If you could have been born in Middle Earth...

[Meneltarmacil]

IF you could have been born in Middle Earth, what race would you be, where would you live, and who would you make friends with?

I'd either be an elf and live in Rivendell, or I'd be a human and live in Edoras.

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Meneltarmacil, I'm not sure, but I'm sure there's a topic like this somewhere... smilies/smile.gif

Swan song,
~Menelien

[Yavanna228]

As far as I can find, there is indeed a topic that deals with What race would you be? (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000005), but I haven't as of yet found ones that deal with where you'd live and who your friends would be. Then again, I didn't search too hard or browse too far either. smilies/tongue.gif Look around a bit, Meneltarmacil, and maybe you'll find some other threads like this, but if not, have fun on this one. Welcome to the Downs, and remember to use the search function before posting a new topic. If you have any problems or questions, PM me! I'd be happy to help. smilies/smile.gif
Peace

[Meela]

I would be human, but elvish is good. But humans seem much more involved, especially in Gondor, with the whole ring/war issue, and I adore being right in the action, with all the gossip. Elves seem a bit away from all that, even though they are involved.

I would live in Minas Tirith with my husband, as I do now. And I would be friends with... just about everyone. But friends with Gandalf and Aragorn and all those in secret, as I'm sure my husband wouldn't be too pleased to find out I was associating with them.

[Meneltarmacil]

I'm an Animated Skeleton, Yavanna228, so I'm not exactly a newbie on this site.

[Ophelia]

I actually have written this for many times in other topics with different titles but the question's the same : what race would you represent and so on . But I guess I will never get tierd of writing it . And still my thoughts are the same : I do not know what race I would be but I would like to be a Hobbit for we have many habbits in common or a Man of Rohan for I can't live without horses or riding . But we may never know the answer to this question for there is no logical way to get to Middle-earth without admiting that that is a fantasy world of our own . But that is why we are LotR fans smilies/biggrin.gif

[Yavanna Kementari]

*bows* Hullo all, I haven't been here in a while. Aulë and I have been on vacation an there is much that a Valier must do even while trying to relax! smilies/smile.gif

In answer to your question my dear, *smiles* I would be there for I am a Valier, who disguises herself as an Elf from time to time and I dwell in the ageless forests of Valinor smilies/smile.gif *bows* I have a few friends here, Gandalf the Grey is the closest. An Westerner by the Name of Eldarion and an Elf that goes by the name Mithalcariel. Of course I am a friend to all creatures great and small, both the olvar and the kelvar.
smilies/smile.gif It was wonderful to visit for a while. Though you aren't a newbie dear, it is the first time I have met you so welcome! *bows and smiles* Take care and have fun!
-(~<~> Yavanna

[BreeStar1211]

I would probably be an elf, and live in Imladris. I don't really know who I would be friends with. . .

[Luinalatawen]

I'd be a man and live in Rohan. Or maybe Gondor... I don't know... But I would try to be friends with everyone and try to get to know as many people from different races that I could. Diversity is cool. My closest friends would be men.

[Everdawn]

I would be an elf, born into the third age, and residing in Rivendell. Becuase it is lighter than Lothlorien, which is more unsettling than Rivendell, and Not in Mirkwood... too many creepy crawlies.. smilies/wink.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

I would be a hobbit, living in the Shire (of course), and I would be friends with Merry and Pippin. (I would be the one that Gandalf didn't catch stealing that firework... smilies/evil.gif )

Abedithon le! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lathriel]

I would be a hobbit because I sometimes feel like them. I love food just as much as they do, I have brown curly hair and living in a hobbit hole seems cosy to me. I don't exactly know who my friends would be but I am sure they wouldn't be the Sackville-Baginsess.

[Kates Frodo Temp]

Hurrah for the Shire! Other places are too lofty for me. I'd make a mighty strange hobbit, though! Maybe I'm a Brandybuck, maybe.

Merry and his type would be my friends, because Merry is the only ordinary hobbit gentleman Tolkien wrote of. Think about it, and you'll realize it's true. How many people have Merry as there favorite character? I can't think of a one. Everyone likes him, of course. What's not to like? The poor fellow is ignored throughout the book, simply because he's a quiet, ordinary hobbit.

I would be surrounded by normal hobbits in the Shire, so Merry and his type would be my friends.

BTW, there are many topics currently dealing with some form of these same questions. Just thought you should know.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

i'd love to be an elf 'cause they're wise, fair, brave and they can fight. it would be wonderful to wander in the woods of lórien or in rivendell.
that's what i'd like to be.
but i think that a man of rohan would be a better fit to me. mountains, valleys, forests and horses. tough people with a good king.

[peonydeepdelver]

Think about it, and you'll realize it's true. How many people have Merry as there favorite character? I can't think of a one.

Actually, although this is off-topic, my favorite character is actually Merry! Then Pippin, Boromir, Nob, and so on... yeah, just had to point out that he's my fave...

ON-TOPIC: Oh yeah, I have this all planned out. smilies/tongue.gif I'd be Peony Deepdelver from Buckland, and I'd be friends with Merry and Pippin (since Merry lives in Buckland, and where there's Merry there's Pippin). Yup. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Alatariel Telemnar]

I would probably be an elf, and live in Imladris. I don't really know who I would be friends with. . .

