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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-07-2013, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 206
Views: 123,550
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Saurondil
## My Selectsmart result:
...## My Selectsmart result: King Theoden (100%) Lord of the Nazgul (Witch-King of Angmar) (97%) Faramir (86%) Grima Wormtongue (82%) |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-07-2013, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 834,926
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Genetically modified food. If Yavanna had meant...
Genetically modified food. If Yavanna had meant us to have GM food, she would have produced it. |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2013, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,713
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Saurondil
## The "omniscient" readers share the knowledge...## The "omniscient" readers share the knowledge of Arda available to Tolkien, & can know Morgoth wanted Hurin taken alive - but did Hurin know this ? I don't think his heroism is diminished by... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2013, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 33,002
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Saurondil
## Michael Moorcock - despite his criticisms of...
## Michael Moorcock - despite his criticisms of Tolkien's story - does seem to be indebted to him. "Elric of Melnibone" is about the last ruler of a great kingdom, that is 10,000 years old; Elric... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-06-2013, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 92,963
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Saurondil
You Scored as Gollum
Gollum 83%
...You Scored as Gollum Gollum 83% Saruman the White 57% Gimli 53% Peregrin Took (Pippin) 53% |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
03-06-2013, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 23,703
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Saurondil
## The account of Isildur in the films was very...
## The account of Isildur in the films was very unfair - it was so one-sided, as if that failure were all there was to him. And to make Elrond the speaker of some of the harsher remarks (several of... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2013, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,747
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Saurondil
## The arising of Ulmo out of the deeps of the...
## The arising of Ulmo out of the deeps of the Sea at Nevrast may give a clue - though he did so to strengthen Tuor for the task of bearing Ulmo's warning to Gondolin; not to fight him. The vision... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2013, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,713
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Saurondil
## Maybe Feanor (& by extension, his sons) were...
## Maybe Feanor (& by extension, his sons) were sufficiently (to coin a phrase) "fired up"; like Hurin at the Nirnaeth, killing his 70 orcs. Tolkien may have meant the desperate courage of both,... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2013, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 23,286
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Saurondil
That point about Aragorn living 70 x 3 years is...That point about Aragorn living 70 x 3 years is important, I think. Elros was given a span of 500 years - which (I assume, and the assumption needs testing) is to be understood as 5 x 100, rather... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2013, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 23,286
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Saurondil
## Maybe Faramir lived as long as he did, as a...## Maybe Faramir lived as long as he did, as a result of the renewal brought by the return (& coronation) of the King. Gondor stops decaying - and is renewed. And there is no more Sauron, so the... |
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Forum: The Books
03-05-2013, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,713
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Saurondil
## This happens a lot LOL
The point is,...## This happens a lot LOL The point is, that with the three later unions, we learn that important goods came of them....but I've just realised that I mistakenly thought Dior's parents were not... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
03-05-2013, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 23,703
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Saurondil
## If it's not to late to comment.....
The...## If it's not to late to comment..... The info about Meneldil is very helpful. There is one major puzzle - the chronology. In the notes we are given the following dates of birth: Amandil 3029... |
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Forum: The Books
03-05-2013, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,713
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Saurondil
## If it was "meant to occur", that would make a...## If it was "meant to occur", that would make a lot of sense: the union between them would then be an example of the pattern of unions between spouses of different kinds, in which the female is... |
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