How do you imagine other BDers

[Mithalwen]

Was that in the one in the marquee about Tolkien, Women and Oxford?

Yes.

And diamond... you don't have to go for the chav facelift hairstyle.... ;)

[Lalwendë]

I'm quite a fan of Bill Bryson (I certainly buy all his books and devour them within mere hours), so imagine my surprise when I opened his latest, The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid to discover something I had not quite realised before. He looks suspiciously like a Downer! ;)

See who you think Bill Bryson reminds you of before scrolling down:

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/img_400/bryson1.jpg










http://www.psy-strike.com/littlemanpoet.jpg

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Remarkable...

[Celuien]

Amazing!

I thought of lmp before scrolling down but seeing the pictures together was still startling. :eek:

[Lalwendë]

You aren't by any chance from Iowa are you, lmp?

I hope you are not offended or anything by the way!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You are spot on there Lal!

Come to think of it, you never see LMP and Bill Bryson in the same place at the same time, do you? :eek:

[Beleg Cuthalion]

I’m curious, does anyone have a thought of what I look like? (maybe I asked this before though...)

[Morai]

I’m curious, does anyone have a thought of what I look like? (maybe I asked this before though...)

Quite simply, Beleg , you're an ork who has a fascination for yellow leisure suits and drinking tea.

[Farael]

I'm quite a fan of Bill Bryson (I certainly buy all his books and devour them within mere hours), so imagine my surprise when I opened his latest, The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid to discover something I had not quite realised before. He looks suspiciously like a Downer! ;)

See who you think Bill Bryson reminds you of before scrolling down:

Wow :eek:... I was scrolling up this thread, since for some reason I started reading from the last post and then up... and when I saw LMP's picture and then the other one I thought "Hm... LMP really looks good on a suit" I had no clue that was not him... untill I read what Lal said.

[Bêthberry]

Lal, there's no link to a picture of Bill Bryson in your post. Was it lost or did you intend folks to do a google image search?

[Kath]

Bb the image just comes up on its own. No link necessary. :)

[Bêthberry]

The only image that comes up on my screen, Kath, is the pic which LMP has given us purporting to be him. ;) There's a blank, or rather black, space between it and Lal's text and highlighting produces only a think blue line down the left side.

Not that I don't know what Bryson looks like. It's amazing how facial hair produces such similarities. Well, I suppose the absence of other hair ...

But I"m not surprised. Esty's been parading around as Princess Fiona for her entire time here. ;)

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Quite simply, Beleg , you're an ork who has a fascination for yellow leisure suits and drinking tea. Ok, you just made my list of members who creep me out. :eek: too bad...

[Morai]

Ok, you just made my list of members who creap me out.

Woot! And looking at your sig, I must assume that I'm the first? I'm quite honored, thank you. :D ;)

[The Might]

Well, I know I haven't been here for so long, so I don't really have any good idea on how people look, though I have come to think that Estelyn Telcontar wears a crown in RL as well. :)

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Woot! And looking at your sig, I must assume that I'm the first? I'm quite honored, thank you. :D ;) Yes I just made it after seeing your post. But I think I might change it sometime to"weird" insted of "creep". It's more accurate of my mental state (I don't really get creaped out) but anyway. (Continues in a wizardly voice) I'm amazed that your taking this so well, it is not a list to be taking lightly. :p Still you have the "distinction" of being the first.



~Beleg


-EDIT

I just noticed that i miss-spelled creep. Arrrgggggg!!!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Bethberry is a small lady, looking kind of fragile. . . .Sh has a semi-long and pointy nose. Her hair is a bit longer than shoulder length and light-brown, her eyes too are brown.

yeah she is probably cheeky as Di mentioned in her dream.

[Bêthberry]

yeah she is probably cheeky as Di mentioned in her dream.

Cheeky? cheeky? moi? As in high cheekbones, high fashion cheekbones? :Merisu:

:D

Edit: Hmmm. Hmmmm. I tried to add that new Merisu smilie, but nothing shows up on my screen. :(

[The Might]

Ah yes, I believe an update is in order.
For anyone who has seen my picture on Tigerlily's site, I don't look like that anymore.
After a long time of thinking, I finally took the decision of cutting my elvishly long hair (really elvish-long)...I'll update the pic sometime soon. :)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Ah yes, I believe an update is in order.
For anyone who has seen my picture on Tigerlily's site, I don't look like that anymore.
After a long time of thinking, I finally took the decision of cutting my elvishly long hair (really elvish-long)...I'll update the pic sometime soon. :)
Shame! By such a move, you're "breaking the fellowship" of those who have the attitude "let them fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees..." (TM) <= Meant as "trademark", not "The Might".

[Finduilas]

Folwren's looks change with her name. As Foley she is about 17, has curly brown hair, just below her shoulders, laughing blue eyes, and a flashing smile. Folwren is about 19, has black hair, about the same length as Foley's but straight, dark brown eyes, and rarely grins, but does smile occasionally. She is also almost tall for a girl.

She is the only Downer so far that I have formed an opinion on.

--Fin--

[Thinlómien]

After a long time of thinking, I finally took the decision of cutting my elvishly long hair (really elvish-long)...I keep wondering why all guys with nice long hair want to cut it... :confused:

[The Might]

1. Global warming made even the normall NW Germany become really hot
2. My hair needed lots of care and time
3. My girlfriend didn't really approve of it, as well as many friends of mine.

I can't say I regret cutting it, it was a nice time having it long, but in then end, I'm happy with the new spiky haircut.

[Thinlómien]

1. Global warming made even the normall NW Germany become really hotSo one more reason to stop global warming... :D :Merisu:

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

1. Global warming made even the normall NW Germany become really hot
2. My hair needed lots of care and time
3. My girlfriend didn't really approve of it, as well as many friends of mine.

I can't say I regret cutting it, it was a nice time having it long, but in then end, I'm happy with the new spiky haircut.
Well, that explains it. But I must say I would disagree with your #1, for example speaking for me I think Prague is somewhat more to south than Neuenrade, and though maybe it's a little bit warmer (*ahem* googles at the thermometer), I wouldn't cut my hair just because of that... (of course, your other points are absolutely logical)

[Boo Radley]

I keep wondering why all guys with nice long hair want to cut it... :confused:

Because we are, as a rule, against things that are high maintenance.
:D
Twice in my life, I've had beyond shoulder length hair and both times, after a few years, I grew tired of having to spend 20 minutes drying it. So... off it all came!

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Because we are, as a rule, against things that are high maintenance.
:D

Exactly! I'm currently growing my hair longer, but I might just shave it off because if I spend more then 5 seconds with a hairbrush I think it’s too much time wasted. 1 to 2 centimeters is much better.

[Thinlómien]

Long hair isn't that difficult, you guys are just lazy... :p

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Long hair isn't that difficult, you guys are just lazy... :p

Yeah, pretty much. :D

[Boo Radley]

Long hair isn't that difficult, you guys are just lazy... :p

You say that like it's a bad thing...
:D

(p.s. We're not lazy... we're just conserving our strength) :cool:

[Estelyn Telcontar]

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/images/chatskwerl.jpg

Chatskwerlz don't discuss the length of their hair... :rolleyes:

[Thinlómien]

I was excepting that one... :D Thanks, Esty! (Chat skrewl's so amusing.)

Her hair is a bit longer than shoulder length and light-brown,Funny, I always imagine she has dark hair...

[Morai]

Funny, I always imagine she has dark hair...

Aye. Perhaps a tint of midnight blue? ;) Or maybe it has a red shine to it, or....GASP! :eek: Both?

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Aye. Perhaps a tint of midnight blue? ;) Or maybe it has a red shine to it, or....GASP! :eek: Both?


I was trying to picture Morai, but the only things that come to mind are black and yellow. Go figure. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/fragend/confused-smiley-010.gif http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/fragend/confused-smiley-010.gif

I think she must look like this. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/aetsch/cheeky-smiley-023.gif or this http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/verkleidung/costumed-smiley-063.gif

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/aetsch/cheeky-smiley-025.gif



~Beleg http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/verkleidung/costumed-smiley-091.gif

[Folwren]

She [Folwren] is the only Downer so far that I have formed an opinion on.

