another "you know you have Tolkienitis when..."

[May Millbanks]

I am absolutly positive that I have Tolkienitis because of these 16 signs:

1. I listen to the LotR soundtrack nonstop (in fact, I'm listening to it right now).
2. I dress in LotR clothes (i.e. hobbit, elf, etc...) whenever possible. Actually, a few times my parents have walked in on me when I was in the clothes smilies/eek.gif
3. I actually roleplay with myself in Lotr scenes (no, not like that). My parents have walked in on that, too.
4. I talk to everyone I hate in Tengwar.
5. I am learning to to write, read, and speak Tengwar.
6. My room is covered in LotR merchandise (mostly Legolas).
7. I am going to get the One Ring soon.
8. If anybody ever disses LotR at skool I get seriously ****ed off and I stay in a bad mood for the rest of the day (trust me, it's happened before).
9. People always stare at me strangly when I walk around the streets screaming "Lord of the Rings Rocks!" (that's happened too)
10. I collect the action figures.
11. My friends know me as "Legolas Lover" and "elf princess."
12. My dad calls me a fair elvish maiden.
13. I talk how Tolkien writes.
14. I bought a bow & arrow set (I'm actually getting quite good).
15. I can repeat almost every line from the movie (I spend my lunch doing that).
16. My parents are getting worried.

[Joy]

My mom has caught me trying to walk like an Elf. She noticed that after I read to her the Song of Tinùviel that I walk or should I say glide/dance through the house.

[Rosa Underhill]

I came up with this while thinking of my apartment: "In a hole, er, apartment which did a marvelous impression of a hole, in downtown, there lived a college hobbit..." I'm considering expanding on this as a possible LotR parody/fanfic. And, when suffering from severe lack of sleep and finally resorting to drinking coffee (ack!), I wrote down an extensive list of character and place names for "Lord of the Beans", a coffee-themed LotR parody.

I've named my rat Dr. Meriadoc Bramwell Livingston (Doc or Mr. Merry for short); my guide dog's in-harness personality is "Ida Gamgee"; and I'm currently researching the possibility of owning a cockatiel, which I plan on naming "Pippin". smilies/biggrin.gif (And I'd like to teach him to say "Fool of a Took" if I can. Anyone own a cockatiel or know of some good resources I might look at?)

[the_master_of_puppets]

my mother has a cockitel and u do NOT want one! they are really nippy! i might try to teach mine to say "fool of a took" tho- lol.

[Starbreeze]

My parents are v. worried
My ears are turning pointy!
I threw out all my normal clothes and kept the hobbit/elf/dwarf/etc. ones
I can walk like an elf
I can do archery v. accuratly.

i'm worried now!

[avarerniliel]

I don't think I'm turning into an elf or hobbit (cause I'm not growing. At all.) but I knew I was obsessed with LOTR when I wrote a parody on it, with each of the character's writing a diary from their own perspective of the journy. It's pretty funny, everyone uses Pippin as a scapegoat and Merry has a PhD in psychology.

[Gayalondiel]

I know I have tolkienitis because my latest composition has the working title 'The Road: Impressions of Middle-Earth'!!

And I went into mourning when my CD of the soundtrack got scratched, now 16 and 17 jump!! Nooooooo!!!!!

[Gayahithwen]

I'm adicted.. Thats just facts.. avarerniliel, do you think you could give me the links to those fanfics of yours? they sound fun!!
I'm gonna flip out totally any day now and become really obsessed.. maybe I should only talk elfish, or something.. ^_^

[Aralaithiel]

Count me in as chronically affected! smilies/biggrin.gif
1. I write in Tengwar, and am learnig both Elven tongues (Sindarin & Quenya).
2. I say the Lord's Prayer in Quenya as we are reciting it IN CHURCH!!!!
3. I initial my phone messages in Tengwar.
4. I have turned my model horse rider dolls into Elves. (I collect Breyer model horses as well).
5. I too talk as if Tolkien authored my words.
6. Given my horse, my 2 dogs, and my cat Elven names from the BD generator, and call them by those names.
smilies/eek.gif I do NOT want any professional help for my addiction!

