Who is the "Tolkien Master" in your house? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elentari_Elbereth · 05-24-2005, 06:15 PM

Hello everyone!

This may seem like a dumb topic, but..

My siblings (3 of them) like LotR, but I'm the only Nerd in it... A thought came to me: Who in your family/ household is the biggest LotR fan/Tolkienite? I read a post some time ago where someone stated they came from a line of tolkienites, with family members named after characters and such (very neat, I'm sorry I don't recall who it was..) and then there are families with only one or 2 big time Tolkien geeks.

I'm the "Tolkien Master" of my house (when compared to other members. There still is so much I have to read!)
What about you?

Formendacil · 05-24-2005, 06:55 PM

Myself.

My two younger brothers, younger sister, and parents have all read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The older brother has read the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. The rest of the kids liked the movies....

I am the Tolkien expert in the house, acknowledged by others as well as myself. Someone who reads HoME for fun (and third/fourth/fifth readings at that) cannot be taken as anything else.

Except, quite possibly, crazy.

Kitanna · 05-24-2005, 07:27 PM

My dad is defiantly the Tolkien Master in my house, though I'm slowly catching up to him.

Encaitare · 05-24-2005, 08:37 PM

I am, of course.

My younger sister has seen and loved the movies, but didn't finish the book. She thinks I'm crazy for spending so much time on the Downs. My mom read the book back in college and has seen all three movies. I think she liked them. My dad simply can't sit through long movies, and I don't know if he read the book. Yet he thinks the Downs are a cool idea, since he loves talking on forums as well.

Thinlómien · 05-25-2005, 07:42 AM

I am.

My little sister and my dad keep calling me the finnish-Tolkien-finnish -dictionary...
My little sister loves LotR, but she's nothing compared to me... And my dad likes LotR too, but doesn't bother with reading it so much... And my mom thinks that it's just a good book, but not wonderful. And my tortoise doesn't probably even know what it is.

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 05-25-2005, 08:31 AM

I am.

My big sister, well, she started reading LotR about five years ago. She got stuck somewhere near the mines of Moria and she hasn't touched the book since. My sister thinks I'm absolutely nuts and she used to make fun of me. Not anymore, though, after I took up fencing (Just kidding!)

My mom then. I'd say she has still hope. She has watched all the movies with me and she glanced at her watch only a few times during the films. She said once that she might read LotR but it was over a year ago. She still confuses Aragorn for Boromir.

My dad laughs at my enthusiasm but he has had so good a taste that he read the Hobbit to me when I was five. I don't remember much of it anymore, only that I was really disappointed when "the innocent dragon" got killed. My dad has tried to watch the movies but he can't sit still for a half an hour. Besides, he comments on the characters looks and the fight scenes non-stop. Usually I get frustrated and kick him out. He hasn't read LotR and the only character he knows is Frodo.

Elentari_Elbereth · 05-30-2005, 10:56 AM

My youngest sister tried to read the hobbit and quit (??how??)
Odd thing is, my brother introduced me to Tolkien and he dislikes it now. Thinks I'm nuts for reading it so much..

... Oh hey! I've got another question for all of you: How old were you when you first read the books? (including the hobbit)

I read the hobbit as one of the first books I read. I must have 7 or 8. at 9 I read the Fellowship of the ring and it took me 2 days to read through TTT the first time, and RotK followed. by the time the movies came out, I was 11 and had read the trilogy

I read them every year or more since, and have gotten through most of the Silmarillion just recently (I can't BELIEVE I never read it earlier!!!!

)

Bêthberry · 05-30-2005, 11:07 AM

There is no "Tolkien Master" in my household as that would be both a burden and a domination that we avoid.

Instead, we have readers who are responsible for their own reading and appreciation of Tolkien.

Larien Telemnar · 05-30-2005, 12:06 PM

If I had to say (Not boasting, of course), it is I, sayeth the Hobbit. My father calls me obsessed, my mother tells me not to randomly qoute the books and movies, and my sister thinks it's amusing when I suddenly start dancing around singing the pub song. I think I'm fine the way I am.

Oohooh! I made up a tune to sing to the song they sang for Boromir when he died! It's kinda cool, if I do say so myself.

Legolas · 05-30-2005, 10:12 PM

Myself, easily. My brother, a year younger, read the Lord of the Rings before I did, but read the Hobbit after I did and hasn't read anything further.

Parents and sister have seen the movies and love them, but don't really read a lot. My sister is started to read more though, and I have faith that she will in due time.

Arwen Imladris · 06-06-2005, 02:43 PM

I am, naturally, the designated 'Tolkien Master' in my house. Nobody in my house doesn't like the Lord of the Rings (would they dare say so if they did?) but I remain the only person to have read the Silmarillion, UT, or any of the HOME series.

My parents started on us all when we were young, reading LOTR and the Hobbit to us. Plus we've all read the books ourselves as well as watching the Peter Jackson movie. But I'm the only one who has watched all of the commentaries and everything.

