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Forum: The Books 07-27-2008, 08:46 PM
Replies: 23
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So much for blindness

Eh... But Mandos granted Luthien's wish because he was so immensely touched... Or was it because it was "doom"?

"Boss, the parole's been cast... Ol' dusty seemed to have a weakness for the high...
Forum: The Books 07-20-2008, 12:30 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 17,632
White Tree Moon rock = dandruff of Tilion?

Gee, this is getting too serious...

Considering the fact that no one had ever done any archaeological digs on the Moon in Middle-Earth, won't it be better to keep an open mind about myths and...
Forum: The Books 07-19-2008, 11:58 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 72,200
Dark-Eye Sleep... Or was it wet dream?

:D



As I... ahem... remembered it, Morgoth seemed to get a waking wet dream first, before slumbering from the ... er... fatigue... Typical male libido...
Forum: The Books 07-16-2008, 08:16 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 10,882
Pipe Gift of Illuvator..?

I voted for the gift of Death. There was an pretty good explanation in the Akallabeth:



There was a much better argument in HOME: Morgoth's Ring, of course. (Self-multilation for misplacement)....
Forum: The Books 07-16-2008, 07:46 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,034
Ring The foolishness of youth...

(Kudos to Eönwë)

Gee, Sauron in his prime almost meet his match upteenth times, never with a Valar:

1. Felagund (Finarfin's son)

2. A cloak :D

He was owned, of course, by a Maia:
Forum: The Books 07-09-2008, 12:09 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,217
Long home?

It was said in Silmarillion that:



Seemed somewhat intuitive that the Silmaril in the volcano should still be in the molten core of the Earth instead of being dug up and chiseled into some...
Forum: The Books 07-08-2008, 11:49 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,034
I believe here's your quote: Whew......

I believe here's your quote:



Whew... Sauron seemed to have devised a Faraday's cage and hid in it while everyone else stuck to a lightning rod... But the point of Valar attempting to kill...
Forum: The Books 06-27-2008, 10:43 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,541
Leaf For the sake of completeness...

I guess all that could be answered of WK's power had ready been said by Boromir88. Fear was always the Nazguls' primary weapon. And yet I wondered whether anyone had tried to stick a sword into the...
Forum: The Books 06-26-2008, 08:35 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,217
Ring Reversal

Speaking of which, the Arkenstone seemed to have a hold on Thorin's mind somewhat like that of the 7 rings. Maybe it was crafted with the aid of Sauron's rings?

"Prreecciiiouuss..." - Thorin...
Forum: The Books 06-24-2008, 10:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,541
White-Hand Un-man?

Did the Nazguls really ceased to be Man? Its said that they faded. Seems pretty dubious whether they really "died" and became ghosts. On the physical nature of spirits, Tolkien seems pretty clear....
Forum: The Books 06-24-2008, 08:03 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,294
1420! Morgoth of the Seas?

One of the Silmarils, you'd remember, was cast into the ocean. I'd have thought its on Ulmo or Osse's crown now.

... I get it... Ulmo helped the Eldar and Edain defeat Melkor as part of his grand...
Forum: The Books 06-24-2008, 07:53 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,737
Leaf Ask the Oldest

Maybe Ol' Tom would know something about that?

I do remember that Yavanna lamented that her trees get chopped into cupboards for anything that can talk, and then was comforted by the presence of...
Forum: The Books 06-24-2008, 07:32 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Sting Evil of being granted Free Will

There seems to be a generally unequivocal stance on the moral implications of choices. But what about the moral implications of having no choice? Let's rephrase the question: Evil is said to be a...
Forum: The Books 06-23-2008, 10:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,541
The po'erful ol' ghoul

Greetings, Nikkolas! May you find peace in the books more than in the movies. (Evil laughs)

I'm not too sure whether the Ol' Witchking's a Numenorean, though I do remember that the named Nazgul at...
Forum: The Books 06-23-2008, 10:13 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Tolkien Alas, poor chicken

I beg your indulgence for your misunderstanding, Morthoron. (Though I'd refrain commenting on personal attacks in the posts...)



But by deeming the modern chicken rearing process as evil, you...
Forum: The Books 06-23-2008, 06:47 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
It's nothing personal, but I find it ironic that...

It's nothing personal, but I find it ironic that you should call the modern process of chicken rearing cruel, whereas attribute absolute dominating evil power to the Ring. Nobody really likes the...
Forum: The Books 06-22-2008, 11:48 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Guns don't kill people, spinning bullets...

Guns don't kill people, spinning bullets discharged at high velocity do.

It sounds more like a figure of speech to describe Frodo as having "no will left in the matter". A drug addict who did...
Forum: The Books 06-22-2008, 03:55 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
White-Hand That which I would vs. That which I could

Despite sounding hopelessly opportunistic, it is certainly not ideals that drove Tolkien's world. It was pre-destination, and a set of debatable moral values. Greed made Gollum save the day. If...
Forum: The Books 06-21-2008, 12:20 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Pipe Supply and Demand of ideals

Romantism and realism seems pretty contradictory, at least from an economic point of view.

Romantism - Glorious sacrifice of the self, or selfish interests, for greater good, definition of...
Forum: The Books 06-19-2008, 07:37 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Silmaril It is a crooked straight line...

That'd depends on whether you're looking at micro or macro-economics. :D Orks know the value of a mithril shirt, and its not just because its useful armour.
Forum: The Books 06-18-2008, 09:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,043
Sting To each his maker

The ancients were not all inventors. Neither are the moderns... :D

Both Melkor and Aule were gifted craftsmen among the Valar. It was said that Aule took delight in teaching his little clay...
Forum: The Books 06-18-2008, 09:06 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
White Tree Values and Virtues in language

Somehow, much hostility seemed to have sprung from the notion that economics is ammoral and political. To me (or, for that matter, to anyone who has to earn a living), the term has nothing after it...
Forum: The Books 06-18-2008, 06:26 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Palantir-Green I'm afraid I can't agree more... :D (Economics...

I'm afraid I can't agree more... :D (Economics may be considered the balance of values). I suppose Tolkien did have ideals of regenerative technology. This is instanced by the presence of the...
Forum: The Books 06-18-2008, 04:42 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 64,019
Actually technology comes before industrialism,...

Actually technology comes before industrialism, if one takes the stance that technology is the knowledge of developing and using tools for survival. Of course, people can survive with much less than...
Forum: The Books 06-17-2008, 10:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 11,723
Question The ancient art of Plastic Surgery

It seems that all replies to this thread had been in unison as to the contributions of Saruman to the ecological wonder of middle-earth: The Orc, the One race which eats, drinks and makes merry...
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