--Fin--

Hilarious.

And I don't need to form an opinion on you. I think I'd hit too near the mark.

-- Folwren (I'm not grinning.) (Yeah, whatever.)

[Finduilas]

Well, were my guesses close? ;)

[Folwren]

The second one was - the one about Folwren. I never grin, or laugh or even smile. :rolleyes:

Actually, I'm not going to tell you if you were right or wrong or close on either of them.

-- Folwren

[Aganzir]

A few days ago I was talking with a friend of mine who doesn't have an account here but knows quite a lot about the Downs and some downers anyway. I don't remember anymore what we were discussing, but she asked me how old Hookbill is. "About 20 years, I think", I told her. "Whaa!?" she replied, "I have always been imagining he's some 45-year-old grandpa! You know, a person who goes regularly to have a beer with the Saucepan Man and davem!"

I was quite amused and decided to ask her what she thinks other downers are like, then. Here are some results how a non-downer imagines downers- and not only what they look like.

"Feanor of the Peredhil is a girl, I think? She has long, curly, brown hair. She reads much and doesn't spend all her time on computer."

"Lalwendë is a 30-year-old American single mother. She reads a lot of books: Tolkien and romance novels."

"Xyzzy is a very skinny teenager boy who wears glasses. He doesn't have any muscles, I would win him in arm wrestling like 6-0. All he does is to play with his computer."

"Legate looks wise and silly at the same time... And he looks like he's lost."

"Mormegil is in his early twenties. He's a quiet introvert who doesn't have any life but computer. He has a hooknose and wears mostly black."

"Mithalwen has brown hair, of the same colour as Lommy's but a little shorter. He's about 23 years old and has a nose like a potato.
And I know Mithalwen is a she; I just can't help but imagine her a man because her nick, despite that -wen, is so masculine!"

"Boromir88... Wait a minute? Is that a he or a she? I think it's a she. She's a teenager girl who chose that nick because she has a crush on Boromir. She has curly brown hair, and she usually wears light blue jeans and a blue shirt. And she also wears glasses.
But if it's a he, well, he's a teenager boy who admires Boromir. He looks quite the same as the she-version, except his hair is straight. And he tends to go and run in a forest with his friends, and they fight each other with toy swords."

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

*chuckles*

Note, please (and I'm sure the older members will do), the typical connection of words "45-year old grandpa". Anyway, looks like Hookbill made himself quite an interesting profile! (Well, actually, it was not him. We call that "twisted rumours". Not that the editor of The Downer could expect more.)

I must say however that these opinions above are in some things close to how I used to imagine, or think about, these Downers when I was completely new around here. More or less. Well, less, rather. I mean Boromir, mainly - that was pretty close.

Lost? Oh my, in what way?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I have always been imagining he's some 45-year-old grandpa! You know, a person who goes regularly to have a beer with the Saucepan Man and davem!

I don't think there has ever been a less accurate description... Ever. Apart from that one guy who thought I was Moses...
Besides all this, I'm a teetotaler anyway. So no beer, even if the Pan Man and Mr Dave are involved. :p

[Aganzir]

Note, please (and I'm sure the older members will do), the typical connection of words "45-year old grandpa".
Well, it was she who used that word. :D

And you look like you have lost your way in a big city, know that you should ask for advice but don't want to.

Besides all this, I'm a teetotaler anyway. So no beer, even if the Pan Man and Mr Dave are involved.
Ah but, surely they serve also tea in bars there?

*stops chatting*

I must say yet, though, that at the moment I imagine Legate has a long, white beard. That's because the structure of his avatar resembles Kuruharan's avatar very much.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I must say yet, though, that at the moment I imagine Legate has a long, white beard. That's because the structure of his avatar resembles Kuruharan's avatar very much.

I must say, it does not sound that inapropriate given the fact I am quite fond of Saruman...

In my imagination, you also have a beard. But it is brown, or rather, somewhat rusty. Slightly orange-ish, you know. And you wear this horned helmet and have a pickaxe sticking from over your shoulder. Wearing blue outfit. And you are standing in a railway station hall. :D

For potentional readers, of course I know Aganzir is female... this image in my mind also is.

P.S. Oh, and I forgot one important thing - you are grinning right now.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Feanor of the Peredhil is a girl, I think?

Distinctly so.

She has long, curly, brown hair.

Pretty accurate, when it's not being shaved off, dyed unnatural colors, or straightened... It's currently its natural reddish-goldish-brown (and has been for, wait for it, almost three whole months!), rather short, quite messy...

She reads much

I just inhaled a book on paper graffiti art in the past two hours...

and doesn't spend all her time on computer.

Unless, of course, I'm bored at work.

Spot on, if y'ask me.

Definitely accurate on B88. :smokin:

Some imaginings I've been having:

Aganzir, I'm rather sorry... up until wolving with you, due to limited interaction, I had you as a red-headed teenage boy somewhere in the midwest of Canada.

Macalaure is blonde. I can't make it go away. Blonde hair, green eyes. He wears wire rimmed specs and button up shirts. Rarely wears jeans, and if he does, they aren't blue. Doesn't own sneakers.

It's troublesome, having seen pics of so many 'Downers. My old imaginings got replaced by new ideas. It's like trying to read the books after having seen the movies... Almost depressing.

[Rikae]

Macalaure is blonde. I can't make it go away. Blonde hair, green eyes. He wears wire rimmed specs and button up shirts. Rarely wears jeans, and if he does, they aren't blue. Doesn't own sneakers.


Although he does own two pairs of sneakers, he never wears them, not even while hiking through the mud after dark.

I always thought of Macalaure as blonde too, before I saw his picture. (And no, it isn't because I think 'all Germans are blonde', since I also thought he was English!) Sandy blonde hair, tall, and kind-looking.
Legate, for some reason, I pictured as looking more like Macalaure actually does, and I keep thinking he is in his late 20's even though I know otherwise.

[Mithalwen]

"Mithalwen has brown hair, of the same colour as Lommy's but a little shorter. He's about 23 years old and has a nose like a potato.
And I know Mithalwen is a she; I just can't help but imagine her a man because her nick, despite that -wen, is so masculine!"



Well I don't know whether to be delighted to be returned to the age of 23 (a particularly exciting year in my life which started with my graduation, continued with a trip around the states and ended living in Paris round the corner from the Eiffel Tower!) or mortified to be made male and brunette .... and the nose... is not so bad ... I hope .. a little too wide (fault of my Dad - some people think it has been broken) and long (fault of my mum) and slightly aquiline but in half profile it is a "Hathaway nose " a clear link with the side of my family I most relate to so I don't know I would change it if I could.

The screen name mith-alwen means Grey Tree (according to some translator) so the -wen ending is misleading - the name is androgynous. It was not a name chosen with any great thought- just one I had to hand from a RPG elsewhere - since I did not realise how the downs would take over my life. However it does amuse me that both my real and screen names are usually shortened to a form used by both genders. If I had thought about it I might have chosen something unquestionably girly but then I don't suppose I could have rendered "Pink fluffy bunny slippers" into Elvish :p)

[Aganzir]

I must say, it does not sound that inapropriate given the fact I am quite fond of Saruman...
But it looks a bit funny with your brown hair. Like you were dressing up as Father Christmas.
In my imagination, you also have a beard. But it is brown, or rather, somewhat rusty. Slightly orange-ish, you know.
Surprisingly, wrong. But the colour somewhat corresponds to my hair colour- only add there a little blond and make sure there's just very little orange.
And you wear this horned helmet
Wrong. But if I found a horned helmet somewhere, I think I might like it. I'd prefer a Roman officer's helmet though.
and have a pickaxe sticking from over your shoulder.
I don't own any pickaxes and seldom carry my axes with me in public anyway. But you know, this isn't actually so far from being one of my good ol' rpg characters.
Wearing blue outfit.
Although blue is one of my favourite colours, I don't have any blue clothes.
And you are standing in a railway station hall.
I don't know about other countries, but in Finland railway station is the place where goths and emo kids and such gather. So not for me then, unless I'm waiting for somebody there. I have no clue though why I would be waiting for somebody dressed like that. :D
P.S. Oh, and I forgot one important thing - you are grinning right now.
That's the most accurate thing. :D


Aganzir, I'm rather sorry... up until wolving with you, due to limited interaction, I had you as a red-headed teenage boy somewhere in the midwest of Canada.
I guess I'm rather myself. :-D But that made me laugh.

