meh...i guess the dead make good fighters, don't disobey commands, don't run away from dragons and they don't stop fighting after a random body part falls off

Ok, Morgy, just a question: What's PPC?


There you have it Gil-Galad. Death isn't so bad after all is it? :p

yeah that last part comes in handy i guess... body projectiles!!!

The PPC. *settles down in chair for a long explaination* All of you who already know this, just pass this post by.

I suppose that you know of Fanfiction? *sees nods and continues* Well, there's such thing as Bad!Fic. Really Bad!Fic. Like Celebrian...*shudders*

Anyway, you know of the dreaded Mary-sue, right? The 'perfect' girl who comes into a story and makes all the canon characters fall in love with her.

You know the type. They're horrible and will send canon characters out of character too.

Occassionally they use bad english like the bits above.

The PPC hunts them down, kills them and restores the plot. PPC stands for Protectors of the Plot Continuum. Several other departments deal with different offenses, bad geography, acts of violence, and my department deals with Silmarillion canon violations.

That's the PPC explained. If you want to find out more, go here: PPC Site

Seems like you're doing a most needed job. Keep up the good work!

Hi. I'm new, just joined today. Like everyone here, I'm a huge LOTR fan ... SamWise being my fav. character. I've watched the movies & am in the process of reading the books. Started with "The Hobbit", and am now in the "Two Towers" book. Anyhow, just wanted to introduce myself & I look forward to hangin' around the boards & talking with y'all! Have a good one! :cool:

welcome to the downs...for a good look at being dead read my sig

Welcome to the Barrowdowns Lady Gamgee.

Welcome, and have fun decomposing with the rest of us wayward souls!

Thank you all for a warm welcome. I'm really enjoying it here so far :D

i'm new
 

hey i'm new and have been a fan of lotr since i was like 6. i'm thirteen now and really confused and yah. my fav is legolas and aragorn cause their pretty cool

Welcome Marien and Lady Gamgee...i'm sure you'll enjoy being dead, alot of bonuses to it! (look below in italics)

Oh, nothing terrible. I'm just really busy with school and everything else.

Morgy asked a question about PMs which is probably going to be asked again, so I'll answer it here.

Down at the bottom right-hand corner of the PM, there are two boxes: forward (which is bigger), and quote. Click on quote; if you don't want to keep the quote of the PM you're replying too, just delete it.

Does that make sense?

Anyway, a hugely warm welcome to everyone new.

Oh, and I'm going to try to get Alk to put up my pirate pic as well in the Downs Photo Gallery...

Congratulations, Morgy. PPCing is a noble career in the fanfiction world. :D

Lots of love to everybody,

~ Elentari II

Hello all! I'm new here. I have a question. How do you get the avatars to download? I tried putting one in, but it said the URL wasn't right, even though it was a jpeg.
I usually hang around at tolkienonline, but this place looked fun, too, so I decided to give it a try. :D
Anyway, I'll probably be back sometime tomorrow. Namarië!

~Nuinda

Hello!
 

Hello I'm new here, I just joined this afternoon, but I don't know how to work or do anything on here so if someone could tell me or somthing it would be GREAT!!! If you want to know more about me or anything, don't be shy, just ask! :rolleyes:
Namarie
~Alakfaithien~

That's a pretty neat name Alakfaithien. Welcome to the Barrowdowns! :D

?????
 

Can anyone help me, or are you just ignoring me? :confused: :( I really have no idea what I'm doing here.

~Nuinda

Thank you Linlaith. I tried to change it to Lalaithamin, ( My Laughter ) but I found out that I can't. Kind of a uh-duh thing, but who knows!

Sorry I meant Ninlaith! :p

Well, Nuindacilien, what you're doing here is probably discuss Tolkien's works, enter some quiz & quote games or play an RPG. That's what we do here. Welcome to the Downs and have fun.

I think what Nuindacilien was asking was how to change the avatar judging from this post:

If it was a JPEG then it wasn't a true URL. There is an option that says to "Use Custom Avatar." Click that and then upload it in the bottom space. The space that says to upload avatar. It won't have the "http://" thing there either.

A JPEG is an image shared on your computer, not an image on the web.

Cheers
Imladris

That's weird. How can she have written two posts, when her post count says 1? That tricked me.

It's ok Alakfaithien, I forgive you. Welcome to all newcomers.

Hello all! I was looking at different LOTR forums and I think this one seems to be the coziest in my opinion.
-Bungo

Bungo,

Welcome to the Downs! We hope you enjoy your stay here. We are indeed the deadest and the cosiest sight on the net.

If you enjoy RPGs, come down and introduce yourself in character in the Green Dragon Inn, which is in the Shire, and take a look at the Red Book of Westmarch.

Hope to see you arrive.

Cami Goodchild (Shire Mod)/Child of the 7th Age

Welcome all and come over to the Quiz Room!...

Oh, I just realised something...My LO (Lust Object *winks*)...or rather, LO's...actually, I'll just put my main ones down, shall I?

OK, My (main) LO's are Denethor (of Gondor, not the one from the First Age), Feanor, Celebrimbor, Elu, Celeborn, Thranduil and Elrond.

Yes. There are actually many, many more than that, but as has been pointed out frequently, I am fickle. The above are the ones that I stick to no matter what.

Should probably add Figwit to that as well....

Welcome all newly dead. Hope you enjoy the Downs!!!

~Wilwa~

nice new pic Wilwa by the way...mine of course is original

hey. Im Isowen (which is my name in elvish) and I've been on this site for ages but I've just joined the whole forum thingy. It looks like lotsa fun! I love everything to do with lotr, but particularly elves, as I think they're so interesting and magical and I think Galadriel is the most interesting elf i've ever heard of!

Welcome to the downs!!!

(for a idea of being dead read my sig in italics...nobody does anyway)

Welcome dearies!Rest assured that even if the Downs is full of weird conspicuous weirdos, Tolkienologists etc. etc. I'm sure you'll find it quite homey in here :D

What she said. ;)

Welcome everyone. If your question still wasn't asked satisfactorily, Nuindacilien, ask one of the mods, like Estelyn Telcontar. It probably was, because Immy usually knows what she's doing, but just in case.

Or you could try downloading the jpg to the net. I use www.villagephotos.com, but that's because I don't know anywhere better.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

Thank you Immy and Elentari. I tried again, and it didn't work, so I'm just giving up. I can live without an avatar. It's not the end of the world. :rolleyes:
Elentari, I tried the villagephotos thing, too, but it's not working yet either. I think my connection is slow (I still have dial-up).\
Thorongil: I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why it only shows that I've posted once. Maybe it will change after I post this.
Well, I'm off to try the avatar thing again!

~Nuinda

hi
 

my name is jesse, i'm new here and i really hate introducing myself. i have know idea what to say

okay that is good enough for me

just pretend its a AA meeting... "Hi my name is Gil-Galad and i've been an acholholic eversince my friend Celebrimbor got messed up and let Sauron into his land..."

Elentari: Thank you, I think I'll try that. I'll let you know if it works! :D

~Nuindacilien

Welcome Marien, or Jesse, whichever you prefer. I'm sure you'll find your way around soon and feel like an oldie in no time! We're all pretty friendly, and if you're unsure about something feel free to PM me. I can't promise I'll be much help, but you can PM me all the same.

I'm actually fairly up-to-date atm, so I can call newcomers by their first names.

Because I think this is a recurring issue, if one wishes to reply to a PM click on the 'quote' button down at the bottom.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

Greetings!

I'm the cheeky one - just welcomed a week ago, and now look at me! I'm welcoming ppl here :D

Welcome! Witch-King :):)