[Rosa Underhill]

Yeah, avarerniliel, could you give us a link to your parody? I love reading that sort of stuff! (In all of mine, I tend to give Pip an BA in nonlinear dynamics, formerly known as chaos theory. I'm a die-hard "Jurassic Park" fan, what d'you expect?! smilies/biggrin.gif)

I've had severl Tolkien-esque dreams. (See the post "Dream" in this forum for the latest one.) I have a sudden urge to learn Finnish after watching the National Geographic documentary on LotR. I quote Tolkien all the time and am simply enraptured by what he says about "sub-creating". (He was good at it, naturally; why shouldn't it enlighten me when he talks about it?) smilies/biggrin.gif

No one's qualified enough to help me, so I'm quite happy to be addicted! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Tarlondeion Of Gondolin]

I charge down corridors, shoutin "Elendil" and "up Eorlingas" hacking down imaginary orcs as I go!

[Tarlondeion Of Gondolin]

Tolkien also seems to drift into a lot of things sub-conciously like when ur writing something say school work and instead of writing German u write Gondor or something, I always do that.

[Elven-Maiden]

I'm learning Quenya I can walk like an elf I respond to the name Nevlachiel I'm terrified of golden rings I get mad at people for liking the movie better than the book After I graduate from highschool I'm planning to find ME I wonder if my crush really is an elf I'm changing my hair style-think elf

Well, until two minutes ago, I thought I was normal... Oh well, I like myself better this way! smilies/smile.gif

[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Elven-Maiden ]

[Pips]

1. I dress in Middle-Earth fashion. (Mostly Hobbits, Helps when you're short)
2. I read/write Elvish.
3. I carry a copy of the Fellowship with me everywhere.
4. My baby(my cat) is named Pippin.
5. I quote lines from the book.
6. I read out loud from the book in the car on long trips.


There's more, but I'm not going to list it. I knew I wasn't normal a long time ago. So. I like it this way.

[Daisy Sandybanks]

Every time I see a comercial for FOTR I get giggly and start to blush.
If someone mentions anything from LOTR books or movie I walk or sit down next to them wearing a great big smile on my face.
smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sindalómiel]

You're obsessed (this one only applies to the movie, but don't worry I'm obsessed with the book as well) when you stand in Woolies Metro, trying to see through a non-transparent lolly bag to find a Legolas/Frodo card. I admit that a friend and I actually did this, much to the amusement and disgust of our friend Simon.

[Starbreeze]

Originally posted by Tarlondeion Of Gondolin:
<STRONG>I charge down corridors, shoutin "Elendil" and "up Eorlingas" hacking down imaginary orcs as I go!</STRONG>

You sound dangerous! smilies/tongue.gif lol

[Rosa Underhill]

Every time I see a comercial for FOTR I get giggly and start to blush.


Yay! I'm not the only one who does that! Do you start bouncing up and down too? I drop everything whenever I hear anything on the idiot box that sounds even remotely like an LotR commercial. smilies/smile.gif (It's ten times worse if they make "Jurassic Park" movies, though. You should have seen me when they started releasing info on JPIII...)

[Enedhil]

[Apart from the constant unintelligent babble, which have always suffered from,]
I'm not that bad! I mutter in Tolkien-eque style, mostly to myself, my friends at Bible Class call me a tree-hugger (they say i'm a hippie, but i think its closer to hobbit perhaps) and I really love flowers and plants, specially 'spider-plants', but apart from that...Oh yes, I have a lovely silver ring which is actually a celtic knot, but I think it's an Elven gift to some ancient hobbit family, really...it's not magic though. At least, not to my knowledge... smilies/smile.gif My Tolkienitis seems to be a very mild case.

oh well... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Pips]

Does anyone keep on and on about the movie and the books, to the fact that I totally annoy my friends, and family. I have the habbit of rooting for the Hobbits which annoys my Legolas loving friend. smilies/biggrin.gif (I can't help, I love hobbits!)

Don't worry Rosa, I go nuts about the comercials for LotRs. I giggle, I blush, I get very giddy. Same thing in the book store.

[Starbreeze]

Same goes for me too Pips! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Rosa Underhill]

Pips, if you're ever in Denver, I recommend you steer clear of the Tattered Cover bookstore. smilies/biggrin.gif They have an entire half a wall devoted almost solely to Tolkien (and that's no small wall, either)! *starts drooling compulsively*

[Enedhil]

Doctor's latest report:

"whilst talking about the film 'gladiator', above named referred to it as 'Galadriator'.
"Hmm, powerful female Elf-ringbearer in a fighting pit in Rome?? Must be sent back to speech thearpist, and not the one who speaks Quenya...
"Still insists she has seen Elijah and Dominic's looky-likeys in town where she resides.
"Hah. in her dreams.
"Best sign her off work for another week, under close observation" smilies/wink.gif

[Nilaraniel]

I'm new here! I've recently become obsessed, went to see the movie, came home and ordered all three books. LOVED them! I'm going to order Hobbit and Silm this summer.

