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Why was... <patric44> [5/31 @ 19:23] (3/29)

Maybe it had something to do with <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 2:11] (1/1)

Great answer! <Entmaiden> [6/1 @ 22:09] (0/0)

The Ring was never offered to Elrond. <Ufthak> [5/31 @ 20:09] (2/18)

I had always been <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 22:51] (0/0)
I always wondered... <gullygilly> [5/31 @ 20:31] (1/16)

Maybe they gave him a chain <Ufthak> [5/31 @ 20:41] (2/15)

No. It says... <Silverlode> [5/31 @ 20:56] (1/5)

Good point. <Frodo_for_President> [6/1 @ 0:56] (1/4)

I think.... <Silverlode> [6/1 @ 3:36] (2/3)

When I saw <Ufthak> [6/1 @ 10:12] (1/1)

LOL! <Silverlode> [6/1 @ 13:57] (0/0)

Contition of the Heart... <gullygilly> [6/1 @ 8:55] (0/0)

But he woke up with the Ring on the chain, which means someone else must have handled it. <Kendig> [5/31 @ 20:50] (3/8)

Aren't we forgetting Sam? <Nimrodel > [5/31 @ 22:46] (1/3)

I never forgot Sam... <gullygilly> [6/1 @ 8:58] (1/2)

From the Elves? <Nimrodel > [6/1 @ 11:01] (1/1)

Hmmm...it's possible but <gullygilly> [6/1 @ 11:21] (0/0)

The Rivendell haz-mat unit... <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 20:56] (2/2)

Tweezers. Barbeque tongs would work, too. (No Text) <Kathira> [6/1 @ 8:09] (0/0)
Now THERE'S an image! (No Text) <hatster> [5/31 @ 21:07] (0/0)

well, Gandalf does handle it <hatster> [5/31 @ 20:53] (0/0)

Because... <Kendig> [5/31 @ 19:41] (2/7)

She did nothing <PhantomS> [6/2 @ 9:17] (1/4)

By nasty, nasty stuff... <Kendig> [6/2 @ 18:11] (1/3)

Feanor was leading a migration <erather> [6/2 @ 18:33] (1/2)

Okay, I'll have to read The Sil again. <Kendig> [6/2 @ 18:36] (1/1)

here's what I meant <PhantomS> [6/3 @ 10:47] (0/0)

To me, pondering <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 22:38] (1/1)

Good answer <Merryk> [6/1 @ 21:18] (0/0)

Did the Witch King Know? <Aussie> [5/31 @ 5:12] (2/19)

a semi related question <hatster> [5/31 @ 9:38] (1/14)

Tolkien *did* read Shakespeare, and <Curious> [5/31 @ 10:05] (2/13)

Whatever Tolkien's feelings on Shakespeare... <Cressida> [6/1 @ 1:00] (0/0)
Was part of the reason..... <Golfimbul> [5/31 @ 11:13] (3/11)

NOT CHRISTIAN! <Stewed_Rabbit> [6/3 @ 0:01] (1/3)

Thanks.... <Golfimbul> [6/3 @ 11:30] (1/2)

We don't have <Curious> [6/3 @ 13:38] (1/1)

good point (No Text) <Golfimbul> [6/3 @ 15:31] (0/0)

not so much religion as other factors <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 19:01] (2/5)

My feeling is.... <Golfimbul> [6/1 @ 1:11] (0/0)
Shakespeare? <gullygilly> [5/31 @ 20:30] (3/3)

Or Christopher Marlowe. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [6/1 @ 4:29] (0/0)
Or QE1's son? :) (No Text) <Golfimbul> [6/1 @ 1:05] (0/0)
Earl of Oxford actually :-) (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 20:50] (0/0)

I doubt it. <Curious> [5/31 @ 11:34] (0/0)

He was remembering the prophecy. <Curious> [5/31 @ 8:19] (1/3)

A very frustrating question... <LOTR_nutcase> [5/31 @ 14:42] (1/2)

Appendix A, <Altaira> [5/31 @ 16:30] (1/1)

Thanks!! <LOTR_nutcase> [6/1 @ 13:57] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #11: open discussion <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/31 @ 1:15] (5/6)

Great week, Doorwarden . . . <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 22:30] (0/0)
Thanks, great discussion! (No Text) <erather> [6/1 @ 0:20] (0/0)
Thank you <gullygilly> [5/31 @ 12:25] (0/0)
Good job Doorwarden <Kendig> [5/31 @ 12:22] (0/0)
About the Oliphaunt poem. <Curious> [5/31 @ 8:23] (1/1)

Oliphaunts and Mumakil <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 9:52] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #10: Dare I say the word? <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/31 @ 1:10] (8/34)

Just one thing to add: <NZ Strider> [5/31 @ 15:12] (1/1)

Gollum sees the Southron's humanity . . . <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 18:18] (0/0)

I think I've been on all sides of <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 13:16] (4/23)

Slightly OT, but <Kimi> [6/1 @ 8:06] (1/6)

Yes, PJ was limited by the population of NZ... <Kathira> [6/1 @ 8:13] (2/5)

Christopher Lee? Sean Astin? Elijah Wood? Viggo Mortensen? etc. (No Text) <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 12:12] (1/2)

Those folks are expensive imported stars... <Kathira> [6/1 @ 16:12] (1/1)

But why no nonwhite stars? (No Text) <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 19:12] (0/0)

ummm I think Asian <hatster> [6/1 @ 8:31] (1/1)

Yes, I agree with her. Asians are... <Kathira> [6/1 @ 16:19] (0/0)

Oh, I identify with Gandalf. <Ufthak> [5/31 @ 18:48] (0/0)
Harsher than I intended.... <Kathira> [5/31 @ 15:57] (2/10)

Girls identify with male characters <Ufthak> [5/31 @ 18:51] (0/0)
Girls identify with male characters <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 18:16] (1/8)

or that says <hatster> [5/31 @ 18:42] (1/7)

not entirely sure what you mean, <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 2:06] (1/6)

I'll admit, I've not read the latest <hatster> [6/1 @ 7:44] (1/5)

Now we're OT, I guess, but <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 12:27] (1/4)

No, philosophy does not rule out the existence <hatster> [6/1 @ 14:15] (1/3)

I'm an amateur and you're a pro <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 15:16] (2/2)

Thank you for taking all this time for me <nerdanel50> [6/1 @ 18:08] (0/0)
Now mostly OT, but I will hazard this: I hope it was clear <hatster> [6/1 @ 17:24] (0/0)

I know I identified with Eowyn.... <Kathira> [5/31 @ 15:48] (2/3)

So, then <Stewed_Rabbit> [6/3 @ 0:37] (0/0)
I agree. It took me 30 years to realize... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [6/1 @ 15:15] (1/1)

He at least didn't seem to fear them <hatster> [6/1 @ 17:35] (0/0)

It's hard to be sure. <Morwen> [5/31 @ 11:35] (0/0)
musings <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 9:29] (1/1)

I'd like to add... <Golfimbul> [5/31 @ 10:57] (0/0)

unlike Curious, I have seen this passage <hatster> [5/31 @ 8:57] (0/0)
Aack! I'm offended! <Kendig> [5/31 @ 8:17] (1/1)

Actually their feet aren't big <gullygilly> [5/31 @ 11:51] (0/0)

I have never seen this passage mentioned <Curious> [5/31 @ 8:16] (0/0)
the secret word is... <wajeff> [5/31 @ 1:47] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #9: The angst of decision-making <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/31 @ 0:56] (11/18)

Little to add <Merryk> [6/1 @ 21:04] (0/0)
I'm sorry, but your call did not go through. <erather> [5/31 @ 17:42] (0/0)
Just two brief comments <NZ Strider> [5/31 @ 15:35] (1/4)

Courtesy of TOOTL: one more picture <NZ Strider> [5/31 @ 15:59] (2/3)

Just a quick correction... <ThirdOrcOnTheLeft> [5/31 @ 20:44] (1/1)

Thanks; I should read more closely. :-) (No Text) <NZ Strider> [5/31 @ 22:24] (0/0)

well that ruined my breakfast :-) (No Text) <hatster> [5/31 @ 18:44] (0/0)

My UUT on Gandalf's power <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 13:39] (0/0)
Great questions <Altaira> [5/31 @ 13:23] (2/2)

Gandalf's route <wajeff> [5/31 @ 14:27] (0/0)
I believe this was a Green Books question <Kendig> [5/31 @ 13:59] (0/0)

Frodo feels isolated. <Morwen> [5/31 @ 11:22] (0/0)
musings with coneys (sorry, no creative titles today) <drogo_drogo> [5/31 @ 9:37] (0/0)
divinations, dreams, contacts <hatster> [5/31 @ 8:30] (0/0)
psychic link in the chain <gullygilly> [5/31 @ 7:45] (0/0)
Thoughts. <Curious> [5/31 @ 7:37] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/31 @ 1:36] (1/1)

There is always an outside force. <Kendig> [5/31 @ 2:06] (0/0)

question that needs an answer <Rahir the Ranger> [5/30 @ 15:44] (4/14)

Elvish Romance Question <Anadorn of Gondor> [6/2 @ 6:39] (1/2)

When you're immortal <PhantomS> [6/2 @ 9:30] (1/1)

Thanks! <Anadorn of Gondor> [6/2 @ 16:26] (0/0)

Why? <Sandicomm> [5/30 @ 22:47] (0/0)
She became a mortal. <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 17:02] (2/7)

oh poor JTelcontar <hatster> [5/31 @ 1:14] (0/0)
Arwen had no "seat" to give up. <erather> [5/30 @ 20:12] (2/5)

Arwen could have repented after Aragorn died <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 14:04] (1/1)

No she couldn't. <Nimrodel > [5/31 @ 22:49] (0/0)

I think <Sandicomm> [5/30 @ 22:49] (1/2)

Yes, I'm trying to explain <erather> [5/30 @ 23:37] (1/1)

and I still say..one last time <hatster> [5/31 @ 1:15] (0/0)

She could have <Altaira> [5/30 @ 15:52] (1/1)

I meant <Altaira> [5/30 @ 15:54] (0/0)

is it me or... <elf_wannabee> [5/30 @ 14:13] (6/11)

In Tolkien's letters <Sandicomm> [5/30 @ 22:42] (0/0)
a hasty folk <Linguilindale> [5/30 @ 18:38] (0/0)
In Unfinished Tales <Altaira> [5/30 @ 15:34] (2/4)

Also from the Unfinished Tales <Acathalion> [5/31 @ 20:48] (1/1)

Perfect! <Altaira> [6/1 @ 0:12] (0/0)

thanks! I've been working imagery from <hatster> [5/31 @ 10:34] (1/1)

I hope <Altaira> [5/31 @ 12:55] (0/0)

Man i forgot the Standing Silence in Henneth Annun! (No Text) <elf_wannabee> [5/30 @ 15:08] (0/0)
I can think of a few, but not in public. <Curious> [5/30 @ 14:26] (0/0)
Consider the times. <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 14:23] (1/1)

The Ent Moot! <Curious> [5/30 @ 14:28] (0/0)

Does Tolkien SPECIFICALLY state who that last born elf was? <elf_wannabee> [5/30 @ 13:02] (3/8)

They are still being born, why not? (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/31 @ 10:49] (0/0)
No.� Ironically, the thread on Movie was <Curious> [5/30 @ 13:11] (1/4)

Just can't see that happening. <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 13:24] (1/3)

I agree about Aman... <Nurindel> [5/30 @ 14:36] (1/2)

A viable UUT, but <Curious> [5/30 @ 15:02] (1/1)

Thereby being Utterly Unsuported. ; ) (No Text) <Nurindel> [5/30 @ 16:44] (0/0)

No. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [5/30 @ 13:09] (1/1)

LOL...Your brevity is only matched by your erudition. :-) (No Text) <Mim the Petty Dwarf> [5/31 @ 0:58] (0/0)

about legolas <Amatire> [5/30 @ 11:08] (5/12)

As I saw your reply on Main <helene_36> [6/1 @ 16:27] (0/0)
It seems likely Legolas *was* <Curious> [5/30 @ 12:22] (0/0)
I think what Orlando <Aragorn_Elessar> [5/30 @ 11:40] (1/3)

Oh, and about Bilbo... <Aragorn_Elessar> [5/30 @ 11:48] (1/2)

he did go and consult <Amatire> [5/30 @ 12:04] (1/1)

Maybe... <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 12:17] (0/0)

I think the... <Oss�> [5/30 @ 11:38] (0/0)
Hmmmm <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 11:21] (1/4)

that is a very interesting suggestion <Amatire> [5/30 @ 12:16] (3/3)

Death ,Death... <PhantomS> [6/2 @ 9:45] (0/0)
As far as knowing if Gandalf was a Maia <Altaira> [5/30 @ 13:42] (0/0)
He had to have had some understanding of death. <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 12:23] (0/0)

I just saw a great Tolkienesque quote <Curious> [5/30 @ 10:16] (5/8)

Speaking of great quotes <Princess of Geekland> [6/1 @ 8:33] (0/0)
Oh. Wonderful.... (No Text) <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 22:56] (0/0)
wow that is profound.. <Amatire> [5/30 @ 12:21] (0/0)
Wow! Great quote. (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/30 @ 11:11] (0/0)
Wonderful quote <Lothirienne> [5/30 @ 10:20] (1/3)

The Voice of Saruman <Linguilindale> [5/30 @ 12:00] (1/2)

I'm confused <Lothirienne> [5/30 @ 16:21] (1/1)

a wizard should know better <Linguilindale> [5/30 @ 18:08] (0/0)

So, what happens to Mordor in Age 4? <Temujin> [5/30 @ 9:48] (3/4)

Well, we're told the wastes outside the gates <nerdanel50> [5/31 @ 14:20] (0/0)
The Easterlings <JTelcontar> [5/30 @ 10:41] (0/0)
Somebody had better keep an eye out <Curious> [5/30 @ 10:37] (1/1)

He already freed them <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 11:16] (0/0)

Sauruman <Farawyn> [5/30 @ 8:54] (3/4)

many colors and Saruman's vainglory <drogo_drogo> [5/30 @ 9:44] (0/0)
not corrupt <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 9:20] (1/1)

Beautiful! And thank you, Guys, for the lesson...! <Farawyn> [5/30 @ 10:28] (0/0)