05-24-2005, 06:15 PM	#1
Elentari_Elbereth Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Carolina (moving to Calif.) Posts: 24	Who is the "Tolkien Master" in your house? Hello everyone! This may seem like a dumb topic, but.. My siblings (3 of them) like LotR, but I'm the only Nerd in it... A thought came to me: Who in your family/ household is the biggest LotR fan/Tolkienite? I read a post some time ago where someone stated they came from a line of tolkienites, with family members named after characters and such (very neat, I'm sorry I don't recall who it was..) and then there are families with only one or 2 big time Tolkien geeks. I'm the "Tolkien Master" of my house (when compared to other members. There still is so much I have to read!) What about you? __________________ Who shall see a white ship leave the last shore, the pale phantoms in her cold bosom Like gulls wailing? ...Who shall see the last evening?

05-24-2005, 06:55 PM	#2
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,311	Myself. My two younger brothers, younger sister, and parents have all read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The older brother has read the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. The rest of the kids liked the movies.... I am the Tolkien expert in the house, acknowledged by others as well as myself. Someone who reads HoME for fun (and third/fourth/fifth readings at that) cannot be taken as anything else. Except, quite possibly, crazy. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

05-24-2005, 07:27 PM	#3
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	My dad is defiantly the Tolkien Master in my house, though I'm slowly catching up to him. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

05-25-2005, 07:42 AM	#5
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I am. My little sister and my dad keep calling me the finnish-Tolkien-finnish -dictionary... My little sister loves LotR, but she's nothing compared to me... And my dad likes LotR too, but doesn't bother with reading it so much... And my mom thinks that it's just a good book, but not wonderful. And my tortoise doesn't probably even know what it is. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-25-2005, 08:31 AM	#6
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	I am. My big sister, well, she started reading LotR about five years ago. She got stuck somewhere near the mines of Moria and she hasn't touched the book since. My sister thinks I'm absolutely nuts and she used to make fun of me. Not anymore, though, after I took up fencing (Just kidding!) My mom then. I'd say she has still hope. She has watched all the movies with me and she glanced at her watch only a few times during the films. She said once that she might read LotR but it was over a year ago. She still confuses Aragorn for Boromir. My dad laughs at my enthusiasm but he has had so good a taste that he read the Hobbit to me when I was five. I don't remember much of it anymore, only that I was really disappointed when "the innocent dragon" got killed. My dad has tried to watch the movies but he can't sit still for a half an hour. Besides, he comments on the characters looks and the fight scenes non-stop. Usually I get frustrated and kick him out. He hasn't read LotR and the only character he knows is Frodo. __________________ Fenris Wolf

05-24-2005, 08:37 PM	#4
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I am, of course. My younger sister has seen and loved the movies, but didn't finish the book. She thinks I'm crazy for spending so much time on the Downs. My mom read the book back in college and has seen all three movies. I think she liked them. My dad simply can't sit through long movies, and I don't know if he read the book. Yet he thinks the Downs are a cool idea, since he loves talking on forums as well.

05-30-2005, 10:56 AM	#7
Elentari_Elbereth Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Carolina (moving to Calif.) Posts: 24	My youngest sister tried to read the hobbit and quit (??how??) Odd thing is, my brother introduced me to Tolkien and he dislikes it now. Thinks I'm nuts for reading it so much.. ... Oh hey! I've got another question for all of you: How old were you when you first read the books? (including the hobbit) I read the hobbit as one of the first books I read. I must have 7 or 8. at 9 I read the Fellowship of the ring and it took me 2 days to read through TTT the first time, and RotK followed. by the time the movies came out, I was 11 and had read the trilogy I read them every year or more since, and have gotten through most of the Silmarillion just recently (I can't BELIEVE I never read it earlier!!!! ) __________________ Who shall see a white ship leave the last shore, the pale phantoms in her cold bosom Like gulls wailing? ...Who shall see the last evening?

05-30-2005, 11:07 AM	#8
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,989	A springle ring perhaps, but no Saruman There is no "Tolkien Master" in my household as that would be both a burden and a domination that we avoid. Instead, we have readers who are responsible for their own reading and appreciation of Tolkien. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-30-2005, 12:06 PM	#9
Larien Telemnar Wight Join Date: May 2005 Location: Frogmorton, The Shire, Middle-Earth Posts: 110	If I had to say (Not boasting, of course), it is I, sayeth the Hobbit. My father calls me obsessed, my mother tells me not to randomly qoute the books and movies, and my sister thinks it's amusing when I suddenly start dancing around singing the pub song. I think I'm fine the way I am. Oohooh! I made up a tune to sing to the song they sang for Boromir when he died! It's kinda cool, if I do say so myself. __________________ Oh look! It's a Blog!! What's it do? Pushes button Hammer zings out SPLAT! Flat Hobbit Oh! So that's what it does! Moan

05-30-2005, 10:12 PM	#10
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	Myself, easily. My brother, a year younger, read the Lord of the Rings before I did, but read the Hobbit after I did and hasn't read anything further. Parents and sister have seen the movies and love them, but don't really read a lot. My sister is started to read more though, and I have faith that she will in due time. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

06-06-2005, 02:43 PM	#11
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	I am, naturally, the designated 'Tolkien Master' in my house. Nobody in my house doesn't like the Lord of the Rings (would they dare say so if they did?) but I remain the only person to have read the Silmarillion, UT, or any of the HOME series. My parents started on us all when we were young, reading LOTR and the Hobbit to us. Plus we've all read the books ourselves as well as watching the Peter Jackson movie. But I'm the only one who has watched all of the commentaries and everything. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."