I want to start learning some Elvish, but I'm working on learning German which is for a grade so I GUESS that's a little more important. :-p
When I'm out riding I pretend there are Wraiths chasing me, or I just pretend I'm hunting down some Orc. Maybe when I learn some Elvish I can ride bareback with no bridle...hmm...
When I go to feed my bunnies out in the yard I run around barefoot and like an Elf.
I'm taking archery this summer!!
And of course there's more obsessive behavior. smilies/smile.gif

Nilaraniel

[Pips]

Originally posted by Rosa Underhill:
<STRONG>Pips, if you're ever in Denver, I recommend you steer clear of the Tattered Cover bookstore. smilies/biggrin.gif They have an entire half a wall devoted almost solely to Tolkien (and that's no small wall, either)! *starts drooling compulsively*</STRONG>

You're right Rosa, I'd never survive!

[LadyArwen]

lol yes ... that's what I did when I started reading Tolkien! I've started wishing i had pointy ears now ...

[Sindalómiel]

My friends and I have taken to calling anything we want "My Preciousssss"
As in, "Can I have the last chip?" "No, it's my own, my love, my precioussss."

The people in Lulu's (a cafe we go to) are starting to think we're insane.

[Lady of the Lake]

My friends at school think I'm weird coz I graffiti my pencilcase and books with Elvish Tengwar. They also don't like it when I talk to them in Quenya.

[Gayahithwen]

really? How come they don't like it when you are talking with them in quenya? I would be deligthed if anyone was talking to me in quenya!! Oh, wait.. thats why I'm here.. I'm obsessed with Tolkien, and they are normal people that are doing normal things..
Right now, I'm trying to give my teachers elven names, though I'm stuck on my math teacher.. maybe I'll call him Morgoth... That would suit him well.. ^_^

[Eärendil]

If only I had people in school to talk Elvish with.... I am dying! smilies/frown.gif

I talk some Elvish, scream things in Elvish in school (why is everyone looking at me like that??), try to walk like an elf, talk about Tolkien and the books with my family and friends (I think they are getting fed up with it, just a feeling I got...)
I am reading the books over and over again, compare myself with elves, hobbits.....
I write loads of stuff down about all the books and elves and hobbits and dwarfes and....u name it!

I don´t want any help for this, I consider this as normal, everyone else is weird... smilies/biggrin.gif

Just wish that there was someone else like me in my school or that any of my friends was..

[Gayahithwen]

Scream things in elvish in school? Gee, you are more obsessed then me, clearly.. But on the other hand, my Tolkien obsession isn't that bad.. I'm just trying to learn the elven languages, is considering sewing an elven cap, searches everywhere to see if Unfinished Tales and Hostory of Middle-Earth is out in swedish..
And I've finally decided to just call my math teacher Morgoth and my music teacher Elenriel (she's the BEST!)

uuuuuummm... and thats not obsessive? would be my brothers comment to this..

maybe it is, but not compared to most people in here.. ^_^

[Rosa Underhill]

Welcome to the 'Downs, Nilaraniel!

I just found an elaborate, two-page comic I did explaining why the "bathsong at Crickhollow" scene wasn't in the movie. (It's not dirty but it involves a lot of towel snapping, a big bucket of water and an angry director. smilies/biggrin.gif)

I spend a considerable amount of time amusing myself by thinking up odd things about LotR. Ex: while my friend was trying to get a praking space at Wal-mart, I suddenly thought "Y'know, I can see Gollum and Bilbo getting into a spat about this. 'Nasty Bagginses! It took our space, precious, yes it did! We hates it! We hates 'til five o'clock this afternoon!'" And I have a desire to write and/or draw out my coffee-LotR parody "Lord of the Beans". (I was drawing little sketches of the Upper-Classman of the Beanwraiths today in Meteorology class. smilies/biggrin.gif)

No, no, I don't need help at all....

Hee hee, "Galadriator"! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Aralaithiel]

Nilaraniel...do you own a horse? When I'm out riding the cross-country course at my lessons, I often tell my horse to "Noro lim", which means "ride fast", and is what Arwen tells Asfaloth as they are being chased by the ringwraiths!
BTW, I own a Paint mare,her name is Aduuialiel in Elvish, Patches in English.

