What are we?

[the guy who be short]

Over my many years (ok, a bit over 1) of being a Tolkien fan, I've heard many names given to us. Tolkienites and Ringies are the only ones i can think of. Which are we, which do you like more, can you think of any more, or any funny ones?

[Meela]

My dad called us the Ringers, i believe, a long time ago.

I assume we are just the Barrow Downers, or Downers, or more simply, the dead.

We could call ourselves the Dead Downers. Which actually makes us sound like we've passed out after downing too many shots of whiskey.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

My friend Justine calls me a Lord of the Rings Trekkie.

[Elróthiel]

Well, my friends call me a Loter. This is a derivative of LotR.
I think that's kinda funny........or not. Meh!
I am an Elf. That is what I am. That is the answer to the question at the top. I am an Insane Modern She-Elf. That is what I am. Hey this would make quite good song lyrics!
Namarié! Guy Who Be Short!
From smilies/biggrin.gif

[Duncariel]

Everyone I know calls us Freaks... or maybe that's just me...

Dead Downers. Ha! I love it. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lyra Greenleaf]

I am a screaming-Orli-fan. Without the screaming, although you never know I guess-if I actually saw the guy... On the other hand I am also a Tolkienite, and looking through my version of a yearbook I am a "Lord of the Rings freak" and an "LOTR fanatic". I'm sure that would describe you all equally well!

[Cúdae]

Hmm... Tolki-Trekkies (mostly in reference to those of us who like both Tolkien and Star Trek although not always), Tolkienites, Frodo-friends, Ringers, Ringies, Frodo-freaks, Tolkien Geeks, Tolkien Freaks, Tolkien Nerds, Tolkien Dorks (I find this one more offensive than the others), and Silli-freaks (usually in reference to those that like the Silmarillion more than the Hobbit or LotR, but again, not always).

Those are the only ones that come to mind. I am partial to Tolkienite and Frodo-friends (for the sheer sound of it) myself. lol. I never really thought about it until I saw this thread though!

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

I just thought of one:

The Dead Ringers.

[mordor136]

I wouldn't mind being called a Gandalf groupie. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Wolvaurynomir]

I think I've taken a liking to "Middle-Earthlings" and "Tolkies", which I've heard off and on, but I don't think they're wholly popular terms. One term I absolutely abhor is "Tolkienites". I just cannot stand it. It rubs me the wrong way for some reason or another.

[Everdawn]

What are we? megre beings in a world of hoplessness... Or something like that...


Everyone I know calls us Freaks...

Thats really sad, i feel sorry for you... Where i come from people are what people are, and everyone respects that. I hate it when i hear about people being teased just for what they like...

Thats why im gald i live where i do, you know what, everyone i know likes Lotr...

[Everdawn]

I am simply called Elf

[Mippin]

Everyone calls me the "Lord of The Rings Freak" or that freakishly obsessed fanatic...I reply in telling people that I am "dead" smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Vuelve]

I like to call myself a "Ringer" or a "Downie",but I am rather partial to mordor136's"Gandalf Groupies".

~Peace~Love~&~Rings~

[Sapphire_Flame]

I just call us Ringers. And I concur with Horse-Maiden's observation: us on the Downs would be Dead Ringers. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

Abedithon le!

[Tinuviel of Denton]

I'm just called annoying.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Same here, Tinuviel of Denton!

[Gorwingel]

I have personally never been called anything related to LOTR or Tolkien. Most of the time I just refer to myself as a really big Tolkien Fan. I do enjoy the title of Ringer though.

Hey does anyone think we could make Gandalf groupie T-shirts? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Everdawn]

I dont know about Gandalf.. But we should have Boromir shirts... with the slogan being "DO the wave for Boromir the disco king"...

[Meela]

Oh, I am soooo doing that! Only I'm going to be different and do Denethor the Disco Diva.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Only I'm going to be different and do Denethor the Disco Diva.
How did I know you would say that? smilies/wink.gif

[Duncariel]

Thats really sad, i feel sorry for you... Where i come from people are what people are, and everyone respects that. I hate it when i hear about people being teased just for what they like...

*crying profusely* ohhhh.. If only there were more of your kind in this cruel world..

[purplefluffychainsaw]

For me it's normally:
Shut-up-Elanor-you've-told-us-this-before

But I call my self a Tolkienist smilies/tongue.gif

[arianrod]

Well now I'll have to refer to myself as a Dead Ringer. smilies/biggrin.gif

But we should have Boromir shirts... with the slogan being "DO the wave for Boromir the disco king"...

