[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

*laughs weakly* thank you for diffusing a hot issue. That Galadriel quote takes the cake, Ha! I'll never be able to read that again without cracking up.

-What are you doing, geeking about?
-Geeky!?? Oh nice Hobbitses, so polite...
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you startled me. So what have you been doing?
-Geeking!
-I think I shall grow very tired of that word soon..
-Hullo, Smeagol..
-Smeagol's a geek!
-Now, Smeagol, don't take names for yourself.
-We must takes what's given to us. The nice hobbitses gives it.
-Sam..

You know, I expected Eve's subject to provoke less vitriol and more humor, and was looking forward to it - eep. Not.

Still you can count on me to defend anyone who's being bullied, little Esil the Elf (really, anyone who couldn't tell there was more than one kid posting in that name..), or Eve. Just because you object does not excuse their being treated poorly. If you get ticked off, it's best to not post for a while. It's not worth it. This forum is for fun, it's not real. None of these threads will ever be resolved: Tolkien's dead.

Um Eve... I understand venting a little to your friends, but it's bad form to criticize the Barrow-Downs behind our backs. To be blunt I took some s*** to defend your rights and don't appreciate my favorite Forum being ripped. I'd still do the same, right is right, (can't defend the unpopular without expecting some retaliatory mud... grumble..)

Speaking as a 'Tolkien geek', (how many posts has it been, 200-something now?) Mr. Underhill is correct, you'd have received a better response in the advanced discussion groups. Also please learn the Downs "tweedy" style to join the discussion. It's one of my favorite things about this board. I admit I kinda cringed when I saw the subject in the "Novice" forum, especially right when the movies came out. Spare Mithadan the HobbitMom letters and get the lay of the land.

Here's a deliberately truly geeky metaphor:
If Aragorn jumped off the Corsairs ships without looking where he was first, chances are Anduril "the flame of the West" (oh ha I hope someone notices the triple-edged turn of that phrase) wouldn't do him much good, and his head would be landing in the circles of Minas Tirith, shot "marvelously high."

[ January 16, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]