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12-21-2008, 11:20 PM | #41 |
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12-22-2008, 02:07 AM | #42 |
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You know BB, how to pinpoint a Mooter on another forum? All of us tend to spell Butterbur as "Butterbeer."
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06-15-2009, 10:26 PM | #43 | |
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I. Hate. Sauron. He ruined Numenor, and he killed my beloved Elendil. Enough said!
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06-16-2009, 01:14 PM | #44 |
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It was Eru who ruined Numenor, not Sau...
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06-16-2009, 01:28 PM | #45 |
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Well...! I suppose that could be argued.
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" ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline |
06-16-2009, 01:56 PM | #46 |
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It's Sauron that wrecked the island, it's Eru that sank the wreck.
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06-16-2009, 03:42 PM | #47 |
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I dislike Turin greatly.
His dad's one of my favorites, though. I'm not a fan of Thingol, either.
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06-18-2009, 08:47 AM | #48 |
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06-18-2009, 11:31 AM | #49 |
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So Sauron's temple with its ever-hungry fires, people being sacrificed left and right, Nimloth being cut and burned, lawlessness, harassing the coasts of Middle-earth for slaves and gain, the Meneltarma being forbidden territory...
Ye-eah right, perfectly good condition, oh yes, definitely. I think Ar-Pharazon is rapidly turning in one of my least favourite characters this way. The idiot.
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06-18-2009, 12:23 PM | #50 |
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I have to agree with Eärniel, here! (You knew i would! )
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" ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline |
06-18-2009, 12:29 PM | #51 |
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Melkor has ALWAYS freaked me out. I'm not exactly sure why I would find him any more scary than the other villains.... but he's definitely my least favorite.
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06-29-2009, 08:41 PM | #52 |
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Bombadil. I swear his chapter is longer than the entire trilogy...
Nothing kills a serious moment for me like a yellow shoed blue hatted fop singing merrily. If you wanna look at it from a less personal and more literary point of view, nothing kills the mood of the story like a character taking the ring, after all the build up by gandalf about how evil it is, and wearing it with no repercussions or effects. Sure, you can say it shows bombadils age and power... but really, it just belittles the capabilities of the ring after an establishment of its power. Last edited by Tinman : 06-29-2009 at 08:42 PM. |
10-04-2010, 11:30 PM | #53 | |
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On the other hand, I admire Tolkien's ability to include something entirely unpredictable that fits into the story: Tom is thrown into the story to be a means of help to help Frodo and his friends. After all, without forcing a strange little hobbit out his front door, Tolkien couldn't have shown us Middle Earth.
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10-05-2010, 12:23 AM | #54 |
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I would actually disagree about TB belittling the Ring's power. To me, Tom B. Is a reminder that there are things in the world much older than the Ring. I won't say more powerful, because Tom doesn't seem keen to get into a fight with Sauron, but he is definitely a different "creature". To me, TB sort of helps to flesh out the world and make it seem wider and much more mysterious.
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