The screen name mith-alwen means Grey Tree (according to some translator) so the -wen ending is misleading - the name is androgynous.
Well, at least the -wen there isn't that misleading as you are a she. ;)

**

When I play werewolf with Nogrod I always think he looks like Alastor Moody (http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9976/2632636cl.jpg) of the Harry Potter films. I really have no idea why. Except that that man looks mad in the way Noggie plays.

Usually I imagine, though, that people look like their avatars. I guess I will never be able to stop thinking of Mith as her previous avatar (only with the distinction that Mith has darker hair and a less round face).
And I have problems not to think Nerwen as Cate Blanchett... But in my image she has dark brown hair and wears often a ponytail or a bun. She's quite tall and thin and has slender hands and wrists.

[Lalaith]

Macalaure is blonde

Tsk. Whatever else he might be, he would surely be blond....

[Groin Redbeard]

I always imagioned Thinlomien as an short with long brown hair.

I still remember that she was the first one who ever spoke to me on the Downs. *sighs romantically*:rolleyes:

[Thinlómien]

When I play werewolf with Nogrod I always think he looks like Alastor Moody of the Harry Potter films. I really have no idea why. Except that that man looks mad in the way Noggie plays.Now that's evil but not too far from the truth... Ok, now I'm the one being evil. I wasn't serious, of course. ;)

I always imagioned Thinlomien as an short with long brown hair.

I still remember that she was the first one who ever spoke to me on the Downs. *sighs romantically*:D But your imagination is very correct, for I am relatively short (something like 163cm, which should correspond to about 5'4'' or a bit more) and my hair is long and brown.

As to how you look, I can't help thinking you look like your avvie also in RL, even though I know that people of your age seldom have long beards... :D Also, being a dwarf, you must be (even) shorter than me.

[Nogrod]

When I play werewolf with Nogrod I always think he looks like Alastor Moody (http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9976/2632636cl.jpg) of the Harry Potter films. I really have no idea why. Except that that man looks mad in the way Noggie plays.Well as we know each other from RL as well I'm not sure whether to think of that as a compliment ("he's that weird when he plays") or as something else ("he looks like that actually"). :rolleyes:

But coming back to the general discussion: sure the avatars seem to guide one's perception of others pretty strongly.

And they seem to sneak to one's choice of them as well. Before this one (taken after the COH was published) I had as an avvie a picture of youg Dimitri Shostakovich. I kind of thought it was the right one for me until I only later gathered that he looks just like my grandfather as a young man in that picture... :)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I am here to correct a mistake. . . What Fea meant to say was "Macalaure is Bond" and surely we can all agree upon that!

[Aganzir]

Well as we know each other from RL as well I'm not sure whether to think of that as a compliment ("he's that weird when he plays") or as something else ("he looks like that actually"). :rolleyes:
I guess you look like him about as much as I look like Sean Bean or Kurt Cobain. :D That is, there may be something similar but very very little.
It's more the way you play, so don't worry.

[Mithalwen]

Usually I imagine, though, that people look like their avatars. I guess I will never be able to stop thinking of Mith as her previous avatar (only with the distinction that Mith has darker hair and a less round face).
And I have problems not to think Nerwen as Cate Blanchett... But in my image she has dark brown hair and wears often a ponytail or a bun. She's quite tall and thin and has slender hands and wrists.

My mother thought I looked like that painting but my hair was never quite so red, was darker now lighter ..... I wanted to change back but I have technical difficulties again (avatar not hair - though...). However, I think my wolf is quite me...

And I think of Nerwen as Cate too...

[Macalaure]

Macalaure is blonde. I can't make it go away. Blonde hair, green eyes. He wears wire rimmed specs and button up shirts. Rarely wears jeans, and if he does, they aren't blue. Doesn't own sneakers.As a child, I used to be blonde and was made to wear glasses. :rolleyes: I only wear jeans, most of them being blue, and only brute force can make me wear button up shirts. And as Rikae said, I do own sneakers, but I don't use them often enough *needs to do more sports*

Tsk. Whatever else he might be, he would surely be blond....I am here to correct a mistake. . . What Fea meant to say was "Macalaure is Bond" and surely we can all agree upon that!
:D

Now, does that make me a blonde Bond? But I passionately dislike Daniel Craig! :p

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

But I passionately dislike Daniel Craig!

I don't know if we can be friends any more... ;)

If we have a Bond on this website, it would probably be Son of Numenor, who I've always imagined as a Pierce Brosnan surfer type...

[satansaloser2005]

sean bean? who looks like sean bean? sorry couldn't resist that. ;)


i've only been on two games here so far and thus haven't really gotten a good mental picture of anyone. cept for fea. lol one of my friends at work has that for a nickname so everytime fea would post i'd get a picture in my head of my little supervisor friend. little tiny adorable girl. then fea turned out to be a wolf in that game. :p

[Gwathagor]

What about me? I'm curious.

[Aganzir]

sean bean? who looks like sean bean? sorry couldn't resist that. ;)
My friends use to say I look a little like Sean Bean sometimes. ;) Actually, they have made a 25 step list of whom I resemble.

What about me? I'm curious.
Have you had a person with a horned helmet in your avatar once? Because I imagine you wear a horned helmet. :D

[Thinlómien]

What about me? I'm curious.You have short brown hair and often wear dark grey clothes. You don't smile often, but when you do, it brightens your face and you look completely different.

[Groin Redbeard]

What about me? I'm curious.

Hmm... you are around 6'0ft tall, you are very thin, you don't wear glasses, you have brown hair down to your shoulders, and smash things.:cool:

[Morai]

What about me? I'm curious.

To put it quite simply, you are a dragon, a quite menacing beast with gold scales that coordinate with your fashionable hoard of treasure. ;)

[Gwathagor]

:) Curious. I'll put my picture on the Barrow-Downs photo page eventually, and then you can decide how close you all were.

[Aganzir]

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/nasmith/sil-nargothrond.jpg) one.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/nasmith/sil-nargothrond.jpg) one.
There is actually a picture of him on the Barrow-Downs photo page... but I was wondering how you all thought I look like. And Laurinque can't answer this!

[Groin Redbeard]

... but I was wondering how you all thought I look like. And Laurinque can't answer this!

Let us see, you are 5'2ft tall, kind of a dishwater blonde hair, and always dress' sensibly. Your attitude is very sweet and happy, but serious at the same time. You giggle a lot and are always looking for fun.:)

[Bêthberry]

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/nasmith/sil-nargothrond.jpg) one.

That's really quite an interesting stance given to Turin. Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens? There's a something to that look in the dragon's face . . . :)

[Aganzir]

That's really quite an interesting stance given to Turin. Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens? There's a something to that look in the dragon's face . . . :)
Yep, I'm rather sure. But maybe the dragon is Rikae?

[Macalaure]

Oh dear... Aganzir imagines me as Turin and Rikae imagines Turin as me. What is it that I remind nobody of a likeable character? :rolleyes:

I'm happy I'm an only child. :D


Let me see...

I imagine Aganzir as being on the smaller side. She has light brown hair and a long pony tail. Her eyes are gentle, but they leave no doubt that you do not mess with her. Her teachers might not admit it, but they are slightly afraid of her.

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty. With regards to that, I imagine Bêthberry as having mid-long black hair, but wearing the all too visible grey portion among it with pride.
I also imagine her as a Sagittarius.

Lalaith has blonde hair, with a strong reddish hue in it, which she also wears as a pony tail. She a pointy nose and bright freckles. She has a restless bearing, is very thin, and dresses casual.

I can't help but imagine A Little Green as a smaller copy of Lommy, only with darker hair and a look in her eyes that suggest a little more of a mean streak.

Gwathagor has black hair, short and slightly curly. He'd be a physically intimidating appearance if he wasn't so significantly challenged in height. ;)
And he's a Leo.

