirienne> [12/3 @ 17:17] (0/0)

I think that he was desperate .... <Reverend> [12/3 @ 7:26] (0/0)
Oral tradition <Watson> [12/3 @ 7:25] (1/1)

Your comments about song <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 11:40] (0/0)

Many Meetings: E�rendil Version 2.0 <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 0:15] (5/5)

Romancing a butterfly and fighting dragonflies and honeybees <Curious> [12/5 @ 6:45] (0/0)
One of the reasons I love the poem <Kimi> [12/3 @ 11:39] (0/0)
According to the draft <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 10:38] (0/0)
Earendil -- Complex History <Ostadan> [12/3 @ 7:25] (0/0)
You should mention that this is supposed to be.... <Reverend> [12/3 @ 7:04] (0/0)

Apologies and Many Meetings: E�rendil Version 1.0 <Kiskadee> [12/2 @ 23:56] (4/7)

My only comment <Curious> [12/5 @ 6:29] (0/0)
No insightful comments, I'm afraid <Morwen> [12/3 @ 14:07] (0/0)
Thanks for this! I love seeing <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 10:23] (1/2)

About the boat... <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 11:47] (1/1)

That was it; there was something else though <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 12:47] (0/0)

To me, the story of Earendil's embassy is so RIGHT... <Reverend> [12/3 @ 6:46] (1/1)

The more I know <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 13:17] (0/0)

*Cartoon* Illustrated Hobbit? <AbyssDragon> [12/2 @ 22:38] (4/6)

Look in The Annotated Hobbit. <Curious> [12/4 @ 14:37] (0/0)
Look in Rolozo Tolkien <Blue Wizard> [12/3 @ 7:08] (1/1)

Already have <AbyssDragon> [12/3 @ 19:12] (0/0)

Did this have the complete text of the novel? <HeavySixer> [12/3 @ 5:27] (1/1)

Full text, I think <AbyssDragon> [12/3 @ 19:14] (0/0)

Well, i've seen an Hobbit graphic novel <Ufthak> [12/3 @ 5:05] (0/0)

Does anyone else think Tolkien's characters fall in love a little too easily? <Varda Elentari> [12/2 @ 14:29] (10/17)

There is a Letter, I think. <Hama of Rohan> [12/3 @ 9:19] (1/2)

It is Letter 244. Tolkien <Curious> [12/3 @ 9:32] (1/1)

(sincere bow of gratitude) <Hama of Rohan> [12/3 @ 9:55] (0/0)

I guess that's why they call it fantasy. <Curious> [12/3 @ 8:13] (0/0)
It helps to� have read Tolkien's biography... <Nimrodel > [12/3 @ 6:52] (0/0)
True. That's why Sam and Rosie are so endearing, bless them! (No Text) <Smokering> [12/3 @ 3:58] (0/0)
I see your point... <miss_mithril> [12/3 @ 3:20] (0/0)
"Do you believe in love at first sight?" <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 17:41] (1/4)

sorry about the double negative... (No Text) <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 17:43] (1/3)

RE: Double negatives.... <notlost> [12/2 @ 21:04] (2/2)

A definition from Piet Hein: <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/4 @ 7:48] (0/0)
LOL! <Draupne> [12/3 @ 3:12] (0/0)

Aldarion and Erendis anyone? (No Text) <Arador> [12/2 @ 17:16] (0/0)
Yes, I know what you mean... <Newien Peredhil> [12/2 @ 16:22] (1/1)

LOL!!! (No Text) <Varda Elentari> [12/2 @ 17:00] (0/0)

There's a lot of fate at work here.... <Reverend> [12/2 @ 15:51] (0/0)
love; unrequited and otherwise <NJRanger> [12/2 @ 15:42] (0/0)

The Bombadillion: Instalment III. Use of the �Bombadil� material in the LotR. Part A. <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 12:56] (5/30)

Thanks NZ . . . <Pukel-man> [12/3 @ 7:03] (1/1)

Glad to hear <NZ Strider> [12/3 @ 10:02] (0/0)

Thanks, guys. <notlost> [12/2 @ 21:09] (2/3)

Or you could use this. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/3 @ 7:38] (1/1)

my v. favorite Python sketch! <Froda> [12/3 @ 19:43] (0/0)

*snert* Just modded you up! (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 23:06] (0/0)

