Trying to find other tolkienists...

Wow, this brings back memories...a while ago, I wore pointy Elf ears (even thought Tolkien never mentioned "pointy") everywhere I went...EVERYWHERE. Sadly, I stopped wearing them because they scared my friends lol. Aparrently, I'm TOO obsessed...

I always wore the One Ring...that still scares my friends, though, not as much ^^. Last year, I went to this Art Camp...I brought my LotR and Silmarillion books along...my ring attracted some curius people who like me, love LotR.

I'm planning on wearing my Elf ears again...but shhhhh...my friends don't know lol

[Glirdan]

Oooo! Several times!! Just mentioning movies or books gets me started on it and I swear, a few times, I thought I found another Tolkienite!! But I never pluck up the courage to go and ask them...

[Eonwe]

Lets see.

I draw a g rune on every desk I sit in a school. hasn't works so far...

One fan I did meet was a clerk at Johann's Fabrics, when I was there looking at material for my costume. Interestingly, the lady that checked me out was also a LoTR fan.

There is a van i just noticed the other day that has teh writing from teh one ring on its back window. It gave me a happy fealing as I drove by.

When ever I meet someone who likes LoTR, I ask "have you seen teh movies", "have you read teh books?" "have you read the hobbit", "have you read teh silmarillion?", "HoME?" If they answer yes to teh last one, I give them a deep bow, for they are farther ahead than I.

Oh, the one other person that I met by chance was in Indonesia. Weird, huh?

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

I have a shirt that says "Not all who wander are lost" on it, and it has drawn comments from about three people, total, and I've had it for at least that many years. Granted, the quote also isn't exact, but it's a great way of at least telling if a fan is literate by if they see the shirt and say "Oh! Sweet! Lord of the Rings!"

Going somewhere in costume, especially wearing the leaf brooch is a great way of meeting people who love LOTR.

If you're really trying to meet people who like LOTR, the one place I can think of to go to that has more LOTR fans than anywhere else (short of a LOTR exhibit) is a renaissance faire. I go to one every summer, and ever since I added the leaf of lorien to my costume, I get lots of comments on it. Everyone's already geeky at a renaissance faire, and everyone's obsessed with the midieval/renaissance. So there you have it: a perfect meeting ground.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I usually keep a copy of The Lord of the Rings handy. Or at least one of the parts. It paid off when I had The Fellowship o' Ring in my pocketses and someone noticed it and said "Wow! Lordy Lord!"
But, like Eomer, I was foolish enough to jump straight in there and say, "Those Balrogs and their wings, eh?" which was met with a expression.

I do happen to have a Lord of the Rings t-Shirt that I occasionally wear, as well as a stylish Ring on a chain necklace. At my ol' High School I got the nickname 'Frodo'. Hmm.

Originally Posted by Eonwe

I draw a g rune on every desk I sit in a school. hasn't works so far...

I usually scrawl the Tolkien symbol on every book and folder I own.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Aredhel Fingolfinion

Wow, this brings back memories...a while ago, I wore pointy Elf ears (even thought Tolkien never mentioned "pointy") everywhere I went...EVERYWHERE. Sadly, I stopped wearing them because they scared my friends lol. Aparrently, I'm TOO obsessed...

I always wore the One Ring...that still scares my friends, though, not as much ^^. Last year, I went to this Art Camp...I brought my LotR and Silmarillion books along...my ring attracted some curius people who like me, love LotR.

I'm planning on wearing my Elf ears again...but shhhhh...my friends don't know lol

I've often fancied the idea of getting some of those pointy ears and wearing them one morning under my hair (but on my ears of course, not on my neck or something). Then I could nonchalantly pull my hair back without cracking even a hint of a smile and see if people noticed. I once got hold of a Nun's wimple and wore it while driving the car, to see what kind of reaction it would get; the only person who noticed was an old lady. Another day I wore a bright pink wig and heard a small child on the pavement say 'Mummy! look at that Lady's horrible hair!'

Another way to meet another LotR fan is to start a forum on meeting them ^^ lol look at how many people responded ^^

...wow...i got issues...

http://www.freewebs.com/elfcostuming/

it's my site on costuming and stuff ^^ i don't have alot of thins there, but I hope it's useful ^^. Ever heard of "Let the Hobbit Happen"? If the movie DOES come out, I plan to wear my costume to the theaters and scare everyone lol...i need a life hey, maybe I'll meet some more LotR fans there...

~Aredhel