Saruman was not resurrected.� His power <Curious> [5/30 @ 9:16] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #8: Gollum galore <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/30 @ 1:05] (5/7)

Tangled webs <Kendig> [5/30 @ 14:40] (0/0)
My thoughts <Lothirienne> [5/30 @ 10:26] (0/0)
Gollum could have saved his soul and <Curious> [5/30 @ 9:06] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/30 @ 2:13] (1/1)

Hmm...don't agree <gullygilly> [5/30 @ 6:37] (0/0)

Very briefly, I think that <NZ Strider> [5/30 @ 1:16] (1/1)

yes, Smeagol pride <drogo_drogo> [5/30 @ 8:48] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #7: Sauron and Gollum: the odd couple <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/30 @ 0:19] (8/9)

Sauron hated Isildur.... <Golfimbul> [5/30 @ 11:25] (0/0)
Gollum is still Frodo's guide, and therefore <Curious> [5/30 @ 8:52] (0/0)
Sauron and hot magma <drogo_drogo> [5/30 @ 8:38] (0/0)
I always imagined <gullygilly> [5/30 @ 5:52] (1/1)

Your comment <Altaira> [5/30 @ 12:45] (0/0)

So Sauron you expect me to talk? No, Smeagol, I expect you to die!" <wajeff> [5/30 @ 2:08] (0/0)
Never trust an Orc with a secret <Altaira> [5/30 @ 1:06] (0/0)
Remember that Gandalf describes <NZ Strider> [5/30 @ 0:37] (0/0)
Mooning Mordor from Minas Ithil <Kendig> [5/30 @ 0:36] (0/0)

Inspirations/literary roots for Nazgul? <notlost> [5/29 @ 23:18] (4/5)

According to a documentary <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 22:35] (0/0)
Gothic literature and film, etc. <drogo_drogo> [5/30 @ 9:33] (0/0)
Spectral riders are common <NZ Strider> [5/30 @ 1:05] (0/0)
Even Tolkien does not know. <Kendig> [5/30 @ 0:21] (1/1)

Inspired. <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 22:59] (0/0)

June chapter discussion leaders <Altaira> [5/29 @ 21:51] (5/7)

*salutes* <Celandine Brandybuck> [5/30 @ 17:08] (1/1)

We miss you! <Curious> [5/30 @ 17:44] (0/0)

I'm ready! <gullygilly> [5/30 @ 15:09] (0/0)
yup, ready for end of June (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/30 @ 8:51] (0/0)
All ready to go, Ma'am! By the way, <NZ Strider> [5/30 @ 0:27] (1/1)

Excellent <Altaira> [5/30 @ 1:11] (0/0)

prepped and ready, Sir..umm I mean Ma'am..ummm Ms.... (No Text) <hatster> [5/29 @ 22:28] (0/0)

The Americas in Arda <Thistlethorn> [5/29 @ 17:51] (2/2)

There is a theory that <Aragorn_Elessar> [5/30 @ 5:23] (0/0)
After the fall of Numenor, <Curious> [5/29 @ 18:31] (0/0)

Elven garden <BrambleroseBrandybuck> [5/29 @ 13:10] (6/15)

Lobelia <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 23:05] (1/1)

Oh! <grammaboodawg> [5/31 @ 23:07] (0/0)

I often refer to my Costmary <Kimi> [5/30 @ 0:59] (0/0)
Next week... <gullygilly> [5/29 @ 14:46] (4/4)

Awesome! I'll be taking notes!:o) (No Text) <Seillib> [5/30 @ 10:24] (0/0)
Oh, hooray! (No Text) <Kimi> [5/30 @ 0:50] (0/0)
Thanks for the heads-up! <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/29 @ 18:03] (0/0)
oooooooo looking forward to it! (No Text) <hatster> [5/29 @ 14:49] (0/0)

Elanor or sun-star: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/29 @ 13:36] (0/0)
do you have the Letters? <jadeshadow> [5/29 @ 13:32] (1/4)

Here's the quote: <Curious> [5/29 @ 14:25] (2/3)

elanor/pimpernel (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/29 @ 15:27] (0/0)
niphredil/snowdrop (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/29 @ 15:22] (1/1)

Wonderful links, thanks! (No Text) <Altaira> [5/30 @ 0:37] (0/0)

Evermind or Simbelmyn�: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/29 @ 13:27] (0/0)

VERY interesting..... <Jamesia> [5/29 @ 11:35] (5/10)

Actually- <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 9:42] (2/2)

where? <Jamesia> [5/30 @ 16:08] (0/0)
oops- Old Man = Gamling (No Text) <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 9:42] (0/0)

Cool! <Tomsk> [5/29 @ 13:17] (0/0)
hmmmm... <Fisher> [5/29 @ 12:58] (1/1)

Exactly. <Kimi> [5/30 @ 0:39] (0/0)

Some Observations <Ostadan> [5/29 @ 12:44] (2/2)

dude....... Tolkein MADE UP those languages..... <Jamesia> [5/29 @ 18:33] (0/0)
Aragorn's name is glossed as "Kingly Valour" <NZ Strider> [5/29 @ 14:01] (0/0)

"Sauron" could also be derived from the Latin for "dragon." <Kendig> [5/29 @ 11:44] (0/0)

The destruction of Morannon <Black numenorian> [5/29 @ 8:45] (4/14)

My theory <Black numenorian> [5/30 @ 10:40] (0/0)
Good point! Here's my theory. <Curious> [5/29 @ 11:11] (1/10)

About the... <Oss�> [5/29 @ 11:33] (2/9)

Barad-dur was destroyed <Altaira> [5/29 @ 21:11] (1/2)

Umm, a couple of things. <Curious> [5/29 @ 21:59] (1/1)

I was thinking more <Altaira> [5/29 @ 22:19] (0/0)

Your explanation is as good as any. <Curious> [5/29 @ 11:49] (2/5)

Groan... <notlost> [5/29 @ 23:01] (1/1)

In Chicago, <Curious> [5/30 @ 11:48] (0/0)

that link is a groaner :-) <drogo_drogo> [5/29 @ 13:23] (1/2)

Power of the Ring <hatster> [5/29 @ 15:30] (1/1)

No, the Ring <Curious> [5/29 @ 15:37] (0/0)

The earth 'groaned and quaked', <Oss�> [5/29 @ 9:40] (0/0)
Domino effect. <PhantomS> [5/29 @ 9:20] (0/0)

Does Legolas have any siblings? If so, how many? <ZinniaB> [5/29 @ 2:06] (1/6)

I may not be in the best position to answer this, but... <Psyphon> [5/29 @ 2:16] (1/5)

Tolkien never mentioned Legolas' mother's name; <NZ Strider> [5/29 @ 2:28] (1/4)

Thranduil's sparse family history <drogo_drogo> [5/29 @ 8:44] (1/3)

Makes one wonder, doesn't it? <Psyphon> [5/29 @ 18:05] (2/2)

Ooooh, yes <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/30 @ 14:28] (0/0)
and then... <PhantomS> [5/30 @ 11:24] (0/0)

RR newbie question... glug me if you must... <mirky> [5/29 @ 0:53] (5/15)

I think this "last born of her race" business may be <Curious> [5/29 @ 9:03] (1/9)

but Aragorn isn't truly <hatster> [5/29 @ 9:19] (2/8)

The Fall of Numenor <Curious> [5/29 @ 10:40] (2/5)

But long life was granted to Elros <Altaira> [5/29 @ 21:39] (0/0)
Technically, that <Curious> [5/29 @ 10:56] (1/3)

More confounding variables <PhantomS> [5/29 @ 11:16] (1/2)

I realize <Curious> [5/29 @ 11:59] (1/1)

Now *there's* a UUT! <JewelTook> [5/29 @ 12:40] (0/0)

He is indeed a man. <PhantomS> [5/29 @ 9:28] (1/1)

Tolkien says the elves who stay <Curious> [5/29 @ 10:22] (0/0)

what he said below, and ... <drogo_drogo> [5/29 @ 8:41] (0/0)
She was born in the year 241 of the Third Age <NZ Strider> [5/29 @ 3:14] (0/0)
I came across a reference to her age... <Psyphon> [5/29 @ 2:26] (1/1)

Lol ... <mirky> [5/29 @ 22:25] (0/0)

I can't answer your question, but <Princess of Geekland> [5/29 @ 1:33] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #6: Sauron's form (you knew it was coming!) <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/28 @ 21:01] (10/22)

Letter 246 again! <Curious> [5/29 @ 11:41] (1/2)

If Isildur had really been thinking <Curious> [5/30 @ 12:29] (1/1)

Good point! (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/31 @ 10:48] (0/0)

I think Sauron is the Eye <Ufthak> [5/29 @ 10:03] (0/0)
Think that Eye was the true form <Black numenorian> [5/29 @ 9:07] (0/0)
The ability to take form <FantasyFan> [5/29 @ 9:04] (0/0)
I imagine... <Oss�> [5/29 @ 7:51] (0/0)
the man in black... <wajeff> [5/29 @ 1:44] (2/4)

Makes sense <Merryk> [5/29 @ 23:47] (0/0)
Sauron and the ring <kodax> [5/29 @ 2:05] (2/2)

A pretty powerful "empty shell" <erather> [5/29 @ 14:25] (0/0)
errr <Fisher> [5/29 @ 11:39] (0/0)

body and eye of the beholder <drogo_drogo> [5/28 @ 23:32] (1/2)

Not only Frodo... <JTelcontar> [5/29 @ 0:59] (1/1)

body and spirit <drogo_drogo> [5/29 @ 8:30] (0/0)

Well, Tolkien said (in his letters) <NZ Strider> [5/28 @ 22:42] (0/0)
Kinda like Darth Vader? <Matthew/Ugluk> [5/28 @ 22:38] (2/2)

heh no, that would be C.S. Lewis's demonic <hatster> [5/29 @ 6:52] (0/0)
I think... <Orome85> [5/28 @ 22:56] (0/0)

Response cloudy, try again later. <Kendig> [5/28 @ 21:27] (1/2)

Well said. <JTelcontar> [5/29 @ 1:03] (1/1)

Thanks :-) (No Text) <Kendig> [5/29 @ 9:58] (0/0)

Morgoth's Ring & Sauron Defeated? <irpacynot> [5/28 @ 20:03] (4/5)

Thanks, folks. <irpacynot> [5/30 @ 16:36] (0/0)
There's more! Try this link: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/29 @ 12:06] (0/0)
Thanx to Ostadan...This helped me <Villordsutch> [5/29 @ 7:39] (0/0)
Hope this answer helps...(spoilers) <Smeagol's Therapist> [5/28 @ 20:55] (1/1)

That's great - thanks! (No Text) <irpacynot> [5/28 @ 21:31] (0/0)

Did Tolkien ever say what happened <Leucothea SouthernStar> [5/28 @ 16:05] (3/8)

Tolkien also stated <Orome85> [5/28 @ 23:02] (0/0)
essay on Elven reincarnation <drogo_drogo> [5/28 @ 17:38] (1/1)

great!i will look that up as i just got <Leucothea SouthernStar> [5/28 @ 18:22] (0/0)

Yes. The spirit (or "fe�") of any Elf whose body (or "hro�") <NZ Strider> [5/28 @ 16:16] (2/4)

Silent Watchers <Bones> [5/28 @ 16:27] (0/0)
why such a harsh afterlife <Leucothea SouthernStar> [5/28 @ 16:22] (2/2)

There is no afterlife for Elves <PhantomS> [5/29 @ 11:04] (0/0)
The Halls of Mandos are a place of healing <Curious> [5/28 @ 17:05] (0/0)

Just made many book purchaes and was wondering <Leucothea SouthernStar> [5/28 @ 15:43] (4/9)

another suggestion <Lothirienne> [5/30 @ 10:32] (0/0)
The Sil...After First 100 pgs alot easier (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/29 @ 7:40] (0/0)
I second the Sil <MrCere> [5/28 @ 16:49] (1/1)

Agree with you there. <sherlock> [5/29 @ 12:33] (0/0)

The Sil. The true blue purist <Curious> [5/28 @ 15:48] (2/4)

Even the Purist Needs Sil <Ostadan> [5/29 @ 12:47] (1/1)

Thanks for that! <Curious> [5/29 @ 14:26] (0/0)

Thank you <Leucothea SouthernStar> [5/28 @ 15:55] (1/1)

Luthien's tale is summarized in <Curious> [5/28 @ 16:52] (0/0)

Fading fast. <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 1:28] (7/31)

Interesting questions... <Trixie Hobbit> [5/28 @ 15:07] (1/1)

also interesting questions <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/28 @ 21:09] (0/0)

One possible reason they don't <Bones> [5/28 @ 14:45] (1/5)

The Ring belongs to the Dark Lord.... <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 14:54] (1/4)

I wouldn't argue that <Bones> [5/28 @ 14:56] (1/3)

Only Aragorn knew what it was at the time of Weathertop. (No Text) <erather> [5/28 @ 15:08] (1/2)

not so and encouraging thoughts <hatster> [5/29 @ 9:04] (1/1)

good point (No Text) <JTelcontar> [5/29 @ 12:19] (0/0)

Ring danger and disposal methods <drogo_drogo> [5/28 @ 13:57] (2/8)

by that argument, Gandalf could <hatster> [5/29 @ 9:09] (2/3)

Spot on, hatster <JewelTook> [5/29 @ 14:16] (0/0)
I thought... <JTelcontar> [5/29 @ 12:14] (1/1)

that was my UUT <hatster> [5/29 @ 14:20] (0/0)

I agree on the eagle option <Fisher> [5/28 @ 16:15] (1/3)

The eagles did their part too. <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 16:29] (1/2)

exactly <Fisher> [5/29 @ 11:37] (1/1)

I see. <JTelcontar> [5/29 @ 12:09] (0/0)

Your last line is the key. <Curious> [5/28 @ 11:34] (2/7)

But he did <gullygilly> [5/28 @ 19:50] (2/5)

This is a good point <Merryk> [5/28 @ 23:03] (1/3)

Are you so sure <Curious> [5/29 @ 10:59] (1/2)

Yes, one could assume <Merryk> [5/29 @ 23:38] (1/1)

Were the orcs allowed <Curious> [5/30 @ 11:58] (0/0)

Frodo was unconscious when <Curious> [5/28 @ 20:07] (0/0)

