Mt. Doom? - Page 2

Ñólendil · 03-05-2002, 12:02 AM

I was the first one to mention "cheezyness" as a matter of fact, the second post on this topic. I thought you thought "Mount Doom" was cheesy, but you cleared that up.

Rána Eressëa · 03-05-2002, 02:04 AM

I like it. Simple and to the point. Your everyday person of Middle-earth probably heard the word "Mordor" and associated anything in it with the word doom. Thus, that one secluded mountain particularly was a target for the word doom. I don't think they took their time trying to think up something fancy for something they didn't want to think about at all.

markedel · 03-05-2002, 08:34 AM

Does anyone know enough westron to extrapolate what mount doom sounded like. There is a note on it in appendice F somewhere.

rainbow · 03-06-2002, 11:29 AM

i don't think mount doom is 2 cheesy i mean sure it isn't as original bu8t hey jrrt must have been tired out by the time he thought of a name

Elf Girl · 03-09-2002, 10:45 AM

I agree that Mt. Doom is a nickname. Orudruin is the real name.

I am now an Elven warrior!! It took me twelve days to get here!

Menelvagor · 03-09-2002, 11:07 AM

Congradulations Elf Girl!

TinuvielChild · 03-16-2002, 10:12 PM

congrats elf girl!! i recently became an elven warrior myself- and now i'm sad because my avg. posts per day has fallen below 11!!! aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

***IronParrot*** · 03-17-2002, 12:15 AM

"Mount Doom" is no cheesier than Sauron being referred to as "The Enemy".

TinuvielChild · 03-17-2002, 03:14 PM

ok, can i make a comment here without being jumped on? *checks all around to make sure there are no lurkers crouched, ready to spring* ok. notice that at the beginning of this thread, i said it was something "my friends and i were discussing"? the one who actually originally brought this up was having trouble posting on the moot at that point, so i posted it. i feel like a pariah now on this thread

Rána Eressëa · 08-18-2002, 04:50 PM

I have no pet peeve with the title Mount Doom . . . but perhaps something other than the Cracks of Doom for the opening of it?

TinuvielChild · 08-18-2002, 05:10 PM

Okay, this was something rather amusing that happened recently: a fellow LotR fan friend of mine was recently babysitting for a young child, still in diapers. At one point during the evening, she had to change his diaper, and apparently it was particularly foul. When recounting the story to me, she referred to it as the "Cracks of Doom". Well, maybe it wasn't all that funny. Whatever.

BeardofPants · 08-18-2002, 06:03 PM

*shrug* I don't have a problem with it. It sounds like a reasonably realistic nick name that the people of Gondor came up with. Besides, it ties in nicely with that whole fate thing, as someone said all those months ago.

Faramir · 08-18-2002, 06:49 PM

The name is fine. It's obvious. What else do you need to know?

03-05-2002, 12:02 AM	#21
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I was the first one to mention "cheezyness" as a matter of fact, the second post on this topic. I thought you thought "Mount Doom" was cheesy, but you cleared that up. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

03-05-2002, 08:34 AM	#23
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Does anyone know enough westron to extrapolate what mount doom sounded like. There is a note on it in appendice F somewhere. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

03-06-2002, 11:29 AM	#24
rainbow Enting Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in my head Posts: 61	i don't think mount doom is 2 cheesy i mean sure it isn't as original bu8t hey jrrt must have been tired out by the time he thought of a name __________________ smile & be happy (frodo lives) BANANERISM RULES!!!!! the spotty dog chases its tail till all its spots fall off!

03-09-2002, 10:45 AM	#25
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I agree that Mt. Doom is a nickname. Orudruin is the real name. I am now an Elven warrior!! It took me twelve days to get here! __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-16-2002, 10:12 PM	#27
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	congrats elf girl!! i recently became an elven warrior myself- and now i'm sad because my avg. posts per day has fallen below 11!!! aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-05-2002, 02:04 AM	#22
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	I like it. Simple and to the point. Your everyday person of Middle-earth probably heard the word "Mordor" and associated anything in it with the word doom. Thus, that one secluded mountain particularly was a target for the word doom. I don't think they took their time trying to think up something fancy for something they didn't want to think about at all.

03-09-2002, 11:07 AM	#26
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Congradulations Elf Girl!

03-17-2002, 12:15 AM	#28
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	"Mount Doom" is no cheesier than Sauron being referred to as "The Enemy". __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

03-17-2002, 03:14 PM	#29
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	ok, can i make a comment here without being jumped on? checks all around to make sure there are no lurkers crouched, ready to spring ok. notice that at the beginning of this thread, i said it was something "my friends and i were discussing"? the one who actually originally brought this up was having trouble posting on the moot at that point, so i posted it. i feel like a pariah now on this thread __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

08-18-2002, 04:50 PM	#30
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	I have no pet peeve with the title Mount Doom . . . but perhaps something other than the Cracks of Doom for the opening of it?

08-18-2002, 05:10 PM	#31
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	Okay, this was something rather amusing that happened recently: a fellow LotR fan friend of mine was recently babysitting for a young child, still in diapers. At one point during the evening, she had to change his diaper, and apparently it was particularly foul. When recounting the story to me, she referred to it as the "Cracks of Doom". Well, maybe it wasn't all that funny. Whatever. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

08-18-2002, 06:03 PM	#32
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	shrug I don't have a problem with it. It sounds like a reasonably realistic nick name that the people of Gondor came up with. Besides, it ties in nicely with that whole fate thing, as someone said all those months ago. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-18-2002, 06:49 PM	#33
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	The name is fine. It's obvious. What else do you need to know? __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

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