Yep, yep, same, same, HEY maybe we can be friends!!
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[Lily]

Well for a race I would be half elf. And I would live everywhere I would stay in Rivendell for awhile then maybe go to Rohan and Gondor etc. But the place that I would always call home would be Lothlorien. And since I would be traveling everywhere I would be friends with as many people as I could! smilies/biggrin.gif

[mrslegolastoyou]

I have a weird felling I was born in middle earth I know some people might not believe this but it REALLY happened beyyond any doubt and this is what happened... I fell aslep and felt the wind on my face all of a sudden and then I woke up to see what it was and found my self ling on the grass it felt good and I was tired and I closed my eyes but then I herd the noise from down below it sounded like it was about to boil over! i figured out it was the ringwraiths and all of a sudden they started saying come back to middle earth and they wouldn't stop I got scared and I looked left and right right went to mordor because I could see the mountain and left went to rivindell because I could see the rivendell waterfall and I realised that I had EXTREMLY far eysite much farther than usual for I human and I ran awy towards rivindell and man could I run and the faster I ran the slower I got anfd the more powerful the ringwraiths got and then I triped and fell and I herd somone calling my name aradhelion and it kept on shaking me and saying my name aradhelion, aradhelion wake up it was only a bad dream. Its me LEGOLAS you said that you were going to pick flowers with your SISTER GALADRIEL and rememder what hapopened when you and your two sisters mom went to far and went to the outside the real earth were there is nothing but death so don't go pick the yellow flowers or you'll disappear to I don't want you to dissappear, I love you. all of a sudden there was a blinding flash and I looked out of the window (the same window Gandalf was looking out of and I was in the same bed that frodo was in) and Legolas was there and Galadriel was there and Arwen and they were all waiting form me to get out of bed so we can pick some flowers for our daddy ELROND and then I woke up and I was in my own roam or at least it was and ever since then I was always carful to remimber every dream I had of Middle earth... I woke up and tried to stand and my LEFT ankle (the one that I sprained in my dream) was sprained REALLY bad so I had to go to the doctor I told him the whole dream what I just told you and he didn't believe me and then the next night I had a dream that me and Galadriel were picking flowers and Arwen didn't go because she was to intrested in ARAGORN the first human any of us had seen but me and Galadriel got bored of watching him to see what he would do so we went to pick flowers and then Galadriel (after a couple of minites) had to go give her flowers to daddy and I went to pick some more flowers but I didn't realise that I had pick the really pretty (and pretty smelling)yellow flowers (wich turned out to be yellow Jasmen then I turned around to go home and I realised that the path was gone and I was standing on a hill and I saw this weird house with HUMANS and I was an ELF but when I started to cryy I noticed that all the flowers in my hand were those really pretty yellow flowers and that I WAS a human and I ran in the woods but ran back out because of all the weird animals that were there and pretinded that I was lost and my mom found me (my mom in real life) and then I WOKE up(remember that) and I watched all the family films and then my mom said that I wasn't in most of them because I was found out side and I asked her how she found me and she said that I was holding YELLOW JASMAINE and I was crying and speacking a different language and she recorded me speeking and it was in ELVISH becuse she found the tape and she asked me if I knew what language it was and I lied and said no and it WAS REALLY ELVISH it scared me half to death but I can't figure out how to get back to my real home in rivendell! Please help and tell me what I should do and what you think and what you think will happen to me!

[Olorin]

I would be an elf. I would befriend Elrond, Gandalf, Galadriel and Celeborn. I would want to live in either Rivendell or Lothlorien. If you couldn't tell, I'm a big fan of elves. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Morodmir]

I'd b an elf and live near the Long Lake, I don't know why, or maybe a man and live in Minas Tirith.

[Finwe]

I'd definitely be an Elf, but I'd live in Aman (near Formenos or Valinor), and I'd be friends with all the high and mighty, like Fingolfin, Finarfin, etc. etc.

[The_Hand]

I would of course be an Elf but at the same time I still feel that being human has it's benefits.. like leaving this world when they grow tired of it. Still I would be of The Avari, The Unwilling and I would live the first age and the ages before that in the far east and in around 1000 s.a. I would meet up with Sauron and become a captain in his army and in the end I would have my office at Minas Morgul and be in the first assault in the invasion of Gondor in the third age. My friends would of course be The Mouth and Sauron himself smilies/biggrin.gif I would change my name from Rimpa to The Hand of Sauron. Hihi smilies/cool.gif

[Ulmo's Wave]

hey there,
I think i would want to be an elf from rivendell living at the grey havens. Let me explain... Well, I like to think of Rivendell as more of the elven party spot in ME. Think about it. There's always singing, and feasting, dancing, etc. And the way I look at it,,if you want to be a party elf, you might as well also be at the beach(grey havens). SO, I think I would get some friends from Rivendell to head out with me to hang out at the beach where we can teach Cirdan how to dance. Because, frankly i don't think the 1st age elves know how to dance, a terrible disability.
Oh, and Arwen is deffinitely coming with me, she can just tell her daddy that she's going back to Lorien to hang out with aunt Galadriel again. smilies/wink.gif

[Esgallhugwen]

I am an elf, i live in the Dark Wood, not known to many even of the elves, but i love to walk through Lothlorien for Galadriel though now gone back to Valinor was the closest of my kin and I loved her dearly. But for now I do not wish to leave my kingdom of the Dark Wood for I have not yet grown tired of the silver trees and sparkling flowers of blue. I am friends with all who are of good heart and have a strong fire within them, Many a time I have taken counsel with Aragorn so that i may see Arwen. smilies/wink.gif

[Noldorin King]

Of course I want to be an Elven King, say, Fingolfin son of Finwe? the strongest of the children of Eru who gave Melkor seven great wounds.hahaha! Wasn't it mentioned that he resembled Orome the hunter(when he set out to challenge Morgoth)? so he had the might of the divine,hmmm. the house of Fingolfin was most feared by the Dark Lord, how i want to be a lord of Gondolin or Hithlum or Dor-Lomin smilies/biggrin.gif

[Phantom der Oper]

I know it is weird, but I have always wanted to be a Nazgul. That is, I have no need to change the race, only give me a ring! (Scary looks and extraordinary voice guaranteed.)
My friends would be the eight colleagues, surely...

[The_Hand]

I was just wondering if anybody would perhaps want to be a Hobbit? I mean every one says elf but no body seems to like the quiet life in beautiful Shire or Bree?? Live in a nice big hole with a good long pipe and many meals a day?! If I wasn't a dark elf in the service of Sauron I would be a Rohirrim woman because they look a little vikingish and I'm from Norway and if I wasn't that THEN I would be a hobbit! I would live in Hobbiton and smoke my pipe while discussing important matters with the Gaffer! Then I would go on long walks and see the country! Anyone else that would just looove to do that????