[Rikae]

Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens?

:eek:

You've bugged Mac's apartment!

:D

[A Little Green]

I can't help but imagine A Little Green as a smaller copy of Lommy, only with darker hair and a look in her eyes that suggest a little more of a mean streak. *chuckles* Actually Lommy is the darker one... I don't know about the mean streak, either. If we asked Lommy, though, she'd probably agree. Bah, sisters... No, she's so cute and cuddly that I must look mean compared to her :cool:

[Folwren]

Gwathagor....is....less than 20. He wears glasses. He is average height, has sandy blond hair, wears glasses, and is slightly freckled. He is skinny, but is in good physical condition, qutie capable of running about and playing sports and doing fun stuff like that. He has brown eyes and quite often laughs.

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes.

[A Little Green]

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes. :eek:
Has anyone ever told you that you have a gift of foresight or something? That description is frighteningly accurate.

[Lalaith]

Lalaith has blonde hair, with a strong reddish hue in it, which she also wears as a pony tail. She a pointy nose and bright freckles. She has a restless bearing, is very thin, and dresses casual.

Hee hee. The joys of the internet.
That's even better than Lommy's vision of me as a tall athletic roller-skater. I am small, brown-haired and girlie in both face and figure. I am famed for my ability to sit/lie still for long periods, and for never ever being seen in sports/casual clothes, even when walking up mountains.

[Nogrod]

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes.I must share A Little Green's astonishment. That's so exact, every piece of it! :eek: *shivers*

[Bêthberry]

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty. With regards to that, I imagine Bêthberry as having mid-long black hair, but wearing the all too visible grey portion among it with pride.
I also imagine her as a Sagittarius.



Well, you have got the "over fifty" part right, but it's far more far 'over fifty' than you might expect.

Bêthberry is an RPG character who commited the gravest of sins, before the Downs developed its RPG rules about appropriating Tolkien's characters, by being the daughter of Tom and Goldberry. She is thus several ages over fifty.

:D

Since I never played her in the Seventh Age, I'm not sure if her hair would indeed by grey by now. Most likely. But in the Third Age it was copper.

And I wonder, did Tolkien follow traditional astrology or did he create his own? If he didn't, ooooh, there's great room for someone to create a Middle-earth astrology. Imagine the constellations' names after First Age events and characters--and not just Venus as Earendil. What fun for writers of fanfiction!

[Rikae]

I find myself wishing I hadn't put my picture in my avatar, so I could see how people envisioned me based solely on my posts.
Well, you don't know how tall I am! :P

In spite of the secret date of birth, I picture Bêthberry between 25 and 30, with beautiful glossy brown hair, slightly short and very pretty.

Now it seems to all have been given away, but I pictured Greenie as a a lighter-haired Lommy.

Gwathagor is 6'7", gangly and looks disturbingly like Lurch.

TheGreatElvenWarrior is female, right? Well, I always had an image in my mind of a 17 year old skater-dude from the west coast with long bangs hanging in his face. I guess that can be made into a "skater-chick".

Aganzir is very difficult to picture. Even though I know she is female, I always picture an androgynous, ageless, pale skinned and black-haired person with a mischievous smirk.

[Aganzir]

I imagine Aganzir as being on the smaller side. She has light brown hair and a long pony tail. Her eyes are gentle, but they leave no doubt that you do not mess with her. Her teachers might not admit it, but they are slightly afraid of her.
I'm a bit shorter than average and my hair colour is pretty much that (usually loose, sometimes plaited and almost never on a ponytail, though). According to Lommy, she doesn't know if my eyes are gentle but she wouldn't be surprised if the rest was true.

Well, you don't know how tall I am! :P
Something like 5'5". Was it any close? :D

Aganzir is very difficult to picture. Even though I know she is female, I always picture an androgynous, ageless, pale skinned and black-haired person with a mischievous smirk.
:D I wouldn't mind looking like that (though black hair wouldn't probably suit my current looks).

There is actually a picture of him on the Barrow-Downs photo page... but I was wondering how you all thought I look like. And Laurinque can't answer this!
You're 13 years and have light brown hair with blond highlights. You like to wear jeans and pastel coloured t-shirts. You're thin and not very tall.

[Finduilas]

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty.

That being said, what age do you take Folwren to be?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I'm happy I'm an only child. :D

Just a note, Mac - are you sure? I strongly suggest checking Rikae's family tree, anyway. ;)

[Rikae]

Something like 5'5". Was it any close? :D


Depends on how you define "close"... :D
I'm a good 4 inches taller than that.

Just a note, Mac - are you sure? I strongly suggest checking Rikae's family tree, anyway.

My housekeeping habits leave no doubt - I'm not the least bit German. ;)

[Folwren]

Has anyone ever told you that you have a gift of foresight or something? That description is frighteningly accurate.

I must share A Little Green's astonishment. That's so exact, every piece of it! :eek:*shivers*

Hm. No, no one's ever told me that I have the gift of foresight...nor the gift of seeing thousands of miles away over seas and all that good stuff. It's just...from what little I have seen of you (well, you've only posted fifty some times), you seem like that sort of person, that's all. :)

[Macalaure]

That being said, what age do you take Folwren to be?Well, the facts that she's your older sister and posted a picture of her and you a while back do count as circumstantial evidence that she's not over 50. :smokin:

I would guess early twenties, 21 maybe?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

You're 13 years and have light brown hair with blond highlights. You like to wear jeans and pastel coloured t-shirts. You're thin and not very tall.You forgot my either shoelessness or crocs, it acctually depends on the season in the summer time I'm almost always barefoot (unless we are going to the store) and in the winter (it's very icy where I live) I will wear crocs (no socks) or go barefoot!

Let us see, you are 5'2ft tall, kind of a dishwater blonde hair, and always dress' sensibly. Your attitude is very sweet and happy, but serious at the same time. You giggle a lot and are always looking for fun.:)OH MY GOSH! How did you know my height? Lauinque didn't tell you did she?:eek:

You both got everything right, except the hair... I've got long dark (and I mean dark) brown hair, no highlights (I have only put the normal shampoo and conditioner in my hair(I've only put highlights in it once and they were almost my hair color anyway)


And I always thought that Folwren was 18 or 19... I don't know...

[Nogrod]

We got a new aid for our chancery-clerk in my school in the middle of last fall and she just looks exactly like I think Rikae looks. There's the same gestalt on her face and the exact same hairdo as Rikae has in her pic! And I've already started to notice "similar" expressions I myself think Rikae might have that she shares... and I even think your ages fit together quite nicely (and I know she has a children).

I'm afraid she thinks I'm either desperate, trying to flirt with her or then just a lunatic when I just forget myself staring at her when we meet in the teacher's coffee-room and I just think how much she resembles you Rikae... :p

I just can't get that connection out of my mind.

(I could have posted this to the addicted to B-D thread as well I think...) :rolleyes:

[Rikae]

We got a new aid for our chancery-clerk in my school in the middle of last fall and she just looks exactly like I think Rikae looks.
I'm afraid she thinks I'm [...] trying to flirt with her

You mean you aren't? :eek:

:p

[THE Ka]

I was dragged out shopping the other day, and one of the sales clerks in the men's department had an almost identical face as Encaitare.

Needless to say I stopped and most likely gave her an uncomfortable stare, but I had a weird moment of being shocked and slightly scarred at the same. It really didn't help that she gave the usual smile, because I felt like an idiot by then.

Though, she looked too short to be Encaitare, so at least that let me escape from having to make up a stupid excuse for being a creepy dork and starring. :rolleyes:

Still, it is creepy when that happens. I can understand Nogrod's experience exactly, except I was more in a state of bewilderment of the other kind, I guess.

My housekeeping habits leave no doubt - I'm not the least bit German.;)

Hee hee. :)

I can't explain exactly why, but I got that immediately.

~ Ka

[Gwathagor]

I'm enjoying this immensely. But...Lurch? Weird.

[Folwren]

I'm enjoying this immensely. But...Lurch? Weird.


So, Gwathy - was I remotely correct in my description of you above? Come, come - don't just say you're enjoying it, tell us if we're right!

