favorite race and why - Page 4

Lostyia Delr-Padroot · 11-16-2004, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Well, you might notice I'm not really hard on elves so much as I am hard on elf fangirls (and fanboys) with your slavish devotion to the propositon that 'elves are omg so perfect!'.

Addendum:

+ If someone calls your character a Mary Sue, do you immediately assume they're jealous? [2]

Congratulations! You just got the elven race another 2 Sue Points! Don't you feel speshul?

i completly agree with the fact that elves are not perfect it seems to me that they throw away the little messups that are so great because they try to hard. you can't be perfect and intresting at the same time.

Wayfarer · 11-16-2004, 05:19 PM

*FLAME STRIKE*

A Druid is a religious position, not a race. Hence it cannot be a contender for favorite race!

***Earniel*** · 11-17-2004, 01:05 PM

Which leads me to the question: are there even druids in Middle-earth or did I just miss a substantial part of Middle-earth?

Lenya · 11-18-2004, 05:00 AM

Wayfarer, you are mean to me

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

Which leads me to the question: are there even druids in Middle-earth or did I just miss a substantial part of Middle-earth?

Nope, I don't think so. At least, no one has a title 'Druid' that I know of.

Attalus · 11-18-2004, 11:08 AM

Nope, no druids. JRRT tried very hard to keep overt religion out of the Legendarium, and Druids are priests.

Wayfarer · 11-18-2004, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenya

Wayfarer, you are mean to me

No. I'm not.

I'm mean to everybody.

Rosie Gamgee · 11-18-2004, 02:23 PM

Well, I think hobbits are the most original race in Tolkien's works, but i don't think they're my favorite. It is hard to decide, though. Probably, though, I'd have to go for those doughty, long-lived people from Numenor- where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average.

Lostyia Delr-Padroot · 11-18-2004, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

*FLAME STRIKE*

A Druid is a religious position, not a race. Hence it cannot be a contender for favorite race!

it may be reliogous but they are put in a different group just as the elves and there for can count. and if not i will; find an argument.

Wayfarer · 11-18-2004, 02:55 PM

*rolls up the sleeves and pulls on a Druid Hat. Pulls out a scroll.*

"Ahem."

*EMPOWERED MAXIMIZED FLAME STRIKE*

'Druid' is not a race. PERIOD. In fact, in addition to not being a race it is not an Ethnicity, not a culture, not even technically a religion. It refers to a specific order of people within a specific religious tradition that was limited to a specific geographic location.

You're just plain wrong. 'Druid' is not a possible answer to the question 'What is your favorite race in Middle Earth'. It just doesn't work. AT ALL.

So, uh... Welcome to Entmoot!

Rosie Gamgee · 11-18-2004, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

You're just plain wrong...
So, uh... Welcome to Entmoot!

There is, as you may see, a reason why he is called The Insufferable.

Durin1 · 11-19-2004, 04:38 AM

But he is right.

Attalus · 11-19-2004, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Durin1

But he is right.

Yep. I'd rather be right than Insufferable.

Wayfarer · 11-19-2004, 12:44 PM

Ah! But why not be both!

Besides, it's so easy to be insufferable when you're right.

BeardofPants · 11-20-2004, 02:23 PM

Yeah, one wonders just how insufferable one can be when one has had one's underpants noogied over his ears?

*yanks wayfie's underoos over his head*

He's right though, dammit. *hell starts lookin' a lil' colder....

Wayfarer · 11-20-2004, 03:22 PM

[narration]Little does BOP know, Wayfarer has chosen to go Commando today.[/narration]

<.< >.>

BeardofPants · 11-20-2004, 03:29 PM

Guess that makes the wedgie a bit more painful, huh?

Wait.... did I really want to think about that?

Wayfarer · 11-20-2004, 04:13 PM

Not really, no. See, the pants are a bit more solid, and so are less likely to... er... 'wedge'. O.o

Lostyia Delr-Padroot · 11-20-2004, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayfarer

*rolls up the sleeves and pulls on a Druid Hat. Pulls out a scroll.*

"Ahem."