[Daisy Brambleburr]

I'd love to be a hobbit. A happy, short life with pipes, mushrooms, hobbit holes and big feet. Sounds like heaven!

I'd live in Bywater (pretty much in the centre of everything) and (as I'm just 16, a very young hobbit-age) I'd live with my family by the Pool.

Elves don't appeal to me really. Their lives seem very long, and they have to watch everything die and pass away. I'm sure being beautiful would be an upside, but the life of a hobbit is truly for me.

[Aredhel Ar Feiniel]

Hobbits are fun, but I'd be an Elf...I'd live in Gondolin & marry Maeglin!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ July 14, 2003: Message edited by: Aredhel Ar Feiniel ]

[Niluial]

I would be an Elf and I would live in… Rivendell or Mirkwood. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lady Dwarf]

I would most certianly be a Dwarf! I would live in Erebor and befriend all the other Dwarves. It is sad that I'm the only Dwarf. smilies/frown.gif

BTW, Merry and Gimli are my favorite characters.

[ July 17, 2003: Message edited by: Lady Dwarf ]

[Tarien Ithil]

I'd like to be a woodland elf (mysterious), sort of like Goldberry, and I'd like to make friends with hobbits! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Neferchoirwen]

My mom told me that I was born on a starry night in June...

So I'd be an elf, born in Cuivinen (the spelling eludes me at the moment).

[Dragon Elf odin Ragnorock]

I would be an elf and live in lothlorian and be friends with all of Elronds clan plus himself and Galadriel and prince Legolas.

[ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Dragon Elf odin Ragnorock ]

[Genevieve]

Hmmm. I think I would either want to be a Hobbit and live in the Shire, and be friends with Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo. OR I would want to be a human living in Rohan and I would be friends with Eowyn. I would want to be an elf except the living forever thing is really creepy to me. But I do think Rivendell sounds really neat.

toodles

[Maeglanthirion]

I'd be a human and a ranger and roam ME, visiting cities like Rivendell and Lothlorien and Edoras and Minias Tirith and so on. I think it would be cool to live on my own and be a terror with a sword and bow and so on. So far, I be the only ranger.

[peonydeepdelver]

Whoa, mrslegolastoyou, that run-on sentence practically made my eyes explode... smilies/eek.gif

[Arwen Eruantale]

I think it would be cool to live on my own and be a terror with a sword and bow and so on. So far, I be the only ranger.

No longer... smilies/biggrin.gif
I would be a lost Ranger of the Dunedain. A great bow, sword and horseman. Forgotten and left to roam Middle Earth alone, I would stay wherever my valourous travels would lead: the Shire, Osgiliath, Rivendell, Minas Tirith, Rohan, the wilds...
I would take counsel with other rangers such as Aragorn, as well as Gandalf, and the rest of the Fellowship, perhaps even the elves from Imladris and Lorien. Any of which I might also travel with from time to time.
I would befriend many. smilies/biggrin.gif

Frodo Lives!

[BlingBlingtheWarriorElf]

I'd be an elf from Mirkwood and my friends would be anyone except orcs, Gollum, and other evil creatures

[Ughósh the Abominable]

HEY I'd just like to give a shout out for the Children of Aule! Dwarf all the way baby!!!

Geez, too many freakin' elves. Sheesh. Bunch of woodland ninnies...

Anyway I'd probably live in the Iron Hills, wielding a hammer in peacetime and an axe in war. Elves are okay, but not friends. Men are useful trading partners. Hobbits are the entertainment. But fellow dwarves are my brothers, and I will gladly die beside them in a bitter press.

[West]

I would like to live in the north where its nice and cold! or anywhere in rohan. I would be human.

[Vanaelda]

I would be an elf of course... because my name means beautiful elf!! hahaha! smilies/biggrin.gif And I also think the no sleep thing is pretty cool. They are also immortal which is pretty cool but there are some disadvantages to that. smilies/frown.gif But for the most part elves are my favorite creatures. smilies/wink.gif

[nPiLL]

I would most likely want to be an Elf and live in Fangorn Forest (i would build myself a hut.) Or i would want to be an orc and live in the caves of Moria (Everyone has a little evil in them smilies/evil.gif lol)

[Deagol]

Maybe, my choice would be a human from Dal. Why? Dal must have beautiful surroundigs, especially the mystic lake with the dead dragon inside.

[Finnguala]

I'd be human and live in Rohan. I'd be a bit like Eowyn, I guess. Because I'm a girly I have to stay home all the time and I'd really hate that. If I'd get a chance, I'd be riding my horse all day and I'd need nobody around...
I don't need no friends... except for my horse.

[Sillabub]

I know this one! I'd live in GONDOR! and I'd be the younger sister of boromir!

[Lord of Angmar]

I would wish to be a Noldorin Elf, born and raised in Valinor, who fought in the Five Battles and the War of Wrath and who lived on the Eaves of Mirkwood with Thranduil's folk after the changing of the world.

[Knight of Gondor]

I'd have to be a Man, hands down. For one thing, the swords are the best. Second, I wouldn't want to be stuck as an Elf, fading away as men increase. (I'm FAAADING....fading....)

I wouldn't want to be a hobbit because I would hate being short. (I'm tall, 6'6)

I wouldn't MIND being a wizard...but the hours are lousy.

I wouldn't want to be an orc, because you'd stink at fighting.

I'd live in Gondor, probably.

[Shy Hobbit]

I'd want to be born in the Shire. It's so beautiful and rustic. And hobbits are so carefree and innocent. smilies/smile.gif Preferably I'd have the name of Estella Bolger... smilies/tongue.gif

[Failivrin]

i would be an elf of the 3rd age of imladris of teh house of glorfindel possibly that would sail to tol eressea with elrond.

