Word Association Game

[Merrivere]

Back when I died on the Downs for the first time, years ago, I started this game. It was so popular that I took a break from the Downs for a month or so, came back, and found the thread alive and well! I figure, it can't hurt to see if you folks will like it.

Here's all you do. You say a word and we associate it to LotR. For example

I say Galadriel

First thing you think of is Elendil so you say Elendil

When I read Elendil I think of Aragorn so I say that

When somebody reads Aragorn they think of Kingsfoil so they put Kingsfoil

See where I'm going with it?

Awesome!

To kick off this thread, I'm going to begin with:

Pipeweed

[Rikae]

Green Dragon

(good idea, Merri!)

[High King Fingolfin]

Pippin.

[Valier]

Merry (of course ;) )

[Farael]

Tom Bombadil (He sure was a merry man)

[Thinlómien]

Goldberry

Should there be a rule that forbids saying the same word again? It would make this much funnier (and difficult) when the game goes on.

[Macalaure]

River-daughter

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Withywindle

[Glirdan]

Anduin

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Boromir

[High King Fingolfin]

Denethor

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Phoenix.

[Glirdan]

Balrog

What! They're both made of fire!!

[Nimrodel_9]

Gandalf! :D

[Rikae]

Hat.

[Glirdan]

Staff! :p

[Farael]

Saruman (your staff is broken)

[Valier]

Really creepy eyebrows.... (you said the first thing that comes to mind :D )

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Grima

[High King Fingolfin]

Eowyn

[Rikae]

Corset (I wore an Eowyn costume for Halloween)

EDIT: I seem to be obsessed with clothes today...

[Naria]

Breathless

[Farael]

Effort

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Theoden

[Farael]

Redemption

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Melkor

[Valier]

Vala

[Merrivere]

Eru

(I'm so glad this is catching on again!)

[Macalaure]

Music

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Dwarves (I got to think about the dwarves playing the instruments in the lonely mountain)

[Glirdan]

Gold

And THEN I thought of Smaug. Sheez.... :rolleyes:

[Rikae]

Mithril

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Tower Guard

[High King Fingolfin]

Beregond

[Merrivere]

Gondor

[Valier]

The Tree in the Court of the fountain

[Thinlómien]

ugly movie-Imrahil

[Macalaure]

Silver Swan

[mormegil]

Cirdan

[Glirdan]

Narya

Don't know why, it just popped to my head...

[Merrivere]

Nenya

(Hey first thing that pops into your head is what we're goin' for! Sometimes it's trickier, but it tests our knowledge and makes it more fun!)

[Thinlómien]

Galadriel

[High King Fingolfin]

Celebrian

[Thinlómien]

Elrond

[Macalaure]

Eärendil

[Thinlómien]

Bilbo's songs

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

The Road Goes Ever On

[High King Fingolfin]

Gandalf

[Farael]

Smaug

[Thinlómien]

barrell-riding

[Macalaure]

drunken elves

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Thranduil

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Greenwood the Great (actually I thought of the Danish name "Store Grønneskov)

[Valier]

shadowed

[Thinlómien]

prince

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Imrahil

[Farael]

Elf (I know he's not... but he does look like one, right?)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Lord

(this is what came to my mind probably as a predicate to the previous word)

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Dark

[Glirdan]

Light

[Macalaure]

Elbereth

[Rikae]

Gilthoniel

[mormegil]

Varda

[Merrivere]

Silmarilion

[Glirdan]

Yavanna

[High King Fingolfin]

Aulë

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Dwarves

[Glirdan]

Elves

[Farael]

Songs

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Bilbo

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

pity

[High King Fingolfin]

Gollum

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

precious

[Glirdan]

Sauron

[Valier]

Former Right-hand of Morgoth

[High King Fingolfin]

Morgoth

[mormegil]

Malice

[Glirdan]

Deceit

[Macalaure]

Gorlim

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Gollum

[Rikae]

Smeagol

(no repeating! Tsk Tsk!)

[Thinlómien]

Déagol

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

The One Ring

[Thinlómien]

Galadriel's prologue in the movies

[Istari]

The 7 rings for the dwarves. ;)

[Istari]

No! wait! the slopes of Mt. Doom :o

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Isn't that supposed to be one word?

Caradhras

[Istari]

forgive me. :o the dwarves

[ninja91]

Dangerous...

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Smaug

[High King Fingolfin]

Ancalagon

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

swan

[Rikae]

The Prancing Pony
(via a weird chain of non-Tolkien associations)

[High King Fingolfin]

The Ivy Bush

[THE Ka]

111st Birthday

~ Ka

[Meneltarmacil]

Fireworks.

[Valier]

Fire Dragons ;)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

cold dragons!

[High King Fingolfin]

Scatha the Worm

[Rikae]

Grima Wormtongue

[Thinlómien]

Théoden

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Snowmane

[Istari]

Shadowfax

[Valier]

Lord of horses

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

swift

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

arrow

[High King Fingolfin]

The Red Arrow

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Minas Tirith

[THE Ka]

pyromorphic stewards...

~ :p Ka

[Rikae]

Oil

[Glirdan]

Fire!!!!!!!!!!