*Slipping into this conversation <Kimi> [12/2 @ 17:37] (1/1)

I'm sure you are correct. <Curious> [12/2 @ 18:46] (0/0)

Right, that's it, i refuse to let you two have a thread just to yourselves. <Ufthak> [12/2 @ 17:22] (1/1)

*Not sayin' nothin'* <Reverend> [12/2 @ 19:24] (0/0)

What!?! <Curious> [12/2 @ 13:13] (1/19)

Well, first, <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 13:36] (1/18)

The Old Forest <Curious> [12/2 @ 13:52] (1/17)

I think if you'll re-read the Shire sections, <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 14:39] (1/16)

No. <Curious> [12/2 @ 14:58] (1/15)

Once again, I think if you'll <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 15:30] (2/14)

Let me be clear. <Curious> [12/2 @ 15:46] (2/8)

And let me say <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:12] (0/0)
Actually, my main contention <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 16:09] (2/6)

And <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:34] (0/0)
No, no, no! <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:18] (1/4)

Once again, the forest <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 16:34] (1/3)

Do <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:39] (1/2)

There's a series, <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 16:46] (1/1)

I'll <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:52] (0/0)

But there is no <Curious> [12/2 @ 15:36] (1/4)

Precisely: <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 15:45] (1/3)

Could be. <Curious> [12/2 @ 15:52] (1/2)

The literary inspiration could have come <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 16:13] (1/1)

But <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:20] (0/0)

About the end of the book (Spoiler) (Story Spoiler) <Action Kamen> [12/2 @ 12:03] (1/3)

I pretty much agree. <Curious> [12/3 @ 7:36] (1/2)

Wow! (No Text) <cabbage'n'taters> [12/3 @ 9:00] (1/1)

Here's the letter (#246). (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/3 @ 9:19] (0/0)

What was the biggest deciding factor in your choosing to read LOTR? <NoneOfTheAbove> [12/2 @ 7:52] (35/60)

An old computer game, and my family <Lady of Light> [12/5 @ 1:29] (0/0)
Opie and Rankin-Bass. <Seillib> [12/4 @ 6:48] (0/0)
My aunt gave it to me <Draupne> [12/4 @ 4:31] (0/0)
my mother. <greenleafphf> [12/3 @ 10:00] (0/0)
I read it for the first time twice! <cabbage'n'taters> [12/3 @ 9:05] (0/0)
Hey, thanks for all your posts! (No Text) <NoneOfTheAbove> [12/3 @ 4:02] (1/1)

Thanks for the great question! (No Text) <Curious> [12/3 @ 8:15] (0/0)

Wandered into the grown-ups' side of the library. :) <miss_mithril> [12/3 @ 3:39] (0/0)
Wanting to finally get it done! <Erelad> [12/3 @ 0:27] (0/0)
Actually... <notlost> [12/2 @ 21:17] (0/0)
I was assigned The Hobbit in 9th grade <Entmaiden> [12/2 @ 21:04] (0/0)
Seeing the movie <Loey> [12/2 @ 19:31] (0/0)
It was 1969 <JewelTook> [12/2 @ 17:56] (0/0)
boys <Arador> [12/2 @ 17:10] (0/0)
No TV ... when I was 19 and broke ... <Luthien's Mama> [12/2 @ 17:00] (0/0)
basicaly <LordM> [12/2 @ 16:41] (0/0)
Cheap (illegal) copies <Darkstone> [12/2 @ 16:32] (0/0)
The Hobbit was assigned reading in seventh grade and I loved it... <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 13:39] (1/3)

I need new books... <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 13:41] (1/2)

Do they have the trees with the pink fruit on them? <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/2 @ 14:06] (1/1)

How'd ya know? <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 16:53] (0/0)

My husband said that I reminded him of a Hobbit <Morwen> [12/2 @ 13:24] (0/0)
my father and read aloud from the time i can remember. <niennas_tears> [12/2 @ 12:09] (0/0)
Why not go into lengthy detail? <Watson> [12/2 @ 11:35] (3/4)

Thank you for that <SonOfSaradoc> [12/2 @ 20:35] (1/1)

Too many letters ;) <Watson> [12/2 @ 20:55] (0/0)

Watson how moving.. <Goldilocks Took> [12/2 @ 17:13] (0/0)
Very touching... <gullygilly> [12/2 @ 13:55] (0/0)