OR i would be...oh i can find good points for all the nice races. anything except something bad like an orc or a troll. or gollum....

or i would have liked to be an elf of gondolin who was there but died of a broken heart or something before it was destroyed

[Sindae]

I'd be a human, of course, and I'd live in Rohan or in Ithilien. Well, perhaps even in Minas Ithil before it became Minas Morgul.

[Enorëiel]

Let's see.... this is an interesting question.... I would definitly have to be a hobbit! They're care free, fun, and love to eat! I'd live in the Shire (what a shock!), with it's beautiful landscape (the grass is so freakin green!). I'd probably be friends with Frodo (He's cute, he's a gentleman, er, gentlehobbit and he likes to read...hmmmm not bad smilies/wink.gif), Sam (he's just so sweet and humble), and Merry and Pippin (just gotta love those two). Although... I wouldn't mind learning to use a sword (they do teach swordsmanship in the Shire, right?)

[Till Hardbottle]

Salutations!

I'd have to be a hobbit all the way, living in the Shire, living as close as possible to Bag-End. As for friends, I'd follow Bilbo's pre-Quest-to-Erebor route: be friends with all the respectable hobbits and stay away from the outlandish folk.

[Mellinde]

Hi! I am from Lorien! My name is Mellinde. Mainen linna aselye? Amin marra...does anyone know what I just said?

[NAri Brassbow]

this is how it would go for me, i would either be an ent because they know how to live the good life, a dwarf because i like metal and axes are better than bows, or a hobbit because all they do is eat, drink and smoke or a beorning because mead is cool.


rate me please

[ October 02, 2003: Message edited by: NAri Brassbow ]

[RRyan24]

Hmm... Being a relatively new Lord of the Rings fan I'm not too sure on which would be the best place to live my life had I been born in Middle Earth. As of this moment two things appeal to me. Being either of the elvish race and residing in Rivendell or being human and residing in either Gondor or Rohan.

[ArathorofBarahir]

I would either be a Ranger like Aragorn, a hobbit and live in Hobbiton or I would be a Gondorian warrior.

[ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: ArathorofBarahir ]

[kittygirl02]

I'd be a half Elf, but choose mortality, and fall in love with Merry. *sigh*
Good times, good times..............

[Ithilienelf]

I would be an elf living in Ithilien. Hence the name.

[Oroaranion]

I dearly love the Rohirrim, so i would have to join them and live with Erkenbrand (for king of The Mark).

But the Rangers of Ithilien are cool. Mainly because of Faramir.
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[ElizabethGreenleaf]

that's a good quiestion about where i'd be and what i'd be. and who'd be my friends.
i dont know to be on honest. i love everything but the orcs i guess (if possible) i'd like to be half elf and half hobbit if not...then i guess id like to be in the mountains or deffantly Riverdell or Mirkwood and probably an elf. i guess

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[Fire-Galad]

I think I would be an Elf. I can't decide if I would want to live in Lorien or Mirkwood. Lorien would be nice at the point of Elvish...I don't know how to say this, but it's like you're in Valinor, only nothing really happens there. Mirkwood would be cool to live in execpt for the giant spiders. I hate spiders.

[Sirithrodwen123]

I would be an Elf and live in Rivendell. I would make friends with other elves in Rivendell and other elves in other places. I would also make friends with hobbits and humans for I find their inability to walk lightly on things that are not dense enough to hold their weight.

[The Dark Elf]

I don't know why, but I have some strange yearning to be an easterling. I'm not saying i wan't to be evil (or do I? smilies/evil.gif ) I just like easterlings

[Lostregiel]

I would be a Happy Istari, and my name would be Lostregiel
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[Loke]

I surley vant to be a wizard Bc they are powefull and wise.. smilies/smile.gif

[Fosco Burrows]

Well being english and living in one our shires it would have to be The Shire! Where I live is near Oxford where Tolkien was based so our countryside would've been the basis for his shire and its perfect! Anybody who has never been to a real olde english country pub should because there are all like the green dragon and the prancing pony....brilliant! I'd live in the east farthing and be a farmer. smilies/smile.gif

[Alchisiel]

I would be an elf. I think they are totally cool. I would live in Rivendell.
I also like hobbits, and men. If I were to belong to the race of men I think I would like to be a ranger. They seem pretty smart and wise.
I could also be a hobbit for I like food, good ale, and nice hobbit-hole to come home to after a night of drinking and smoking pipeweed-definitely the Old Toby.

[Mallorniel]

I'd be my Elf self and live in Lothlorien.

[Thorongil]

It would be great to be a wizard, but since they aren't born in Middle-Earth, I guess I can't. smilies/frown.gif
So I would like to be one of the dunedain. Our life is quite short, so living 150-200 years is probably OK. Elves go to Valinor, but I want to stay in ME, since I like challenges, and life in Valinor is really easy

[Missy Evenstar]

If I was born in Middle Earth I'd probably be a hobbit. And I'd live in Hobbition (duh) in Bag End or Bag Shot Row. And my friends would be my friends Kellee, beabie, mary,and joe,and of course frodo, bilbo, sam, rosie, merry, pippin, aragorn, gimli, legolas, and Sam's Old Gaffer. smilies/smile.gif

[Lyta_Underhill]

I'd be a hobbit and live probably in the Tookland or the Marish and wander about into the Old Forest or down(up?) the Withywindle to see ol' Tom and Goldberry occasionally, and take trips to the Misty Mountains and attempt to find Rivendell (always take my troll's bane!)...I may be a simple hobbit, but those Elves are irresistible! smilies/wink.gif (I'd probably join in singing "Tra-la-la-lally, come back to the valley...etc. etc." unless they sang it at daybreak outside my window! smilies/wink.gif

Cheers,
Lyta

[AKhobbit]

I'ld be a ranger of Ithilian...no wait, i'm a girl. hmmm OK they wouldn't let me, so i'ld leave and go do cool ranger things like killing orcs. I'ld wander all over the place - Gondor, Rohan, I'ld cross the mountains too and go to Rivendell, the Shire....everywhere smilies/smile.gif My friends would be Eowyn and i don't know who else.