I tried to make it clear.... <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 14:49] (0/0)

Alternative methods <kodax> [5/28 @ 1:56] (1/1)

Some of these are addressed <Atlas> [5/28 @ 3:21] (0/0)

My thoughts <Elithraniel_M> [5/28 @ 1:45] (1/2)

Well. <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 11:08] (1/1)

Well, yes <kodax> [5/29 @ 1:36] (0/0)

Ring (No Text) <kodax> [5/28 @ 1:41] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #5: Remembrance of things past <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/27 @ 21:30] (9/9)

Tales from long ago are a mortal <Curious> [5/28 @ 11:25] (0/0)
thoughts <drogo_drogo> [5/28 @ 8:57] (0/0)
There's another place he is like a hobbit <FantasyFan> [5/28 @ 8:32] (0/0)
I do find this very sad <Kimi> [5/28 @ 5:37] (0/0)
Learn from example <gullygilly> [5/28 @ 5:15] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/27 @ 23:49] (0/0)
patience is a virtue <hatster> [5/27 @ 23:17] (0/0)
Frodo's patience is back <Merryk> [5/27 @ 22:48] (0/0)
Give Frodo a little credit! <Kendig> [5/27 @ 21:47] (0/0)

Where orcs went when they died? <Captains of Gondolin> [5/27 @ 21:25] (3/4)

Orcie Heaven <lotr elentari> [5/29 @ 18:45] (0/0)
The Halls of Mandos, but no further. <Curious> [5/28 @ 11:47] (0/0)
Orcs <kodax> [5/27 @ 21:44] (1/1)

Orcs are to elves what zombies are to humans. <Kendig> [5/27 @ 21:49] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #4: Frodo lays down the law <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/27 @ 21:03] (8/25)

Some thoughts <NZ Strider> [5/28 @ 16:09] (5/7)

more on the independence of the dependent Ring <hatster> [5/29 @ 12:43] (1/2)

Just saw this; I wish I had time <NZ Strider> [5/29 @ 15:28] (1/1)

gasp! dirty words! <hatster> [5/29 @ 15:50] (0/0)

Ring as Master of its its own destruction <drogo_drogo> [5/29 @ 9:46] (0/0)
Wonderful post, NZ Strider. (No Text) <Kimi> [5/28 @ 21:21] (0/0)
Your final paragraph <gullygilly> [5/28 @ 17:45] (0/0)
Your beautiful summation is why <Princess of Geekland> [5/28 @ 16:46] (0/0)

thoughts on the "Master of the Precious" <drogo_drogo> [5/28 @ 8:42] (0/0)
Gollum never intended to let slip <Curious> [5/28 @ 4:56] (2/4)

Frodo theory <Cyberia> [5/30 @ 19:51] (1/1)

now THAT's a cruel reading <hatster> [5/31 @ 10:44] (0/0)

not looking at the letter <hatster> [5/28 @ 6:39] (1/1)

Yes, the letter just confirms <Curious> [5/28 @ 9:24] (0/0)

my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/27 @ 23:44] (0/0)
double indemnity or an oath on an oath <hatster> [5/27 @ 23:04] (1/3)

I think it's interesting ... <gullygilly> [5/28 @ 5:02] (1/2)

not mutually exclusive <hatster> [5/28 @ 6:30] (1/1)

OT No way.... <gullygilly> [5/28 @ 8:40] (0/0)

Hard promises <Morwen> [5/27 @ 21:33] (1/2)

Does Frodo ever say <Merryk> [5/27 @ 22:34] (1/1)

Now THERE'S an image.... (No Text) <notlost> [5/28 @ 11:11] (0/0)

The promise is twisted from the beginning. <FantasyFan> [5/27 @ 21:25] (0/0)
Frodo straps on the six-shooters <Kendig> [5/27 @ 21:18] (1/1)

Sorry, didn't finish that. <Kendig> [5/27 @ 21:28] (0/0)

OT: An assignment on Of Beren and L�thien <Rider Of The Rohirrim> [5/27 @ 21:02] (1/1)

they will say both yes and no <Linguilindale> [5/27 @ 21:56] (0/0)

Silly question re: The Book of Lost Tales <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 20:36] (1/4)

*The Book of Lost Tales* in fact makes up <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 20:58] (1/3)

Mea culpa! I meant "Unfinished Tales of Numenor" <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 21:11] (1/2)

remember it aright as it was told of old <Linguilindale> [5/27 @ 21:40] (1/1)

Hmmm! *think-think-think* <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 23:38] (0/0)

Starting the Sil... <lotr elentari> [5/27 @ 20:11] (8/10)

This link will help you keep track of names: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/28 @ 4:29] (0/0)
All good advice. <JTelcontar> [5/28 @ 1:36] (1/1)

He he, that's a good idea. <lotr elentari> [5/29 @ 17:26] (0/0)

It is such a good read!!! <samwise the fat> [5/27 @ 21:36] (0/0)
silmarilian <kodax> [5/27 @ 21:35] (0/0)
I agree with Nimrodel <Walter> [5/27 @ 21:22] (0/0)
To paraphrase Nike.. <Nimrodel > [5/27 @ 20:39] (0/0)
Well, if you'll allow me to pass on what I've... <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 20:23] (1/1)

Books ought to have good endings! <Linguilindale> [5/27 @ 21:13] (0/0)

The "cast of characters" is huge, <erather> [5/27 @ 20:21] (0/0)

Question re: The Silmarillion <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 19:01] (2/12)

hmm... <jadeshadow> [5/27 @ 19:14] (1/6)

Well, maybe 'cautioned' isn't entirely fair <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 20:04] (1/5)

only Turin's Story is <hatster> [5/27 @ 20:35] (1/4)

Well, then... <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 20:42] (1/3)

ooooo dems fighting words <hatster> [5/27 @ 21:51] (2/2)

To summarize my view <Curious> [5/28 @ 4:24] (0/0)
Mercy! Mercy! I throw myself at your feet! *grovelling in pity* <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 23:53] (0/0)

Just Read! and enjoy <hatster> [5/27 @ 19:12] (2/4)

Thanks! *sigh of relief* <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 19:35] (0/0)
As a first-time Sil reader about half way through now... <erather> [5/27 @ 19:19] (1/2)

In retrospect, I found the maps and appendices... <Psyphon> [5/27 @ 19:42] (1/1)

If You Liked Appendix A, You'll Love the Silmarillion (No Text) <Ostadan> [5/28 @ 10:56] (0/0)

Does anyone know how old Galadriel is? <elvenhobbit84> [5/27 @ 17:40] (2/2)

tsk tsk, never ask a woman her age. <PhantomS> [5/28 @ 9:17] (0/0)
No. Tolkien never says. <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 18:08] (0/0)

Who was �lfwine? <Ulmo89> [5/27 @ 15:22] (2/5)

Not exactly. In The Notion Club Papers <Curious> [5/27 @ 16:05] (1/2)

psst...curious <summertime> [5/27 @ 21:07] (1/1)

Check this out: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/28 @ 3:06] (0/0)

Elfwine <Bboy486> [5/27 @ 15:51] (1/1)

I think Ulmo89 meant... <Reverend> [5/27 @ 16:15] (0/0)

Is there a reading that you could direct me to.... <Lady Elizabeth> [5/27 @ 14:01] (3/4)

"Unfinished Tales"... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/27 @ 15:49] (0/0)
Don't now much but... <Black numenorian> [5/27 @ 15:20] (0/0)
They drove Sauron from Mirkwood, only <Curious> [5/27 @ 14:36] (1/1)

Thank you! : ) (No Text) <Lady Elizabeth> [5/27 @ 15:24] (0/0)

Finger cutting conversation <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 11:18] (3/30)

Was it wrong.... <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 15:54] (1/4)

Gil-galad and Elendil <Curious> [5/27 @ 16:16] (1/3)

The Ents also raised their hands.... <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 19:34] (1/2)

If Isildur... <Djurgarden> [5/28 @ 5:36] (1/1)

I think it depends on his motive.. <Golfimbul> [5/28 @ 10:26] (0/0)

related question... <Fisher> [5/27 @ 13:50] (2/5)

Sauron <Djurgarden> [5/28 @ 5:31] (1/1)

Yes (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/30 @ 2:38] (0/0)

I'll be addressing that . . . <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/27 @ 13:53] (2/2)

Good! I have wondered that as well! (No Text) <Lady Elizabeth> [5/27 @ 13:57] (0/0)
Yahoo! (No Text) <Kendig> [5/27 @ 13:54] (0/0)

must be... <Tomsk> [5/27 @ 12:35] (3/18)

The movie is not right (but PJ was) <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 15:34] (0/0)
It's hard to cut off just one finger <erather> [5/27 @ 14:36] (1/13)

It's not so hard... <Black numenorian> [5/27 @ 15:05] (1/12)

Right. Sauron was all but dead. <Curious> [5/27 @ 15:17] (1/11)

Is there any reason.... <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 15:38] (1/10)

Isildur said <Curious> [5/27 @ 15:52] (1/9)

But he doesn't say... <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 16:01] (1/8)

What? <Curious> [5/27 @ 16:10] (1/7)

I read it here.... <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 19:27] (2/6)

Tolkien said <Kimi> [5/28 @ 6:08] (0/0)
It's from... <Oss�> [5/28 @ 5:46] (1/4)

See <Curious> [5/28 @ 9:25] (1/3)

I know... <Oss�> [5/28 @ 10:30] (2/2)

Maybe he wore it on his toe.... <Golfimbul> [5/30 @ 2:36] (0/0)
I <Curious> [5/28 @ 10:44] (0/0)

Unless you cut the Ring itself.... <Kathira> [5/27 @ 13:50] (1/2)

must be the finger... <Tomsk> [5/27 @ 14:38] (1/1)

Right... <Black numenorian> [5/27 @ 15:10] (0/0)

need character help <Bboy486> [5/27 @ 0:06] (6/8)

Beregond and Bergil! <Glaurung the Magnificent> [5/27 @ 18:59] (0/0)
You could also put the Witchking/Eowyn/Merry/Theoden together. (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 11:22] (1/2)

theoden? <Bboy486> [5/27 @ 15:43] (1/1)

that's also a good idea (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/27 @ 16:05] (0/0)

Bilbo/Gaffer Gamgee Theoden/Snowmane (No Text) <nerdanel50> [5/27 @ 11:00] (0/0)
Bilbo and Lobelia brandishing her umbrella! (No Text) <Linguilindale> [5/27 @ 5:32] (0/0)
Ohh and Tom Bombadil with Old Man Willow and the Barrow Downs (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/27 @ 3:57] (0/0)
Farmer Maggot and Mushrooms (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/27 @ 3:56] (0/0)

Great speeches in LOTR <Rider Of The Rohirrim> [5/26 @ 22:49] (8/19)

A problem with speeches <Atlas> [5/28 @ 2:56] (0/0)
Before The Fields of Pelennor <Black numenorian> [5/27 @ 15:26] (0/0)
There are horns, and songs! <Curious> [5/27 @ 10:54] (0/0)
well, the "Voice of Saruman" chapter <drogo_drogo> [5/27 @ 10:44] (0/0)
because tolkien was smart... <Ring's wrath> [5/26 @ 23:28] (0/0)
I don't think Tolkien was a fan of exhortation... <Nimrodel > [5/26 @ 23:19] (1/1)

Gimli's observation <Merryk> [5/26 @ 23:34] (0/0)

Speaking in front of huge audiences would imply <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:06] (3/10)

My favorite "little" speech <JewelTook> [5/27 @ 22:49] (0/0)
Here! Here! <gullygilly> [5/27 @ 5:47] (0/0)
**Frodo to Faramir <hatster> [5/26 @ 23:47] (1/7)

Hi hatster--nice to see you again. <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:53] (1/6)

OT: nice to be missed <hatster> [5/27 @ 6:58] (4/5)

those are great! (No Text) <summertime> [5/27 @ 20:59] (0/0)
Hatster--know that you're not <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 19:34] (1/1)

ooooo a jersey geek <hatster> [5/27 @ 20:39] (0/0)

Make more! (No Text) <notlost> [5/27 @ 10:46] (0/0)
OT-- great wallpaper ;) (No Text) <gullygilly> [5/27 @ 7:21] (0/0)

There's no time <PhantomS> [5/26 @ 23:00] (0/0)

Ents in literature. <Sandicomm> [5/26 @ 20:40] (2/2)

Very briefly, <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 12:23] (0/0)
i think <Orome85> [5/26 @ 21:21] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #3: So what is this Gollum character thinking, anyway? <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/26 @ 16:44] (9/15)

Just one minor point: <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 12:41] (1/1)

Good friends, eh? <Morwen> [5/27 @ 21:07] (0/0)

Sauron, Sam, Slinker, Stinker, and Galadriel <drogo_drogo> [5/27 @ 10:30] (1/1)

Sam is like Butterbur in that way - <Kathira> [5/27 @ 13:57] (0/0)

Sam comes close.� But he does not guess <Curious> [5/27 @ 8:34] (0/0)
Gollum thinks quite highly <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 22:45] (1/2)

psst, MWS <notlost> [5/27 @ 10:43] (1/1)

Yeah! Hope so! (No Text) <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 19:36] (0/0)

Stinker, Slinker, and Sam <notlost> [5/26 @ 21:28] (0/0)
There have been so many references <nerdanel50> [5/26 @ 20:15] (0/0)
Well, I think... <Sandicomm> [5/26 @ 20:10] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/26 @ 20:01] (0/0)
my ideas and what not... <gullygilly> [5/26 @ 18:45] (2/2)

I agree with your assessment <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:00] (0/0)
*Pant, pant* sorry I'm late <Kendig> [5/26 @ 19:07] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #2: From fish to the world as comestibles <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/26 @ 16:28] (12/14)

Food <Kimi> [5/28 @ 4:21] (0/0)
Gollum the food-obsessed <Morwen> [5/27 @ 20:18] (0/0)
To the other references to "eating" add <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 12:11] (0/0)
It is not just Smeagol who uses the metaphor of eating.� The narrator <Curious> [5/27 @ 8:08] (0/0)
Eating the world...Gollum perhaps compares Sauron's <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:29] (0/0)
Gollum is manipulative and deceitful, <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:19] (0/0)
I think Gollum's food messages <Entmaiden> [5/26 @ 21:10] (0/0)
I think Gollum (No Text) <Entmaiden> [5/26 @ 21:08] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/26 @ 19:52] (0/0)
It's supper time <gullygilly> [5/26 @ 18:21] (0/0)
Consumption <notlost> [5/26 @ 17:13] (1/2)

