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Forum: The Books
07-03-2003, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 20,312
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Lobelia
Chuckle! Yes, it would indeed be a sad day for...Chuckle! Yes, it would indeed be a sad day for female Legolas fans. Not, mind you, that he showed any signs of interest in anyone. As I understand it, Gimli, like the hobbits who went to the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-28-2003, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 140
Views: 39,758
Posted By
Lobelia
Just a few thoughts here. I've had a careful...Just a few thoughts here. I've had a careful think about this whole Arwen business and come to the conclusion that PJ did the right thing. Glorfindel appears twice in the novel - and that's counting... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2003, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 11,496
Posted By
Lobelia
Poor Boromir! He hasn't even SEEN the Ring apart...Poor Boromir! He hasn't even SEEN the Ring apart from a brief glimpse at Imladris and it has driven him crazy! Is it possible that perhaps it never actually had any influence over him at all? He was... |
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Forum: The Books
06-03-2003, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,403
Posted By
Lobelia
Hi everyone,
To answer a few questions: I...Hi everyone, To answer a few questions: I believe that Leaf by Niggle is, indeed, meant to be about his work on THE SILMARILLION. *This* was his passion - the other stuff was just set in the Silm... |
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Forum: The Books
06-01-2003, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,183
Posted By
Lobelia
Hi! When I saw this topic, I hoped it might be...Hi! When I saw this topic, I hoped it might be about the general theme of animals in ME, such as the horses. Good or evil, the ones in THE HOBBIT get eaten! The only survivors of the innocent ponies... |
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Forum: The Books
05-31-2003, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 17,373
Posted By
Lobelia
What a fascinating discussion this is becoming!...What a fascinating discussion this is becoming! There have been some wonderful points made. I think that more of the Company would have been able to do it, as they *became* - they all grew and... |
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Forum: The Books
05-29-2003, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 7,675
Posted By
Lobelia
This is a topic about which I've wondered,...This is a topic about which I've wondered, myself. I can't believe a warrior like Aragorn went around Ranger-ing for sixty years without a sword or some kind of weapon (no axe is mentioned at all). I... |
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Forum: The Books
05-27-2003, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 9,308
Posted By
Lobelia
Well, you lot are lucky to have known Merry even...Well, you lot are lucky to have known Merry even had a wife! I have the old Allen and Unwin edition in which Estella doesn't rate a mention. I recently bought the HarperCollins edition, to save my... |
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Forum: The Books
05-26-2003, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 17,373
Posted By
Lobelia
Finwe, do you really think Sam would have been...Finwe, do you really think Sam would have been able to do the job? While it's true he wasn't much tempted, the fact is,he is a follower. I suspect it's to do with Tolkien's attitude to class.Have... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
05-08-2003, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 62,389
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Lobelia
Actually, when I asked this question in another...Actually, when I asked this question in another thread, it was because I recently read a book about the Hildebrandt calendars of the 1970s (fascinating account of a major piece of creativity, BTW -... |
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Forum: The Books
05-06-2003, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 19,406
Posted By
Lobelia
Er- just a question here? Bill Ferny seems to be...Er- just a question here? Bill Ferny seems to be the gent who could best answer it, as the expert on things religious. Do the Orcs have free will or not? If they do, they're evil. If not, then... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
04-29-2003, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 9,527
Posted By
Lobelia
Well, they seem to be right into handcraft,...Well, they seem to be right into handcraft, jewellery-making and such (look at Feanor), and I bet there are Elvish gourmet cooks. And rope-making! : - ). They'd leave the armouring to the dwarves, or... |
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Forum: The Books
03-24-2003, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 118
Views: 27,839
Posted By
Lobelia
Personally, I think the only believable woman in...Personally, I think the only believable woman in the whole of LOTR was my namesake, Lobelia! ; - ) Well, maybe a few other hobbit women and the ladies of the Houses of Healing. Hobbit women, by the... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
03-02-2003, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,401
Posted By
Lobelia
All those votes for Sam and certainly, he...All those votes for Sam and certainly, he wouldn't have become corrupted - but as someone said, he's a follower. Sorry, guys, Sam is my favourite character, but this is a class issue. He is a... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2003, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 17,373
Posted By
Lobelia
Logical Ring-bearer?Okay, let's see if anyone has a thought on this. I know that dramatically, Frodo had to be the Ring-bearer, but would it, perhaps, have been more logical to appoint someone else? Gimli is the one who... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2003, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 15,651
Posted By
Lobelia
"And if they weren't smoking tobacco..."
..."And if they weren't smoking tobacco..." Somewhere in there (I think in "Concerning Hobbits") is a line that says the hobbits were experimenting with just about everything before they settled on... |
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Forum: The Books
02-19-2003, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 7,451
Posted By
Lobelia
The problem with the film as released in the...The problem with the film as released in the cinema (therewas more in the DVD version) is that Celeborn was left with one line (which was Galadriel's in the novel anyway). He was the one who gave the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-18-2003, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,381
Posted By
Lobelia
Yes, Arwen is descended from Luthien and so is...Yes, Arwen is descended from Luthien and so is Aragorn. Elrond is Aragorn's many-times-great-uncle because his brother Elros was the first king of Numenor and Aragorn's ancestor (check this in the... |
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Forum: The Books
02-18-2003, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,929
Posted By
Lobelia
Good question! I noticed this myself. Well,...Good question! I noticed this myself. Well, Feanor, brilliant or not, was a nutter, let's face it! If you were asked for something by this loony character breathing down your neck and by someone who... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-15-2003, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,436
Posted By
Lobelia
Hi,<P>I've seen David Bowie in LABYRINTH, he made...Hi,<P>I've seen David Bowie in LABYRINTH, he made a lovely goblin king, but Elrond he isn't - and he's too old. Radio, maybe - he does speak well. Not film. Too many people think of him as a singer.... |
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Forum: The Books
01-23-2002, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,748
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Lobelia
I've thought about this quite a bit since I first...I've thought about this quite a bit since I first posted my message here some days ago. I concede (and agree here with Squatter) that yes, we can and do 'identify' with characters in books who are... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2002, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,518
Posted By
Lobelia
In addition to C.S. Lewis and Narnia, Ursula K....In addition to C.S. Lewis and Narnia, Ursula K. Leguin and the Wizard of Earthsea and the whole of Dante's Divine Comedy, already listed by others, I devoured the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-21-2002, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,324
Posted By
Lobelia
This is not my experience but a friend's who...This is not my experience but a friend's who read LotR when it first came out in the early 1950s. I said that the most vivid thing I remembered about reading the book the first time was the tension... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2002, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 21,427
Posted By
Lobelia
I love the comic moments, too! And Ioreth is a...I love the comic moments, too! And Ioreth is a hoot. But my favourite is the reaction of the Gaffer to Sam's homecoming: (to Frodo) 'And I hope my Sam's behaved hisself and given... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2002, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 22,748
Posted By
Lobelia
I would like to look at this from the point of...I would like to look at this from the point of view of the reader, not the writer (I agree with SlinkerStinker that you can't directly make judgements about Tolkien's sexism or not from the fictional... |
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