Excellent! We should have the Downs start work on that right away so they can be in stock by the week of the RotK release. All Downers shall wear them and be proud. Then that night we can all go disco crawling with Boromir the disco king...

[Everdawn]

If only there were more of your kind in this cruel world..

Its called the wonderful world of Wavell... in Brisbane Australia... come to us! *evil laugh** smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif

[Vuelve]

Yes, Yes I agree the Downs should start work on shirts. Ooo Oooo and if we all wore our shirts for RoTK we could sit together and form a "Do The Wave.." section. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif I think I'm gonna design us some shirts. smilies/wink.gif smilies/wink.gif

~Peace~Love~&~Rings~

[Dunwen]

I am mostly called a freak. I don't care. To me, freak is a compliment. It means that you don't care what anyone thinks of you and do your own thing. I am partial to Middle-earthlings, though.

[arianrod]

Ooo Oooo and if we all wore our shirts for RoTK we could sit together and form a "Do The Wave.." section

That'd be awsome! maybe we could get the entire theatre to do it. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Duncariel]

Alas, Everdawn, I live in the far off land of Montana among the Evil Hicks *gags*.

[ June 18, 2003: Message edited by: Duncariel ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

We could sell the shirts at the theater!!!

[Everdawn]

Or it could be that everyone knows how crazy I am and over the years have gotten used to it... Why, only yesterday i had to be called back to the land of the living twice!...

An interesting fact.. the other group of popular girls and half the footy boys are into Harry Potter, the other half are LOTR mad! and this is year 11 at high school... it must be something in the water.

And guys, i would LOVE to sit with you guys wearing customised t-shirts--- if you paid for my airfare to the theatre... smilies/wink.gif

[arianrod]

Don't worry, Everdawn, we can set up the BarrowDowns booth weeks ahead of time and use the profits from our shirt sales to pay to fly you and all the other Dead Ringers to a designated theater for the midnight showing of RotK! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ June 19, 2003: Message edited by: arianrod ]

[skadork]

What I hear for myself is along the lines of dork, freak, or "Elise! What is wrong with you?!" But anyway aside from me, since nobody cares, people here use the terms, Lord of the Rings nut, freak, or nutcase. Either that, or I'm getting WEIRD looks, or that kind of annoyed sigh.......then I imitate Gollum or break into a random song. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Everdawn]

Ohhhh! thanks guys!!! I promise i will bring you all wallabies Jersies and stuffed kangaroos with "made in china" writtin on the tag... NOTE: If ever in AUS, do not think the stuffede kangaroos are made here, they are made by some poor child in a workshop in China... they still look cute though.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

I'm in Canada. Where is the midnight showing? I'll bring you guys some LotR tuques and some maple syrup. smilies/wink.gif

[Feared Half-Elf]

I'm simply a freak. *sobs into hankie* oh well, I'll get over it! I'm just the one who everybody gives queer looks when I sprout another quote.

Love the Dead Downers, except it sounds like I've commited suicide and jumped down a well.

[Duncariel]

Love the Dead Downers, except it sounds like I've commited suicide and jumped down a well.

Then we would be Dead Drowners. smilies/evil.gif

[Tarien Ithil]

I've heard of "Ring-nuts" before. smilies/smile.gif

[Everdawn]

Love the Dead Downers, except it sounds like I've commited suicide and jumped down a well.

UH,....yeah... but not a well, that would be coping the Ring, make it something morbid, like toaster eletricution.

[maikafanawen]

I like Dead Downers--though that is a bid morbid. The most common are Tolkienites and Ringies. I like either. Never have I been called a Freak. Though there is probably a good reason for that...I think people fear me and my inteligence. smilies/biggrin.gif *sigh* It's only 7:30 and I'm already acting woosy.

In my accepted circle of friends, I'm known as "She-That-Knows-All-About-LOTR-with-its-Factors-and-Figures" very roughly translated Er-ya-hanya-arda-ar-i-lie.

*sighs again* I'm going to convince one of my Rich Old Uncles to buy a lot in New Zealand where all of us Tolkienites, Ringies, Dead Downers and whatnot can wear our Wave-doing, Disco-dancing Boromir T-Shirts and live in hobbit holes. You like?

