Well,
sally, explaining a joke tends to ruin it, but for your peace of mind, this thread has developped more like this:
Urwen: *extends her blood feud with Feanor and his whole kin (established
here) to blaming Maedhros for the untimely demise of one of her favourite heroines*
Nerwen, Eomer, Phantom (heh),
Lottie (hehehehe), etc.: *give serious responses*
you: *think this will be a great opportunity to learn more about the books*
Urwen: *dashes your hopes*
All of the above: *decide to make the best of the situation and get some entertainment out of it by making fun of Urwen's infatuation with Lalaith*
(It started with the bugs and the butterfly and went over the cliff when Glaurung and the geese entered into the picture)
Esty: *agrees with all of the above and moves the thread to Mirth*
Urwen: *doesn't realise that the pleasure of poking fun at her increases in direct proportion with the irascibility of her responses and adds more fuel to the fire*
morm: *doesn't get the mirthful aspect and re-moves thread to N&N*
the true
Lalaith: *is offended*
Nerwen & phantom: *do their damnedest to turn the whole affair into an intellectual challenge*
(starting with
Narn i Gwilwileth Luin and culminating in the Maedhros' Hand Theory)
parallel to the above:
Nerwen: *challenges
Urwen to make good her outrageous claims on Lalaith's behalf in a way that actually makes sense, leading to a battle of proposed and rejected scenarios (score up to now -
Nerwen: arnoediad,
Urwen: 0)*
Urwen: *still doesn't get why everybody keeps 'insulting' her precious Lalaith, when we're all actually quite fond of the poor girl whom she's blown up beyond all proportion*
Everything: *gradually ceases to be as much fun as it was for a while*
And that's where we are now.
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Originally Posted by sally
Look! I even followed Urwen's 'analytical' posting style! That has to get her back on some sort of sane track, right? Right?!
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When daisies flower in Mordor...