Well, the facts that she's your older sister and posted a picture of her and you a while back do count as circumstantial evidence that she's not over 50.

I would guess early twenties, 21 maybe? :smokin:

Close, but incorrect. I'm glad I'm not over fifty in your mind.

[Aganzir]

I've somehow got the impression that Folwren is born in 1984.

[Folwren]

I've somehow got the impression that Folwren is born in 1984.

I think that's when my older brother was born.

[Thinlómien]

I've somehow got the impression that Folwren is born in 1984.I, on the other hand, have somehow got the impression that she was born in 1987...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Are you 18? That number just... well I don't know, you just seem that age.


[Edit] I've just noticed that this is my 400th posts! And like five months on the Downs too!

[Finduilas]

I'm so awfully tempted to tell you her age... But I guess I should let her do that.

[Folwren]

No. No....Not born in 1987 nor am I 18, though you are all very near, so guessing further really won't avail much. If I'm 18, 19, 20, or 21, it's all practically the same difference.

[Groin Redbeard]

OH MY GOSH! How did you know my height? Lauinque didn't tell you did she?:eek:

Nope, she didn't tell me anything.:D Hmm... I can't picture you with brown hair, I guess I'll have to see you in a picture or something



And I always thought that Folwren was 18 or 19... I don't know...
Yes, 19 years old, she has pure blonde hair, and she is tall for a girl: 5'11.

[Folwren]

Yes, 19 years old, she has pure blonde hair, and she is tall for a girl: 5'11.

I don't act like a blond, do I? ;) Not blond and not 5'11", although I am the tallest girl in the family.

The Great Elven Warrior is most decidedly (in my mind) a freckle faced girl who is around 14 years of age, has a bobbed hair cut with hair somewhere between brown and blond...sometimes described as 'dirty-dishwater' (I didn't give it that name, so don't blame me for its bluntness).

I know that that's an incorrect picture, for you described yourself rather indepthly above, but I can't help it.

[Mithalwen]

I'm so awfully tempted to tell you her age... But I guess I should let her do that.

But Finduilas ..you should never give away a lady's age ..even if it is your sister.... believe me you may reap the benefits in years to come especially if you are known to be the younger sister...

[Gwathagor]

Gwathy, indeed.

I do wear glasses, and I do have brown hair. (It's only short 3 times a year, however.) I am about 6' 2", and I am neither fat, nor burly, nor thin. I either laugh or scowl. Usually the latter.

Eventually I'll get a picture on the photo page, but until then:

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=545264#post545264

There. No more Lurch. :p Had the prevailing impression been Gregory Peck, or Clint Eastwood, I wouldn't be nearly so hasty to correct it. Heck, I'd have settled for Bruce Willis, or a young Bruce Springsteen. Ah well. :)

[Folwren]

Oh, Gwathagor! My image is shattered - destroyed! No longer will I think of you as my height, dear me, no. And no longer are you Gwathy. Ha. Anything but...especially when you're scowling, as you usually do. :p

[Gwathagor]

*chuckles wryly to self*

No more Gwathy. Splendid.

[Finduilas]

But Finduilas ..you should never give away a lady's age ..even if it is your sister.... believe me you may reap the benefits in years to come especially if you are known to be the younger sister...

Well, for here, I have my age in my bio, so that wouldn't be any good. And looks wise, I have lately got to know some people, and they for a while thought I was 13 or 14. Oh well, I don't think I act that young...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I don't act like a blond, do I? ;) Not blond and not 5'11", although I am the tallest girl in the family.

The Great Elven Warrior is most decidedly (in my mind) a freckle faced girl who is around 14 years of age, has a bobbed hair cut with hair somewhere between brown and blond...sometimes described as 'dirty-dishwater' (I didn't give it that name, so don't blame me for its bluntness).

I know that that's an incorrect picture, for you described yourself rather indepthly above, but I can't help it.Well, I do have freckles! Dark brown hair. I thought that Folwren would have brown hair and would be kind of short...

[Laurinquë]

Yes Folwren! You sure got the freckles right!

I have never formed pictures of any of you in my mind, and I never thought I should until I read this thread. :rolleyes:

To be honest I thought of you as looking like you avatar, I know it's crazy, but it is true! *shamed*

Oh! Except Folwren, you look like Sam. And TheGreatElvenWarrior of course, I know what you look like....
I am interested to know how others picture me though, but I have not been on the Downs very long so maybe nobody knows....

[A Little Green]

Well, Laurinquë, I can't help picturing you looking like your avatar, somewhat younger though and with pretty, sandy-blond curls.

And Gwathagor, I'm quite stunned. :p I was so certain that you had curly golden-brown hair and green eyes (that might have to do with your avvie though, as well as the fact that I always imagine you wearing clothes of that specific (quite pretty) shade of green) and were sort of willowy...

I thought that Folwren would have brown hair and would be kind of short... No way! :eek: If she ain't tall I'll eat my hat. I don't know why, but she has a sort of tall-ish air to her. :D

[Bêthberry]

In spite of the secret date of birth, I picture Bêthberry between 25 and 30, with beautiful glossy brown hair, slightly short and very pretty.



*blushes* Why, thank you! Growing up in the shadow of my beautiful mother was hard, so it's nice to be perceived as having some of my own attractiveness. (I think though I will start a list of how others perceive me, as I seem to remember Esty thinking I was Madonna-like--although which re-invention of Madonna I can't quite recall!)


*chuckles wryly to self*

No more Gwathy. Splendid.

Does this mean we can expect more swagger from 'Thagor? :D

I wish I could return the favour of Rikae and others and post my impressions of Downers, but I don't create mental images of what you all look like. Instead, I think about your voices and imagine what you all sound like when you speak.
And, no, I don't imagine any of you sounding like The Good Professor's idea of "Cellar Door." :D

[Folwren]

I thought that Folwren would have brown hair and would be kind of short...

No way! :eek: If she ain't tall I'll eat my hat. I don't know why, but she has a sort of tall-ish air to her. :D

Ah, Li'l Green, don't eat your hat! I'm not specatcularly tall, nor particularly short. Maybe a might taller than average.

Oh! Except Folwren, you look like Sam.

Charmed. Actually, I take that rather as a compliment - it must mean that somehow, somewhere on this vast Downs, I have behaved somewhat like Sam. Sam's my absolutely favoritest character, though I dont' think you knew that. *scratches head confusedly*
Could you tell me how you came to that conclusion? And what do you mean, "looks like Sam" precisely - can you say?

I am interested to know how others picture me though, but I have not been on the Downs very long so maybe nobody knows....

I don't know yet. So sorry. Later I may voice an opinion.

Bethberry, dear lady, I have the highest respect for you. I picture you as tall, slender, older-ish (that is, 40's), but very pretty and very young looking. You have long, straight dark brown hair. Your skin is a perfect complexion, pale and smooth and without blemish, your eyes are deep brown. You often smile and frequently laugh, and are almost always in a good mood.
You're also always wearing a long skirted dress of dark blue.

I first got this impression when I joined Rohan on the RPing forums.

[Gothbogg the Ripper]

Boromir88 looks like an academic sort. A pair of glasses similar to those of John Lennon. A tweed jacket with patches on the elbows and a book eternally stuck under one arm.

[Bêthberry]

From a post by Gwathagor:

God bless the radio adaptation! (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=545456&postcount=45)

Now I absolutely cannot shake off an image of Gwathagor as Tiny Tim. :D

[Gwathagor]

I have no luck. :(

[Folwren]

No! No, I have noticed that! And it is soooo amusing. I laughed particularly hard when I read on the Barrow Downs Photo Page thread that Kath thought you were a girl all this time! :D

[Kath]

And she's very very sorry!:o

[Gwathagor]

:)

[Folwren]

*Folwren continues to laugh out loud*

[Finduilas]

I have no luck. :(

It's good for you. ;)

[THE Ka]

*chuckles wryly to self*

No more Gwathy. Splendid.