-Maikafanawen


Come to The Shire RPG area and join Corsairs and Corsets PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

I like, Maika. And I am already a part of Corsairs and Corsets. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Sorry, Maika, I don't have the time. smilies/frown.gif (You have Rich Old Uncles? Lucky)

Zel Ladrona calls me a walking Middle-Earth encyclopedia. I wonder why...

[Duncariel]

Ohhh yeah, sounds like way too much fun. We'd probably end up getting arrested for disturbing the peace, though.

[ElenCala Isil]

In addition to being an lotr freak, I'm just "weird" smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[barandilwen]

i never thought of the stuff my friends call me... but the one i fancy, in which i dont know why, is an obsessed tolkein fan...

[Galenfea of Mirkwood.]

I asked a friend today what she called LotR fanatics.
She replied: "A load of screaming benders with no more right to live on God's clean earth than a weasel."
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After I threw a wobbler she spent about 1/2 an hour telling me that she was only joking and said: "People like you"
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[ June 23, 2003: Message edited by: Galenfea of Mirkwood. ]

[Meela]

She replied: "A load of screaming benders with no more right to live on God's clean earth than a weasel."

Oooh, someone's watched too much Blackadder... she's as bad as me smilies/smile.gif

[Silver Shadow]

Every one at my school calls us freaks! smilies/frown.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

Am I the only person who's been called a Lordie? I like middle-earthlings too. And pretty much all the others.

as for the wave t-shirs, great idea!! I would come if I could, and bring lots of lembas!
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[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Yes, good idea. "Lordie"? That sounds pretty cool! smilies/smile.gif

[Everdawn]

It really really makes me sad to think that people get called stuff because of what they like.. (i know ive said this before) but it really does, and i dont know if im just lucky or what, but i can honustly say, ive never been called a freak, or anything like that, even ringers or whatever.

Its a total lack of personal tolerance i think, and its in the same league as hating someone because of their race or sexuality, its wrong and it makes me very angry. I think i am very lucky to have grown up in a country which people just dont care what goes on.

And if it really is getting you down, just think... There are places where no one cares whether you like Tolkien or not... (you just have to follow the State of Origin...lol, (not really))

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Everdawn, I wear my label of freak with pride. (But it's cool that you don't get made fun of that way. Kudos to you [not being sarcastic, btw])

[Duncariel]

Yeah, me too. I use to have a t-shirt that said "freak" across the front, but I lost it somewhere.

At my school, the group of so called "freaks" are bigger than the preppies, so we pick on them. smilies/evil.gif He he. Life is good.

[Arafangwen]

I'm usualy called, and I quote "that-elf-obsessed-girl-from-middle-earth" smilies/biggrin.gif . I've coached them well, good grasshoppers! On another note, Firondoiel and I have been talking about making t-shirts that say "I'm Dead on the Downs" which, now that I think about it, sounds a little suicidal.... How about we stick to the classic, "Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!". I honestly will make and wear some of your ideas by the way! Dead Ringer sounds good to me, so does Loter, although not very many people would be able to figure it out. Ringie is what I hear most often, and Tolkienite. I sort of like the latter.... Ideas anyone?

[akhtene]

I haven't ever been called anything - perhaps because nobody around cares. But I really love 'Ringies' smilies/biggrin.gif Wearing 5 to 7 rings on my fingers - what else could I be called.

I've got a T-shirt made with faces from the movie (stole someone's avatar!) My husband hasn't seen it yet. When he does, I'll report what he'll say (if only the site rules will allow his exact words smilies/mad.gif )

[VagrantCandy]

well..my friends dont call me anything, unless you can count "yeah , sure thats nice, can we talk about something else now?" a name.
But i do sort of like "Gandalf Groupies"....

[the guy who be short]

I sometimes got called Dwarf boy in a phase where I adopted the dwarvish sounding name Derin son of Drerin. I also get called elf boy, despite the fact Im a dwarf smilies/frown.gif
I have written "please call me Apaire" (my elvish name) on one of my exercise books. smilies/smile.gif
I know I created this thread, but it seems rather pointless now, and alot of whats being said is just repeated, so Im gonna ask BW to close it. Hope nobody cares, but it wasnt really a masterpiece in the first place, eh?

P.s. Tolkienites is the best.

[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: the guy who be short ]

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Everdawn, I wear my label of freak with pride

Tinuviel, are you like my second self or somthing? Well, considering your screen name, similarities are quite possible!