*EMPOWERED MAXIMIZED FLAME STRIKE*

'Druid' is not a race. PERIOD. In fact, in addition to not being a race it is not an Ethnicity, not a culture, not even technically a religion. It refers to a specific order of people within a specific religious tradition that was limited to a specific geographic location.

You're just plain wrong. 'Druid' is not a possible answer to the question 'What is your favorite race in Middle Earth'. It just doesn't work. AT ALL.

So, uh... Welcome to Entmoot!

yes i relize technically it is not a race but if you understood my first quote i dont have a specific type but think it is amaizing on how they can unite and become one force. THE FORCE OF THE DRUIDS. dont hate appreciate. and it is a culture.!!!!

Radagast The Brown · 11-20-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Lostyia Delr-Padroot

yes i relize technically it is not a race but if you understood my first quote i dont have a specific type but think it is amaizing on how they can unite and become one force. THE FORCE OF THE DRUIDS. dont hate appreciate. and it is a culture.!!!!

I thought they were simply Celtic priests..? They were the leaders of the Celtic people, and they themselves didn't have exactly a culture, they were just a part of the Celtic culture. They sacrafised humans, by the way.

Wayfarer · 11-20-2004, 08:59 PM

*Sigh*

Excuse me. I'm dreadfully sorry about having to do this.

*Wild Shapes into a Huge Fire Elemental*

*Hits Lostyia Delr-Padroot with two Slam attacks. To the head.*

Does anyone even get that joke? I'm not actually sure people know what I'm referring to.

11-16-2004, 05:19 PM	#62
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	FLAME STRIKE A Druid is a religious position, not a race. Hence it cannot be a contender for favorite race! __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

11-17-2004, 01:05 PM	#63
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Which leads me to the question: are there even druids in Middle-earth or did I just miss a substantial part of Middle-earth? __________________ We are not things.

11-18-2004, 11:08 AM	#65
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	Nope, no druids. JRRT tried very hard to keep overt religion out of the Legendarium, and Druids are priests. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

11-18-2004, 02:23 PM	#67
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Well, I think hobbits are the most original race in Tolkien's works, but i don't think they're my favorite. It is hard to decide, though. Probably, though, I'd have to go for those doughty, long-lived people from Numenor- where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

11-18-2004, 02:55 PM	#69
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	rolls up the sleeves and pulls on a Druid Hat. Pulls out a scroll. "Ahem." *EMPOWERED MAXIMIZED FLAME STRIKE* 'Druid' is not a race. PERIOD. In fact, in addition to not being a race it is not an Ethnicity, not a culture, not even technically a religion. It refers to a specific order of people within a specific religious tradition that was limited to a specific geographic location. You're just plain wrong. 'Druid' is not a possible answer to the question 'What is your favorite race in Middle Earth'. It just doesn't work. AT ALL. So, uh... Welcome to Entmoot! __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 11-18-2004 at 02:57 PM.

11-19-2004, 04:38 AM	#71
Durin1 Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 221	But he is right. __________________ Durin the Sleepless!

11-19-2004, 12:44 PM	#73
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Ah! But why not be both! Besides, it's so easy to be insufferable when you're right. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

11-20-2004, 02:23 PM	#74
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Yeah, one wonders just how insufferable one can be when one has had one's underpants noogied over his ears? yanks wayfie's underoos over his head He's right though, dammit. *hell starts lookin' a lil' colder.... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-20-2004, 03:22 PM	#75
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	[narration]Little does BOP know, Wayfarer has chosen to go Commando today.[/narration] <.< >.> __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 11-20-2004 at 03:24 PM.

11-20-2004, 03:29 PM	#76
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Guess that makes the wedgie a bit more painful, huh? Wait.... did I really want to think about that? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-20-2004, 04:13 PM	#77
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Not really, no. See, the pants are a bit more solid, and so are less likely to... er... 'wedge'. O.o __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

11-20-2004, 08:59 PM	#80
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Sigh Excuse me. I'm dreadfully sorry about having to do this. Wild Shapes into a Huge Fire Elemental *Hits Lostyia Delr-Padroot with two Slam attacks. To the head.* Does anyone even get that joke? I'm not actually sure people know what I'm referring to. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 11-20-2004 at 09:04 PM.