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Forum: The Books 06-03-2024, 09:36 AM |
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Huinesoron
I don't know of a collection of all sources on...
I don't know of a collection of all sources on the White Council (other than the Tolkien Gateway article (https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/White_Council)), but I think I can help with this one. The... |
Forum: The Books 06-03-2024, 06:32 AM |
Replies: 15
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Coming back to this with the looming presence of...
Coming back to this with the looming presence of RoP series 2 coming towards us: this means that "Tom Bombadil was imprisoned by talking badgers" is more canonical than "Feanor is dead". Which is... |
Forum: The Movies 05-15-2024, 02:43 PM |
Replies: 650
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How shall I stay/At throne of day...?...
How shall I stay/At throne of day...? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1-ARug2q8) [Mesmerised witnessing ensues] I know you're still thinking about a harmonised version, but I decided it's... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 05-15-2024, 03:41 AM |
Replies: 1
Views: 2,155
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In fairness to them I didn't recognise him. I...
In fairness to them I didn't recognise him. I didn't recognise most of the other people in there either, sooo... Anyway, plot predictions! - Since everything in Middle-earth must be explained... |
Forum: The Movies 05-15-2024, 03:32 AM |
Replies: 7
Views: 71,914
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Huinesoron
TRAILER RUNDOWN
1. MORDOR. At least I assume...
TRAILER RUNDOWN 1. MORDOR. At least I assume it's Mordor. VOLCANOLAND, anyway. Ominous music. A cloaked silhouette walks towards Orodruin. The Prime logo appears and is eaten by blackness. ???:... |
Forum: The Movies 05-15-2024, 03:11 AM |
Replies: 7
Views: 71,914
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As spotted...
As spotted (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=738858#post738858) by Oddwen, we have a Season 2 trailer! Darkness Will Bind Them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCwmXY_f-e0) I,... |
Forum: The Books 05-15-2024, 03:04 AM |
Replies: 16
Views: 6,624
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Huinesoron
As WCH has noted, the river Isen should be...
As WCH has noted, the river Isen should be pronounced Izzen. (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=738859) So it isn' the Isen and they ain't ents; good grief, Professor. hS |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-15-2024, 02:58 AM |
Replies: 15
Views: 5,318
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Huinesoron
The parade of Socratic bots continues; WCH has...
The parade of Socratic bots continues; WCH has attracted two in a row (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=738859) to say "Oh yes, [Insert User Here], you are so wise." My assumption is... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 04-30-2024, 01:36 AM |
Replies: 2,036
Views: 495,140
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Huinesoron
I dreamed, in a very fitful night, that I was...
I dreamed, in a very fitful night, that I was discussing Finrod on the Downs when someone pointed out that the quote from Nellas about the elvenking sending futile expeditions to die in the dry... |
Forum: The Movies 04-26-2024, 11:16 AM |
Replies: 650
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I hope your Adventure is going/did went well! I...
I hope your Adventure is going/did went well! I like Option 3 a lot - the fadeout sounds more natural than the hard stop, like, oh I don't know, the last horn's dying call? :D I can sing it as long... |
Forum: The Books 04-24-2024, 11:20 AM |
Replies: 12
Views: 2,245
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Huinesoron
Not so much a question, but:
There is...
Not so much a question, but: There is an alternate timeline out there somewhere where Tolkien's "New Hobbit" consisted entirely of Bilbo's journey home, and I kind of wish we'd gotten to read... |
Forum: The Books 04-23-2024, 10:56 AM |
Replies: 12
Views: 2,245
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Huinesoron
How old is(n't) Smaug? I've always assumed he was...