[PoisonIvy]

interesting. i have always wanted to be in middle earth but not as anything else. i enjoy being human, thank you. and i'd probably live in gondor, working in the courts of his majesty lord aragorn and lady arwen. on second thought, i have always fancied to be aragorn's sister. ha! if that would have been possible. long lost sister whom he loves and cares for so dearly since am the only family (aside from arwen) he has left. my personality would might as well be just like his - adventurous, wise in the ways of the world...as to how I was lost, maybe perhaps, both of us ran away from gondor at the same time, he fell to the elves but I was lost somewhere...hmmm...
*slaps herself in the face* wake up, poisonivy, wake up!!!

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[Amariden Ravenhill]

smilies/biggrin.gif I am a Hobbit...so I suppose I’d like to join up with those Dunedain rangers. I’d get my own sword and learn about living in the Wild. Plus I'd get to meet Aragorn. smilies/cool.gif But I can’t STAND the thought of leaving the Shire.... smilies/frown.gif(

Tomboy+Hobbit=two things that never work well together according to Gammer Togwit smilies/eek.gif

B-but I AM a tomboy! *wails* smilies/confused.gif

[Lenwe]

I would Be a Númenóreans and be 1 of the last Dunedain rangers

[yavanna II]

I would like to be an elf; reside in Lorien, and there found a school free from algebra and physics! and as for my friends, maybe Pippin will do, or Merry.

[Eorl of Rohan]

A lieutenant of Gondor. I love the decription of silver and sable armours of the guards.

[Galadel Vinorel]

I think that I should like to ba a hobbit.

Why?- they are so jolly and happy. Plus they live pretty long, and I would love to live in such a beautiful place as the Shire. Also. I have curly hair, just like a hobbit, and I absolutely LOVE mushrooms! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Kransha]

I would be a dragon and wreak havoc on stuff. Then I would take over Minas Tirith and make it mine. And I would hug it, and cuddle it, and name it George (alright, the last part didn't make any sense, but I would want to be a dragon). I would be a big red fire-drake like Smaug and torch my enemies.

If I couldn't be that, I'd be a dwarf, primarily for the dwarf women! Oh yes, laddie, those dwarf women.

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[Frodo2968thewhite]

Let's see, I'd be one of two things.
I'd be the greatest Noldrim High-King that ever lived, I'd have Vilya, just like Gil-Galad, and would live in the Grey Havens or Lothlorien. My name would be Iorhael Ancalime I Taur, and I would make friends with Elrond, Celeborn, Cirdan, Galadriel, and all of the most honorable Elves in Arda.

Or I'd be a hobbit of the Shire, Fastolph H. Baggins II. I'd live at
# 10 Bywater Road
Hobbiton, WF.
I'd be friends with my Baggins relatives, the Tooks, Gamgees, Brandybucks, and Hornblowers. I'd smoke Old Toby and Longbottom Leaf, drink Old Winyard and Ale at the Green Dragon, and just be a Hobbit.
smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[rutslegolas]

if i would have born in middle-earth

then i would have a become a high numeroean king like ar-pharazon ruling both the northern as well as the western knigdom

or i would be a high-elven king like gil-galad and destroy the forces of evil and then live a peaceful life in mirkwood or lothlorein

[Firnoreion]

I think I would be a Gondorian Ranger. The history of that people is pretty interesting to me and the chance to be out in that countryside-although it would be dangerous would remind me of RL passions.

[lady evenstar]

i would be born in edoras but im an elf and i would make friends with eomer

[Lhundulinwen]

I would be a princess of Gondor or Lothlorien. (Hopefully Lothlorien!!) Or I would be Loved Harfoot of the Shire, (Concering Hobbits is playing in the background) and live a nice quiet life and marry one of Sam's sons. LOL. Then again, Rivendale is nice too. So, anywhere Gandalf and elves hang out, I'd be good. Aragorn would be nice to have around too. Just keep me away from Moria!! That place creeps me out!

[Hot, crispy nice hobbit]

If I were to be born in Middle-Earth... hmm, let me think!

I sure would like to be an Eagle, with the spirit of a Maia, of course! Flying is a HUGE advantage, and if anyone try to shoot me with arrows, I could simply fly over him or her and do my business above that person's head :D

[lore_master]

i'd be a man, either a nomad, under a cheiftain, or a wandering vagabond, under no ones leadership.

[Gil-Galad]

if i was born on ME, i would still be Gil-Galad but i wouldn't die, so I CAN KEEP YOU GREEDY ENGLISH PIG-DOGS AWAY FROM MY RING VILYA(no offence to any english people here) also i am the greatest king that ever lived, so there(in the second age)

[haltred]

I would be a hobbit live in Hobbiton be friends with all the locals and never have any andventures nor do anything unexpectd

[Sillabub]

That's easy!
GONDOR!!!!!! Because it ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wraith: great defensive argument...)
I'd be gondorian. In other words, I'd be a human from gondor. Pure human. Not that weird complicated smallishly-percent-descended-from-elvish-guys-who-decided-to-be-men-and-went-off-and-did-stuff-for-a-long-time-and-called-themselves-human-but-weren't-and-never-washed-their-hair. And not those weird, hairy and stupid wild men. GONDORIAN!!!!!
Aaaaand I'd be friends with Boromir and Faramir and Pippin and random human #252 and that little white pebble in scene 45 in Minas Tirith and the fire that burned Denethor (Wraith: mee too! I hate Denethor! He's so mean to poor faramir!) and-
BOOM!
Ahem. Sorry.

And there's no such THING as Gondorian rangers! At least, not the kind you're probably thinking of. Those guys are Numenorean (Aragorn needs to wash his hair more often!) and such.