When it comes to this, there are so many good theories <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 23:49] (1/1)

Pretty tasty <Kendig> [5/27 @ 14:16] (0/0)

on Gollum and eating <drogo_drogo> [5/26 @ 16:51] (0/0)

What's your favorite... <Arod the Swift> [5/26 @ 14:14] (9/9)

The whole black gate confrontration <Reddevil> [5/27 @ 17:14] (0/0)
I agree.."The Ring is Mine!" <Farawyn> [5/27 @ 9:27] (0/0)
Manwe's Eagles, eternal rescuers, <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 0:24] (0/0)
"The Ring is mine!" <Seillib> [5/26 @ 23:57] (0/0)
"Horns, horns, horns.... <Nimrodel > [5/26 @ 22:43] (0/0)
My second favorite is when Aragorn raises Narsil <Entmaiden> [5/26 @ 21:05] (0/0)
Hmm <Sandicomm> [5/26 @ 19:56] (0/0)
You got it right... <Reverend> [5/26 @ 16:23] (0/0)
Either... <Oss�> [5/26 @ 14:32] (0/0)

Tolkien the Gnostist? <kodax> [5/26 @ 5:13] (7/24)

More on Christian and related themes <Princess of Geekland> [5/28 @ 16:05] (0/0)
Tolkien attempted to Christianize many tales and beliefs <Curious> [5/27 @ 11:45] (0/0)
Matrix 2 other possible similarities (sorry if this is more for Movie but it is here already...) <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 21:08] (0/0)
Um... <Reverend> [5/26 @ 16:13] (2/12)

Gnosis <Stanislaus Bocian> [5/27 @ 13:10] (1/1)

Right. <Reverend> [5/27 @ 14:25] (0/0)

There are actual Gnostic texts, <NZ Strider> [5/26 @ 21:06] (1/9)

I said coherent... <Reverend> [5/26 @ 22:16] (3/8)

Oh, well... <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 3:08] (0/0)
Coherant <kodax> [5/27 @ 1:32] (0/0)
Only to the extent that Gnosticism overlaps w/ Manichaeism... <aragonvaar> [5/26 @ 22:54] (2/5)

Matter is not bad in Tolkien's world. <Curious> [5/27 @ 11:56] (1/2)

On the other hand... <aragonvaar> [5/27 @ 19:00] (1/1)

Manicheanism <Stanislaus Bocian> [5/28 @ 11:10] (0/0)

forgot to add... <aragonvaar> [5/26 @ 23:00] (1/1)

Well shoot.... <Reverend> [5/26 @ 23:21] (0/0)

Grimm, Frazer and others? <IBo> [5/26 @ 14:14] (0/0)
SInce his aim was to create a "mytholgy of England" (Britain?) <Bones> [5/26 @ 9:48] (0/0)
Gnosis <Stanislaus Bocian> [5/26 @ 8:14] (2/5)

Thoughts on the "Song of the Pearl" <NZ Strider> [5/27 @ 2:40] (1/3)

More Gnosis <Stanislaus Bocian> [5/27 @ 12:45] (1/2)

"Circles of the World" also sounds <Curious> [5/27 @ 14:51] (1/1)

Isaiah 40:22 (No Text) <Reverend> [5/27 @ 16:20] (0/0)

Wow! Thanks for this; <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 20:48] (0/0)

Stories of Middle Earth by Other Authors? <Gandalf the Gray> [5/26 @ 4:50] (3/3)

There is a book called <NZ Strider> [5/26 @ 13:30] (0/0)
Can't Recall The Title. Ask Turgon. <Ostadan> [5/26 @ 10:26] (0/0)
Did it have... <Oss�> [5/26 @ 5:59] (0/0)

The Warrior Spirit <Rider Of The Rohirrim> [5/25 @ 22:57] (3/4)

*puts on Sun Tzu Warrior Spirit shorts* <PhantomS> [5/26 @ 10:36] (0/0)
Spirit is right.� Tolkien glosses over violence, and <Curious> [5/26 @ 9:45] (1/1)

Thank you from my heart <mallorn-ws> [5/26 @ 22:17] (0/0)

the warrior spirit... <Ring's wrath> [5/25 @ 23:05] (0/0)

Naming a few more names <Reverend> [5/25 @ 22:27] (9/14)

Fabulous summary. <Princess of Geekland> [5/28 @ 0:24] (0/0)
Thanks for this, <Goldilocks Took> [5/27 @ 23:57] (0/0)
With so much thought expended on hobbit names <erather> [5/27 @ 15:26] (1/1)

Clyde Kilby, <Reverend> [5/27 @ 15:59] (0/0)

and Frodo was his name-o <drogo_drogo> [5/26 @ 16:24] (1/1)

Thanks... great subjuect line <gullygilly> [5/26 @ 17:55] (0/0)

Imagine the revisions to "A Long-Expected Party" <Entmaiden> [5/26 @ 12:31] (1/1)

MANY times... <Reverend> [5/26 @ 15:48] (0/0)

Very fun to read, thanks for sharing this with us! (No Text) <IBo> [5/26 @ 3:24] (0/0)
It's interesting that Tolkien <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 22:50] (0/0)
I am more and more convinced <Kimi> [5/25 @ 22:47] (2/2)

Maybe if he..... <Golfimbul> [5/26 @ 2:29] (0/0)
You give the perfect response <Merryk> [5/26 @ 0:46] (0/0)

*rubs temples gingerly* :) (No Text) <Ring's wrath> [5/25 @ 22:38] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes: Summary <nerdanel50> [5/25 @ 21:19] (18/18)

*licks lips, delurks* <Princess of Geekland> [5/28 @ 0:27] (0/0)
Thanks for an interesting discussion! (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/26 @ 16:05] (0/0)
Nicely done--Thanks for this week! (No Text) <notlost> [5/26 @ 14:11] (0/0)
Thanks, Nerdanel! (No Text) <Morwen> [5/26 @ 10:05] (0/0)
Thank you, great job!! (No Text) <Curious> [5/26 @ 9:31] (0/0)
Excellent work. Thank you. (No Text) <Kathira> [5/26 @ 7:26] (0/0)
Thanks very much nerdanel50! (No Text) <Oss�> [5/26 @ 6:35] (0/0)
Interesting week, thank you! (No Text) <IBo> [5/26 @ 3:23] (0/0)
Thanks, good job! (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/26 @ 2:24] (0/0)
a wonderful week! thanks! found some lost synapses too! (No Text) <hatster> [5/26 @ 0:56] (0/0)
yes yes many thanks! (No Text) <wajeff> [5/26 @ 0:18] (0/0)
Thanks, nerdanel50! Great job! (No Text) <Acathalion> [5/26 @ 0:11] (0/0)
A very satisfying week, <Merryk> [5/26 @ 0:04] (0/0)
Great job, nerdanel50! Thanks again (No Text) <Altaira> [5/25 @ 23:55] (0/0)
Thank you, Nerdanel! (No Text) <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 22:51] (0/0)
Thank you... <gullygilly> [5/25 @ 21:33] (0/0)
Thank you so much, nerdanel50 !! <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/25 @ 21:33] (0/0)
Great job, Nerdanel! Thanks so much. (No Text) <Kimi> [5/25 @ 21:29] (0/0)

The Black Gate is Closed #1: The land and the rise of Evil <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/25 @ 15:02] (11/19)

I have several, unconnected reactions to this passage. <Entmaiden> [5/26 @ 21:01] (0/0)
Location, location, location <notlost> [5/26 @ 14:35] (1/2)

I think you're saying here that the land has some active resistance <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 0:15] (1/1)

Bombadil <PhantomS> [5/28 @ 9:27] (0/0)

A simplistic view... <Dame Ioreth > [5/26 @ 10:54] (0/0)
Note how Tolkien personifies the land: <Curious> [5/26 @ 9:29] (0/0)
my ruminations... <wajeff> [5/26 @ 0:17] (0/0)
Mt Doom, friendly neighbourhood... <PhantomS> [5/25 @ 20:08] (1/4)

Just wondering... <Oss�> [5/26 @ 8:56] (1/3)

I think <PhantomS> [5/26 @ 11:02] (1/2)

One other� <Oss�> [5/26 @ 14:20] (1/1)

'Fortified' <PhantomS> [5/26 @ 23:10] (0/0)

thoughts <drogo_drogo> [5/25 @ 16:37] (1/1)

My brain is mashed <gullygilly> [5/25 @ 18:41] (0/0)

Some thoughts <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 16:20] (1/1)

exactly <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/25 @ 17:13] (0/0)

"mournful" and "bitter" <Kendig> [5/25 @ 15:48] (0/0)
could it be <nerdanel50> [5/25 @ 15:38] (0/0)
Melkor's thread <Kendig> [5/25 @ 15:37] (0/0)

Original ideas in Tolkien? <Gerontius> [5/25 @ 6:08] (8/18)

Welcome and <hatster> [5/27 @ 7:33] (1/1)

reponse... <Gerontius> [5/27 @ 13:50] (0/0)

Rather astonishing <Merryk> [5/26 @ 0:18] (1/3)

Immensely enjoyable <Gerontius> [5/26 @ 17:15] (1/2)

Well, that too! <Merryk> [5/26 @ 21:32] (1/1)

OT: If I can stop laughing <hatster> [5/27 @ 7:22] (0/0)

Good to see you over here, Gerontius! <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 22:46] (2/5)

Nothing to say but, Wow! (No Text) <Gerontius> [5/26 @ 17:16] (0/0)
Psst, NZ <IBo> [5/26 @ 5:47] (1/3)

That's interesting, IBo! <Kimi> [5/26 @ 17:51] (1/2)

For the 1/8: Hej, hej! <IBo> [5/27 @ 9:53] (1/1)

Hej - and thanks :-) <Kimi> [5/27 @ 16:53] (0/0)

Welcome! and... <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:32] (0/0)
Hobbits.... <Golfimbul> [5/25 @ 12:58] (0/0)
Correction <Nimrodel > [5/25 @ 10:44] (0/0)
There's more <Celebdil> [5/25 @ 9:39] (0/0)
Welcome! There is no drinking game in the Reading Room. I <Curious> [5/25 @ 8:51] (1/1)

psst, Curious... <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:26] (0/0)

Naming Names (Very Long) <Reverend> [5/24 @ 15:38] (6/7)

HoME XI and Hobbit Names <Ostadan> [5/26 @ 10:31] (0/0)
Thanks! That's very interesting. <Archer Elf> [5/25 @ 22:22] (0/0)
Thanks, I love these insights into <elfwing_angel> [5/25 @ 19:41] (0/0)
These HoME posts are fascinating <summertime> [5/25 @ 11:13] (1/1)

Try HoME X... <Reverend> [5/25 @ 21:25] (0/0)

Not that long and very interesting. Thanks! (No Text) <gullygilly> [5/24 @ 21:58] (0/0)
Wow.... stunningly fun! (No Text) <hatster> [5/24 @ 15:57] (0/0)

Merry and Pippin, their lives after the War of the Ring <babblecon> [5/24 @ 14:20] (8/44)

This is a fairy story <IBo> [5/25 @ 17:29] (1/1)

well, not really, but I think I have a good point re: Merry <babblecon> [5/27 @ 10:10] (0/0)

A couple of corrections <Kimi> [5/24 @ 20:57] (3/7)

Well-observed on Merry's son. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 16:39] (0/0)
Estella Bolger Brandybuck... <babblecon> [5/25 @ 2:50] (1/1)

But that web site author <Kimi> [5/25 @ 21:52] (0/0)

no Brandybuck heir.. <babblecon> [5/25 @ 1:35] (1/3)

It would be a serious error <Kimi> [5/25 @ 22:02] (1/2)

Please don't use spellcheck! I <Curious> [5/27 @ 12:07] (1/1)

Not this time! <Kimi> [5/27 @ 16:49] (0/0)

I have one other tiny question... <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 17:52] (2/4)

Sorting out the royals <erather> [5/24 @ 21:41] (1/1)

yes that's right <babblecon> [5/25 @ 1:22] (0/0)

whoops my bad...(laughs at self) <babblecon> [5/24 @ 19:11] (1/1)

Congratulations... <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 19:18] (0/0)

Anyone who has read Tolkien's letters or biography <Curious> [5/24 @ 17:41] (6/17)

Children and wedlock <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:50] (1/2)

Morgoth's Ring has a section on the <Curious> [5/25 @ 19:22] (1/1)

Thanks-- <notlost> [5/25 @ 22:44] (0/0)

I couldn't agree more... <Amneth> [5/25 @ 9:09] (0/0)
Thank you... I said the same thing <gullygilly> [5/24 @ 22:10] (1/1)

Anything worth saying once, is <Curious> [5/25 @ 8:53] (0/0)

thoughts on this, or when is a cigar just a cigar <drogo_drogo> [5/24 @ 19:38] (4/8)

This is not a pipe <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:47] (1/1)

In the minority, maybe, but not alone! (No Text) <nerdanel50> [5/25 @ 21:26] (0/0)

Anyone who is interested in this issue <galadhremmin> [5/24 @ 23:41] (1/1)

thanks for that ref. (No Text) <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:35] (0/0)

easing out on a limb <Merryk> [5/24 @ 22:01] (0/0)
to add to that... <Laitaine> [5/24 @ 21:05] (2/2)

Somewhere in his letters JRRT <nerdanel50> [5/24 @ 22:19] (0/0)
Very good point. <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 21:44] (0/0)

how right (No Text) <hatster> [5/24 @ 17:50] (0/0)
I agree.... <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 17:49] (0/0)

a few more notes on Merrys' writings, the Red Book, and Pippins' library at Undertowers <babblecon> [5/24 @ 16:57] (0/0)
Merrys' writings...concerning Pipe Weed <babblecon> [5/24 @ 16:37] (0/0)
yes, this has crossed my mind <Gh�n-buri-Gh�n> [5/24 @ 16:37] (0/0)
Is there really serious speculation... <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 16:01] (3/7)

