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Forum: Quotable Quotes
02-08-2002, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 254
Views: 65,737
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KayQy
Is that the next quote or a comment on your...Is that the next quote or a comment on your current mental state? Assuming it's the first, I'm going to day it sounds like Frodo to Sam, either on the way to Mount Doom with the Ring taking more... |
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Forum: The Books
02-08-2002, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 19,259
Posted By
KayQy
Know what? 15 ft is huge! I mean, just try to...Know what? 15 ft is huge! I mean, just try to get your mind around something big enough to hit its head on the ceiling of a normal modern building--that's only 8-10 ft there. I think that past a... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2002, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 19,712
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KayQy
Patricia C. Wrede, Mercedes Lackey, and Anne...Patricia C. Wrede, Mercedes Lackey, and Anne McCaffrey are all good. So's Michael Chrichton. I also recommend Rosemary Edghill, especially The Sword of Maiden's Tears and its sequels. Simon Hawke is... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2002, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,183
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KayQy
well, there's always the balrog-wings...well, there's always the balrog-wings controversy. smilies/evil.gif Granted it's been battered down into the pits of Moria, but if you're wanting something relatively unbashed, then you might as... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-07-2002, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 12,598
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KayQy
Rings. <P>1. "why can't we use the one ring?"...Rings. <P>1. "why can't we use the one ring?" Shift the focus back to "because it'll twist everything we try to do to evil" rather than "only Sauron can wield the One Ring."<P>2. at the beginning:... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2002, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 8,601
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KayQy
Yeah, if it had said, "not all that glitters is...Yeah, if it had said, "not all that glitters is gold," then that would have been the same thing, but it looks like the translator wasn't paying very close attention at that point. I've only read... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2002, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,600
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KayQy
"Eavesdropping, sir? I don't follow you, begging..."Eavesdropping, sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact." ...said Bilbo. "Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-06-2002, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 12,598
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KayQy
Well, looks like much of what I was going to say...Well, looks like much of what I was going to say has been covered--Frodo not dropping into the illness so quickly, the agonizing lack of subtlety, Merry and Pip's falling in with them. I so wanted a... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-06-2002, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 17,360
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KayQy
warning to all wishing to go as hobbits: see <A...warning to all wishing to go as hobbits: see <A HREF="http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_full_date=20011219&uc_comic=ft&uc_daction=X" TARGET=_blank>here</A>. |
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Forum: The Books
02-06-2002, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 20,435
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KayQy
It's hard to say if any of LotR really scared me,...It's hard to say if any of LotR really scared me, I mean beyond the typical adrenaline rush, because I can't really remember the first time I read it. Suspense is a big part of the fear, after all. A... |
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Forum: The Books
01-31-2002, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 15,854
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KayQy
Well, I pretty much agree with other people's...Well, I pretty much agree with other people's responses, so instead of repeating what's already been said, I'll just slam trolls for a bit. Been needing a place to do that. My problem with critics... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
01-31-2002, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 125
Views: 25,094
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KayQy
Withywindle:
The tendency of cigarette smoke...Withywindle: The tendency of cigarette smoke to drift towards the only non-smoker at the table. |
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Forum: The Books
01-18-2002, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 22,059
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KayQy
Yes! Words! We loves them, my precious, yes we...Yes! Words! We loves them, my precious, yes we do... "Doom". You get such a sense of inexorable fatality with this word when reading LotR that you don't get from, say, hearing C3PO say "we're... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-22-2001, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 18,022
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KayQy
I saw the movie last night. I was going to wait...I saw the movie last night. I was going to wait until I got to London so I wouldn't have to deal with subtitles, but I caught sight of a new trailer with exciting-looking stuff and, well... the... |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
12-02-2001, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 30,770
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KayQy
No need to get violent, you got it right this...No need to get violent, you got it right this time. smilies/smile.gif Take up the thread, and lead it well, for you probably won't see me again until after I've seen the movie. Until next year!... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-01-2001, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,875
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KayQy
I know. Bakshi's wasn't perfect (even aside from...I know. Bakshi's wasn't perfect (even aside from it ending about halfway through TT), but it certainly beats the RotK cartoon by a long shot! I couldn't bear to even finish that one, I just couldn't. |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
12-01-2001, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 30,770
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KayQy
Yeah, you can get away with it this time, since...Yeah, you can get away with it this time, since they're both wrong. Good tries though. Next! |
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Forum: The Movies
11-29-2001, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,953
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KayQy
Are you sure that picture is of Moria? It could...Are you sure that picture is of Moria? It could be just a dark forest or outcropping anywhere. Or maybe they get the elven cloaks at Rivendell instead. (Your one-stop shop for all things Elven and... |
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Forum: The Books
11-29-2001, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,727
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Forum: The Books
11-29-2001, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,369
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KayQy
In a sense, it was his hour, though not the hour...In a sense, it was his hour, though not the hour he was expecting. Merry seeing Dernhelm for the first time (also recalled on the battlefield). If that's not fey, I don't know what is. I also... |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
11-29-2001, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 30,770
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Aggh! What was I thinking? *searches rapidly...Aggh! What was I thinking? *searches rapidly through books* Always good to know. Who to whom where and why? |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
11-28-2001, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 30,770
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KayQy
The elf in question is... (what was his name...The elf in question is... (what was his name again?)... oh, yeah, Legolas. I'm pretty sure he was talking about elves dwelling in Ithilien...until they all go over the Sea, at least. |
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Forum: The Books
11-28-2001, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,490
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KayQy
But if ME's America upside down, it would have to...But if ME's America upside down, it would have to be South America, since "North" is farther from the equator. (This could almost make sense, since I've heard that the poles have switched places over... |
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Forum: The Books
11-28-2001, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 20,992
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KayQy
Someone once described fiction as "lies that tell...Someone once described fiction as "lies that tell truths." I think that this is what Tolkien aimed for (and hit right in the bullseye!). (When I typed this, it first came out "truths that tell... |
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Forum: The Books
11-28-2001, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,413
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KayQy
Or maybe rather than an umbrella, it was more of...Or maybe rather than an umbrella, it was more of a "pass-it-on" effect: Gandalf kindled the hobbits, who in turn kindled the ents. (You gotta admit, though, seeing something you've never seen before... |
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