Nominations for Best Nicks!

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Elora (related to Danan, I wonder)

that's what i always think when i see that name! but i thought it was Danon? or Danone. Oh well.

I like QuickSlash too.

[mark12_30]

I secretly envy Mister Underhill his moniker and his erudition.

I find myself wondering where Heren Istarion came from (the name, not the man.)

Child of the Seventh Age strikes me as the most canonically clever of all nicks. Ever.

And for sheer mystery, Mithadan, whoever he really is. (Drat him.)

Others I wonder about often:

Orual
Sharku (that took guts, or a sense of irony, or both)
the various manifestations of Sauron (why?)
ditto the various Nazguls

[Son of Númenor]

mark12_30

"I find myself wondering where Heren Istarion came from (the name, not the man.)"

If you mean where in Middle-earth it came from in, I have your answer: it is the name of the order of the Istari. If you meant how H-I chose the name... well, he probably just chose it because it sounds cool.

I envy the cleverness of The Squatter of Amon Rudh. The name is original & pleasant to say, & the icing on the cake is his location, 'Bar-en-Danwedh', which is synonymous with Amon Rudh while at the same time closely resembling the sound of 'Barrow-downs.' My hat is off.

[HerenIstarion]

There is a whole boiling soup of reasons. To quote myself from elsewhere:

as per my [alas un]humble person, I beat you all. (yes, even you, burra) For I'm 5 persons at once, and it suits me well. I'm wise like 5 wizards, but only 1/5 of me is working properly, one 1/5 is careless, 2/5 are straying no one knows were, and 1/5 is treacherous. The case for medical study, somehow

I were Tar-Ancalime on BD forum for one day, for I liked her much, yet than it dawned onto me I was mistaken for a lady, which I'm not, and having tried to register as Olorin, which was already taken, I've decided to express my (than obvious, if now less so) schizophrenia into a nickname

here we are, with Order of Wizards all in my head

(It is to be mentioned that Gandalf is one of my favourites, besides Fatty Bolger, that is). But there is a load of Gandalfs around, and HerenIstarion of course, sounds cool, as indicated

BTW, there is a new Tar-Ancalime around BD now. Many cheers and kudos to her (that is, if she is not, in fact, he, as I was back in September 2000 for a day) I remember being welcomed by BW with words like 'she is scholarly type', that was funny. Now the same goes for new Tar-Ancalime too - she is scholarly type too, or so I figured

Another strange thing just noticed - whenever Mithadan's mystic pseudonym is discussed, I inevitably come out (withing proximity of three posts) with explanations concerning my own (look here) There are no chance meetings, eh? Probably one day Mith will crack up and give away the secret of his name. I crave to learn it, I do.



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I envy the cleverness of The Squatter of Amon Rudh. The name is original & pleasant to say, & the icing on the cake is his location, 'Bar-en-Danwedh', which is synonymous with Amon Rudh while at the same time closely resembling the sound of 'Barrow-downs.' My hat is off.

Five pointed hats in the air, they are!

[Evisse the Blue]

HI - do you seriously expect this forum to tolerate all your 5 different alter egos? As we all know, one of you is enough! Sticking to HI was ok though, it's got a fine ring to it. Nice pick!

well, I only read the last two pages, sorry, no time!
burrahobbit,Lush,Estelyn Telcontar, Squatter of Amon Rudhwere already mentioned...

Some new ones I like off the top of my head: The Perky Ent , Sleepy Ranger- cracked me up the first time I saw it ; also I like the guy who would be short, and there was once someone (I haven't seen him for a while, though) whose nick was The Rip Designs Dude, and his hobbit name in the ME Name Generator was Pippin Took - how cool is that? Of course he boasted of it all over ME Mirth - or was it Novices and Newcomers?

But seriously now - Pink Viggo? eh...

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

the icing on the cake is his location, 'Bar-en-Danwedh', which is synonymous with Amon Rudh while at the same time closely resembling the sound of 'Barrow-downs.'

Does it really? Well, we live and learn. Actually I chose that location because it's where my Beleriandic alter-ego lives, but I'm always glad to get credit where none's due.

[Sirithheruwen]

I like... hmmm...
mark12_30
the perky ent
Sirithheruwen
Trippo the Hippo
The Saucepan Man

Awww...*blushes*

I too like davem. It's kind of...oh...I just like it.
The Perky Ent is also a name I really love.
Eowyn Skywalker is also very cool.

Blah, there's more but I can't think of any anymore.