My dad owned the books and I was curious about them ... <Idril Celebrindal> [12/2 @ 11:28] (0/0)
It had jewelry in the title <Elythiel> [12/2 @ 11:24] (0/0)
The twelve apostles <nerdanel50> [12/2 @ 11:24] (1/1)

I nominate this for one of the most intriguing subject lines ever. <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/2 @ 13:32] (0/0)

In school (Sixth Form, I think) <Kimi> [12/2 @ 11:12] (0/0)
Back in 1966 <Blue Wizard> [12/2 @ 10:52] (0/0)
My uncle mixed it up with the Narnia Chronicles. <Alnilam> [12/2 @ 10:51] (0/0)
Boredom. Frustration. <Ataahua> [12/2 @ 10:41] (0/0)
my mother wanted me to read something good (No Text) <Ehtemir> [12/2 @ 10:36] (0/0)
A high school boyfriend <Lottelita> [12/2 @ 10:33] (1/1)

Tolkien fever. <NoneOfTheAbove> [12/2 @ 12:16] (0/0)

I saw a map of Middle Earth <Froda> [12/2 @ 9:36] (0/0)
Back in 1970... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/2 @ 9:35] (1/14)

Gee, that was a long, long time ago. <Reverend> [12/2 @ 10:50] (3/13)

Ah, you young whippersnappers :) <Watson> [12/2 @ 11:39] (1/1)

1967 for me (No Text) <Annael> [12/2 @ 13:06] (0/0)

but we haven't actually aged <nerdanel50> [12/2 @ 11:30] (1/1)

Good one! <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:30] (0/0)

Some of us are really, really old ;-) (No Text) <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/2 @ 11:07] (2/8)

I'm starting to feel really young again! :-) (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 12:52] (1/1)

Boy, do I feel young around here... <Celandine Brandybuck> [12/2 @ 16:03] (0/0)

1970 was a good year. <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:30] (1/5)

Oh, yeah. That was one teriffic year. <Blue Wizard> [12/2 @ 12:19] (2/4)

Ah, those were the days. <Reverend> [12/2 @ 13:21] (0/0)
Well, all years have their down sides. <Curious> [12/2 @ 12:24] (1/2)

Yes, after all... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [12/2 @ 13:37] (1/1)

So very true... (No Text) <NoneOfTheAbove> [12/2 @ 23:48] (0/0)

The dreariness of high school... <Nimrodel > [12/2 @ 9:11] (0/0)
my 9th grade English teacher <Annael> [12/2 @ 8:37] (0/0)
The Movie <Reddevil> [12/2 @ 8:12] (1/1)

Soon to be an epic motion picture... <NoneOfTheAbove> [12/2 @ 8:31] (0/0)

because i read the hobbit... <Varda Elentari> [12/2 @ 8:08] (0/0)

Just got my UT! <PhantomS> [12/2 @ 6:46] (0/0)

Qn about Arwen/Aragorn (asked before I'm sure!!) <Nicky> [12/1 @ 23:12] (6/9)

My thoughts. <Curious> [12/2 @ 15:23] (0/0)
One way of looking at this.... <Reverend> [12/2 @ 6:59] (1/3)

What about their children? <Hama of Rohan> [12/2 @ 9:13] (2/2)

Eldarion and his decsendants <PhantomS> [12/3 @ 5:30] (0/0)
Elros's descendants <Curious> [12/2 @ 15:31] (0/0)

On love and death <Meira> [12/2 @ 6:36] (0/0)
Arwen's choice <PhantomS> [12/2 @ 6:36] (0/0)
Actually, we don't know... <Watson> [12/2 @ 6:23] (0/0)
Some answers <Legolas Elf of Mirkwood> [12/2 @ 5:26] (0/0)

HOME Question <Anfauglir> [12/1 @ 20:41] (2/2)

Have you read The Letters of <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:02] (0/0)
My standard advice on HoME is this: <NZ Strider> [12/1 @ 21:22] (0/0)

Is LOTR your favorite Tolkien work? <Rohwen> [12/1 @ 18:44] (4/6)

No, at the moment, I prefer UT to LOTR <Tharangil> [12/2 @ 15:53] (0/0)
I have deeply thought about this.... <Silmaril #3> [12/2 @ 10:43] (0/0)
Yes.....and no :-) <Lady Aredhel> [12/2 @ 4:32] (0/0)
Yes. <frodolover24 > [12/1 @ 22:10] (1/2)

