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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-25-2024, 01:42 PM
Replies: 14,193
Views: 1,853,837
Posted By Oddwen
I sit beside the fire and think of all that I...

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have cooked,
Of veggies, herbs, meats and broth that oh so fresh had looked
Or at least were not much spoiled in autumns that there were,
I could not...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-25-2024, 01:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,350
Posted By Oddwen
This is cute! I like the variety of...

This is cute! I like the variety of doorknockers. The mushroom one made me chuckle.


Y'all are welcome at my door even if you're not on party business, just don't scratch the fresh paint!
Forum: The Movies 10-26-2022, 09:42 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
So Halbrand got a lance in the side in the...

So Halbrand got a lance in the side in the penultimate episode, I think it's foreshadowing a certain other lance wielded by a certain elven king, of whom the harpers sadly sing. Unless they have...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-14-2022, 10:43 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
Oh wow, that was a bold choice for a season...

Oh wow, that was a bold choice for a season finale - just a sixty minute* shot of Celebrimbor looking at a chunk of ore that may or may not have been mithril** - though I offer my interpretations of...
Forum: The Movies 10-14-2022, 09:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,719
Posted By Oddwen
"Lord Sauron" Huh. I'll believe THAT if it...

"Lord Sauron" Huh. I'll believe THAT if it still stands at the end of the episode.

SUNFRUIT CALLOUT

"Six days ago. We rode wihout rest. Can you help him?"
"Well not anymore!!!"

"The...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-10-2022, 09:45 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
You can tell because he's really really tan.

You can tell because he's really really tan.
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-08-2022, 02:27 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
The most enjoyable part of the show is talking...

The most enjoyable part of the show is talking about it here with you all, at the end of all things....er, beginning?








Wow, we all thought Galadriel was treated a bit like a Mary...
Forum: The Movies 10-08-2022, 09:41 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,863
Posted By Oddwen
Who or what was the titular Eye?

Who or what was the titular Eye?
Forum: The Movies 10-08-2022, 12:50 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
Nah, RoP will never get good or popular enough to...

Nah, RoP will never get good or popular enough to crash that hard. Plus any possible Sean Bean death scene was squandered decades ago.



My prediction is unless it gets way better in the second...
Forum: The Movies 10-08-2022, 12:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,863
Posted By Oddwen
Oh no. Peril. Anyway. "Trees don't talk!" ...

Oh no. Peril. Anyway.

"Trees don't talk!"
"SOME do!"

"the dwarves dug too greedily and too deep" for FRIENDSHIP (Hmmmm, is Disa getting a little greedy though?)

"How much longer until we...
Forum: The Movies 10-04-2022, 09:46 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
WHAT did he say??? Another few...

WHAT did he say???




Another few tidbits of (un?)founded spoilers from random articles I've read, I'll spoil them for reasons:



We might not see Sauron this season
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-04-2022, 09:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,675
Posted By Oddwen
(Is the title of Legate inheritable?) ...

(Is the title of Legate inheritable?)


Congratulations and much love to the expanded family! <3
Forum: The Movies 10-02-2022, 03:53 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
Who will Bilbo's mithril coat be made for? ...

Who will Bilbo's mithril coat be made for?


Durin or one of his kids - Durin V?


An elf-child - Celebrian? Arondir & Bronwyn's to-be-conceived child? Elrond's oldest son...
Forum: The Movies 09-30-2022, 10:10 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,841
Posted By Oddwen
Nice of Adar to bury his sunflower seed hulls. ...

Nice of Adar to bury his sunflower seed hulls.

Female orc confirmation???

GIMBATUL!

Ooh the blood color reveal was cool. The reveal of the townspeople's bodies reminded me of the passage in...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-30-2022, 10:09 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
They should have called this episode "Happy...

They should have called this episode "Happy Families" because of all the reunions - Halbrand with his wife and child, Bronwyn and Theo - Galadriel with her husband Celebrimbadar - Evil Barliman...
Forum: The Movies 09-24-2022, 09:33 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
I dreamt this (unlikely) prediction last night...

I dreamt this (unlikely) prediction last night and I'll put it in here just in case -



"Only blood can bind" - "One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them" - naturally this means...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-23-2022, 11:17 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
What else can I sing the praises of this week...

What else can I sing the praises of this week except for Elendil's mighty helmet? The wings of which will surely carry the tall ships and tall kings, three times three, divided by two, add a couple,...
Forum: The Movies 09-23-2022, 10:53 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,684
Posted By Oddwen
**Spoiler Warning** Rings of Power S1E5 - "Partings"

Episode 5 (of 8 for this season) - things start to move a little faster than the last episode.

Finally, interstitial songs! "With most hobbits it is a supper-song or a bed-song; but these hobbits...
Forum: The Movies 09-18-2022, 11:55 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,347
Posted By Oddwen
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(From LotR: FotR) The quality isn't super clear here and I can't tell if Vilya...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-16-2022, 10:23 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
Well I didn't expect Halbrand to be Ulmo, that's...

Well I didn't expect Halbrand to be Ulmo, that's for dang sure. Though him meeting Galadriel on the sea and wanting to stay on an island that is soon due to be under the sea does make sense if you...
Forum: The Movies 09-16-2022, 10:13 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,347
Posted By Oddwen
Well the Palantiri erasure has been the first...

Well the Palantiri erasure has been the first time I've had to pause the show and walk around angrily, so....ok?



Elrond is growing on me a bit, he gives off more "...he is summoned to a...
Forum: The Movies 09-09-2022, 11:25 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,501
Posted By Oddwen
(spoilers fresh from episode 3) The way...

(spoilers fresh from episode 3)


The way Adar was out of focus seemed vaguely reminiscent of the Nazgul on weathertop - if it's not the Mouth of Sauron then maybe an established pre-Wraith?


...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-09-2022, 11:04 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
Leaf Oh wow, episode 3 is an episode for the ages! I...

Oh wow, episode 3 is an episode for the ages! I can't believe they killed Sauron already! He never stood a chance against the entire Harfoot clan! The way the converged with their cudgels and...
Forum: The Movies 09-09-2022, 10:43 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,825
Posted By Oddwen
Why is everyone calling the series 'woke' when...

Why is everyone calling the series 'woke' when Elendil is blatantly favoring his failson over his daughter? :P


An episode called "Adar" strongly featuring fathers & fatherhood - Galadriel...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-08-2022, 12:09 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,097
Posted By Oddwen
White Tree It's my 2,222th post! I like half of you half as well as I should like, and

This is the MOST MEDIA EVER and I hope they make a RINGSOFPOWERILLION dollars, but I do think they revealed the "Halbrand is Beruthiel" twist a little early, they could have made that last quite a...
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