[Brinniel]

To be perfectly honest, I have yet to meet an anti-LOTR person. Many students (and teachers) at my school seem to be quite supportive of LOTR, in fact. Here's a few examples:

When FOTR came out, my English teacher posted a map of ME on the wall and had the class listen to the tape recording of Riddles in the Dark from The Hobbit. Then for nearly a week, she went on a rampage about how much Ian Holm does not look like the Bilbo she imagined. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Two months after FOTR was released, I remember walking into my different classrooms and seeing copies of LOTR and The Hobbit strewn about on differents desks (most of them belonging to students who don't regularly enjoy reading).

The day after TTT came to theaters, there was excitement throughout the entire school about how awesome the movie was. One guy in my classes had a huge obsession with Helm's Deep. Throughout the day he kept summarizing to me the best stunts in the battle, even though I had already seen the movie (of course). I recall that a teacher had to quiet us because we were talking so loud in our excitement. I believe that guy ended up seeing TTT again that night.

And then, of course, there's the multiplying fangirls who post pictures of Legolas in their binder and scream whenever they hear his or Frodo's name. I swear, there was a time after FOTR came out that girls where writing on desks and folders, "I love Legolas" or "I love Frodo." [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Geez, I really must be lucky or something. Is my old school the only one existing that has that amount of LOTR support (aside from rabid fangirls)?

Still, I have heard negative things about LOTR before. My obsession with LOTR has become so extreme that my family and some friends act like they hate LOTR, though I know they really don't. My friends officially know me as the LOTR fanatic and tease me gently about it (even though some of them are LOTR fans themselves).
"Can't you stop talking about LOTR for just one day?" they ask. "Nope," I answer.