Who is your favorite elf? - Page 2

***Khamûl*** · 08-20-2002, 07:49 PM

Ooh, Fingolfin is an awesome elf. I just read that part today. Who else had the guts to ride to Angband, knock on the gates, and challenge Morgoth to a duel? And he held his own pretty well too. For a while anyway.

Comic Book Guy · 08-20-2002, 08:01 PM

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Ooh, Fingolfin is an awesome elf. I just read that part today. Who else had the guts to ride to Angband, knock on the gates, and challenge Morgoth to a duel? And he held his own pretty well too. For a while anyway.

I wouldn't say his guts allowed him to ride to Angband, I'd say that it was his foolishness and rage that overcome his wisdom to attempt to fight an impossible duel.

***Khamûl*** · 08-20-2002, 10:31 PM

You're right. I guess it wasn't guts, but basic suicide. It reminds me of Eowyn, except that he didn't win.

Mirahzi · 08-21-2002, 12:05 AM

Maybe if he'd had Merry around...

BeardofPants · 08-21-2002, 01:07 AM

Everyone should have a hobbit.

olsonm · 08-21-2002, 01:50 AM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Perhaps this thread would be more interesting if people explained WHY they liked their particular elves?

Luthien. Nuff said.

I like so many of the elves it's difficult to pick just one.

Sicirus · 08-21-2002, 10:28 AM

In that case I like Glorfindell because he is a wise Lord of old and he is a pure light in evil times. I like Elrond because he rocks and he still rocks....

Elrond is a great Lord and master of his realm. He has great powers of healing and controle.
I like Feanor because before he was evil he had great skills and he kept his life strait for awhile despite his mothers death.

Minyacamiel · 08-21-2002, 07:08 PM

ARWEN ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Treebeard_00 · 08-21-2002, 08:00 PM

Elrond

Andúril · 08-22-2002, 04:41 AM

Luthien. She kicked Sauron's ass, and sang Morgoth a lullaby.

Ñólendil · 08-22-2002, 04:58 AM

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Actually, Maethros did attempt to bring all the noldor together, but he failed due to circumstances beyond his control.

Well, he was gathering them for war. It may have had more to do with strategic prudence than sentiment.

I think the most innocent of the sons of Fëanáro was undoubtedly Ambarussa Umbarto the Fated (or in Sindarin Amros), the youngest son of Faenor who was burned with the ships of the Teleri on the coasts of Middle-earth. You have to read The Peoples of Middle-earth for his "strange and sinister story", but it is a good story.

afro-elf · 08-22-2002, 05:06 AM

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Originally posted by Minyacamiel
ARWEN ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you thinking of that horrible "MOVIE" Arwen or the Arwen in the books?

afro-elf · 08-22-2002, 05:08 AM

I PERSONALLY do not count Luthien because she was MORE than just an Elf.

But, that is me.

afro-elf · 08-22-2002, 05:10 AM

The other mixed breeds I don't mind, however.

BeardofPants · 08-22-2002, 05:53 AM

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Originally posted by afro-elf
I PERSONALLY do not could Luthien because she was MORE than just an Elf.

But, that is me.

She may be part maiar, but she's still an elf. She counts.

markedel · 08-22-2002, 07:31 AM

Ingwe! No one ever remembers poor Ingwe!

afro-elf · 08-22-2002, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants

She may be part maiar, but she's still an elf. She counts.

Not for me. However, I'll send some marmite your way to produce a truce. I don't wanna start a she was/was not an Elf thread.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 08-22-2002, 03:21 PM

Well,I can't be absolutely sure, but I would think that the Maia part would not be counted, because Melian took the form of an Elf and lived as an Elf. She may still have been a Maia in power to a degree, because she held the web of enchantment around Doriath, but she seems to have been more Elvish then Maia while she lived in Middle-earth.

BeardofPants · 08-22-2002, 04:58 PM

I'm with SGH on this one. Maiar characteristics don't appear to have been prevalent in that particular bloodline. It may have very well been expended with the girdle of Melian (?)

And where's my marmite?

Ñólendil · 08-22-2002, 05:27 PM

I think Lúthien inevitably had the blood of an Elf, but also the powers of a High-elf and a Maia. In power I think she was half-Maian, and in blood she was all Elven.

08-20-2002, 07:49 PM	#21
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Ooh, Fingolfin is an awesome elf. I just read that part today. Who else had the guts to ride to Angband, knock on the gates, and challenge Morgoth to a duel? And he held his own pretty well too. For a while anyway. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

08-20-2002, 10:31 PM	#23
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	You're right. I guess it wasn't guts, but basic suicide. It reminds me of Eowyn, except that he didn't win. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

08-21-2002, 12:05 AM	#24
Mirahzi Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,286	Maybe if he'd had Merry around... __________________ "For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest." - Fëanor

08-21-2002, 01:07 AM	#25
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Everyone should have a hobbit. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-21-2002, 10:28 AM	#27
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	In that case I like Glorfindell because he is a wise Lord of old and he is a pure light in evil times. I like Elrond because he rocks and he still rocks.... Elrond is a great Lord and master of his realm. He has great powers of healing and controle. I like Feanor because before he was evil he had great skills and he kept his life strait for awhile despite his mothers death. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

08-21-2002, 07:08 PM	#28
Minyacamiel Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 36	ARWEN ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ See ya! Becky. Guys are like roses. You gotta watch out for the pricks. lol. Anyway, keep on lovin!

08-21-2002, 08:00 PM	#29
Treebeard_00 Sapling Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5	My favorite Elrond

08-22-2002, 04:41 AM	#30
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Luthien. She kicked Sauron's ass, and sang Morgoth a lullaby.

08-22-2002, 05:08 AM	#33
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	I PERSONALLY do not count Luthien because she was MORE than just an Elf. But, that is me. __________________ 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. Last edited by afro-elf : 08-22-2002 at 11:16 AM.

08-22-2002, 05:10 AM	#34
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	The other mixed breeds I don't mind, however. __________________ 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.

08-22-2002, 07:31 AM	#36
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Ingwe! No one ever remembers poor Ingwe! __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

08-22-2002, 03:21 PM	#38
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Well,I can't be absolutely sure, but I would think that the Maia part would not be counted, because Melian took the form of an Elf and lived as an Elf. She may still have been a Maia in power to a degree, because she held the web of enchantment around Doriath, but she seems to have been more Elvish then Maia while she lived in Middle-earth.

08-22-2002, 04:58 PM	#39
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm with SGH on this one. Maiar characteristics don't appear to have been prevalent in that particular bloodline. It may have very well been expended with the girdle of Melian (?) And where's my marmite? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-22-2002, 05:27 PM	#40
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I think Lúthien inevitably had the blood of an Elf, but also the powers of a High-elf and a Maia. In power I think she was half-Maian, and in blood she was all Elven. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

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