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Forum: Quotable Quotes
09-15-2002, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,502
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bombur
I think morgul quoted what Gollum was planning to...I think morgul quoted what Gollum was planning to be saying when instead it ended up whailing that its precious is lost. smilies/rolleyes.gif JH |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2002, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,953
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bombur
I am not particularily wise person, but I’d...I am not particularily wise person, but I’d prefer long life over short and mortality over immortality. I do not prefer mortality over immortality because of fear that years would become unbearable... |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2002, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,572
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bombur
Eh... Galorme... Do I have to be an individual? I...Eh... Galorme... Do I have to be an individual? I don’t wanna. I wanna be a Dwarf. smilies/wink.gif I think ”lets hunt some orc” is bad a) because it is changed from the book and b) because It... |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2002, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By
bombur
Re: to Genandra of Mirkwood
I am sorry, but...Re: to Genandra of Mirkwood I am sorry, but that is perhaps the most twisted logic that I’ve recently encountered. Gen: ”It's only if you're already assuming Tolkien's books are sexist that... |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2002, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
Posted By
bombur
But eol and nar...
Of course every moment...But eol and nar... Of course every moment has past, present and future. Now has future. But it is clouded from us. We can assume "progress"... or degeneration... or the end of the world by... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2002, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
Posted By
bombur
ahhh Eol, but fantasy need not have progress...ahhh Eol, but fantasy need not have progress simply because it is not history, but a story. Take Tolkien, I suppose between the first and third age humans might have learned to make plate mails... |
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Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum
09-14-2002, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 42,283
Posted By
bombur
(Computer problems it seems)
...throat dried...(Computer problems it seems) ...throat dried by the weariness of travel. Children must play with him or sing to him. He might get angry as he is old and bit cranky, but basically he is forgiving... |
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Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum
09-14-2002, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 42,283
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bombur
Now that I became aware of this thread I simply...Now that I became aware of this thread I simply must reply to black lieutannants and others thoughts of difference between gods and spirits and cultural heroes. Tolkien used also Finnish legends... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2002, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,313
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bombur
I think there is also mutual respect between...I think there is also mutual respect between dwarves and eleves. I seem to remember reading somewhere that of all eleves the dwarves respected most the Noldor. I also seem to remeber that they... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2002, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By
bombur
Lush wrote:
"As for Arwen being a sexual...Lush wrote: "As for Arwen being a sexual object, well, what's wrong with that? I don't believe the statement, but what's the problem with it anyway? Some things, a man has to earn. I think." I... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2002, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By
bombur
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Lush: Uh, please do not use those...*********** Lush: Uh, please do not use those vile "PC feminist" terms. They are about as trendy Milli Vanilli. *********** Uh... sorry, may I rephrase again... As I do not see her as a... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2002, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
Posted By
bombur
Interresting thoughts from everyone.
Nar...Interresting thoughts from everyone. Nar arose interresting question... I'd have to say, I do not think it is possible to make Liberte, Equalite, Fraternite appear in fantasy. Also the big 3... |
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Forum: The Books
09-10-2002, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By
bombur
Ah... now that I think, I may have been...Ah... now that I think, I may have been provoking. Sorry. In my earlier message I gave two choises, a) sexobject, b) manipulator... May I rephrase... As I do not see her as manipulator, I... |
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Forum: The Books
09-10-2002, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
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bombur
I did NOT write that to provoke argument.
As...I did NOT write that to provoke argument. As I DID read the earlier parts of this discussion, I decided to leave that out from my first message in order NOT to provoke argument. I am quite... |
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Forum: The Books
09-10-2002, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
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bombur
Once more I apologise for my seemingly bar...Once more I apologise for my seemingly bar brawl-like entrance... I am often a provoking person. My provoking comments should be taken with a grain of salt and sometimes I just assume too much on... |
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Forum: The Books
09-09-2002, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
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bombur
Well... Arwen I left out intentionally... I am...Well... Arwen I left out intentionally... I am enough male equality activist to see her rather negatively. a) sexobject... prize for Aragorn b) devious behind the scenes manipulator. If one... |
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Forum: The Books
09-09-2002, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
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bombur
I did not mean that fantasy must be all black and...I did not mean that fantasy must be all black and white. It cant of cource. In Tolkien we have Saruman and Boromir and Denethor, who have mostly just fallen under Saurons influence. There are orcs... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2002, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By
bombur
10 Richter rant warning!!!!
Some analyzers...10 Richter rant warning!!!! Some analyzers say that in Tolkiens world the women conform to certain stereotypes. To a degree this is true... his male charachters do as well. In my opinion all of... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2002, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
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bombur
Sorry about my part in the subjctdrift. I’m fan...Sorry about my part in the subjctdrift. I’m fan of uncle Karl and had to comment. I was smiling while writing though... Nature of villainry IS part of writing fantasy and especially writing... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2002, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 853
Views: 183,806
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bombur
I think Robin Hood is a great example of the...I think Robin Hood is a great example of the nature of villainry in general. Most of us who have red it spend most of us thinking Rickhard the lionhart to be a great king and prince John to be the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2002, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,711
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bombur
History is written by the winners.
Morgoth...History is written by the winners. Morgoth makes this little slave people out of moriquendi eleves by perverting them. So what, who cares. It is a crime by the Morgoth against the beauty of the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2002, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,009
Posted By
bombur
Actually Gandalf first had a hunch of what the...
Actually Gandalf first had a hunch of what the ring might be, at the Bilbos birthday party. He went away to check on it. He told Frodo to keep it safe and keep it secret. Years passed before his... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2002, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 12,051
Posted By
bombur
Some comments on relative strenghts...
...Some comments on relative strenghts... Sauron with the one ring, versus backstabbing hobbit with Orthanc-fire bronze cannon... Sauron dies. (Lets remember that Fingolfin was only an elf and in a... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2002, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,950
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bombur
Child of the seventh age asked originally whether...Child of the seventh age asked originally whether we the others would have been suspicious of Saruman... I yet must comment a bit. I most certainly would have been. smilies/biggrin.gif Also,... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2002, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,560
Posted By
bombur
I think you too might like to see the rather...I think you too might like to see the rather longish post I just sent to the Sarumans ring ( /staffs) thread. I think it is not so much about the innate power when it comes to maiar. It is about... |
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