Sigh...I also wish I had more people around my area of the US to speak Elvish to. smilies/redface.gif (sigh)

And no, I still do not want any help. I am happy with my obsessed self! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Aralaithiel ]

[Alchrivëwen]

I know Ive got tolkienitis for 2 reasons, one ive begun to add the talk to my essays,

two Ive been on here while tying my essay smilies/smile.gif

[Mithril]

The only sign that I'm obsessed is that I spend all of time on either this website or another Tolkien website. I have to start talking in elvish or anything, but I would definately like to learn!

[Gayahithwen]

One more sign:

When your music teacher tells you to write a little song, and you can't help yourself, but have to write something Tolkien related (like doing some music to the Ring-poem).. And when you finds out she likes the LotR as well, you become really excited and starts coming up with elven names for her!

(that one has happened to me)

[Nilaraniel]

>>>I just found an elaborate, two-page comic I did explaining why the "bathsong at Crickhollow" scene wasn't in the movie. (It's not dirty but it involves a lot of towel snapping, a big bucket of water and an angry director. )<<<<<

Where is this? I'd like to see it! smilies/smile.gif

Nilaraniel

[Rosa Underhill]

Unfortunately, my scanner died long before I could scan it, otherwise I would have sent it into the 'Downs for the comic contest. It needs re-drawing though; Pete Jackson is wearing sneakers in the first panel and we all know that just isn't right. smilies/smile.gif

One more thing: I've become obsessed with learning Soval Phare, erm, the Common Speech of Middle-earth. (Anyone can learn Elvish, but Soval Phare is hard to come by!) Sadly, there aren't enough words published to even say a complete sentence. smilies/frown.gif But I know some cool names now! Frodo's real name was Maura and the Shire is really Suzat! smilies/smile.gif

If anyone knows were I can learn about the grammer, etc. of Soval Phare, please let me know!

[Pips]

Rosa! I do! I Do. I've been meaning to ask you, I have Yahoo Messanger, I was going to ask you if I could send you a message.

[Rosa Underhill]

You are free to IM me anytime Pips! When are you on-line? (I try to IM too much because everytime I do I don't sleep that night. Seriously.)

[the_master_of_puppets]

Firsly, Avaremiliel could u post a link to ur diaries? they sound amusing..lol.

Moving on; im totally tolkien obcessed! how do i know? well,

i come on here every night!
i read some of the books most days
i have to mention the lord of the rings to someone every day
i want to learn elvish (any1 know where i can get that? and is it hard?)
the next fancy dress party i get invited to im going as some1 from Middle-Earth
i always quote tolkien
when im scared i say to myself 'frodo/aragorn/gandalf (u get the picture) wouldnt be and carry on chanting the ring poem and aragorns poem to calm me.
for good luck i have 2 recite a tolkien poem or recite a quote over 15 minutes
I WANT TO LIVE IN MIDDLE-EARTH!
argh lol.
oh yea i wish i was in the movie 2...
lol.

[Pips]

I am online everynight~ It's my escape from reality, you might say. Between school, work, and drama, I need to a little fantays.

You can reach me at:
Yahoo ID: alexandra_oconnell

I'll probably be on later tonight, if night tomorrow, but Sunday is taken, I'm going to see the Movie again smilies/biggrin.gif

[Nilaraniel]

I just realized that I went to Prom with a guy that looks like a Hobbit...minus the feet and ears, mind you. He's short, like me, and has longish curly brown hair, and this was before I even read LOTR...forshadowing to my obsession maybe?

Nilaraniel

[Starbreeze]

You know you've go it when...
In your PSE lessons you are given an egg so that you can learn the responsibility of caring for a baby and you call it Aragorn, your mates call theirs Pippen, Frodegg, Galadriegg, Merry and Gandegg, and your deputy headteacher comments on how lush/gorgeous/handsome/lovely the person who plays Aragorn in the play is and how it was a good name to call an egg. Lol!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[avarerniliel]

Certainly master_of_puppets, you'll find it in my signature (and I congragulate you, you're the closest anyone has ever gotten to writing my name correctly). How do I know I love Tolkien's works? I come here everyday, run my site, read the books, watch the movies and fantasize, don't I?!

[Rosa Underhill]

Firstly, (I know this is shocking, those with weak hearts turn away), I was and still am a "Jurassic Park" fan over LotR. So you can tell I'm obsessed when I do something like this:

http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/readerart/razz-frodoontheisland01.jpg

(Thanks so much for posting those on the site, Barrow-Wight! Btw, for anyone who doesn't know or hasn't guessed, I also go by the nickname 'Razz'.)