Define "Serious"... <Ostadan> [5/26 @ 10:39] (0/0)
some people do, and some people don't <babblecon> [5/24 @ 16:16] (2/3)

about children... <jadeshadow> [5/25 @ 8:45] (0/0)
I hope that publication date was a typo (No Text) <hatster> [5/24 @ 18:15] (1/1)

it was... <babblecon> [5/24 @ 18:59] (0/0)

Aaaahhh, I see where the speculation <Frodo_for_President> [5/24 @ 16:09] (1/1)

too many to list.. <babblecon> [5/24 @ 16:17] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 14: Open floor <nerdanel50> [5/24 @ 11:34] (2/2)

Two more points of interest. <Curious> [5/25 @ 9:02] (0/0)
Fantastic work! Thank you so much <Kendig> [5/24 @ 12:25] (0/0)

Some thoughts on Tolkien's use of "The Wanderer" in the LotR <NZ Strider> [5/24 @ 4:23] (6/14)

Others abide our question. Thou art free <Acathalion> [5/25 @ 5:03] (1/2)

I wonder if Tolkien liked Matthew Arnold... <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 17:06] (1/1)

On transcience <Acathalion> [5/26 @ 13:31] (0/0)

Thanks for a terrific essay! (No Text) <erather> [5/25 @ 0:50] (0/0)
Several other works come to mind when I read <Curious> [5/24 @ 18:21] (1/1)

Nice! (No Text) <notlost> [5/25 @ 14:51] (0/0)

Wanderers all <notlost> [5/24 @ 12:27] (1/3)

Exile as an Icelandic influence . . . <Pukel-man> [5/25 @ 5:04] (2/2)

The stories of how the Noldor <NZ Strider> [5/25 @ 16:44] (0/0)
I want to believe... <notlost> [5/25 @ 11:52] (0/0)

great essay, and a little note on "weird" <drogo_drogo> [5/24 @ 8:37] (1/2)

God, fate, luck, and ....chance? <hatster> [5/24 @ 9:51] (1/1)

Luck... <notlost> [5/24 @ 12:14] (0/0)

Good to have you back! <Curious> [5/24 @ 8:28] (0/0)

The Wanderer <NZ Strider> [5/24 @ 4:22] (0/0)

a question for poetry lovers <hatster> [5/23 @ 19:56] (4/8)

epic poetry in his prose <drogo_drogo> [5/24 @ 7:56] (1/3)

Growth and development <notlost> [5/24 @ 12:08] (1/2)

Corbett! be still my heart :-) (No Text) <hatster> [5/24 @ 14:13] (1/1)

you know it! <notlost> [5/24 @ 17:17] (0/0)

Tolkien frequently writes "metrical" prose. <NZ Strider> [5/24 @ 4:49] (1/1)

Thanks so much!--Alliterative prose <hatster> [5/24 @ 8:23] (0/0)

No time for scanning, but... <notlost> [5/23 @ 20:58] (0/0)
Oh, yes. Some of what <Princess of Geekland> [5/23 @ 20:06] (0/0)

Passage of the Marshes 13: Me, myself and I <nerdanel50> [5/23 @ 13:02] (8/15)

A question... <Dame Ioreth > [5/25 @ 12:37] (1/2)

He likely knew of the phenomenon <nerdanel50> [5/25 @ 13:19] (1/1)

Thank you! That's really interesting! (No Text) <Dame Ioreth > [5/26 @ 10:56] (0/0)

Actually... <gullygilly> [5/23 @ 22:22] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/23 @ 21:09] (0/0)
multiplicity <notlost> [5/23 @ 19:50] (1/4)

OT: sick departments <hatster> [5/23 @ 20:08] (2/3)

If you haven't checked out the LotR PhD allegory <nerdanel50> [5/23 @ 23:54] (1/1)

I did... <notlost> [5/24 @ 12:33] (0/0)

Early treatment <notlost> [5/23 @ 21:16] (0/0)

The Great Divide <hatster> [5/23 @ 18:40] (1/1)

Not to worry , hatster, <nerdanel50> [5/24 @ 0:14] (0/0)

battle of wills <drogo_drogo> [5/23 @ 17:25] (0/0)
thoughts <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/23 @ 14:14] (0/0)
Thoughts. <Curious> [5/23 @ 13:31] (0/0)

The origional dream-verse <Reverend> [5/23 @ 12:46] (1/1)

It's letter 66. <Princess of Geekland> [5/23 @ 14:01] (0/0)

Invisible Elves. <Reverend> [5/23 @ 12:32] (5/5)

Invisibility in a different context <PhantomS> [5/25 @ 10:23] (0/0)
Shakespeare's muck <Acathalion> [5/24 @ 2:33] (0/0)
I have always believed magic does exist... <Nemain> [5/24 @ 0:20] (0/0)
something to meditate on... <summertime> [5/23 @ 19:54] (0/0)
It can't just be the blood. <Curious> [5/23 @ 12:50] (0/0)

Slightly OT: PBS Special on War Photographer <notlost> [5/23 @ 11:45] (1/1)

thanks! now if I can remember to turn it on (smacking head) (No Text) <hatster> [5/23 @ 17:51] (0/0)

Top 100 list <Scarfang> [5/23 @ 8:13] (2/2)

Some time ago we had a nice discussion <Curious> [5/23 @ 10:44] (0/0)
What would... <Oss�> [5/23 @ 9:12] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes--where am I?--12?: 7, revisited <nerdanel50> [5/23 @ 0:15] (6/10)

OK, not the Valar then, but <nerdanel50> [5/23 @ 12:41] (2/2)

This is interesting because... <Dame Ioreth > [5/25 @ 12:49] (0/0)
It still seems like a stretch. <Curious> [5/23 @ 13:09] (0/0)

I see the author here more than the Valar. <Pukel-man> [5/23 @ 11:21] (0/0)
I don't buy it. <Curious> [5/23 @ 10:49] (0/0)
Hmm� Interesting <Oss�> [5/23 @ 8:55] (0/0)
I still see the Marshes as the taint of Morgoth more than anything <drogo_drogo> [5/23 @ 8:12] (0/0)
hmmm <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/23 @ 0:23] (1/2)

dead marshes and ent wives <lucia> [5/23 @ 20:47] (1/1)

I think it's more . . . <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/24 @ 12:15] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 11: Better Living Through Chemistry <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 20:42] (6/7)

Industrial wastelands (somewhat OT) <erather> [5/23 @ 13:43] (0/0)
Thoughts <Morwen> [5/23 @ 9:26] (0/0)
Gollums in the bayou <drogo_drogo> [5/23 @ 7:48] (0/0)
I admit I was at a loss <Altaira> [5/23 @ 1:57] (0/0)
No wonder Sam feels sick <Kimi> [5/23 @ 0:23] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/22 @ 22:21] (1/1)

He-he <Merryk> [5/23 @ 0:14] (0/0)

My Bombadil essay: a work in progress. <Curious> [5/22 @ 18:11] (8/16)

Hmmm, in your last paragraph are you talking Tolkien views <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 1:04] (0/0)
Wow, Tolkien the prophet, huh? <irpacynot> [5/25 @ 19:57] (0/0)
Pacifism as a viable choice <Tar_Minastir> [5/24 @ 17:04] (2/2)

Excuse me, but I believe we can see <mallorn-ws> [5/27 @ 0:53] (0/0)
While I agree that my conclusion <Curious> [5/24 @ 18:08] (0/0)

Only a skim, but... <notlost> [5/24 @ 13:46] (0/0)
nice formula <drogo_drogo> [5/23 @ 8:34] (1/1)

Yes very good essay, if I wanted to disagee... <Golfimbul> [5/23 @ 17:16] (0/0)

Interesting. <Atlas> [5/23 @ 2:52] (2/4)

Perhaps I should <Curious> [5/23 @ 10:40] (0/0)
agreed to some extent <hatster> [5/23 @ 7:22] (1/2)

picaresque and heroic <drogo_drogo> [5/23 @ 8:50] (1/1)

Absolutely <notlost> [5/24 @ 13:50] (0/0)

OT - a rough echo of it <Linguilindale> [5/22 @ 20:32] (1/1)

It is not Elvish. Based on his poems I <Curious> [5/22 @ 20:40] (0/0)

and that we called the life of Men, the way of the world <Linguilindale> [5/22 @ 20:01] (0/0)

Favorite character in the sil? <Reddevil> [5/22 @ 16:04] (15/33)

Tie between Beren and Thingol and... <PhantomS> [5/25 @ 10:36] (0/0)
E�l <Omringaren> [5/24 @ 21:21] (0/0)
Beren, of course! <old_toby> [5/23 @ 16:56] (0/0)
Finrod <aragonvaar> [5/23 @ 9:08] (2/2)

Yeah, I'll kick in a vote for Finrod... <Reverend> [5/23 @ 12:53] (0/0)
Definitely the greatest friend to humans <Curious> [5/23 @ 12:31] (0/0)

Melian <Green Rider> [5/23 @ 5:44] (1/1)

Second. But don't make me choose. (No Text) <Princess of Geekland> [5/23 @ 14:03] (0/0)

Feanor <kodax> [5/23 @ 3:35] (0/0)
Hurin. <JTelcontar> [5/23 @ 3:23] (3/4)

More on Hurin <Durin III> [5/23 @ 23:26] (0/0)
Hurin for the... <Villordsutch> [5/23 @ 4:28] (0/0)
Almost forgot... <JTelcontar> [5/23 @ 3:36] (1/1)

Amen on Fingolfin... <aragonvaar> [5/23 @ 9:19] (0/0)

Finrod. <Kimi> [5/22 @ 23:29] (0/0)
Feanor and Morgoth <drogo_drogo> [5/22 @ 20:09] (0/0)
Maedhros and Turin <Glaurung the Magnificent> [5/22 @ 19:44] (1/1)

Turin just an overgrown Juvenile Delinquent w/ first-class fighting skills... <aragonvaar> [5/23 @ 9:15] (0/0)

Luthien. <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/22 @ 18:39] (1/2)

Nerdanel, of course. :-) <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 19:39] (1/1)

Want to see a pretty good fanfic version of Nerdanel? Check this guy out: <aragonvaar> [5/24 @ 10:54] (0/0)

*is thrilled that she can answer this now* Haleth and Turin <LOTR_nutcase> [5/22 @ 18:07] (0/0)
Beleg... <jadeshadow> [5/22 @ 17:56] (1/1)

Earendil and Elwing <Dame Ioreth > [5/25 @ 12:22] (0/0)

Definitely Turin. <Aragorn_Elessar> [5/22 @ 16:56] (0/0)
Turin. Have you read Unfinished Tales? <Curious> [5/22 @ 16:10] (3/7)

Ouch Turin? nooooo... <hatster> [5/22 @ 19:23] (2/3)

Besides killing a dragon? <Matthew/Ugluk> [5/23 @ 8:41] (1/1)

ok ok ..nothing like that ever happened in Hardy! (No Text) <hatster> [5/23 @ 20:29] (0/0)

Please read my little note above <Glaurung the Magnificent> [5/22 @ 19:48] (0/0)

Turin's my favorite too...so far <Walter> [5/22 @ 16:45] (0/0)
No but I'm counting on it <Reddevil> [5/22 @ 16:16] (1/1)

No, Turin. (No Text) <Curious> [5/22 @ 16:29] (0/0)

Notes from HoME #6 <Reverend> [5/22 @ 12:50] (1/5)

A request <Altaira> [5/22 @ 15:06] (1/4)

No problem... <Reverend> [5/22 @ 18:55] (1/3)

proper enough job for me! <hatster> [5/22 @ 19:14] (1/2)

I think I hold them more dear <Aerlinn> [5/23 @ 3:01] (1/1)

Same here... <aragonvaar> [5/23 @ 11:45] (0/0)

Beorn - Sometime ago...My paper <Villordsutch> [5/22 @ 5:35] (1/1)

Blue Wizard and the others may remember this (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/22 @ 11:24] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 10: Pronoun trouble <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 2:45] (11/20)

dark cloud <galadhremmin> [5/24 @ 17:03] (0/0)
Point of view <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/22 @ 19:01] (0/0)
my two cents... <wajeff> [5/22 @ 17:59] (0/0)
My thoughts. <Curious> [5/22 @ 12:22] (0/0)
Suppose it's not Sam <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 10:22] (1/3)

Not necessarily <Kendig> [5/22 @ 11:14] (1/2)

But an extreme version of that distancing <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 19:32] (1/1)

Yes, but.... <Kendig> [5/23 @ 16:12] (0/0)

A couple thoughts <lumpkin> [5/22 @ 10:09] (1/1)

That's an interesting <Merryk> [5/23 @ 0:09] (0/0)

Plentiful Potpourri of Profound Pronouns <notlost> [5/22 @ 9:35] (1/4)

Second person <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/22 @ 11:52] (1/3)

Sounds like an interesting book <notlost> [5/22 @ 16:03] (1/2)

That great insight was Kendig's (No Text) <nerdanel03> [5/22 @ 16:26] (1/1)

Sorry! Should have checked... <notlost> [5/22 @ 16:44] (0/0)

A few thoughts <Morwen> [5/22 @ 9:26] (0/0)
keeping an eye on... <hatster> [5/22 @ 7:32] (0/0)
thoughts <drogo_drogo> [5/22 @ 7:12] (0/0)
'Pronoun'ced empathy <gullygilly> [5/22 @ 5:17] (1/1)

great title! <notlost> [5/22 @ 9:22] (0/0)

Dune vs. LOTR <Orome85> [5/22 @ 0:14] (8/13)

Terms "sci -fi" vs SF <old_toby> [5/22 @ 15:08] (0/0)
dune's pretty great and shares... <old_toby> [5/22 @ 14:57] (0/0)
Dune shares the spiritual flavor of LotR. <Curious> [5/22 @ 11:58] (1/4)

actually it's "Stranger in a Strange Land"... <old_toby> [5/22 @ 15:03] (3/3)

and Heinlein is such a misogynist, <Tar_Minastir> [5/24 @ 17:25] (0/0)
Don't get me started on which <Princess of Geekland> [5/23 @ 17:03] (0/0)
It's the "unanimous" part <Curious> [5/22 @ 15:09] (0/0)

odd how often a topic will start popping up <Lothirienne> [5/22 @ 11:45] (0/0)
I read and loved Dune long ago but <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 10:36] (0/0)
apples and oranges, but I do like Dune <drogo_drogo> [5/22 @ 7:24] (0/0)
Books <kodax> [5/22 @ 1:24] (0/0)
I read and enjoyed <Princess of Geekland> [5/22 @ 0:51] (1/1)