I know it is a bad assumption, but ever since you revealed your Pogue-appreciation, I had a strong picture of you as of the male gender. I know, it is bad to assume that, but most people I meet who actually know who they are, well, are male.
Which is sad too, because Kristy MacColl was with them for awhile, and she was (and is) amazing! I would have figured more women would be aware of The Pogues just because of her for starters, but I guess it is mostly of where I live that no one has a clue who they are. *sigh*

~ Ka

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I would have figured more women would be aware of The Pogues just because of her for starters, but I guess it is mostly of where I live that no one has a clue who they are. *sigh*

I know the Pogues... but only by way of a male punk friend... so I don't know if that counts much.

The Ka: gratuitously long black hair, skin that ranges, depending on nothing in particular, in tone from albino to a burnished copper. Heavily lined eyes. Always very heavily lined eyes.

[Laurinquë]

(Charmed. Actually, I take that rather as a compliment - it must mean that somehow, somewhere on this vast Downs, I have behaved somewhat like Sam. Sam's my absolutely favoritest character, though I dont' think you knew that. *scratches head confusedly*
Could you tell me how you came to that conclusion? And what do you mean, "looks like Sam" precisely - can you say?)
-Folwren

It WAS a compliment! I love Sam! It was one of the highest compliments anyone can receive! But I am sorry if I offended. And how I came to that conclusion, well, when TheGreatElvenWarrior had her avatar as Sam with his frying pans I kept mistaking it for yours and vice versa. They did look rather alike at first glance and I guess after that the image of you as Sam kind of stuck. Rather sad perhaps.

Oh, and A Little Green, how did you know I have sandy-blond curls? That is amazing. How long are they?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I would have never thought of Gwathy like that! He looks like he should be in some movie, because he has the looks to be a movie star:eek:... well, that's just crazy, of course I know someone who's better looking!:D(That's male)

And wait, Lauri who are you getting me confused with?

[A Little Green]

Oh, and A Little Green, how did you know I have sandy-blond curls? That is amazing. How long are they? I don't know where did that assumption come from. You just seem like a person with sandy-blond curls :p

I've figured out that picturing people to look like their avatars can be dangerous. No problem with doing that to people like Folwren or Groin (the dwarf thingy though, not the John Wayne (yet...) :D), but when you start picturing Menel like his avatar something must be awry... :rolleyes:

[Kath]

I know The Pogues Ka, though I must admit I only really know one song by them as a group, but the lead singer has been on Jools Holland on occasion so I've seen him more often.

[Folwren]

And wait, Lauri who are you getting me confused with?

With me, so you shoudl have no fear. I'm sure many people wish they were confused for me. :p ;)

[Gwathagor]

I know it is a bad assumption, but ever since you revealed your Pogue-appreciation, I had a strong picture of you as of the male gender. I know, it is bad to assume that, but most people I meet who actually know who they are, well, are male.
Which is sad too, because Kristy MacColl was with them for awhile, and she was (and is) amazing! I would have figured more women would be aware of The Pogues just because of her for starters, but I guess it is mostly of where I live that no one has a clue who they are. *sigh*

~ Ka

Don't forget Cait O'Riordan!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

With me, so you shoudl have no fear. I'm sure many people wish they were confused for me. :p ;)Well, it's surprising that Lauri would get me confused with anyone one the Downs. But, you seem like a nice person, so I'd rather get confused with you that someone else...

[Finduilas]

With me, so you shoudl have no fear. I'm sure many people wish they were confused for me. :p ;)

Not me. :D

[Bêthberry]

Bethberry, dear lady, I have the highest respect for you. I picture you as tall, slender, older-ish (that is, 40's), but very pretty and very young looking. You have long, straight dark brown hair. Your skin is a perfect complexion, pale and smooth and without blemish, your eyes are deep brown. You often smile and frequently laugh, and are almost always in a good mood.
You're also always wearing a long skirted dress of dark blue.

I first got this impression when I joined Rohan on the RPing forums.

Ah, yes. I wondered sometimes if the Innkeeper should have been cranky and snarly, but once in a character, one is stuck. Still, I"m happy to hear that character came through to you. Of course, given the shenanigans going on now in Rohan, I gather the old inn is completely destroyed. Like much of Middle-earth, change works its way . . . Has your character aged at all?

[Lalaith]

Ahem. I've known, loved and danced drunk to the Pogues since some of you were probably still in nappies. I've seen them live, too - although I admit I was the only person in the building, other than Caitlin O'Riordan, wearing a skirt. (Not that I was the only girl - rock gig-chicks tend to do jeans, you see)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Someone's peeking around the corner...
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/images/chatskwerl.jpg
There is an awful lot of gratuitous chatting going on here - please stick to the topic, folks! Personal conversations can take place in PMs or chat rooms.

[THE Ka]

The Ka: gratuitously long black hair, skin that ranges, depending on nothing in particular, in tone from albino to a burnished copper. Heavily lined eyes. Always very heavily lined eyes.

Awh, you are flattering me, you know that?

I was *supposed* to have black hair like my great-grandmother, but instead I ended up with her daughter's weird mahogany/brown-black as the years have gone by. Strange world it is, or not very.
You're right about the skin, dead on in fact. I change like a lizard, and peel like one too. Though I rarely burn, just tan or further my chances of skin cancer. Whatever comes first.

Heavy lined? Hmm, sometimes, when I feel like it. Usually I just use whatever makes them look bigger, since they're small and almond shapped.

Hmm, as for Fea... Well, this is how I see you, another type of portrait of sorts:

Has deep eyes, but not too dark. Ones that show a person that is well grounded, but not a novice to the imagination and thinking outside the sphere of things. Oval-like face, with a witty but sensible smile that tells there's new thoughts and plans afoot. Overall appearance gives a deeper meaning to the term, 'still waters run deep'. That's the term that pops into my head when I think of Fea.

Don't forget Cait O'Riordan!

*smacks forehead* "May the Almighties Shane, Cait, and Kristy throw rum in my face to put out my eyes for that."

~ The Parting Glass Ka

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

a witty but sensible smile that tells there's new thoughts and plans afoot.

I had brunch this past weekend with a fantastically wry artist clad in purple, lime green, and orange plaid, a grandpa-cardigan, a winter hat, and a pair of duct-tape repaired gold sunglasses about the size of my head. And black Chuck Taylors. He asked if I used to wear braces. The other folks present were confused. The question had seemed to come from nowhere. Thing was, he'd noticed within moments of meeting me that I tend to cover my mouth unobtrusively when I smile. Nobody ever sees that. And then he gave me a magazine cut out of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. It was a great meal.

[Nerwen]

And I have problems not to think Nerwen as Cate Blanchett... But in my image she has dark brown hair and wears often a ponytail or a bun. She's quite tall and thin and has slender hands and wrists.

Believe it or not, Aganzir I actually do look like that, except I have short hair.

[Thinlómien]

Believe it or not, Aganzir I actually do look like that, except I have short hair.Odd, You know, this might have something to do with the Agan's game, but aside from imagining you look like Cate Blanchett, I imagine that you have a big mouth with big white teeth. I mean, the sort of big mouth that does not normally look very big but when you grin or laugh (or eat :p) or sing or something it suddenly looks huge. :D

[Gothbogg the Ripper]

The Barrow Wight. A waiter with his thumb forever in the soup.

[Nerwen]

Odd, You know, this might have something to do with the Agan's game, but aside from imagining you look like Cate Blanchett, I imagine that you have a big mouth with big white teeth. I mean, the sort of big mouth that does not normally look very big but when you grin or laugh (or eat :p) or sing or something it suddenly looks huge. :D

Well, actually, I do have rather big white teeth...:D

Just to clarify that last post: I don't mean I look like Cate Blanchett, I mean I'm tall and skinny and have very thin hands and wrists.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Legate of Amon Lanc's real name is Aburame Shino.

So, he has small dark glasses, spiky black hair, oversized clothes with tall collars, bugs, the works.

And if I am wrong I shall eat one of my pancreases.

Pancreii.

What?

Plural of pancreas is pancreii.

[Nerwen]

Here's a knife and fork, then. Legate's picture is on the photo page.

Oh... and I'm afraid you only have one pancreas. You're in trouble.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Poor Nilp. Eiii.

:D

And no, I won't ever dress like that!!! (Thinking of it, it will look very, very odd.)

