Nutty is so much more fun than The Silmarillion.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Micole - Jan 08, 2004 9:27:36 am PST #1289 of 3902
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
sumi - Jan 08, 2004 9:32:52 am PST #1290 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
So, before Thranduil was King of Mirkwood was he one of Thingol's people?
Sean K - Jan 08, 2004 9:36:44 am PST #1291 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Calli, you have no idea how much Tolkien nerds love to show off.
We really, really do.
I think part of it is that we're just as geeky as, say, Star Trek geeks, but when a Star Trek geek goes off about phasers and warp coils and stuff, they immediately ping as geeky*, whereas when a Tolkien geek goes off about the Noldor, and the Silmarils, and who's the son of who and what happened when, it at least sounds sort of scholarly. For that, we Tolkien geeks endlessly thank the good professor and his mastery of language.
(*ETA: And I should know, having pontificated at length about those subjects, too)
amych - Jan 08, 2004 9:41:30 am PST #1292 of 3902
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And you don't think scholarly pings as geeky? I think we must know different scholars.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2004 9:42:42 am PST #1293 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think "history geek" pings differently than "Star Trek geek" does, and Tolkien geekdom pings closer to the former.
Sean K - Jan 08, 2004 10:06:02 am PST #1294 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh yes. WHat Jess said. I'm not saying Tolkien geeks don't ping as geeks, just that they sound much more erudite while doing it.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 08, 2004 10:14:41 am PST #1295 of 3902
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What Jess said. As an occasional war-gamer, I can tell you that while history buffs don't always have a lot of use for sci-fi/fantasy, Tolkien is a big ol' exception.
Toddson - Jan 08, 2004 10:18:09 am PST #1296 of 3902
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And scholarly geeks give less of an impression of "still living in my parents' basement".
Nutty - Jan 08, 2004 10:20:03 am PST #1297 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So, before Thranduil was King of Mirkwood was he one of Thingol's people?
I don't know -- I don't think it's laid out that clearly, or if it is, it's in one of the posthumous books which are full of additional details I can't remember very well. But Thingol's people weren't the only elves in all of Middle-earth after the Noldor left, so it's just as plausible that Thranduil came from Thingol's realm, or that he wandered along from someplace else.
I don't know about other Tolkien geeks; until the movies started being the topics of general discussion, Tolkien pretty much never came up in conversation. Except in the home, where quizzing each other over the appendices was a beloved pastime.
juliana - Jan 08, 2004 10:45:33 am PST #1298 of 3902
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Has anyone seen the side-by-side comparison of actors in the Trilogy? It's interesting, and also proves that Legolas is still the prettiest.