It's lovely. :) Reminds me of a little princess.

May I ask Jenny, why you have both names in your PT? I like them both individually, don't get me wrong they are lovely, but why two? :)

Because I have two given names.

Excellent, Alcarillo! I like it a lot.

Jenny, yours are nice, too. Somehow, it doesn't seem very surprising to me that you should have two of them. ;)

-- Folwren

I have one that I'm currently not using; would you like to have it?

Congrats to all who recently received their personal titles. Such creativity...who knew that penguins, to my knowledge never even mentioned in all of Arda, would become so popular. :)

I so swore I wouldn't tell anyone the significance of these, and see if anyone other than Celuien could guess it. But I'm far to pleased with myself for thinking it up (and finding it conveniently 24 characters) not to share why I have a dual title.

It's from the Idylls of the King, by my all-time favorite poet, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In the chapter telling the story of Lancelot and Elaine, Lancelot, trying to assuage his lover's curiousity and jealousy towards the young and pure Elaine, tells Guinevere she is the "pearl of beauty".

Elaine, of course, is the lily maid from the moment she appears, and is even described as such as she lays on her barge on her final journey to Camelot.

Guinevere, Gwinever, Gwenhofyr...however you spell it, Jennifer is the same name. And Elaine is my middle name. It always fascinated me that I bear the names of both of Lancelot's lovers, and I always felt a special connection with them, but never with Lancelot, the quintessential knight, and instrument of both their dooms. And, while I'm not crazy, I often feel as though I am divided between two worldviews: one cynical, jaded, and a bit hedonistic, and the other pure, innocent, and idealistic. This is probably normal.

But The Pearl, the Lily Maid is me. It took me a long time to think of it, but I think it's perfect.

EDIT: What's really fascinating is that both names mean the same thing: white and fair and white and smooth, respectively. (And both pearls and lilies reflect that.) Jennifer is Welsh, but Elaine is an Anglization of Helen, referring to the moon.

I don't know. The kind of riff-raff that they give a PT to around here these days ...! :p ;)

Congrats all. :)

Congratulations. I can't wait. ;)

There. Mine is settled.

Thanks to all who helped me make up my mind.

-- Folwren

your welcome and i like it, it is very similar to Angelic Page.

Foley, I love it...simply beautiful, and it suits your serene personality very well.

Jenny, yours reminds me of a start of a poem somehow ;)

I mean, like, something along the:

JennyHallu, The Pearl, The Lily Maid
Looked out at three o'ckock
the grey night was going;
far away a golden cock
clear and shrill was crowing...

etc :)

Just can't settle my mind if Peal and Maid are honorifics or there were three persons who looked out at three :D

I have been giving this a little thought, just incase some day I must pick a title. I am just curious to see what others think of me....I need a word that suits me and preceeds Feline, so it would be _____ Feline any thoughts? :)

Fated Feline?
Forgotten (which sure isn't true, but sounds nice (to me)) Feline?

Sorry, nothing original now... :/

Fey feline sounds nice but fey has some negative meanings which may not make it suitable....

Hmmm Well I don't want to be forgotten and I am not sure what Fey means....Teehee. How about something like.... Festering Feline? Or Ummm Feisty Feline...I like that one....Hmmmmm

Edit: I just looked up Fey and I rather like the description it gave...unworldly and vague. Able to see into the future. Odd but somewhat true....well not about the future thing :p ...I like this one too.

What about 'Frisky Feline'? Though this may not sound sufficiently dead, it would suit my image of you. :)

Anyway, just don't take 'Fading'! I know somebody who is planning to combine it with 'Fëanorion' should he ever be awarded a personal title. :smokin:

I would object if any other downer than me used the word fey !

Not true? Don't be that modest, Valier, we all know your gifts in ww... :D

Even if it was me? :p


*Blushes* Why thank you...Maybe one of these days my "gifts" will be put to good use... ;)


I would like to stick with an F word preceding Feline as I think it would work best, but what word to chose? :p

Yes! Unless we got married and I know a few people who would object to that.

what are your intentions with her? *loads shotgun*

Now, Now boys...No fighting! *Laughs hysterically* :p :D

Other suggestions:

Fearless Feline
Forgotten Feline
Frazzled Feline

Just some thoughts.....