Like PoG <IBo> [5/22 @ 9:51] (0/0)

Somewhat OT - military inspiration in LOTR <Rider Of The Rohirrim> [5/21 @ 22:09] (10/30)

I want to moped across Ireland <Temujin> [5/24 @ 12:38] (0/0)
As others have noted, Tolkien was bitter about his war <Curious> [5/22 @ 11:49] (0/0)
Star Wars inspired some <IBo> [5/22 @ 9:57] (0/0)
personal experience vs. ideals from the sagas <drogo_drogo> [5/22 @ 7:40] (0/0)
Military <kodax> [5/22 @ 5:05] (2/2)

Not In That Period <Olorin_TLA> [5/23 @ 6:41] (0/0)
Not if you're a mercenary. And I'm not entirely joking. (No Text) <Rider Of The Rohirrim> [5/22 @ 19:20] (0/0)

Tolkien and the Military <Atlas> [5/22 @ 2:22] (3/6)

Amongst the Uruk-hai <Firiel50> [5/23 @ 12:48] (0/0)
Tolkien also wrote... <Reverend> [5/22 @ 12:56] (1/1)

As other scholars did. <IBo> [5/22 @ 15:14] (0/0)

a matter of degree <hatster> [5/22 @ 6:55] (1/2)

I think it's more personal experience than that. <Nimrodel > [5/22 @ 9:39] (1/1)

a few small things <hatster> [5/22 @ 19:05] (0/0)

This is an issue I struggle with. <Cressida> [5/22 @ 0:00] (2/10)

No offense..... <JTelcontar> [5/22 @ 0:23] (1/3)

No offense taken. <Cressida> [5/22 @ 0:28] (2/2)

Therein lies the kicker <Altaira> [5/22 @ 2:09] (0/0)
P.S. ... <Cressida> [5/22 @ 1:33] (0/0)

I must admit <Orome85> [5/22 @ 0:09] (1/5)

They sang as they slew <hatster> [5/22 @ 0:27] (3/4)

Nicely put... <notlost> [5/22 @ 9:42] (0/0)
Purpose <JTelcontar> [5/22 @ 0:56] (1/1)

Beautiful. I Agree. (No Text) <Aidyl> [5/22 @ 15:31] (0/0)

Very nicely put, Hatster. <Cressida> [5/22 @ 0:30] (0/0)

If you can read <Merryk> [5/21 @ 23:58] (0/0)
It certainly makes you think.... <JTelcontar> [5/21 @ 23:49] (0/0)
I shouldn't think so simply because... <Orome85> [5/21 @ 22:53] (1/2)

Not to mention... <Nimrodel > [5/21 @ 23:15] (1/1)

Yes, and Kind of No <Olorin_TLA> [5/23 @ 7:00] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 8: What�s with the wind? <nerdanel50> [5/21 @ 18:13] (8/24)

It is an east wind from Mordor.� We know that <Curious> [5/22 @ 11:32] (2/8)

What would it mean if it *were* a north wind? <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 20:03] (1/5)

No, the wind was still from the east, <Curious> [5/22 @ 20:32] (2/4)

Are you testing us? <hatster> [5/22 @ 22:28] (1/2)

Addendum--Odes to the North Wind <hatster> [5/23 @ 0:10] (1/1)

Very nice!! <Curious> [5/23 @ 10:10] (0/0)

*waves white flag* (No Text) <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 20:44] (0/0)

The only problem with calling it an east <nerdanel03> [5/22 @ 15:00] (1/1)

It is never called a "shift" <Curious> [5/22 @ 15:13] (0/0)

Weather seems to be like a ball <erather> [5/21 @ 22:37] (2/6)

The code is easy to break. <Curious> [5/22 @ 12:38] (3/4)

And the North Wind heralds victory <hatster> [5/22 @ 23:08] (0/0)
I should add that the wind always dies <Curious> [5/22 @ 15:17] (0/0)
That's why I find this wind change puzzling. (No Text) <nerdanel03> [5/22 @ 15:01] (1/1)

See above. (No Text) <Curious> [5/22 @ 15:14] (0/0)

Good sports simile <Merryk> [5/21 @ 23:50] (0/0)

a hostile pneuma? <gullygilly> [5/21 @ 21:00] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/21 @ 20:58] (0/0)
an ill wind or something .... <hatster> [5/21 @ 20:02] (1/2)

Chronology <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 0:01] (1/1)

odd it seems to me that <hatster> [5/22 @ 0:38] (0/0)

stabs at snswers <drogo_drogo> [5/21 @ 19:41] (0/0)
thoughts <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/21 @ 19:18] (0/0)
My two-penneth <Thorondun > [5/21 @ 18:57] (0/0)

musings on Aragorn and Faramir <Lothirienne> [5/21 @ 17:33] (5/22)

Faramir is not Aragorn's equal. <Curious> [5/22 @ 11:02] (4/9)

Thanks for your comments Curious <Lothirienne> [5/22 @ 19:07] (1/1)

Oh absolutely. <Curious> [5/22 @ 20:34] (0/0)

Well done, Curious (No Text) <notlost> [5/22 @ 16:23] (0/0)
There's more than one type of equality... <Cressida> [5/22 @ 14:33] (1/4)

Hereditary kingdoms are hierarchical by nature. <Curious> [5/22 @ 15:54] (2/3)

If I were to quibble, <notlost> [5/22 @ 16:43] (1/1)

I'm not saying I buy it, <Curious> [5/22 @ 18:20] (0/0)

Noted. <Cressida> [5/22 @ 16:30] (0/0)

Excellent! <Loressar Erchamion> [5/22 @ 13:49] (0/0)

Yes, they are like mirror images. <Cressida> [5/22 @ 0:14] (3/5)

intersting quote <Lothirienne> [5/22 @ 17:39] (0/0)
Elvish blood? <PhantomS> [5/22 @ 7:17] (1/2)

Aragorn has Elvish blood. <Nimrodel > [5/22 @ 9:45] (1/1)

not simply Mortal <PhantomS> [5/25 @ 10:51] (0/0)

Isn't Faramir <Merryk> [5/22 @ 0:30] (0/0)

Aragorn lost his father <erather> [5/21 @ 18:39] (0/0)
I don't think.... <Thorongil2931> [5/21 @ 18:32] (0/0)
I am asking one more question... <Farawyn> [5/21 @ 17:55] (2/3)

I agree with this reading... <Cressida> [5/22 @ 1:30] (0/0)
replies to the three posts above <PhantomS> [5/21 @ 20:33] (1/1)

Nicely done <notlost> [5/22 @ 16:49] (0/0)

Notes from HoME #5 <Reverend> [5/21 @ 14:57] (7/8)

perhaps... <PhantomS> [5/21 @ 20:39] (0/0)
Dwarves have a thing for shiny stones! <drogo_drogo> [5/21 @ 19:00] (0/0)
hey, give us time... <hatster> [5/21 @ 18:38] (0/0)
What happened to #2? <Altaira> [5/21 @ 18:38] (1/1)

Excuse me. <Reverend> [5/22 @ 12:59] (0/0)

Thoughts on HoME <Durin III> [5/21 @ 17:37] (0/0)
HoME and some of the other books <IBo> [5/21 @ 16:47] (0/0)
I gave up on HoME when I realized <Curious> [5/21 @ 15:08] (0/0)

Balrog size. <Djurgarden> [5/21 @ 14:13] (2/5)

In my opinion... <Oss�> [5/21 @ 14:49] (1/1)

Nice E of A cite! <Curious> [5/21 @ 15:02] (0/0)

My case for 13 feet (not counting shadowy wings). <Curious> [5/21 @ 14:38] (2/2)

Ah and the fact that the "wings"... <Golfimbul> [5/21 @ 14:59] (0/0)
Plus, how could a thirty-meter giant move around in Moria? <Curious> [5/21 @ 14:39] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 8:� Blinded with science <nerdanel50> [5/21 @ 12:22] (10/22)

Very interesting! <Trixie Hobbit> [5/22 @ 10:31] (1/2)

You never heard of Billy Dawson? <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/22 @ 20:05] (1/1)

Well, now I have! <Trixie Hobbit> [5/22 @ 21:21] (0/0)

Wow... <gullygilly> [5/21 @ 21:34] (0/0)
There was also an interesting article <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/21 @ 19:09] (1/2)

Oh, and for Curious---- <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/21 @ 19:20] (1/1)

Modern turnip-lanterns: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/22 @ 10:16] (0/0)

bog bodies <drogo_drogo> [5/21 @ 18:51] (0/0)
Fascinating information -- thanks for all that! (No Text) <NZ Strider> [5/21 @ 16:04] (1/2)

Psst! NZ Strider... <Oss�> [5/21 @ 17:50] (1/1)

Thanks for the links! I'm <NZ Strider> [5/21 @ 18:36] (0/0)

Links to cut and paste <nerdanel50> [5/21 @ 15:01] (0/0)
Tolkien seems to be an includer.... <Golfimbul> [5/21 @ 14:53] (1/1)

I agree, plus <Altaira> [5/21 @ 16:19] (0/0)

Strange. Here's the links then... <Oss�> [5/21 @ 13:53] (1/3)

Those worked! About Jack-O'lantern: <Curious> [5/21 @ 14:58] (2/2)

I found one story <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/22 @ 20:28] (0/0)
I don't... <Oss�> [5/21 @ 15:41] (0/0)

I think a well done is in order! :) <Oss�> [5/21 @ 12:48] (1/2)

That didn't work for me either. <Curious> [5/21 @ 12:56] (1/1)

Try cutting and pasting these... <Kathira> [5/21 @ 13:49] (0/0)

Sorry, none of the links work for me. <Curious> [5/21 @ 12:41] (0/0)

Gandalfs Smoke Rings <Villordsutch> [5/21 @ 11:00] (2/7)

this is from the movie, right? (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/21 @ 11:37] (2/4)

No, it's... <Oss�> [5/21 @ 12:02] (2/2)

I have no doubt that in <Curious> [5/21 @ 12:36] (0/0)
thanks, have to check that out (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/21 @ 12:29] (0/0)

Nope. Unfinished Tales. (No Text) <Curious> [5/21 @ 11:58] (0/0)

Remember something stopped Gandalf <Curious> [5/21 @ 11:09] (1/1)

BIG THANKS (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/22 @ 5:31] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 7: Something in the water? <nerdanel50> [5/21 @ 2:49] (8/11)

Most consistant? <Merryk> [5/21 @ 22:39] (0/0)
What a creepy place <Morwen> [5/21 @ 22:31] (1/1)

I like your idea <nerdanel50> [5/22 @ 0:07] (0/0)

My UUT... Well, I may as well get in on this! ;-) <NZ Strider> [5/21 @ 16:47] (1/1)

Thanks for pointing out the Icelandic parallels (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/21 @ 18:44] (0/0)

my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/21 @ 16:03] (0/0)
A remnant of the spirits of the dead remain, <Curious> [5/21 @ 10:49] (0/0)
haven't a clue <hatster> [5/21 @ 7:39] (1/1)

I am fascinated by the WWI reference... <Kathira> [5/21 @ 10:18] (0/0)

spirits assuming the forms of corpses <drogo_drogo> [5/21 @ 7:37] (0/0)
N(early) UT time? :) <Oss�> [5/21 @ 7:09] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 6: Stuck in the Mud <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 14:38] (9/12)

A seductive comparison! <Kimi> [5/22 @ 1:00] (0/0)
Brief, belated thought <Morwen> [5/21 @ 23:01] (0/0)
we were comparing the trips below, but here <hatster> [5/20 @ 23:31] (1/1)

well, if I knew what my argument was <nerdanel50> [5/21 @ 0:01] (0/0)

Never thought of it before ... <Lothirienne> [5/20 @ 23:30] (0/0)
my ruminations... <wajeff> [5/20 @ 20:15] (0/0)
dirty water <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 18:04] (1/1)

And then some! <Altaira> [5/21 @ 0:40] (0/0)

Not much to say but... <Thorondun > [5/20 @ 16:21] (0/0)
It was in these very marshes <Curious> [5/20 @ 16:20] (0/0)
Gollum and Strider.... <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 15:16] (1/1)

But Strider cleans up real nice! (No Text) <Kathira> [5/20 @ 18:12] (0/0)

Fantasy influences on Tolkien... <Kathira> [5/20 @ 14:33] (8/14)

Tolkien definitely knew <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 15:54] (3/5)

Similarities between Frodo/Sam and Wimsey/Bunter <Lothirienne> [5/22 @ 11:51] (1/1)

also, see drogodrogo's comments <Lothirienne> [5/22 @ 12:01] (0/0)

Wrong. He only hated her fiction... <aragonvaar> [5/21 @ 23:13] (1/1)

Cool. I only knew the one <Princess of Geekland> [5/22 @ 0:53] (0/0)

Gotta agree with Tolkien on the Wimsey stuff. Yuk. (No Text) <Kathira> [5/21 @ 16:04] (0/0)

William Morris (No Text) <Ostadan> [5/21 @ 12:36] (0/0)
"Nobody could influence Tolkien... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/21 @ 11:05] (0/0)
Conan <Temujin> [5/21 @ 9:22] (1/1)

Do you think so? I wouldn't have thought... <Kathira> [5/21 @ 10:01] (0/0)

I suggest.... <MrCere> [5/20 @ 20:10] (0/0)
G.K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:53] (0/0)
Some ideas... <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/20 @ 15:31] (0/0)
Congrats.... <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 14:57] (0/0)

sam, merry, pippin and frodo. <Amatire> [5/20 @ 13:11] (5/27)

They are closer... <gullygilly> [5/21 @ 16:35] (1/1)

Thank you for this <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:39] (0/0)

Sam loved Frodo <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 15:23] (0/0)
By the end Sam is much more than a servant. <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:12] (1/6)

what a beautiful quote <Amatire> [5/20 @ 16:41] (2/5)

Love this thread. I always assumed <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 15:58] (1/1)

Sam was not invited to Frodo's last party <Curious> [5/21 @ 16:41] (0/0)

