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Forum: The Books
08-09-2012, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,179
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Legolas
Elves sailed to the Undying Lands in order to...
Elves sailed to the Undying Lands in order to find peace. Their immortality can be seen as something of a burden. In their immortal state, they inevitably become quite old (but without the rapid... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-08-2012, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 242
Views: 124,871
Posted By
Legolas
I will still enjoy as many films as they make,...
I will still enjoy as many films as they make, despite personal grievances over certain deviations. Much worse films could be made in their place. There is less dialogue, less landscape... |
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Forum: The Books
08-08-2012, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,495
Posted By
Legolas
I can appreciate the root question here, but the...
I can appreciate the root question here, but the images are too crude and assertions too bizarre. This sort of aggressive language is out of place. More discretion advised. |
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Forum: The Books
07-30-2012, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,782
Posted By
Legolas
Gandalf's comments about Tom are some of my...
Gandalf's comments about Tom are some of my favorite! Tom's character and purpose is fascinating, and contrary to so much else we see in the legendarium. It might be tempting to expand the... |
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Forum: The Books
07-15-2012, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 89
Views: 48,803
Posted By
Legolas
Thanks to those keeping it civil, and those...
Thanks to those keeping it civil, and those reminders of proper forum conduct. You may wish to review a couple of our policies (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=5993) and guidelines... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-02-2012, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 26,990
Posted By
Legolas
This.
From an immersion angle, I always...
This. From an immersion angle, I always wanted more characterization, especially conversation; for instance, by way of seemingly irrelevant banter among the Fellowship, or full accounts of... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-02-2012, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,761
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Legolas
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
02-02-2012, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 16,507
Posted By
Legolas
I'm afraid I have never read (or owned) the...
I'm afraid I have never read (or owned) the Father Christmas letters based on oversight alone. I've enjoyed wighting through the posts though, and feel compelled to pick it up in time for the next... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-24-2012, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,761
Posted By
Legolas
'The Hobbit' Collector's Edition & others - Reviews?I was looking at getting a nice edition of The Hobbit. The green leather US edition by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (http://www.hmhbooks.com/hmh/site/hmhbooks/bookdetails?isbn=9780395177112) at Barnes... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-18-2012, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 822,464
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Legolas
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Forum: The Books
01-18-2012, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,456
Posted By
Legolas
Though it is a pleasant thought, Gandalf would...
Though it is a pleasant thought, Gandalf would not have handed off authority to Tom, another wizard, or any other greater entity as it would've been contrary to his intent, as well as that of Manwë... |
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Forum: The Books
01-18-2012, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,456
Posted By
Legolas
This is a pretty popular topic; searching the...
This is a pretty popular topic; searching the site should give you several threads on the other wizards. I also wrote a FAQ on it sometime ago (http://www.barrowdowns.com/faq_otherwizards.php). The... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
01-06-2012, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 14,074
Posted By
Legolas
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2012, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 19,324
Posted By
Legolas
You touch on something interesting there - the...
You touch on something interesting there - the artist and his struggle to be wholly satisfied with the art. As above, there were many things in even The Hobbit that he wished to revise, and it took... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2012, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 19,324
Posted By
Legolas
I don't know how much room there is right now for...
I don't know how much room there is right now for a conclusively more 'definitive' text because of the state of the stories left when JRR passed. Christopher Tolkien has commented on this... |
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2012, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,442
Posted By
Legolas
Those above were words I first discovered as a...
Those above were words I first discovered as a child. I've learned a bit as an adult too. I came back across this word when composing another post. Wish I could use it more often! |
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2012, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 20,615
Posted By
Legolas
I think you really nailed it there, leapofberen. ...
I think you really nailed it there, leapofberen. Especially with your assessment of Bombadil's power, much the way Tolkien put in the letter quoted below. To use your word - refreshing - he is a... |
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2012, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 34,196
Posted By
Legolas
Living in a very small town with a lot of farmers...
Living in a very small town with a lot of farmers and at best, a slow trickle of new faces, I can tell you that many of the people here of my grandparents' and to a somewhat lesser degree, my... |
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2012, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 13,885
Posted By
Legolas
All good points here, and I do love what you...
All good points here, and I do love what you pointed out. With the load of material we're given about this world, there's still much left to wonder about, and it's always a joy to come across people... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-04-2012, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,097
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Legolas
Late to the game on this, but in line with...
Late to the game on this, but in line with that... Tom Bombadil's ode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUl4ejfuqY) to all those trying to classify him, with his typical bit of rhymey nonsense. |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
01-04-2012, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,054
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Legolas
You're right, no tehtar. I'm no scholar on the...
You're right, no tehtar. I'm no scholar on the timeline of Tengwar's development, but it appears at this point the vowels had standalone letters of their own instead (or at least in English mode?).... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2012, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,442
Posted By
Legolas
The first time I read The Hobbit, I loved these...
The first time I read The Hobbit, I loved these words. I hadn't ever heard of a bannock either. |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
01-03-2012, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,054
Posted By
Legolas
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9434/fc1937elvi...
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9434/fc1937elvish.jpg A very Merry Christmas to you all! It's written using Tengwar script, but the words are spelled in English so you need not translate, only... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-30-2011, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 20,845
Posted By
Legolas
I totally missed this as well - am terrible about...
I totally missed this as well - am terrible about checking the 'other' forums sometimes. This is awesome. Congratulations to the both of you. I know this is at least the second instance of folks... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-30-2011, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 364
Views: 310,496
Posted By
Legolas
Having been playing Warcraft almost exclusively...
Having been playing Warcraft almost exclusively for four years, my raiding guild has finally dissolved. I'm having trouble finding new people because of the changes to the game over the last year... |
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