[Thinlómien]

Eiii.Eek, he's talking Finnish! :eek: *imagines Legate and Nilp talking in Finnish together and freaks out* :D (Yes, my mind is a little restless today... :D)

Anyway, to stay a little on-topic, I just realised that I imagine Shasta to have that spiky black hair Nilp attributes to Legate and I also imagine him to always wear black clothes unless he's wearing dark baggy jeans.

Izzie is a pirate. She has tanned skin and long curly dark brown hair, warm brown eyes and a flirty smile. She's quite tall and her favourite passtime is just laying on the sofa (possibly eating something). Oh, and the sofa is a red one.

[Groin Redbeard]

Eonwe, I picture him as below average height for his age, and rather plump. He always is smiling, looks for mischief, and loves to crack jokes. He has brown hair and freckles on his face.

Sorry if my description doesn't match you, Eonwe. :)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Eonwe, I picture him as below average height for his age, and rather plump. He always is smiling, looks for mischief, and loves to crack jokes. He has brown hair and freckles on his face.

Sorry if my description doesn't match you, Eonwe. :)That kind of seems like what I always thought of him... with glasses!

Newsflash: Reading over this thread I just noticed something I didn't notice before, Gwathy looks like Leonardo DiCaprio... That was a bit late in the OMG stage,but I couldn't help myself...:o

[Eönwë]

Eonwe, I picture him as below average height for his age, and rather plump. He always is smiling, looks for mischief, and loves to crack jokes. He has brown hair and freckles on his face.Eonwe. :)

That kind of seems like what I always thought of him... with glasses!

Sorry to disappoint you people- No glasses, tall (ish), and no freckles (with my colour skin you wouldn't notice them very muvh anyway).

Very amusing thoughts, though.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Sorry to disappoint you people- No glasses, tall (ish), and no freckles (with my colour skin you wouldn't notice them very muvh anyway).

Very amusing thoughts, though.So, you have blonde hair?

[Eönwë]

So, you have blonde hair?

Why do you say that? No, no I don't.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Why do you say that? No, no I don't.Well, since I am horrible at guessing games, then you should tell me what colour hair you have.

[Eönwë]

Well, since I am horrible at guessing games, then you should tell me what colour hair you have.

Dark, dark brown (almost back) hair (Curly is an understatement).

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Dark, dark brown (almost back) hair (Curly is an understatement).
So your hair is the same color as mine. But mine is not curly, just a bit wavy... that probably has something to do with the length factor in my hair though...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

After much thought and pondering, because I didn't have much to do with my time...
I have decided that Groin Redbeard looks like the Travelocity gnome. I am sticking with this picture until I have proof otherwise!

[satansaloser2005]

After much thought and pondering, because I didn't have much to do with my time...
I have decided that Groin Redbeard looks like the Travelocity gnome. I am sticking with this picture until I have proof otherwise!

Surprisingly, I had much the same picture in my head. Great minds think alike?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Surprisingly, I had much the same picture in my head. Great minds think alike?lol... Or how about, Wight minds think alike? I don't know, I don't think that I have that much of a great mind... Maybe, People that have overactive imaginations think alike? But I was watching the TV the other day and there was this commercial that came on with the travelocity gnome falling off of a cliff, I thought "That's Groin!" which was probably a really bad thought... I hope I don't get killed for this...

[Eönwë]

After much thought and pondering, because I didn't have much to do with my time...
I have decided that Groin Redbeard looks like the Travelocity gnome. I am sticking with this picture until I have proof otherwise!

Sorry to dissapoint you, but (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/ih8mcdonalds/Barrowdownsphotopage/Groin.jpg)(courtesy of the *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo page).

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Sorry to dissapoint you, but (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/ih8mcdonalds/Barrowdownsphotopage/Groin.jpg)(courtesy of the *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo page).Well, I can still dream can't I? Doesn't look anything like I imagined...
EDIT: Actually, I was thinking about it and it seems that maybe I did picture Groin this way... he actually looks kind of like someone who goes to my school... *strokes non-existent beard*

[Aganzir]

This infamous friend of mine is convinced Shasta is a girl.

When I see this painting by Tamara de Lempicka, I always think of Brinn.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Aganzir/TamaraDeLempicka_LEclat.jpg

[Morsul the Dark]

With the new FaceBook group we can see how close we got

[Hakon]

I just looked up the group. It says I need an invite. How exactly do I get invited to the group?

[mormegil]

I just looked up the group. It says I need an invite. How exactly do I get invited to the group?

I believe you can request to be invited. Formendacil is the owner of the group so if not send him a PM

[Hakon]

I just requested to join the group.

[Morsul the Dark]

Nerwen Looks like her avatar Galadriel

[Laurinquë]

I've always pictured Morsul as be the tall, dark, and brooding type. And more than a little like his P&A character (yes, the legs too). Facebook has proven me wrong though. It thwarts imagination!

[Galadriel55]

The thing about me imagining BDers is that I know how way too many of you look. :D

Usually, though, I imagine (or at least associate) Downers with their avvies.

There are those that I've seen photos of, but I still picture them differently (bad habbit!). For example, I just can't see Nerwen without the fair hair of her Galadriel avatar. Lalwende is a cross between Bilbo and Irish (take what you will of it). Others I picture as they are in photos, but still that avvie association lingers there. For example, I always associate Pitch and Zil with blackand white, and Agan with orange/yellow.

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies. Eonwe, despite his description of himself earlier in the thread, is pretty pale, possibly with glasses (but not always), pretty tall, thin, and either has a mop of very fair surly hair or very dark slick hair. I still can't decide on the hair - one day I imagine it one way, and another day it's the other...

[Morthoron]

Interesting, G55. For the record, I look exactly like my avatar.

[Mithalwen]

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies...

We do, we do... save that at this end of summer I am closer to blonde...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

The thing about me imagining BDers is that I know how way too many of you look. :D

Usually, though, I imagine (or at least associate) Downers with their avvies.

There are those that I've seen photos of, but I still picture them differently (bad habbit!). For example, I just can't see Nerwen without the fair hair of her Galadriel avatar. Lalwende is a cross between Bilbo and Irish (take what you will of it). Others I picture as they are in photos, but still that avvie association lingers there. For example, I always associate Pitch and Zil with blackand white, and Agan with orange/yellow.

There are some that I don't know how they look at all. Mith and Lalaith look exactly like their avvies. Eonwe, despite his description of himself earlier in the thread, is pretty pale, possibly with glasses (but not always), pretty tall, thin, and either has a mop of very fair surly hair or very dark slick hair. I still can't decide on the hair - one day I imagine it one way, and another day it's the other...
This thread was so much fun before the Facebook group. It almost fell into obscurity. Despite the fact that not only have I seen pictures, but actually met Lal in person, on the Barrow-Downs she will always be that picture of Bilbo. It's funny, for some Downers, the people they are on Facebook are different to me than their personas here, and for others, the FB person and Downer are the same.

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

The only two BDers (besides my sis, she doesn't count) that I can sort of picture are:

G55: I picture her, tallish, slim with a fairly-sized chest and hips, long wavy blonde hair, and confident but humble.

Oddwen: Percy Weasley with Bill Weasley's personality.

[Galadriel55]

G55: I picture her, tallish, slim with a fairly-sized chest and hips, long wavy blonde hair, and confident but humble.

Hmm, very interesting... I think the real Galadriel's image has a lot of influence here. Tallish? Hm, average, I'd say. Slim? Not chubby, but can't say I'm slim either. Long wavy blonde hair? It's wavy, but neither blonde not long... Confident and humble? Neither nor. :D

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=655209&postcount=1539


Just wait until you start reading more into the history of Downer moots - you'll find a ton of pictures of all sorts of Downers...


One person I forgot to mention is the Barrow Wight Himself. I see Mr. BWH as a person taller than average, very dark hair, and greyish-blueish eyes. Straight nose. He usually has a serious expression on his face.

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

Hmmm.... You're pretty, G55. Your hair is a little like my sister's, (but slightly tamer. :) ) Bit blurry, but nice nonetheless.