I am sure Frodo notices Pippin's growth, <Curious> [5/20 @ 17:12] (1/2)

And, if he didn't <Altaira> [5/21 @ 0:55] (1/1)

Nice point! (No Text) <Curious> [5/21 @ 11:12] (0/0)

I think the key here... <Nimrodel > [5/20 @ 14:19] (2/7)

Nimrodel is onto something...long before they even left the shire <hatster> [5/20 @ 21:55] (1/2)

So, true, hatster, thank you. <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:04] (1/1)

indeed, why choose an heir at all <hatster> [5/21 @ 18:32] (0/0)

very true, though war overcomes social barriers <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 18:27] (3/3)

Tolkien must have felt like an outsider <Curious> [5/21 @ 10:10] (0/0)
Well said! <Altaira> [5/21 @ 0:49] (0/0)
oops, aristocratic hobbits <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 18:31] (0/0)

Sam and Merry <Aidyl> [5/20 @ 13:52] (1/8)

P.S. Awesome footnotes, Amatire! (No Text) <Aidyl> [5/20 @ 13:57] (1/7)

thanks! I just added <Amatire> [5/20 @ 14:02] (1/6)

Merry as a cousin <PhantomS> [5/20 @ 14:33] (1/5)

What a beautiful summary. <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:11] (2/4)

Buckland is more vulnerable <Curious> [5/22 @ 12:52] (1/1)

I never thought about the <Princess of Geekland> [5/23 @ 8:45] (0/0)

Pippin, our Son. <PhantomS> [5/21 @ 20:51] (1/1)

All true. I guess I was focusing <Princess of Geekland> [5/22 @ 0:55] (0/0)

Notes from HoME #4 <Reverend> [5/20 @ 12:29] (0/0)

Notes from HoME #3 <Reverend> [5/20 @ 11:59] (3/9)

Would Tolkien have been aware of Jung? <Kathira> [5/20 @ 14:15] (3/6)

Not only... <Reverend> [5/20 @ 17:32] (2/2)

agreed..a different typology <hatster> [5/21 @ 7:54] (0/0)
So Burroughs, over Wells... <Kathira> [5/20 @ 17:54] (0/0)

Tolkien would not have approved of Jung. <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:41] (1/1)

I get the impression from <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:20] (0/0)

I think so, <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 15:00] (0/0)

hesse <rangers rule> [5/20 @ 13:25] (0/0)
There is also the letter in which <Curious> [5/20 @ 12:05] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 5: Beyond hope? <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 10:49] (8/16)

Harthad Uluithiad and Bronwe Athan Harthad <hatster> [5/20 @ 18:12] (0/0)
Continuing without hope... <Kathira> [5/20 @ 18:05] (0/0)
Note that Frodo calls Sam his "dearest friend." <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:15] (1/2)

Great observation.... <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 15:26] (1/1)

Right about Sam's feelings... <erather> [5/20 @ 17:12] (0/0)

Food, friends and finality <Kendig> [5/20 @ 14:19] (1/1)

Talk (of hope) is cheap <Merryk> [5/20 @ 14:55] (0/0)

"big picture" versus the practical details <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 12:37] (1/1)

I agree... <gullygilly> [5/20 @ 16:14] (0/0)

Frodo does not seek death, but neither. <Curious> [5/20 @ 11:48] (2/4)

martyrdom <Kendig> [5/20 @ 15:15] (0/0)
One more note. Upon leaving Faramir <Curious> [5/20 @ 11:56] (1/2)

How long could a hobbit go without food... <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 15:05] (1/1)

A hobbit in good shape could... <Kathira> [5/21 @ 15:36] (0/0)

good questions!! <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/20 @ 11:37] (0/0)
I don't know but.... <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 11:20] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 4: Just because you�re paranoid doesn�t mean they aren�t out to get you. <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 0:26] (11/14)

Sleeping with the enemy <JewelTook> [5/20 @ 12:09] (0/0)
Appearance <Darkstone> [5/20 @ 11:33] (0/0)
I would just add that by the Anduin <Curious> [5/20 @ 11:15] (0/0)
Gandalf's words at the Council <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 10:45] (0/0)
I'd say justifiable suspion instead of paranoia <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 7:08] (0/0)
nice juicy meat <hatster> [5/20 @ 7:04] (0/0)
Sam and paranoia <gullygilly> [5/20 @ 5:36] (0/0)
On the whole your pretty close to the mark <Thorondun > [5/20 @ 5:21] (2/3)

Sam's blinkered view <Merryk> [5/20 @ 8:43] (0/0)
Do you really think <hatster> [5/20 @ 6:37] (1/1)

He's allergic to elves <Thorondun > [5/20 @ 6:44] (0/0)

my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/20 @ 2:17] (0/0)
First hand experience <Merryk> [5/20 @ 1:18] (0/0)
Sam might be remembering <Kimi> [5/20 @ 1:00] (0/0)

2nd Prophecy of Mandos <Sharkey's_end> [5/19 @ 19:36] (2/27)

There is a reason the Second Prophecy was *not* in The Silmarillion <Curious> [5/20 @ 10:57] (2/3)

You are right, of course, but <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:25] (1/1)

It does shed light on Feanor and Turin <Curious> [5/22 @ 10:06] (0/0)

Amen (No Text) <Reverend> [5/20 @ 12:35] (0/0)

May be a good time to repost this: Tolkien's Eschatology <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 19:50] (12/22)

*clapping* Thank you so much. <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:19] (0/0)
You really should throw in .... <Reverend> [5/20 @ 12:42] (2/6)

OOOh, I have yet to read <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:29] (0/0)
I will. This is still <NZ Strider> [5/20 @ 22:53] (2/4)

They *can* be reconciled, but <Curious> [5/21 @ 10:57] (1/1)

Which I agree is an absolute killjoy. (No Text) <Reverend> [5/21 @ 15:03] (0/0)

Not to mention <Altaira> [5/21 @ 1:58] (1/1)

I agree! <Acathalion> [5/21 @ 14:28] (0/0)

That's great! Thanks! (No Text) <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 23:23] (0/0)
That goes in the reference file <lumpkin> [5/19 @ 22:20] (1/1)

Absolutly! Thanks NZ! (No Text) <IBo> [5/20 @ 1:59] (0/0)

great compilation and reconstruction! (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 22:09] (0/0)
You know, I wish... <Nimrodel > [5/19 @ 22:05] (1/1)

Nim, you have made me have <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:22] (0/0)

Awesome, NZ! <Altaira> [5/19 @ 21:50] (1/1)

me, three. (No Text) <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 16:30] (0/0)

Dagor Dagorath <kodax> [5/19 @ 21:45] (0/0)
How wonderful! Thanks! (No Text) <hatster> [5/19 @ 20:52] (0/0)
Wow... <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 20:51] (1/1)

I'll join!!! (No Text) <hatster> [5/19 @ 20:52] (0/0)

Thanks <Sharkey's_end> [5/19 @ 20:02] (0/0)
Oh, and add <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 19:57] (0/0)

Notes from HoME <Reverend> [5/19 @ 18:00] (3/5)

Like much of HoME, it raises more questions <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:01] (0/0)
Tolkien's changes and Elven politics <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 18:49] (1/1)

Perhaps... <PhantomS> [5/20 @ 14:37] (0/0)

I thought.... <JTelcontar> [5/19 @ 18:32] (1/1)

See link for a good essay on the first Elves (No Text - Link Inside) <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 18:52] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 3: Grubs again, grumble grumble. <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 10:55] (10/44)

and more thoughts... <wajeff> [5/19 @ 23:55] (0/0)
Poor Smeagol. <Kimi> [5/19 @ 22:22] (1/3)

In the rope burn thread <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 0:21] (1/2)

certainly there is a memory of <hatster> [5/20 @ 7:11] (1/1)

the ring's transformation of Gollum <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 7:19] (0/0)

No meat on his bones <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 20:35] (0/0)
Gollum, like Bilbo, does NOT age until the Ring is unmade. <Curious> [5/19 @ 15:06] (2/25)

I disagree <Altaira> [5/19 @ 16:21] (1/19)

IMHO, this is Tolkien being coy. <Curious> [5/19 @ 16:37] (2/18)

I'm shocked! so you are saying that <hatster> [5/19 @ 23:45] (1/1)

No. There is no intent to deceive. <Curious> [5/20 @ 11:59] (0/0)

If he wanted to be coy <Altaira> [5/19 @ 17:14] (1/15)

I hesitate to weigh in to such a discussion <Ufthak> [5/19 @ 17:21] (2/14)

That was Bilbo speaking, <Curious> [5/19 @ 17:29] (1/2)

That's what I'm saying too! <Ufthak> [5/20 @ 15:14] (1/1)

I don't get you. <Curious> [5/20 @ 15:56] (0/0)

But <Altaira> [5/19 @ 17:27] (1/10)

Bilbo is not Tolkien. <Curious> [5/19 @ 17:32] (1/9)

Well <Altaira> [5/19 @ 17:45] (1/8)

Alright, ladies and gents, break it up! <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 18:28] (2/7)

But, Gandalf is not Tolkien <Altaira> [5/19 @ 19:30] (0/0)
That's not proof... <Oss�> [5/19 @ 18:56] (1/5)

Well said, Osse <Altaira> [5/19 @ 19:35] (2/4)

Wonderful!! <Curious> [5/20 @ 10:35] (0/0)
hesitating to jump in, but... <drogo_drogo> [5/20 @ 7:38] (2/2)

I <Altaira> [5/20 @ 12:42] (0/0)
Do we... <Oss�> [5/20 @ 10:56] (0/0)

immortal until the ring is unmade? <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/19 @ 15:44] (1/4)

Frodo yes, Sam doubtful.� But <Curious> [5/19 @ 15:57] (1/3)

Respectfully, your honor, I disagree <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 18:25] (1/2)

Interesting UUT! But <Curious> [5/20 @ 10:25] (1/1)

Possibly Gandalf was behind in his reading <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 10:53] (0/0)

Interesting point... <Black numenorian> [5/19 @ 14:34] (0/0)
*gollum* <Skyre> [5/19 @ 14:28] (0/0)
Yummy, yummy! <Kendig> [5/19 @ 14:23] (0/0)
On immortality and bugs <Altaira> [5/19 @ 14:16] (1/6)

Then what did Tolkien mean in his letter <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 14:47] (1/5)

I believe he meant <Altaira> [5/19 @ 16:38] (1/4)

The Nazgul were <Curious> [5/19 @ 16:57] (1/3)

I agree <Altaira> [5/19 @ 17:22] (1/2)

Sashimi, <Curious> [5/19 @ 17:35] (1/1)

That too (No Text) <Altaira> [5/19 @ 19:36] (0/0)

psychosomatic reaction or the ring has changed his body <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 12:58] (0/0)
Hmm... <Oss�> [5/19 @ 12:46] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 2: Music hath charms <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 10:01] (11/19)

my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/19 @ 23:48] (0/0)
Gollums song (with parenthetical statement) <hatster> [5/19 @ 23:40] (4/6)

You have convinced me. <Curious> [5/20 @ 10:22] (1/1)

I agree <hatster> [5/20 @ 11:17] (0/0)

Oh, Excellent! <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 0:07] (0/0)
Hmm, looked at that way <Kimi> [5/19 @ 23:56] (1/1)

yup about the fish thing <hatster> [5/19 @ 23:58] (0/0)

Wow (No Text) <Merryk> [5/19 @ 23:50] (0/0)

The riddle <Arod the Swift> [5/19 @ 23:20] (0/0)
Gollum's song <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 16:29] (0/0)
The song <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/19 @ 15:07] (0/0)
Orcs certainly sing. <Curious> [5/19 @ 14:46] (0/0)
nostalgia mixed in with hatred of Bagginses (and singing orcs) <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 12:48] (2/2)

Re: the Gollum side <Altaira> [5/19 @ 14:23] (0/0)
Musically disinclined, I'd say. <JewelTook> [5/19 @ 13:55] (0/0)

Can I say how nice it was... <Kathira> [5/19 @ 12:37] (0/0)
gollum <spencer> [5/19 @ 12:36] (0/0)
confusion <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/19 @ 11:25] (0/0)
MTV, here we come! <Matthew/Ugluk> [5/19 @ 10:51] (0/0)

HoME - Any order <Villordsutch> [5/19 @ 3:32] (2/10)

Green Books! <Ostadan> [5/19 @ 14:04] (1/1)

Say not so, Oh, Ostadan. <Princess of Geekland> [5/21 @ 17:40] (0/0)

hope this helps.... <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 7:40] (2/7)

My plan is <Villordsutch> [5/19 @ 7:55] (2/5)

sounds good, and on Pratchett... <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 13:02] (1/2)

May I recommend <Villordsutch> [5/19 @ 17:24] (1/1)

thanks, I'll have to read those (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 18:39] (0/0)

OT: "Wasp factory" <IBo> [5/19 @ 9:31] (1/1)

It was an... <Villordsutch> [5/19 @ 10:01] (0/0)

It has...BIG THANX (No Text) <Villordsutch> [5/19 @ 7:50] (0/0)

Gandalf in the white rider chapter <patric44> [5/19 @ 3:28] (1/1)

oh,but he could <PhantomS> [5/19 @ 8:27] (0/0)

Fate and Prophesy <kodax> [5/19 @ 1:04] (7/10)

I don't believe that Gollum <Eowyn of Penns Woods> [5/19 @ 17:09] (0/0)
About oaths, curses, and prophecies. <Curious> [5/19 @ 14:32] (0/0)
This is an old conundrum. <Curious> [5/19 @ 14:24] (0/0)
"My Heart Tells Me" <Ostadan> [5/19 @ 14:12] (0/0)
Mandos <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/19 @ 10:54] (0/0)
Eru= God. <PhantomS> [5/19 @ 8:36] (1/2)

On the prophecy "no living man": <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 15:23] (1/1)

That's what I meant <PhantomS> [5/20 @ 14:04] (0/0)

Some thoughts... <infidel> [5/19 @ 4:00] (1/1)

I believe prophesies and curses are vital ingredients in fairy tales. <IBo> [5/19 @ 17:38] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes 1: Sm�agol the Boy Scout Patrol Leader <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 0:24] (10/18)

Some thoughts... <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 15:12] (2/5)

The Smeagol side <Altaira> [5/19 @ 17:40] (0/0)
who are you calling stagnant and reeking? <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/19 @ 15:49] (1/3)

