Well, I love to talk about Lord of the Rings as much as the next person, but I don't think I've made many sacrifices...at least, not on the kind of level that many of you guys have.
I've always been a popular person, and my friends and everyone who knows me knows me as being outspoken, crazy, fun and the kind of person that doesn't care what anyone else thinks of me. My friends may think it's a little wierd that I read the books passionately and watch the movies whenever I can, but we all have our quirks so they don't mind or anything. Besides, I support their obsessions, so they owe me one I guess hehe.
Reading everyone's posting was a little strange! I guess I didn't realize how so many people are so involved in Lord of the Rings! But even more surprising was how many people said that they were made fun of!! I mean, I know there are always those jerks that will make fun of anyone, but still! I guess it's maybe because I've grown up in a community/family/area that is very open-minded and have been taught to be nice to everyone and not judge a book by its cover. In any event, it's so great to hear that you guys stick up for yourselves and don't care what people think of you! I encourage everyone to give people a little insight into the magic and beauty of Tolkien's world.
Ok, that was a little wierd rant for you. I guess I can't say I'm as obsessed as everyone or anyone else you posted in this topic, but I know that I probably have been. Last year, when the first movie came out, I was psyched and saw the movie tons and searched the net for anything Tolkien. But after awhile, I had to take a step back and ask myself if maybe this was kind of getting a bit much! I was spending a lot of time and energy thinking about LOTR and everything when I probably could have been doing something else. I'm not saying what any of you guys is doing is wrong or bad or anything, but have any of you guys felt that way, or thought that maybe you should just take it easy or anything?
Anyways, I still love LOTR and I have tons of sites concerning Tolkien bookmarked in my files. I still want an elvish cloak, I still want to go to New Zealand. I'm willing to sacrifice my time and money to do things like that.
As for friends, well just because you have friends doesn't mean that you don't have time to have a hobby or anything.
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I neither have, nor desire popularity, as it is stressful, pointless, and completely unrewarding.
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To kind of defend the idea of popularity, it's not stressful, pointless or unrewarding if you stay true to who you are. It's only stressful if you're trying to keep up with everyone instead of just doing what you wanna do. It's not pointless because it gets you connections, and the rewards come through those connections in terms of...well, I guess that just depends, doesn't it?
I hope this wasn't just one big, bizarre, ridiculous, going-on about nothing...but I'm sure that's exactly what it was, so I hope you all enjoyed it! haha.
[ January 16, 2003: Message edited by: Vardadurwen ]