I don't really have any pictures of myself to post, just this group picture from my boyfriend's facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=427037300652918&set=t.100002715540103&type=3&theater

The one in the hat is my friend Nikki, to the right of her is my boyfriend Andrew, then it's me (cut off somewhat) and after me it's Nikki's little sister Annie.

My hair is up in a headband and I look like hell, but I'm not very photogenic anyway.

I literally JUST figured out that you can't see the licture in the link without being FB friends with Andrew. Sorry! If I get a different pic, I'll put it up.

[Aganzir]

For example, I always associate Pitch and Zil with blackand white, and Agan with orange/yellow.
Can I join the black and white club now plz? Orange and yellow are absolutely my least favourite colours (except they look good on lions). :p
Anyway, I'm blonde enough - this (https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/292906_10151130752033433_1137821751_n.jpg) is what I've looked like since the operation.

[Galadriel55]

Can I join the black and white club now plz? Orange and yellow are absolutely my least favourite colours (except they look good on lions). :p

It's just that your avvie was an orange-y lion for a long time, then a yellow lion. And, as you say, your hair is blonde. And now even though you've had the black and white avvie for a while, I still can't erase the yellow/orange impression.

Anyway, I'm blonde enough - this (https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/292906_10151130752033433_1137821751_n.jpg) is what I've looked like since the operation.

Kinda hard not to know what you look like after all the (relatively) recent moots and photos that come with them :p, but I haven't seen this one before. I don't know if I should laugh or cry at the fact that you are more dwarvish here than all of PJ's dwarves put together.

[Aganzir]

It's just that your avvie was an orange-y lion for a long time, then a yellow lion. And, as you say, your hair is blonde. And now even though you've had the black and white avvie for a while, I still can't erase the yellow/orange impression.
Yeah I know - actually I associate you with yellow too, and that's just because of your avvie. And okay maybe also your screenname. :p

I don't know if I should laugh or cry at the fact that you are more dwarvish here than all of PJ's dwarves put together.
Hahaha thanks! That's the best thing anyone has said to me in a while. :D

[Pomegranate]

Hey, Gal, I'm curious - you said somewhere that you didn't imagine me the way I look, what was your picture?

I'm not really a visual person myself, I don't think I've got actual people-representations on anyone I haven't met - as boring as that is.

[Galadriel55]

Hey, Gal, I'm curious - you said somewhere that you didn't imagine me the way I look, what was your picture?

The picture that I said it about? This one: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=4594&page=30

Or do you mean the picture I had in my head? I thought you had hair like Agan's. Maybe because when you first joined and said that you were a friend of some Finnish Downers, I thought you were Annina: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=607515&postcount=629

But then when Pitch asked you about it, you said you were someone else. The image stuck, though.

[Aganzir]

Funnily enough whenever people call littlemanpoet lmp I consistently misread it as Imp and sort of imagine him as a jovial leprechaun.

[Kuruharan]

Funnily enough whenever people call littlemanpoet lmp I consistently misread it as Imp and sort of imagine him as a jovial leprechaun.

You mean he isn't..? :eek:

[Galadriel55]

Funnily enough whenever people call littlemanpoet lmp I consistently misread it as Imp and sort of imagine him as a jovial leprechaun.

I actually did not realize that it says Lmp and not Imp until I put things together and understoon that lmp, Elempi, and littlemanpoet are actually the same person. :o Before that, I fully thought someone is being called an imp. :D

[Bêthberry]

*coughs* I would like to say that I do believe I was one of the first to call littlemanpoet lmp, but I think he did me one better by turning it into elempi. :D

[Tar-Jêx]

I usually tend to imagine people looking very similar to their avatars.
This is very interesting when it comes to people like Galadriel.

Just so you know, I look almost identical to my avatar, but with a regal composure and menacing eyes.

[Inziladun]

I usually tend to imagine people looking very similar to their avatars.
This is very interesting when it comes to people like Galadriel.

There used to be a separate Photo Page that is still linked at the top of the forum, but it seems to be out of action.
This thread (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=11909) gives some faces behind the avvies, though.

Here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=4594&page=31) is another good thread for member photos.

[Formendacil]

There used to be a separate Photo Page that is still linked at the top of the forum, but it seems to be out of action.
This thread (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=11909) gives some faces behind the avvies, though.

Here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=4594&page=31) is another good thread for member photos.

Talk about a blast from the past. The original photo-page is full of such memories--back before Facebook, when anonymity was actually normal on the Internet, those were (for most of us) our first real pictures of other Downers--and goodness are some of us young back then!

[Aganzir]

Just so you know, I look almost identical to my avatar, but with a regal composure and menacing eyes.
Hot.

I'm glad to see this thread was upped! I've been meaning to go back to it myself to share some thoughts about newer downers but will have to save it till later - or, well, earlier is the right word here.

Is it just me, or doesn't the photo page work?

There's also a Barrow-Downs facebook group for those who are on facebook!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Talk about a blast from the past. The original photo-page is full of such memories--back before Facebook, when anonymity was actually normal on the Internet, those were (for most of us) our first real pictures of other Downers--and goodness are some of us young back then!

Yes, I recall how exciting it was when the photo-page got updated with new photos... I also recall that I was quite exited about peoples reactions to my own photo.

[Galadriel55]

This is very interesting when it comes to people like Galadriel.

Oh, I am blooming and prospering in real life too. Why, I practically glow. :Merisu:

Yes, I recall how exciting it was when the photo-page got updated with new photos... I also recall that I was quite exited about peoples reactions to my own photo.

Haha, I'm too fresh a corpse to have seen those days. Nah, I was terribly excited when I discovered the photo page, and just as disappointed when I found out it's at least several years old. But the I met a BD-er thread has some regular updates on the looks of some people. ;)

[Aganzir]

After we discovered the photo page doesn't work, Volo and I spent a good hour trying to fix it (digging Volo's account details up from the mathom house that's the internet, that is) and found all the old photos still safely tucked away in his hard drive. And man, are they cute! I'll make him do something about the page as long as we're still housemates.

Anyway - now that I found my way here I might as well share some impressions.

I first thought Tar-Jêx was an American or German man in his mid-30s who was really into Númenor and enacted naval battles with miniatures. Now I know most of that is not true but I still think he likes Númenor and wargaming. Also he drinks hot chocolate in the evenings. His hair is light brown and long.

Coppermirror is 19 and American and has reddish blond hair and glasses. She's too clever for school so she spends her classes making crossword puzzles at the back of the room. She rides a bike and likes to read letters by famous authors.

Zigûr has dreadlocks and lots of tattoos and he rides a motorcycle. He's 30-40 and works in IT. He likes to drink beer and watch the sunset in beach boulevard pubs while rereading Sauron Defeated over and over.

Galin is a lumberjack. He's secretly building his own personal Barad-dûr in his backyard.

IxnaY AintsaY is a tall cold woman who wears her long black hair plaited. She lives in a tower somewhere north.

[Zigûr]

Zigûr has dreadlocks and lots of tattoos and he rides a motorcycle. He's 30-40 and works in IT. He likes to drink beer and watch the sunset in beach boulevard pubs while rereading Sauron Defeated over and over.
Amusingly, and at the risk of giving too much away about myself (although I'm part of the Facebook group so I can be seen there already):
I keep my hair short
I don't have tattoos (and don't particularly like them)
I don't drive (and consider motorcycles to be very dangerous)
I'm in my mid-twenties
I'm an English academic-in-training
I prefer red wine to beer, although I do like a good German Beer
I haven't actually read all of Sauron Defeated (although admittedly I have read all of the Notion Club Papers and Drowning of Anadûnë material because of it's relation to Sauron - it was the draft of The Lord of the Rings part that I didn't get through, having read the previous three volumes, because of the enormity of the Shelob's Lair draft chapter)

Funny how what we say gives a very different impression of ourselves.

[IxnaY AintsaY]

IxnaY AintsaY is a tall cold woman who wears her long black hair plaited. She lives in a tower somewhere north.

I do, in fact, "live...somewhere". I'd love to know what gave me away. :P

(And I wonder what it says about me that I got a little thrill in seeing my screen-name in this thread? Nothing good, I'd guess. ;) )