[Morsul the Dark]

now now dont be hasty..it is a great honor to be from gondooooooorrr but iiii think that i would much rather be an ent. Because ents are big and strong and wiiiiiise. plus they get to destroy isengaaaaaaard.

i would beriend the hobbits in their hobbit holes
and the elves
but most of all Fangorn himself

[Mahal]

I to would want to be a high Numenorean king, before the fall anyway. They are certainly impressive.

[Phervasaion]

hmm... I would do one of two things, depemding what timeframe i was in.

1. If in the third age, I would be a Ranger of the North, wonder the wilderness, protect the people and fight along side Aragorn at the Black Gate

2. If in the first age, i would most likely wish to be a numenorean and live my life in peace for a couple of hundred years.

[Lalaithnil]

I would, no doubt in my mind, be a hobbit. I am small, love to eat bread and cheese, sing and dance, and do all the hobbity things hobbits do. I would be friends with Merry and Pippin. They're like me in many ways. I'd live in the Shire. So green and lucious. Green pretty.

[Curufinwe]

I would be and elf living in the Grey Havens

[Kitanna]

I'm would be a hobbit, no doubt in my mind. So I guess I'd live in the Shire. But I do love horses so if I were a human I'd defiantly live in Edoras and chill with the Mearas.

[Isowen]

I would love to be born in Middle-Earth. I would have to be and elf and live in LothLorien, as I would like to meet Galadriel and Celeborn. It would be great to be there when the fellowship passed through there too! I wouldn't mind living in Minas Tirith if i were a man (female in my case) as it has a great view! But I would take the occasional visit to Edoras to visit Eomer, Eowyn and Brego! Mirkwood would be ok, in hope that the necromancer remains banned from those parts whilst I was living there! ;)

[Galadriel55]

I'd be one of the Dunedain rangers. And I'll live somewhere around Rivendell for the most part, but I'll travel a lot.

[Dúgorin]

I'd live in Ithilien or Dol Amroth, I'd be a Dúnadan with Elf ancestry and be friends with Faramir, Aragorn, Imrahil & the Rangers

[Galadriel]

I'd be one of the Dunedain rangers. And I'll live somewhere around Rivendell for the most part, but I'll travel a lot.

Haha! Smelly business :D I'm pretty sure I've already posted on this thread, but now I just want to live as noblewoman in Valinor. Don't ask me why.

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

I would be an Elf in Mirkwood, and I would be a castle guard. I would be friends with Thranduil and Legolas, as well as friends with just about everybody in the king's halls who wasn't a complete a--. :)

[Mithalwen]

You would be Itaril and I claim my five pounds? :Merisu:

[Selmo]

What would I be in Middle-Earth?

Let me think;
I'm rather short and a little tubby, I had brown curly hair (it's gray now), I like to wear bright colours, I enjoy good simple food, five meals a day (when I can get them), I love dark, strong ale and the (very) occasional pipe of tobacco.

I wonder what I could be.

Is there a vacancy for an Ale Quality Inspector in The Shire?

.

[Glorthelion]

Me, I would be a great commander of Gondor's armies. Something along the lines of Boromir.

[Meneltarmacil]

What would I be in Middle-Earth?

Let me think;
I'm rather short and a little tubby, I had brown curly hair (it's gray now), I like to wear bright colours, I enjoy good simple food, five meals a day (when I can get them), I love dark, strong ale and the (very) occasional pipe of tobacco.

I wonder what I could be.

Is there a vacancy for an Ale Quality Inspector in The Shire?

.

There was, but I believe a certain Peregrine Took already filled it.

[Alcidas]

I would be an elf and live in Rivendell (because those elf girls are HOT...):smokin:

[Mumriken]

^stupid.........

I'd be an pipeweed smoking elf. I'd live in a lighthouse by the western sea. At the top of my lighthouse I'd have a small gallery where I'd draw sleep and live my ever lasting life out. Of course from time to time I'd travel east to visit the hobbits and Tom Bombadil...and maybe even the ents!!!!! :) :)

[Alcidas]

^
Daft

Whoever heard of a pipeweed smoking elf? :p

[Ninde Lossehelin]

A hobbit of the shire.... Good peaceful and food loving:D

[skip spence]

Perhaps the city of Umbar, some time during the latter parts of Gondorian rule?

I bet that would be an exiting city, a melting pot of different cultures and peoples; a place where goods and services from all around Middle Earth would be readily available for a price; a place where there's a little something for everybody, be they into history, art, partying, war or adventuring; a place where there's nice sunny weather, beaches, good food and drink, good women, and a bit edgy too, certainly not a quiet and safe old folks retreat.

[Mumriken]

Perhaps the city of Umbar, some time during the latter parts of Gondorian rule?

I bet that would be an exiting city, a melting pot of different cultures and peoples; a place where goods and services from all around Middle Earth would be readily available for a price; a place where there's a little something for everybody, be they into history, art, partying, war or adventuring; a place where there's nice sunny weather, beaches, good food and drink, good women, and a bit edgy too, certainly not a quiet and safe old folks retreat.
I'm quite sure Tolkien would have hated multi-cultarism.

[Morthoron]

I'm quite sure Tolkien would have hated multi-cultarism.

You are probably right. He didn't like cults, and several cults would have been reprehensible to him.

[jallanite]

Despite Mumriken’s opinion, Tolkien’s attitude towards what would today be called multiculturalism seems to me to be supportive.