:D :D :D

[Farael]

Desolation

[Rikae]

Dead Marshes

[doom_hammer]

Fell beast

[High King Fingolfin]

Nazgul

[Thinlómien]

Angmar

[Macalaure]

(of) old

[Istari]

Elendil

[doom_hammer]

gil galad

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

starlight

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

morning star

[Thinlómien]

The witch-King of Angmar

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

lord of carrion

[High King Fingolfin]

Gothmog

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

death

[Thinlómien]

Melkor

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Ainur

[Farael]

Tom Bombadil (What? it's word association!! And he might just be an Ainu for all we know. But then, maybe not. Do Balrogs have wings?) :p

[Valier]

Goldberry (obviously)

[Macalaure]

Water-lilies :)

[High King Fingolfin]

Swan

[Valier]

Alqualondë

[Eonwe]

Feanor --> kinslaying --> :(

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Arda

[Thinlómien]

Ilúvatar

[mormegil]

Light

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Lamps

[THE Ka]

Aule

~ Ka

[Merrivere]

Valar

[mormegil]

Ingwë

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Vanyar (like me)

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Varda

[High King Fingolfin]

Manwë

[mormegil]

Eagles

[Thinlómien]

Bilbo

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

There and Back Again

[Valier]

Hobbit songs

[Merrivere]

Dancing

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Rosie

[Glirdan]

Farmer Cotton

[High King Fingolfin]

Sam

[mormegil]

Hero

[Naria]

Boromir

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

proud

[THE Ka]

blind

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

see

[The Only Real Estel]

Palantir

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

withered

[mormegil]

Orthanc

[High King Fingolfin]

Saruman

[Valier]

The white hand

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

brand

[mormegil]

Erkenbrand

[High King Fingolfin]

Theoden

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Rohirric

[Thinlómien]

Eorl the Young

[mormegil]

Mearas

[Thinlómien]

^I interpret that as mearas, hope it's so...

Shadowfax

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

swift

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

agile

[High King Fingolfin]

Legolas

[mormegil]

Gimli son of Gloin.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Andúril (don't ask me how it come to me in association with the previous)

[Thinlómien]

Gúthwinë

[Valier]

Eomer

[THE Ka]

Horse

[Mithalwen]

Arwen

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Eowyn

[Valier]

Evenstar

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

morning

[High King Fingolfin]

Galadriel

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

temptation

[Merrivere]

Denethor

[High King Fingolfin]

Boromir

[Naz]

Caradhras

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Grey-horn (where did THAT come from??)

[THE Ka]

Rhinos

~ Ka

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

oliphaunt

[High King Fingolfin]

Sam

[Naz]

Eaves

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

dropping

[THE Ka]

cumbersome Pippin

~ Ka

[High King Fingolfin]

Merry

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Estella

[Thinlómien]

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

[Elmo]

My gran ;)

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

nasty

[High King Fingolfin]

Gollum

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

loin cloth...

[Glirdan]

Sting? :confused:

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

a hobbit (this and the previous make a short sentence, you know)

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

bouncy

[Elmo]

Barliman Butterbur

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

innkeeper

[Glirdan]

Pippin! :D

[Elmo]

fool of a took

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Mithrandir

[High King Fingolfin]

Saruman

[Thinlómien]

Orthanc

[Elmo]

fang

[Glirdan]

Wargs!! :D

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

death

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

life!!!

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

gandalf the white

[THE Ka]

Radagast, the unappreciated...

~ Ka

[Thinlómien]

birds

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

carrion

[High King Fingolfin]

Fell Beasts

[THE Ka]

Farmer Maggot's Dogs

:p

[Thinlómien]

Huan

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Luthien

[Thinlómien]

Beren -- sorry for an obvious one! :p

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Ring of Barahir

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

snakes

[High King Fingolfin]

Wormtongue

[FeRaL sHaDoW]

rohan

[Thinlómien]

King Fréalaf Hildeson

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Helm

[Thinlómien]

Wulf

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Edoras

[Thinlómien]

Éomer

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Éomund

P.S. You are showing a Barrow-downs addiction syndrome, Lommy...

I do not! I am here just because I wanted to check what you wrote.
And it's only 0:39 in here...

[Thinlómien]

Éothain

(It's only 1:45 AM here... :D)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

éored

I know it is silly, but I find it fun. :D Now.

[Thinlómien]

Elfhelm the Marshal

(I find this funny too... but I doubt I'd be here if I wasn't playing werewolf simultaneously though... :rolleyes: )

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Erkenbrand

I supposed so... I also wouldn't be here hadn't I actually be reading through ancient looong threads in here... hm, hmmm... interesting, though... I might leave it for today.
Anyway - this is how this game should be played!

[Thinlómien]

Helm's Deep

(I agree this is the way this game should be played... it has a whole different feel about it... But good night in case you're not coming back! :))

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Háma

Well, since you ended the "this suggests another Rohirric name beginning with E" line, I'm leaving... but if some time once again I happen to remain awake and you'll be around with Werewolf, just call and I'll be here rightaway. Good night!

[Thinlómien]

Haleth

(I'll keep that in mind. :))

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Haldir

[High King Fingolfin]

Celeborn

[Thinlómien]

Cerin Amroth

(don't ask why)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Amon Lanc! http://www.forumup.cz/images/smiles/Trilly-166-icon_thumright.gif

You know, it can be actually seen from there... a distant height, but in darkness then... I just loved that moment in LotR, end of Chapter 6 in the Second book...

[High King Fingolfin]

Amon Hen

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Amon Sul

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Emyn Beraid

[Thinlómien]

Emyn Muil

[Elmo]

Éomund

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Mark

[Thinlómien]

Eorl the Young