Same here about seeing faith themes. <Rohwen> [12/2 @ 15:27] (1/1)

It is more subtle in LotR, <Curious> [12/2 @ 16:10] (0/0)

Something I noticed at the end of Many Meetings: <Leto> [12/1 @ 18:24] (3/4)

Not at all... <Kiskadee> [12/3 @ 17:43] (0/0)
There is a real transition here... <Kathira> [12/1 @ 18:58] (1/1)

Gandalf also brings it up again <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:19] (0/0)

I just realized <Morwen> [12/1 @ 18:47] (0/0)

Newbie who needs help! <Zilch1110> [12/1 @ 16:56] (5/6)

My take on it (Story Spoiler) <Annael> [12/2 @ 8:35] (0/0)
Check out this answer. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [12/2 @ 5:27] (0/0)
the flack over the Barad-dur was something feirce. (No Text) <Reverend> [12/1 @ 20:31] (0/0)
Tolkien himself considered the eagles... <Watson> [12/1 @ 17:56] (1/1)

great answer, Watson! (No Text) <Varda Elentari> [12/2 @ 8:27] (0/0)

Could eagles resist The Ring? (No Text) <Terry Hulk Hogan> [12/1 @ 17:33] (0/0)

Frodo blinded <Goldilocks Took> [12/1 @ 16:02] (2/2)

In the trenches in WWI... <Darkstone> [12/1 @ 19:00] (0/0)
Fear <Arod the Swift> [12/1 @ 16:48] (0/0)

character <Fingofin> [12/1 @ 14:38] (16/19)

In the BOOK... <Loressar Erchamion> [12/3 @ 11:56] (0/0)
Lothiriel - she gets to marry Eomer <Lothirienne> [12/3 @ 6:12] (0/0)
E�rendil the Mariner, the Blessed <E�rendil The Mariner> [12/3 @ 3:39] (0/0)
Me, of course. <Hama of Rohan> [12/2 @ 16:17] (0/0)
Tuor, I would choose Turin, I just don't want to die like him. :D (No Text) <Tharangil> [12/2 @ 15:57] (0/0)
how 'bout Faramir? <Froda> [12/2 @ 12:06] (0/0)
Fastred of Greenholm. Born too late <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:06] (0/0)
Luthien - a elf of both beauty and action (No Text) <Norwen> [12/2 @ 6:39] (0/0)
Turin...? <Endasil> [12/1 @ 20:33] (0/0)
Earendil's wife, is it Elwing? <Rohwen> [12/1 @ 18:31] (0/0)
Galadriel- to have such a beautiful and alluring persona (No Text) <Lorien-lover> [12/1 @ 17:06] (0/0)
Glorfindel <Arod the Swift> [12/1 @ 16:44] (0/0)
Goldilocks of course!!! <Goldilocks Took> [12/1 @ 16:06] (1/2)

We think alike, except <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:07] (1/1)

Well .. after reading many of your posts <Goldilocks Took> [12/2 @ 17:17] (0/0)

i'd be varda for sure.. <Varda Elentari> [12/1 @ 15:41] (1/1)

Well, I guess I'll just be Eru! <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:09] (0/0)

Probably Faramir <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/1 @ 15:33] (0/0)
I'd be Sam <nerdanel50> [12/1 @ 15:06] (0/0)

New Fellowship? <Fingofin> [12/1 @ 14:17] (8/15)

Going to Mordor twice as fast, at half the salary <Darkstone> [12/2 @ 10:32] (2/4)

now that's a cult film in the making... <Froda> [12/2 @ 16:12] (2/2)

Ioreth could take Pippin's place. <Curious> [12/3 @ 9:38] (0/0)
Non-stop chatter... <Casey> [12/2 @ 21:27] (0/0)

Sauron doesn't stand a chance! <Curious> [12/2 @ 11:01] (0/0)

Turin Turambar in the Final Battle <Curious> [12/2 @ 8:59] (0/0)
Don't mess with success. <Reverend> [12/1 @ 20:27] (1/1)

right on! <Norwen> [12/2 @ 6:45] (0/0)

Orome, tulkas and Aule <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/1 @ 18:08] (1/1)

