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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
08-30-2024, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 22,968
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William Cloud Hicklin
Tolkien's dragons are some of his best villains. ...
Tolkien's dragons are some of his best villains. Smaug, Glaurung and Chrysophylax are all deliciously wicked in their own ways. |
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Forum: The Movies
08-30-2024, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,093
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
And then this:
"He [Haldude/Sauron]...
And then this: "He [Haldude/Sauron] encounters some common folk, one of whom is unaccountably capable of articulate profundities almost as if he were speaking as a Californian scriptwriter with... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-30-2024, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,093
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
My favorite (from The One Ring) is titled simply,...
My favorite (from The One Ring) is titled simply, "Boring and Stupid" |
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Forum: The Books
08-29-2024, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,015
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
08-26-2024, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,015
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Acc to Tolkien, the range of Osanwe was in theory...
Acc to Tolkien, the range of Osanwe was in theory unlimited, but in practice was subject to many limiting or attenuating factors, especially among Eruhini and most especially among mortals. At the... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-25-2024, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,153
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William Cloud Hicklin
Except Aethelflaed wasn't out swinging a sword. ...
Except Aethelflaed wasn't out swinging a sword. Like many "warrior" queens (Elizabeth I, Elizabeth the Great, Galadriel) she had a keen mind for strategy, but wasn't personally bashing people with... |
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Forum: The Books
08-24-2024, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,881
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
From the exerpt from Osanwe-kenta:
And...
From the exerpt from Osanwe-kenta: And that I think encapsulates my view: the "curse" was Morgoth's ability to amplify the worst aspects of the target's nature. This is actually not unlike the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-24-2024, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,015
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I would be careful about overstating the power...
I would be careful about overstating the power and utility of Osanwe, although some sentences in the essay could be interpreted that way. More important, I think, are Tolkien's comments about... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-06-2024, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 29,724
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
You can untick it, since it appears The War of...
You can untick it, since it appears The War of the Rohirrim will have almost nothing to do with what Tolkien wrote. |
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Forum: The Books
08-06-2024, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 25,196
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Well, that's not really the reason. It had more...
Well, that's not really the reason. It had more to do with the fact that each successive Emperor (or King of the Germans, since several couldn't be bothered to go to Rome and have the Pope crown... |
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Forum: The Books
06-20-2024, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,323
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you...
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. |
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Forum: The Books
06-12-2024, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,802
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
'Conspiracy' plot hole
This one has bothered me for decades. At Crickhollow when Merry spills the beans, he says that it began the previous April when ":things got serious", and names Sam their "chief investigator" and... |
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Forum: The Books
06-12-2024, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,778
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I think Tolkien here got a little muddled. I've...
I think Tolkien here got a little muddled. I've always been bothered by Gandalf's assertion the he knew Bilbo's ring was "clearly" a Great Ring from the moment he got it- because Gandalf could have... |
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Forum: The Books
05-31-2024, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,323
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Well, arguably Bilbo was not a thief, but rather...
Well, arguably Bilbo was not a thief, but rather executing the common-law right of trover on behalf of his employer Thorin & Co. |
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Forum: The Books
05-28-2024, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,323
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William Cloud Hicklin
Did JRRT ever meet Dr. Seuss?
Just a speculation- but Theodore Seuss Geisel was a graduate student in English at Oxford from 1925-1927, just as Tolkien was beginning his tenure of the R&B chair. |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
04-16-2024, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,415
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William Cloud Hicklin
1. Gandalf, Treebeard, Beleg, Finrod, Merry.
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1. Gandalf, Treebeard, Beleg, Finrod, Merry. 2. Feanor, Celegorm, Curufin, Ar-Pharazon, Ted Sandyman 3. Aragorn's flagship at the Pelennor 4. Bilbo's barrel 5. Gandalf confronting the W-K at the... |
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Forum: The Movies
04-04-2024, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86,048
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Harad simply means "South," and clearly the...
Harad simply means "South," and clearly the Gondorians used it as a catch-all term for all the many peoples who lived south of the Poros, from their own kin, Black Numenoreans (and later Gondorian... |
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Forum: The Books
03-14-2024, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,612
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Apparently a massive tome, at 1500 pages coming...
Apparently a massive tome, at 1500 pages coming in bigger than the entire Lord of the Rings |
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Forum: The Books
03-09-2024, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 13,528
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Isengard no!
Just ran across that dumb "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!" music video again, and was suddenly reminded that the movies consistently pronounce Isengard wrong (as do many, many readers). ... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-08-2024, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 107,636
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
A shame to see a fine actor slumming like that. I...
A shame to see a fine actor slumming like that. I hope his career survives the disgrace. |
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Forum: The Books
02-28-2024, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,399
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
The thing is, I don't believe that it says...
The thing is, I don't believe that it says anywhere that autosizing is a property restricted to the One Ring, or even the Great Rings. For all we know, it may be a feature of any magic ring made by... |
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Forum: The Books
02-21-2024, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 22,061
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I think that to get the "correct" distances in...
I think that to get the "correct" distances in Middle-earth - aside from where T gave a numeric figure (for example, precisely 296 miles by road from Edoras to Forannest), one should consult the Map,... |
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Forum: The Books
02-12-2024, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 12,232
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Of course, it could be much nearer term and refer...
Of course, it could be much nearer term and refer simply to the killing of Glaurung, depriving Morgoth of one of his top three servants |
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Forum: The Movies
01-31-2024, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 29,671
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
It would take more than an anonymous 4chan post...
It would take more than an anonymous 4chan post for me to believe that. Not necessarily the sale - Simon would sell his grandfather's bones - but that Amazon wouldn't trumpet it to the heavens. |
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Forum: The Books
01-29-2024, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,399
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Tolkien nods here; because he also has Gandalf...
Tolkien nods here; because he also has Gandalf say [paraphrasing] "At first I thought it was one of the lesser rings, not such a big deal though still perilous for mortals in my eyes." I think he... |
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