How old is(n't) Smaug? I've always assumed he was ancient and terrible, but: Which sent me back to: Is the implication here that Smaug was young at the time he desolated the Mountain?... |
Forum: The Movies 04-23-2024, 03:30 AM |
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Views: 109,875
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Huinesoron
"Tales of the Shire" console game
Many - if not most - Middle-earth computer games have a level in the Shire. You might carry out errands as Bilbo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(2003_video_game)), punch Lego trees as... |
Forum: The Books 04-21-2024, 05:37 PM |
Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Accepting that Hammond and Scull aren't allowed...
Accepting that Hammond and Scull aren't allowed to say anything, I think the fact that they were willing to namedrop specific poems, especially with that "especially" attached to The Complaint of... |
Forum: The Books 04-19-2024, 11:07 AM |
Replies: 12
Views: 2,245
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Huinesoron
Moria is the only answer that doesn't involve a...
Moria is the only answer that doesn't involve a long chain of plunderers plundering plunderers. Someone had to carry the swords (and knife!) out of Beleriand before its fall, and it had to be someone... |
Forum: The Books 04-17-2024, 05:53 AM |
Replies: 12
Views: 2,245
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Huinesoron
Questions from 'The Hobbit'
... and answers too, perhaps. I'm rereading The Hobbit for the first time in years, and I keep running across random passages which leave me with questions. Some of them I think I've answered;... |
Forum: The Movies 04-09-2024, 10:07 AM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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Huinesoron
"Who is Thu/
To hinder work that is to do?"
...
"Who is Thu/ To hinder work that is to do?" I've never been happy with the Sauron portrait. The design yes, absolutely, I love it; but not the pose. So I decided to go right back to basics and... |
Forum: The Movies 04-08-2024, 09:16 AM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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Eeeeeeee (and apologies for not listening...
Eeeeeeee (and apologies for not listening earlier). I really like it. It's long, but I like it. And you have managed to avoid the endless dirge, well done! I think the full version with the... |
Forum: The Movies 03-25-2024, 07:49 AM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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It's just me starting without practicing, and not...
It's just me starting without practicing, and not bothering to fix it. I can sing the whole thing at the higher octave no problem. I've put 'could' in; if it doesn't sing right I can always... |
Forum: The Movies 03-20-2024, 12:38 PM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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I have no idea. ^_^ I do know I jumped massively...
I have no idea. ^_^ I do know I jumped massively between Beren's first stanza and the rest of him; that's on me, not the score. I think it's fine? I feel like discussing translation has really... |
Forum: The Movies 03-20-2024, 07:51 AM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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Of our two Lamps, but one may shine;
I choose...
Of our two Lamps, but one may shine; I choose to give my [light/flame] to thine. Drifting from the original lyric further, but I think it captures the meaning. And: I thought were deathless... |
Forum: The Movies 03-18-2024, 01:16 PM |
Replies: 650
Views: 14,308,890
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I'm here, and by Ranuin it's been less than a...
I'm here, and by Ranuin it's been less than a month! I've just sung the progress to myself and it's lovely. *And* it's nearly finished right? ... right? :D Cripes this is a long song. I like the idea... |
Forum: Quiz Room 02-16-2024, 02:48 PM |
Replies: 4,075
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Huinesoron
Oh, then you're probably Nargothrond. Unless...
Oh, then you're probably Nargothrond. Unless you're Brethil, or Mim's house, or that one part of Dor-lomin, or literally any other place Turin ever got within shouting distance of. But probably... |
Forum: The Books 02-14-2024, 04:07 PM |
Replies: 16
Views: 9,912
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Huinesoron
Sorry, yes, that's what I meant. :D I'm not sure...
Sorry, yes, that's what I meant. :D I'm not sure when CoH was written exactly, but I've seen a couple.of places where CT implies it was early to mid 50s - so before the 1958 edits. hS |
Forum: The Books 02-13-2024, 04:38 AM |
Replies: 16
Views: 9,912
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(The second line is a couple of paragraphs later;...
(The second line is a couple of paragraphs later; it's unclear how much of the conversation Finduilas is supposed to have spoken truly in.) Could 'some far day' indicate the time no more than a... |
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