Actually strike that make that just Orome <E�rendil I Ciryamo> [12/1 @ 18:19] (0/0)

well... <Lorien-lover> [12/1 @ 17:11] (0/0)
Cool <Arod the Swift> [12/1 @ 16:53] (0/0)
fun fun!! <Varda Elentari> [12/1 @ 15:47] (0/0)
oh, what the heck? <summertime> [12/1 @ 14:32] (1/1)

Hehehehehe <beren_boy> [12/1 @ 15:41] (0/0)

How about Many Meetings 12: The Summary? <Reverend> [12/1 @ 13:34] (1/2)

We're not done yet, are we? <Kathira> [12/1 @ 14:45] (1/1)

No, we're not done yet. <Curious> [12/2 @ 5:22] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond - Frodo's Selective Memory <Ufthak> [12/1 @ 9:30] (4/6)

Maybe it's a hobbit thing... <Casey> [12/2 @ 21:34] (0/0)
ever been knocked out? <huorn> [12/1 @ 11:00] (0/0)
Hobbit resiliance. <Reverend> [12/1 @ 10:24] (0/0)
a psychological perspective <gullygilly> [12/1 @ 10:20] (1/2)

not a tween <huorn> [12/1 @ 10:56] (1/1)

duh! <gullygilly> [12/1 @ 11:04] (0/0)

The Council of Elrond - Preliminary blather <Ufthak> [12/1 @ 9:26] (3/13)

uh - I thought I had this chapter, Ufthak? <Annael> [12/2 @ 7:05] (2/3)

According to the Calendar, you have <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 10:50] (1/1)

okay! <Annael> [12/2 @ 16:00] (0/0)

Inferno, are you out there? <Curious> [12/2 @ 8:01] (0/0)

I think Curious is right, Ufthak -- you have three more days <NZ Strider> [12/1 @ 14:15] (1/7)

Oh... OK. <Ufthak> [12/1 @ 16:15] (2/6)

You mean we'll have to wait til Wednesday?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? <Draupne> [12/1 @ 23:57] (1/4)

Many Meetings is not done yet! <Curious> [12/2 @ 5:13] (1/3)

But we wantsssssssssssssss the orc ..... <Draupne> [12/2 @ 5:32] (1/2)

Does this make you our first identified <NZ Strider> [12/2 @ 12:58] (1/1)

I'm not pervy! <Draupne> [12/3 @ 1:06] (0/0)

Not a problem.� Looking forward to it! (No Text) <NZ Strider> [12/1 @ 16:40] (0/0)

I think you are jumping the gun! <Curious> [12/1 @ 13:26] (0/0)

lotr ending <puppet> [12/1 @ 9:10] (6/8)

Gandalf said it best: <Curious> [12/2 @ 5:12] (0/0)
Perhaps your friend is referring to <Goldilocks Took> [12/1 @ 15:47] (0/0)
Bittersweet <Mirime> [12/1 @ 15:34] (0/0)
I almost cried when... <Terry Hulk Hogan> [12/1 @ 11:28] (1/2)

I think I did cry then <jadeshadow> [12/1 @ 16:45] (1/1)

I did too. <gullygilly> [12/1 @ 17:26] (0/0)

I cry everytime I read it, too. <gullygilly> [12/1 @ 9:58] (0/0)
it makes me cry every time i read it... <Varda Elentari> [12/1 @ 9:33] (0/0)

Why so many crippled hands Mr Tolkien ? <elspeth_heather> [12/1 @ 9:07] (7/10)

Maybe he was an O'Neill <Leto> [12/3 @ 19:00] (0/0)
Because cutting of noses wouldn't be the same (No Text) <Draupne> [12/2 @ 4:02] (1/2)

Unless it was a dog tale. <Curious> [12/2 @ 7:59] (1/1)

Yes, a "shaggy dog" story! <Kathira> [12/3 @ 11:30] (0/0)

Maybe.. <blanche_niphredil> [12/1 @ 17:14] (0/0)
we can almost draw a parallel to SW here (No Text) <Arador> [12/1 @ 14:35] (0/0)
Since possessiveness is a major theme <Curious> [12/1 @ 13:32] (0/0)
Why a ring, and why the finger?� *he he* <gullygilly> [12/1 @ 10:53] (0/0)
And Beren himself lost a hand <NZ Strider> [12/1 @ 9:55] (1/1)

Barahir's loss of a hand... <Reverend> [12/1 @ 10:21] (0/0)