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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.
I think in the books most of the elves are dark and isn't there a particular combination of very pale skin, dark hair and light eyes that was the mark of the Noldoli?
Galadriel (although a niece of Feanor) -- came from a lone blonde branch of her family, which is why I was surprised to see so many blond elves in FotR.
Right. The blond wigs were doing very few people good, and several people active ill. No harm in going with the dark wigs, which, with enough judicious eyebrow-plucking and pouts, can still cause a guy to look imperious. And after all, Tolkien had a huge fetish for dark-haired, pale-skinned, grey-eyed people, or else Faramir, Boromir, Strider, Arwen and 90% of Gondor are based on one person.
(Just like how, whenever there's an important -- noble -- horse, it's gray or white. No amusing piebalds in Middle-earth!)
ALL the horses of Rohan were supposed to be gray.
And all the ones Imrahil and his peeps ride in on, and Strider's favorite brought down from the north. I think except for Bill the Pony, every horse in the whole fricken story is gray.
And we don't know what color Bill the Pony is.
I love it when this thread gets all Tolkien history geeky. I learn so much that I managed to miss while reading The Silmarillion.
It was difficult to make it through until I got to Beren and Luthien and the House of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is great because of the Hurin backstory.
"Get in the damn boat, Fodo" was my tagline for a while. It's what our friend's girlfriend (now wife) said toward the end of FOTR. She really had to pee.
"Get in the damn boat, Fodo" was my tagline for a while. It's what our friend's girlfriend (now wife) said toward the end of FOTR. She really had to pee.
Thank you! I knew it originated with FotR, but for some reason I associated it with Allyson.
To be fair, it does sound like something Allyson would say.
Actually, she'd probably say "Get your furry Hobbit ass in the fucking boat, Fodo.".
Actually, she'd probably say "Get your furry Hobbit ass in the fucking boat, Fodo.".
We need to videotape her saying "Get your furry quantum ass in the fucking rocket ship, QPB."