Read letter 53 in which Tolkien supports multiculturalim as opposed to what he calls “Americo-cosmopolitanism”. Tolkien also writes: Col. Knox says ⅛ of the world’s population speaks ‘English’, and that is the biggest language group. If true, damn shame – say I.
In his lecture English and Welsh Tolkien summarizes what he calls “this legal oppression of the Welsh language″ which he deplores. Tolkien notes: Governments – or far-seeing civil servants from Thomas Cromwell onwards – understand the matter of language well enough, for their purposes. Uniformity is naturally neater; it is also very much more manageable. A hundred-per-cent Englishman is easier for an English government to handle. It does not matter what he was, or what his fathers were. Such an Englishman is any man who speaks English natively, and has lost any effective tradition of a different and more independent past. For though cultural and other traditions may accompany a difference of language, they are chiefly maintained and preserved by language. Language is the prime differentiator of peoples –not of races–, whatever that much-misused word may mean in the long-blended history of western Europe.
The full paper is available at http://demo.ort.org.il/clickit2/files/forums/471389549/948358249.pdf .

[crescendo.]

After giving this some thought I would probably be an elf and live in Ithilian. Seeing as the elven colonies were beginning to fall after the destruction of the ring and by the time Galadriel left the leaves of the beautiful Lorien began to fall, I would start in Ithilian to mingle the remaining Elves among men. But if it's before the war, I'd be an elf in Lorien. A handmaiden to Galadriel.

[Nogrod]

I will have to echo Skip here... Umbar, or maybe Dol Amroth. They bring to my imagination places like ancient Alexandria or Rome even. Minas Tirith might be an option but it feels too rigid and "nationalistic" (yes, a bad term but I hope you get what I mean), and clearly too far from the Sea.

Bilbo said you should be careful with the road you take as it might take you anywhere - but with sea it is even a more awesome idea. One has to live by the sea to feel the world is open.

[Bêthberry]

I'll stick my head out and say I'd rather not be born in Middle-earth.

Much as I enjoy the books, I'm rather firmly wedded to modern medicine, control over reproduction, voting rights and equality, universal education, despite all the problems,difficulties, and wretched issues we have today. My grandmother bore ten children and lived Rosie Cotton's life. It's no idyl.

I suppose that makes me an Entwife. ;) :D

[Inziladun]

I think I'd rather have enjoyed being one of the Rohirrim.
I like their land, and they seem to have an uncomplicated sort of life. Somehow, they seem almost hobbit-like compared to other Men we see, like the Gondorians.
Nice weather, horses, blonde maidens...what's not to like? ;)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I will have to echo Skip here... Umbar, or maybe Dol Amroth. They bring to my imagination places like ancient Alexandria or Rome even. Minas Tirith might be an option but it feels too rigid and "nationalistic" (yes, a bad term but I hope you get what I mean), and clearly too far from the Sea.
In the good name of Ulmo, if Minas Tirith is "clearly too far from Sea" for you, I shudder what you would say about Rivendell... ;)

Though I concur with the idea of the Sea. I always considered Hithlum to be a pretty nice place, but the best thing related to it is Cirith Ninniach - and here comes the Sea. Then again, it was generally rather a bleak place otherwise - most of all, no people. I think I could otherwise do without the Sea, and just stay in some place like Rivendell/Lórien (even Rhosgobel)... maybe the White Towers would be actually good, if one can see the Sea from there, but still be quite close to the calm and safe hills and valleys of the Shire (I would not like to live in the Shire itself, too "civilized" for me, but in some deep forest on the edge of the Shire, happily - to stalk Hobbits, sort of behave like the Elves who pass through; therefore the White Towers sounds like a good place). Shores of Lake Rhun (especially if there really is this forest by its north-eastern edge) also sound nice.

I think the problem with the Sea in Middle-Earth is that generally all the locations by the Sea are somewhat lacking in other aspects. Like, there usually isn't anything else except for the Sea. For example, Grey Havens would fulfil some good criteria for me (Elves, Sea), but it sounds like a grey and depressing place otherwise, so... With places like Umbar I would have the issue that, if I ever decided to leave our world and move to Middle-Earth, I would do so for the reason of getting away from our overcrowded, commerce-inflated cities, and going to Umbar of all places certainly wouldn't help it. No, if I moved to Middle-Earth, it would be away from civilization: no Gondor, no Númenor, no early Arnor, no big cities, especially not human ones.

[skip spence]

I'll stick my head out and say I'd rather not be born in Middle-earth.

Much as I enjoy the books, I'm rather firmly wedded to modern medicine, control over reproduction, voting rights and equality, universal education, despite all the problems,difficulties, and wretched issues we have today. My grandmother bore ten children and lived Rosie Cotton's life. It's no idyl.

You are right of course, Bb. Went to a friend's house the other day and we decided to make mojitos since we had rum, lime and mint-leaves. And the wonders of modern society! The crushed ice and soda water you could get straight from the fridge-door with just a push of a button!

For those yearning for the Elvish lifestyle, I think even Tolkien are quite clear that Men are not really made for that kind of contentment, serenity and harmony with nature. We are restless and the grass is always greener on the other side. Sitting on a lawn in Lorien, reciting poetry and meditating on the beauty of the Mallorn trees would be very nice for a while but sooner or later there would be an itch.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

For those yearning for the Elvish lifestyle, I think even Tolkien are quite clear that Men are not really made for that kind of contentment, serenity and harmony with nature. We are restless and the grass is always greener on the other side. Sitting on a lawn in Lorien, reciting poetry and meditating on the beauty of the Mallorn trees would be very nice for a while but sooner or later there would be an itch.

That's indeed what is rather explicite in there. So possibly, yes - I think that's the point, however: Middle-Earth is "made" for us for rest, renewal, the peace so that one can later return to the buzz of elsewhere. In the in-world perspective, even the spirits of Men leave and nobody knows where, not even the Elves do. The Men are just "guests". So in fact, you are probably right in your idea that if you had to live in Middle-Earth, some place akin to our world (like the Gondorian Umbar, Minas Tirith or the places teeming with life) might be more up to human taste.