Not that I think that I will be rewarded with a personal title within years (considering my post frequency and quality), but I'm a bit curious. Is there an actual limit in post number that you have to pass? And when have you that's been rewarded gotten your title? What's the "record", both in time on The Downs and in posts, for someone to get a title? I really envy you all!

And Valier, just some thoughts... How about:
Fallen Feline (dark and foreboding, like it should be on the downs :))
Furry Feline (a bit cuter, as are the next)
Friendly Feline
Frantic Feline
Former Feline (again, a connection to our undead society)
Feared Feline
Forsaken Feline
The possibilities are endless!

If I ever get one, I'd like to connect my title to something balrog-ish. Something about shadow or flame maybe... How about Shadowed Silhouette? Or maybe Soaring Shadow, because they can soar, can't they? ;) What do you think? (NOT if they can soar or not, but tips for a title...)

Bethberry made some pretty good sugestions when I talked with her last night.

Frolicking Feline was one of them.

I think it that context it might be spelled "Frolicking". I'd check.

And Gothmog:

500 posts minimum, and then titles are awarded at the discretion of the admins and mods...you'll get a PM.

As for records...
Well for time on the 'Downs I've got to be up there, but I've also heard mormegil was quite a contender. As for posts, I have no idea.

There are details in a sticky on the subject somewhere.

Well, usually a member has to reach the status of Ghost Prince, which I believe is 500 posts, before being eligible for a PT. In my years at the Downs, I have seen a few exceptions for very highly respected members who are extremely outstanding in quality of posts rather than quantity, but that is rare.

My first year on the BD, I was a very active member and managed to get to 500 posts within the year. If I remember correctly, it was a couple weeks after my first deathday (June 2003) I was offered a PT. I believe I had around 600 posts at the time.

Even though you need to get to 500 posts (with the rare exceptions) to even be considered, it really isn't quantity that matters. I've seen members with over 2,000 posts who didn't yet have a PT....

Jenny:Brinniel: Yes, I've read the sticky and I knew that it was up to the admins and mods, and that it is quality that matters. But I didn't know about the 500 post rule (or maybe rather policy?). Thanks for the information! Now I have to go and write a few hundred, great, high quality posts and spread them around this place! :)

(EDIT: I searched the Members List a while and found people with PT with less then 300 posts, and not few with less then 400... Exceptions?)

there are always exceptions, but look at their joining dates too

also, Son Of Numenor gained a title becaue, as far as i know, is looking after another site for the Barrow-wight.

Yes, some of them probably are those rare exceptions. Also, some of the older members who got their PTs over two years ago probably had more posts at one time. I think back when the site was changed several posts were lost. I know at one time I reached 1,000 posts- after the change I lost around 200.

#Gosh that is true..I had forgotten. Fey in Scots usage can mean doomed to die (but who isn't eventually and we are all dead here! ). However seeing the effect you are having Val...I'd suggest Feline Femme Fatale!

There is more names to use then Feline... which i can not think of right now

I am quite fond of this one Mith. I may just use it. ;) :D

I see Nogrod got himself one. Hmm... Nice! Would it be related to etarnal allmighty love?

Thanks for mentioning that, Volo. I hadn't even noticed until now.

Congratulations on the title, Nogrod! :D

Might be... :rolleyes:

But mainly it's about music and the creation - the creation of music in the first instance. That is so much of me.

But it really took its time. I went all over again with different possibilities and asked a hundred fellows here about what to do with it.

In the end Spm was right. The right one came at the "last minute" and just felt right. I had many candidates for it, one of the last was "Apple from Turin's tree", kind of relating to the Finnish origins of the story of Turin in the Kalevala, the Finnish folk epic Tolkien knew very well and from which he took many of the elvish words from (like Silmarils - being derivative from the Ilmarinen, the smith of the epic and so forth) - and which origins Rune already doubted (thanks Rune for your perspective!)...

Very nice Nogrod! Very nice indeed!! :D

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