[Elvenglass]

Yeah I know I'm obsessed...I spend roughly two hours on here every day...my brother is getting worried about me. Also when I write papers at school and they go something like this.." And the Russian Revolution was significant beacause......Tolkein....fellowship...middle-earth....cormamin lindua ele lle....preciousssss." And they all just go into this big LotR rant. It's great! And then I snap out of my trance and say something along the lines of "Aw crap I did it again!!

[Starbreeze]

Aw crap I did it again!!

Language! Really! lol smilies/tongue.gif

[Rosa Underhill]

But crap isn't really a swear word. Legend has it that the inventor of the modern flushing toilet was named Thomas Crapper. So the word is just a slang abreviation for his name. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Starbreeze]

Ok, Elvenglass is forgiven! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Nilaraniel]

I believe "Crap" is also a detergent for washing clothes in one of the Arab countries...It's generally not frowned upon anyway. smilies/smile.gif

Nilaraniel

[Elvenglass]

Wow who would have known my uncouth language would have started such a discussion! I thought of more things that show that I have tolkienitis. I persuade my friends to join the barrow downs and I refuse to call them anything but there elvish names. I myself will not answer to anything but Niere Alasse and Elvenglass. Do you think there's any hope for me? I doubt it. oh well!

[NotHomeYet]

I wonder if my crush really is an elf

I am so incredibly guilty of that it's not even FUNNY! But I have this one pic of him where he looks like he has pointed ears...hmmmmmmmm.... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ms. Took]

My friend and i composed a tune for "the road goes ever on and on" and we sing it as we walk to school in the morning.
I quote the movie and the books all the time
I'm trying to learn elvish, but all i can do right now is mutter a few words, but i'm working on it.
i listen to the soundtrack all the time
I write odd little poems about ME in class
My friend and i call our evil teachers Nazguls.
theres more, but i don't care to write it right now.

[Joy]

ElvenGlass, is your name Joy also??

[Kalimac]

It's a little late for this one, but for the previous topic, Thomas Crapper was also the author of an autobiography called "Flushed With Pride." Whether he meant it seriously or not is a secret that died with him, alas.

Being obsessed with LOTR...obsession kind of implies that you think about NOTHING else, which isn't the case, if nothing else my job puts paid to that. (Auto claims adjuster, fun, eh? Three thousand things that have to be done immediately, all the time). On the other hand, I have found myself occasionally thinking of lines from LOTR when working on a claim that goes bad (usually something along the lines of, "Ah, so you have chosen the way - of - pain!") The meaning is a little different, though, since in that case I'm experiencing quite as much pain as anyone else involved.

[Starbreeze]

You know you have it when you eat, slepp, drink, live Tolkien!

[Teleliniel]

I know I've got it bad because:

-I dress up as an elf and my friends run through the woods wielding weapons
-I have gotten chewed-out by a friend over my obsession
-The only music I listen to is Enya and the LOTR soundtrack
-We am planning to see the FOTR re-release in full costume (and if they make us check our weapons at the door, we are going to recite Gimli and Aragorn's speech to Hama outside of Theoden's hall)
-My answering machine message is partially in Sindarin smilies/wink.gif

[Starbreeze]

Wohoa! You got it bad!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Nilaraniel]

Teleliniel, you reminded me of when I was in the 9th grade and we were reading Lord of the Flies...some kids went out one night in scraggly clothes and ran around the island with big sticks and rocks. They just happened to come across a pink plastic pig in someones garden that they took, beat with the sticks, stuck it with a stick and then paraded around chanting the bashing, killing chant.
Wow something was wrong with those kids...

Nila
(sorry off topic)

[piosenniel]

ykyhtw:

you are sitting here wondering if you should stay home from work so you can stay online!

[ March 16, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

[Lougolas]

My school books are covered in Tengwar! Honestly, someone I have never spoken to before walked over to me a couple of weeks ago and said "Are you the girl who believes in hobbits?" I was like, omg, people are starting to know me for that! I'm also known as "The Crazy Lord Of The Rings Fan"

I was saving up for an MP3 player but my need to join the fan club was too great. Oh, well. I've been learning Sindarin. Actually, I was doing a Spanish exam on 'My City' and I couldn't stop thinking of Boromir. I actually ended up writing Gondor instead of Glasgow.

Luv,
Louise