But still - I think even places more "lost" can be nice, like Lórien, if you could find nice enough company there (which is questionable, you would probably need more humans and not only Elves around, their thinking might prove to be too alien in the end after all). But the point of the strength of Men is creating new things, enrichening the world, even though they live in it only shortly - that is what has been amazing the Elves since the dawn of times. So, theoretically, even in a place like Rivendell, I think, a human could find himself feeling comfortable, under the condition that the local population would not hold it against him that he is creating new things, and therefore, of course, changing things - as we know, change is the thing the Elves do not seem to be very happy with. That is, I think, a bit of the problem with the Undying Lands, too, the reason why mortals can't really live there - a human cannot sit on the grass for a thousand years and be just happy. Eventually, you will feel like you want to do something. Though, if I think about it, the Elves certainly did not sit there idly all the time either - thinking of Fëanor as the most remarkable example... though, truth be told, the Noldor were in a way also the most "human-like" (also in the bad way), and they did not stay in the end... they had to go through all the suffering in Middle-Earth before they were able to appreciate the return and the peace and the rest again.

Interesting thought, anyway.

[Aerandir]

I'd probably be a Dunlander from Dunland, as I have a strange fascination with them, as so little is told, save for the war(s) with Rohan. Living in Enedwaith and talking with those idiot Elves from Eregion, before the, you know, whole ring forging thing!

[Lollipop010900]

Well, I'd be an elf, but I'd live in Rohan and I'd be married to Eomer. I know, weird combo but...

[Unforgiven]

I'd be a green Thark with tusks and four arms and call myself Jeddak! :D

Oh, Wait wrong forum -

I'd be a green Orc with tusks and four arms and call myself Jedlak! :D

[malickfan]

I'd be a Teleri Elve born at Cuivienien (probabaly spelt that wrong) so I could experience the whole of Middle Earth's main history, and levae from the Havens on the last ship into the west.

I could then write a best selling memoir...

[Gilnaur]

I like books and learning so I would like to be an elf in Rivendell.

[Pellanarién Aldarion]

I am a half human half elven ranger of the north. A young female desguised as a male human, hidding my trueself in plain sight from my fellow rangers. As a man I can go where I want and do what I want, I can from my pasts past and from myeslf and what I should or should not be. It would my choosings to make in this life.

I could travel between Imladris and the forests of Mirkwood. Sometimes alone along the borders of Lorien and Rohan. Maybe even as far as to the people of Harad. I would Always return to Rivendell. Lord Elrond has always offered us sanctuary to those of us who need it. Even if not asked.

I have not many friends here but in a rangers line of work and a female no less, who really does.

I would have started my time some where around in the year of 2800 of the Third age. A few decades before Bilbos time when Arda was still at a small amount of peace.

[blantyr]

I'd be an elven singer from the Grey Havens, winter in the settlements by the sea, and wander the woods in the warmer months. I wouldn't be as good an archer or swordsman as most in the wandering companies, but the Shadow can be fought with song as well as blades, and songs should be sung also for song's sake.

[Ardent]

I'd be an elven singer from the Grey Havens, winter in the settlements by the sea, and wander the woods in the warmer months. I wouldn't be as good an archer or swordsman as most in the wandering companies, but the Shadow can be fought with song as well as blades, and songs should be sung also for song's sake.

My dad taught me to use the long bow but I never made much of it. Not being one for wandering far from home I think I'd be a Shire dweller (they too have bows, though they only appear in the Scouring of the Shire), but one who spends time with those who journey through or live on the borders of our land.

As to singing for the song's sake, I don't know if that is quite possible or, at any rate, not how I'd put it. Shire folk also love music (I play whistle and uilleann pipes), gathering to sing and make merry. Our music is neither as 'high' as the Elves nor dour as the Dwarves, or sinister as the Goblins, but akin to all because music is more than being entertained; we make our own music, our own magic, to tell ourselves who we are.

We make music because thus we rejoin the Great Song. How can I put it? Songs should be sung for the Song's sake (capital S), not for the sake of an individual song.

"It finds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?"
R.W.Lowry

[Guinevere]

"It finds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?"
R.W.Lowry
Isn't that a song by Enya?

I guess I would prefer to live in the Shire, too, or perhaps in Gondor, working in the houses of healing, like Ioreth.

[Ardent]

Isn't that a song by Enya?

I guess I would prefer to live in the Shire, too, or perhaps in Gondor, working in the houses of healing, like Ioreth.
I first heard it in a black-and-white movie, either Laurel and Hardy or Marx Bro's, but Enya did cover it.

[Andsigil]

I would be a dwarf, preferably one who is skilled at both arms and the forge.

[Elyna of Rivendell]

I'd be an elf from Rivendell, bu I'd hang out in Gondor and Rohan or where ever everything was going on at the time! (and i also happen to be very close to where ever Aragorn was at the time...) ;)

EDIT: I would also be a good archer.

[malickfan]

One of the Teleri born pre first age at Cunivien, I'd see middle earth in its infancy during the great journey, and accompany Olwe across the sea to Valinor, after nosing around for a few years, I'd steal a ship and escape back to Middle Earth before the kinslaying (that way I'm safe, and I would have nice unsploit memories of Valinor) then spend the next three ages as one of Cirrdan's following-I could fight with him up the slopes of Mount Doom, accompany him during the ovethrow of Angmar, sneak into meetings of the White Council, sail around Arda at leisure (exploring the other cotinents such as the Burnt Lands of the Sun, and Numenor prior to its destruction) then catch the last ship from the havens back to Valinor.

It would a action packed, very long life, and it could shed some light on Cirdan's backstory and the mysterious Grey Havens.

[Morthoron]

Hmmm...I don't think I'd care to be a mortal in the first 3 Ages of Middle-earth. What with war, pestilence, drought and bad dentistry, it would be as miserable a life as a medieval serf or villein - a short life and an unmerry one, even if Tolkien painted a somewhat rosy picture. There is nothing gallant about wasting away from dysentery or gangrene.

I suppose I would prefer to be an Elf, as they were too noble for bowel movements.

[Mithalwen]

Maybe not Morth..there are Quenya and Gnomish words for that and other surprising things...including louse..