The Future of the Downs

[The Only Real Estel]

November, 2005- the phantom recruits nine ring wraiths to serve as his primary generals. Among them are Fea, Kuruharan, The Only Real Estel, and their captain- The Saucepan Man of Angmar.

I think I should feel honored, but most of me thinks that that list was completely random (except for maybe Fea ).

The future will be sad on the barrowdowns.

the phantom will actually mellow with age, becoming reclusive & hermetly, suffering from shrinking ego-iteis and will consequently not be nearly as funny or quotable.

I will stop making up words, like hermetly & ego-iteis.

The Saucepan Man and Eomer will actually swap views on PJ's wargs.

Due to mounting responsibilities, The Barrow Wight will temporarily turn over management on the 'downs to a randomly selected bder - Newbie107, & comes back to find the site in shambles (Scouring of the Downs, anyone?).

Tol-In-Gaurhoth will eventually die out, believe it or not. And so will everyone's wonderful werewolf-related sigs.

Meela will grow to hate Denethor (don't quote me on that one though).

Lalwende, Mithalwen, Eomer, & Meela will all decide that Crazy Captions is kiddy stuff & vacate the thread, depriving it of there very original & extremely funny posts.

On a cheerier note the Downs will somehow withstand the tests of time to become the #1 Lord of the Rings site on the net & Peter Jackson will frequently post here. The downside of that of course is that we'll have to listen to more of his rhetoric in defense of some of the bigger changes that he made.

[Meela]

Meela will grow to hate Denethor (don't quote me on that one though).

The Downs'll have to be here for another century at least, I've only just begun adoring him again.
As for the Captions... that's the only thread I post on now. So I predict that in the future I will have faded away entirely, having come to a complete posting standstill. The Downs will erect a statue of me in Middle-earth Mirth, and open a new board named after me, dedicated entirely to Captions and Denethor worship. And only one person will post there, and only because they mistook it for the Role-playing board.

*wishful thinking...*

[the guy who be short]

Originally Posted by Estel

It will be discovered that the guy who be short is so short because he's really a hobbit.

Unfortunately, I have surpassed even the tallest hobbit... I barely qualify for dwarf anymore.

I predict that people will watch "The Phantom" film which is on next Friday, just to get quotes to use against the phantom is a huge festival of punnery.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Crazy Captions will get so big that it will swallow and crush the rest of the website in a display of power usually shown only by black holes. Barrowdowns.com will have to start agin anew.

Over the next four years SamwiseGamgee and myself will slowly drag The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread onto an 11th page. ( )

Oh, and High King Fingolfin will successfully restrain himself from ever posting on a thread that does not concern Wargs.

[HerenIstarion]

Originally Posted by FotP

Burrahobbit and obloquy will morph into one, and have conversations with hims-self much like this:

You think?
Nope.
Why?
Because.
Bad answer.
Fine. It's because I said so.
You're still wrong.
Am not.
Prove it.
Book IV, Chapter 3, Line 22. See?
Whatever.

Upon trying to follow this concise and Gollumesque conversation, many BDer's heads will explode. The two will laugh.

I can imagine. But you haven't provided for me following the two around and supplying quotes and prolonged analogies for each 'because' and 'line 22', thus spoling the fun for the two. For relief or grievance of the rest of the audience, remains to be seen

Originally Posted by Lhuna

As for the near future...HI will be back, along with Mrs. Istarion.

Quite just - well, I'm back (wonder now, may Sam have had bulging muscles and be known as Saminator to some? Than in the remake made by PJ privately, his role may have been given to Arnold Schwarzenegger ). Mrs. Istarion is around too

[obloquy]

Burrahobbit and obloquy will morph into one, and have conversations with hims-self much like this:

You think?
Nope.
Why?
Because.
Bad answer.
Fine. It's because I said so.
You're still wrong.
Am not.
Prove it.
Book IV, Chapter 3, Line 22. See?
Whatever.

Upon trying to follow this concise and Gollumesque conversation, many BDer's heads will explode. The two will laugh.

How can two people who are never wrong disagree?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

No doubt it's a ploy to secure the occurence of the second part of the prophecy.