I really doubt <Curious> [5/19 @ 16:51] (1/2)

Again, however vile the Marshes <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 18:01] (1/1)

Come on in, the water's fine <One of the Knights of Dol Amroth> [5/20 @ 15:19] (0/0)

Is Smeagol being deceived by Gollum? <Curious> [5/19 @ 14:10] (0/0)
poor Gollum <Doorwarden of Theoden> [5/19 @ 10:48] (0/0)
500 years alone? <Oss�> [5/19 @ 10:46] (0/0)
Gollum as team leader. <Morwen> [5/19 @ 9:15] (0/0)
cheery as a funeral <hatster> [5/19 @ 7:43] (1/2)

well, technically <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 9:56] (1/1)

so right..that's what I get for working form memory <hatster> [5/19 @ 19:35] (0/0)

hatching plots and follow the leader <drogo_drogo> [5/19 @ 7:18] (1/1)

oh how true! <hatster> [5/19 @ 7:49] (0/0)

Hmmm... <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 4:39] (0/0)
some thoughts... <wajeff> [5/19 @ 2:10] (0/0)
Pitifully lonely <Merryk> [5/19 @ 1:07] (0/0)

How is Sauron deffeted if he is a MAIA <Downtown> [5/18 @ 21:25] (6/9)

The elves too were immortal, but in their case not indestructible. (No Text) <irpacynot> [5/19 @ 18:48] (0/0)
He never is destroyed <Reddevil> [5/19 @ 8:33] (1/1)

Right. The spirit of a Maia is <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 14:49] (0/0)

Immortality? Or angelic? <PhantomS> [5/19 @ 7:36] (0/0)
Immortals can be killed.... <infidel> [5/19 @ 4:08] (0/0)
Immortal - Not invincible. <kodax> [5/19 @ 0:46] (0/0)
Defetted? ;-) <Nimrodel > [5/18 @ 22:12] (1/2)

"Defetted": we didn't give him a party after all. (No Text) <erather> [5/19 @ 1:08] (1/1)

ROFL!! (No Text) <Ataahua> [5/19 @ 3:05] (0/0)

The Taming of Smeagol: Concluding Remarks <Nimfalma Took> [5/18 @ 18:43] (13/14)

thanks (No Text) <Golfimbul> [5/20 @ 3:00] (0/0)
Thanks, Nimfalma! Sorry <NZ Strider> [5/19 @ 14:37] (0/0)
I loved your approach to leading <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:48] (1/1)

Thank you, Curious! <Nimfalma Took> [5/20 @ 0:39] (0/0)

Great week, Nimfalma! Thanks. (No Text) <Morwen> [5/19 @ 9:26] (0/0)
thanks for the good read! (No Text) <hatster> [5/19 @ 6:37] (0/0)
Thanks, Nimfalma! (No Text) <Oss�> [5/19 @ 5:08] (0/0)
Great job! Thanks! (No Text) <Acathalion> [5/19 @ 0:20] (0/0)
I really enjoyed the week (No Text) <Merryk> [5/18 @ 23:51] (0/0)
Thank you, Nimfalma! (No Text) <Kimi> [5/18 @ 22:43] (0/0)
Thanks again, Nimfalma! (No Text) <Altaira> [5/18 @ 20:32] (0/0)
Thanks... great week ! (No Text) <gullygilly> [5/18 @ 20:14] (0/0)
thanks so much! (No Text) <wajeff> [5/18 @ 19:44] (0/0)
Great work Nifalma, Thanks! (No Text) <nerdanel50> [5/18 @ 19:41] (0/0)

Taming of Smeagol 11 <Nimfalma Took> [5/18 @ 18:33] (4/11)

Tolkien says Sam should have trusted Smeagol: (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:41] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/18 @ 19:43] (0/0)
So you have a multiple personality disorder? <gullygilly> [5/18 @ 19:22] (2/7)

I wonder how much <Merryk> [5/18 @ 23:47] (0/0)
Dissociative Identity Disorder <nerdanel50> [5/18 @ 19:39] (1/5)

Lotho had a mother too! <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:38] (2/4)

Why is it... <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 16:02] (1/1)

I wouldn't generalize <Curious> [5/19 @ 16:23] (0/0)

Indeed he did. <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 13:54] (1/1)

Amroth was, in one version <Curious> [5/19 @ 15:10] (0/0)

realism/idealism and Stinker/Slinker <drogo_drogo> [5/18 @ 19:02] (0/0)

The Passage of the Marshes: Introduction <nerdanel50> [5/18 @ 18:30] (1/13)

I love these chapters <Altaira> [5/18 @ 20:56] (4/12)

I love this chapter, too! <nerdanel50> [5/19 @ 14:59] (1/1)

I can tell <Altaira> [5/19 @ 16:50] (0/0)

Note my Arena challenge. <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:27] (1/3)

LOL! <Altaira> [5/19 @ 14:34] (1/2)

Mine changes from reading to reading <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/19 @ 14:49] (1/1)

Good point! <Altaira> [5/19 @ 16:48] (0/0)

These have always been <gullygilly> [5/19 @ 5:53] (1/1)

I'm rereading <Trixie Hobbit> [5/20 @ 11:31] (0/0)

It is all important... <Amneth> [5/19 @ 3:07] (1/3)

Of course it is <Altaira> [5/19 @ 12:55] (1/2)

My apologies... <Amneth> [5/20 @ 7:58] (1/1)

No apology necessary :-) (No Text) <Altaira> [5/20 @ 20:00] (0/0)

Whoop, whoop! Got my copy of "The People's Guide" <Aunt Dora Baggins> [5/18 @ 9:12] (3/3)

It sounds great <Altaira> [5/19 @ 12:58] (0/0)
I bought my copy... <Flower of Telperion> [5/19 @ 8:30] (0/0)
mine came yesterday! <Lothirienne> [5/18 @ 11:44] (0/0)

swashbuckling height questions <PhantomS> [5/18 @ 8:33] (8/17)

Training and experience <Atlas> [5/21 @ 2:47] (0/0)
The old elves are sometimes said to... <Reverend> [5/19 @ 17:40] (1/1)

Pint-sized elves of today? Like the... <Kathira> [5/19 @ 21:26] (0/0)

My thoughts. <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:07] (0/0)
Maybe Orcrist <nerdanel50> [5/18 @ 16:24] (1/1)

Maybe Orcrist was the long knife <Princess of Geekland> [5/19 @ 14:34] (0/0)

Height <kodax> [5/18 @ 15:13] (0/0)
I'm not a sword expert, but... <Kathira> [5/18 @ 13:01] (1/2)

Swords <Crystal> [5/18 @ 16:07] (1/1)

Well, most swords weren't THAT big <Matthew/Ugluk> [5/19 @ 10:31] (0/0)

this is just a guess but... <Skyre> [5/18 @ 12:20] (0/0)
Here goes <Ufthak> [5/18 @ 11:23] (1/5)

Aragorn is TALL <PhantomS> [5/19 @ 7:41] (1/4)

So Aragorn is like 6'4"? Taller? <Kathira> [5/19 @ 9:25] (1/3)

ah, but Numenorean standards... <PhantomS> [5/19 @ 14:38] (1/2)

OK, that IS tall. NBA first round draft pick tall. <Kathira> [5/19 @ 16:03] (1/1)

Tall men and Great Men <PhantomS> [5/20 @ 14:13] (0/0)

Taming of Smeagol 10 <Nimfalma Took> [5/17 @ 16:07] (8/15)

I have already commented <Curious> [5/19 @ 12:44] (0/0)
I, Smeagol <Altaira> [5/18 @ 13:54] (1/1)

great point on the pronoun shift to "I" <drogo_drogo> [5/18 @ 16:13] (0/0)

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, my precious..." <drogo_drogo> [5/18 @ 11:44] (2/3)

That is EXACTLY the alternate ending <Curious> [5/19 @ 12:37] (1/1)

Sorry, Letter 246, not 247. (No Text - Link Inside) <Curious> [5/19 @ 13:44] (0/0)

Master /Servant vs. Master/ Slave <hatster> [5/18 @ 12:40] (0/0)

Middle Earth mind melds--mindful Masters <hatster> [5/18 @ 7:48] (0/0)
I love Tolkien's use of perspective, <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/18 @ 1:20] (1/2)

What *does* Sam understand? <Merryk> [5/18 @ 23:25] (1/1)

I think your on it <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/19 @ 10:40] (0/0)

more thoughts... <Skyre> [5/17 @ 22:10] (0/0)
more thoughts... <wajeff> [5/17 @ 17:51] (0/0)
Sams perspective <spencer> [5/17 @ 16:20] (1/1)

If we assume that <gullygilly> [5/17 @ 21:26] (0/0)

The Public Library of Fairfield, IA... <Reverend> [5/17 @ 15:22] (6/8)

So Ollie has phones? <Curious> [5/20 @ 10:08] (0/0)
Glad to see we won't have <Princess of Geekland> [5/19 @ 0:41] (0/0)
What are you doing in Iowa??? <summertime> [5/18 @ 16:52] (1/1)

Homogeneity? <Reverend> [5/19 @ 17:32] (0/0)

hope you keep your feet on the ground! <hatster> [5/18 @ 0:20] (0/0)
Good luck! <spencer> [5/17 @ 16:00] (1/1)

Sindar-in (No Text) <Reverend> [5/19 @ 17:26] (0/0)

More Indian restaurants than Calcutta <nerdanel50> [5/17 @ 15:41] (0/0)

Taming of Smeagol 9 <Nimfalma Took> [5/17 @ 14:35] (6/12)

Is Frodo angry?� I always thought <Curious> [5/19 @ 12:31] (0/0)
rope burns and foreshadowing <drogo_drogo> [5/18 @ 11:17] (0/0)
"it is before you" <hatster> [5/18 @ 8:19] (1/1)

Very interesting! (No Text) <Merryk> [5/18 @ 23:40] (0/0)

The rope burns Gollum <Kimi> [5/18 @ 0:43] (2/4)

I agree! <gullygilly> [5/18 @ 10:13] (0/0)
my thoughts exactly and much more <hatster> [5/18 @ 8:01] (2/2)

Remember this post <nerdanel50> [5/18 @ 18:20] (0/0)
Well said <Altaira> [5/18 @ 14:35] (0/0)

my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/17 @ 17:48] (0/0)
Is it revealing that, when he thinks he's unwatched <nerdanel50> [5/17 @ 15:33] (1/1)

I've always thought <spencer> [5/17 @ 15:50] (0/0)

Taming of Smeagol 8 <Nimfalma Took> [5/16 @ 19:43] (6/9)

Smeagol is not a foil for Frodo. <Curious> [5/19 @ 12:09] (2/2)

what could go wrong <spencer> [5/19 @ 12:29] (0/0)
I meant to say Gollum IS Frodo's foil, but <Curious> [5/19 @ 12:12] (0/0)

The power of names <Acathalion> [5/17 @ 23:25] (0/0)
foils <drogo_drogo> [5/17 @ 9:23] (0/0)
Foiled again <gullygilly> [5/17 @ 8:30] (1/1)

Frodo sounds like <Merryk> [5/18 @ 23:32] (0/0)

Frodo the armchair shrink... <wajeff> [5/16 @ 20:11] (0/0)
Note on Discussion for Weekend, please read <Nimfalma Took> [5/16 @ 19:48] (0/0)

Taming of Smeagol 7 <Nimfalma Took> [5/16 @ 19:32] (5/13)

Sam can be both brave and foolish. <Curious> [5/17 @ 11:13] (1/1)

I never considered that <Stewed_Rabbit> [5/18 @ 1:31] (0/0)

Three's company <nerdanel50> [5/16 @ 21:46] (2/6)

Gollum's "Inner Smeagol" <drogo_drogo> [5/17 @ 9:07] (0/0)
desperately seeking Smeagol <Merryk> [5/17 @ 0:45] (1/4)

Sam's choice not Frodo's <gullygilly> [5/17 @ 7:55] (1/3)

And I would add <spencer> [5/17 @ 15:32] (2/2)

Frodo could no more stop Sam <nerdanel50> [5/20 @ 10:59] (0/0)
Exactly! (No Text) <gullygilly> [5/17 @ 20:19] (0/0)

Fools go ... <gullygilly> [5/16 @ 21:05] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/16 @ 20:03] (0/0)
Boy, I like these. <Brockomir> [5/16 @ 19:53] (1/1)

Interesting points! (No Text) <spencer> [5/17 @ 15:37] (0/0)

Taming Of Smeagol 6 <Nimfalma Took> [5/16 @ 12:04] (11/21)

Frodo and Gollum were using each other <Altaira> [5/17 @ 13:45] (0/0)
Frodo and Gollum are like bookends. <Morwen> [5/16 @ 23:40] (0/0)
murder vs. pity <drogo_drogo> [5/16 @ 17:39] (1/1)

remember this when I do the Forbidden pool chapter! (No Text) <hatster> [5/16 @ 19:22] (0/0)

my ideas and what not... <gullygilly> [5/16 @ 16:43] (0/0)
More on Gollum's "strength." <Curious> [5/16 @ 15:26] (0/0)
my thoughts... <wajeff> [5/16 @ 15:20] (0/0)
Dangerous <nerdanel50> [5/16 @ 14:12] (0/0)
some thoughts <FantasyFan> [5/16 @ 14:03] (1/1)

good thoughts <Merryk> [5/17 @ 0:12] (0/0)

In many ways, Frodo and Gollum <NZ Strider> [5/16 @ 12:59] (2/4)

Hmmm... <gullygilly> [5/16 @ 16:19] (0/0)
OT: are you still doing two jobs? <Curious> [5/16 @ 13:30] (1/2)

My workload should return <NZ Strider> [5/16 @ 13:54] (1/1)

oh thank heavens! <hatster> [5/16 @ 19:24] (0/0)

Thoughts. <Curious> [5/16 @ 12:39] (1/2)

Driven by the ring <spencer> [5/16 @ 16:10] (1/1)

Frodo was tempted <Curious> [5/16 @ 16:41] (0/0)

There is also... <Oss�> [5/16 @ 12:24] (2/2)

Only smaller goblins, and <Curious> [5/16 @ 12:57] (0/0)
I agree... <iamleia2> [5/16 @ 12:28] (0/0)