04-17-2002, 06:14 AM | #1 |
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misconceptions
what were some misconceptions that you had when you first got into LOTR that suprised you either positively or negatively
for me it was learning that Gandalf was not human
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04-17-2002, 09:11 AM | #2 |
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For me it was learning that Bilbo was not the main character.
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04-17-2002, 10:41 AM | #3 |
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that people could think that Balrogs had wings
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04-17-2002, 11:12 AM | #4 |
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For me, I guess I was expecting to hate the book, because at that time, I disliked the Hobbit. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked it - although it took 3 readings before I was completely won over.
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04-17-2002, 11:31 AM | #5 | |
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It says: and its wings were spread form wall to wall its right there in the bridge of khazad dum
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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04-17-2002, 12:11 PM | #6 |
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Afro-elf, I must compliment you for devising the most thought-provoking threads. It took me a while to think of this, its been so long ago that I read LoTR, but here goes:
(1) Gollum was a mutant frog (2) Elves were little, looked like the Grinch, and spoke with Austrian accents. (3) Orcs and Goblins are not the same creature
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04-17-2002, 12:34 PM | #7 |
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Learning Biblo's ring was not just a rather fun, if at times trivial, toy. I had wanted the ring until I read the LotR, now I'd rather not have it.
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04-17-2002, 12:48 PM | #8 | |
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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04-17-2002, 12:50 PM | #9 |
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That after TRYING to read lord of the rings several times after finishing the hobbit, that the movie would be bsolute horse poo. Luckily it wasnt and it gave me the will power to read the books.
I also imagined Frodo a heck of a lot different. Oh, and I thought Hobbits were the size of the borrowers!!!
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04-17-2002, 02:58 PM | #10 |
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To me Arwen turning up at the end and marrying Aragorn was quite a big surprise.
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04-17-2002, 03:49 PM | #11 |
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i dunno for me! maybe when i read that frodo and sam were gonna go off with that slimeball gollum, who i don't suppose is THAT much of a slimeball. he's still a pretty large slimeball though. im wittering now! i do like that word though! slimeballslimeballslimeball. i will leave now, don't worry!
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04-17-2002, 05:04 PM | #12 |
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That hobbits were so mischeivous. Although not nearly as mischeivous as in the movie. That and their almost ncanny attraction to muchrooms, which might explain why they are so short...
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04-17-2002, 05:22 PM | #14 |
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My perception of the elves was greatly changed from my perceptions after reading the "Hobbit".
I was in the seemingly unique position of having never even heard of LoTR before I read it! So I benifited from having no preconceptions.
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04-17-2002, 06:10 PM | #16 |
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The first time through the Fellowship, I was thinking Boromir was a dwarf.
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04-17-2002, 09:54 PM | #18 |
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I have a problem with the maps. It's fine when I'm looking at them in the books, but when I pretend that I'm in Middle-Earth, I always picture Mordor to the west for some reason. And Gollum still kinda looks like a mutant frog in my imagination.
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04-18-2002, 04:12 AM | #19 |
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I didn't really understand the course of the Anduin, even though I had the maps. I also thought Edoras was in the Misty Mountains between Fangorn and Lorien the first time I read it.
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04-18-2002, 04:21 AM | #20 |
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After hearing the grown-ups talk about Middle-Earth during my childhood (yeah, I was young once) and before reading the books, I thought ME was the inner side of a hollow Earth and the inner core was it's sun. I think I got this idea because of the name itself.
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