How do you imagine other BDers

[Aganzir]

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this one.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this one.

There is actually a picture of him on the Barrow-Downs photo page... but I was wondering how you all thought I look like. And Laurinque can't answer this!

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

I imagine Aganzir as being on the smaller side. She has light brown hair and a long pony tail. Her eyes are gentle, but they leave no doubt that you do not mess with her. Her teachers might not admit it, but they are slightly afraid of her.

I'm a bit shorter than average and my hair colour is pretty much that (usually loose, sometimes plaited and almost never on a ponytail, though). According to Lommy, she doesn't know if my eyes are gentle but she wouldn't be surprised if the rest was true.

Originally Posted by Rikae

Well, you don't know how tall I am! :P

Something like 5'5". Was it any close?

Originally Posted by Rikae

Aganzir is very difficult to picture. Even though I know she is female, I always picture an androgynous, ageless, pale skinned and black-haired person with a mischievous smirk.

I wouldn't mind looking like that (though black hair wouldn't probably suit my current looks).

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

There is actually a picture of him on the Barrow-Downs photo page... but I was wondering how you all thought I look like. And Laurinque can't answer this!

You're 13 years and have light brown hair with blond highlights. You like to wear jeans and pastel coloured t-shirts. You're thin and not very tall.

[Rikae]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Something like 5'5". Was it any close?

Depends on how you define "close"...
I'm a good 4 inches taller than that.

Just a note, Mac - are you sure? I strongly suggest checking Rikae's family tree, anyway.

My housekeeping habits leave no doubt - I'm not the least bit German.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by A Little Green

Has anyone ever told you that you have a gift of foresight or something? That description is frighteningly accurate.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

I must share A Little Green's astonishment. That's so exact, every piece of it! *shivers*

Hm. No, no one's ever told me that I have the gift of foresight...nor the gift of seeing thousands of miles away over seas and all that good stuff. It's just...from what little I have seen of you (well, you've only posted fifty some times), you seem like that sort of person, that's all.

[Macalaure]

Originally Posted by Finduilas

That being said, what age do you take Folwren to be?

Well, the facts that she's your older sister and posted a picture of her and you a while back do count as circumstantial evidence that she's not over 50.

I would guess early twenties, 21 maybe?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

You're 13 years and have light brown hair with blond highlights. You like to wear jeans and pastel coloured t-shirts. You're thin and not very tall.

You forgot my either shoelessness or crocs, it acctually depends on the season in the summer time I'm almost always barefoot (unless we are going to the store) and in the winter (it's very icy where I live) I will wear crocs (no socks) or go barefoot!

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

Let us see, you are 5'2ft tall, kind of a dishwater blonde hair, and always dress' sensibly. Your attitude is very sweet and happy, but serious at the same time. You giggle a lot and are always looking for fun.

OH MY GOSH! How did you know my height? Lauinque didn't tell you did she?

You both got everything right, except the hair... I've got long dark (and I mean dark) brown hair, no highlights (I have only put the normal shampoo and conditioner in my hair(I've only put highlights in it once and they were almost my hair color anyway)


And I always thought that Folwren was 18 or 19... I don't know...

[Nogrod]

We got a new aid for our chancery-clerk in my school in the middle of last fall and she just looks exactly like I think Rikae looks. There's the same gestalt on her face and the exact same hairdo as Rikae has in her pic! And I've already started to notice "similar" expressions I myself think Rikae might have that she shares... and I even think your ages fit together quite nicely (and I know she has a children).

I'm afraid she thinks I'm either desperate, trying to flirt with her or then just a lunatic when I just forget myself staring at her when we meet in the teacher's coffee-room and I just think how much she resembles you Rikae...

I just can't get that connection out of my mind.

(I could have posted this to the addicted to B-D thread as well I think...)

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

OH MY GOSH! How did you know my height? Lauinque didn't tell you did she?

Nope, she didn't tell me anything. Hmm... I can't picture you with brown hair, I guess I'll have to see you in a picture or something

And I always thought that Folwren was 18 or 19... I don't know...

Yes, 19 years old, she has pure blonde hair, and she is tall for a girl: 5'11.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

I can't help but imagine that Macalaure looks like Túrin drawn by Ted Nasmith. Or rather, when I see a picture of Túrin by him, I think "That's Mac." Especially this one.

That's really quite an interesting stance given to Turin. Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens? There's a something to that look in the dragon's face . . .

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

That's really quite an interesting stance given to Turin. Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens? There's a something to that look in the dragon's face . . .

Yep, I'm rather sure. But maybe the dragon is Rikae?

[Macalaure]

Oh dear... Aganzir imagines me as Turin and Rikae imagines Turin as me. What is it that I remind nobody of a likeable character?

I'm happy I'm an only child.


Let me see...

I imagine Aganzir as being on the smaller side. She has light brown hair and a long pony tail. Her eyes are gentle, but they leave no doubt that you do not mess with her. Her teachers might not admit it, but they are slightly afraid of her.

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty. With regards to that, I imagine Bêthberry as having mid-long black hair, but wearing the all too visible grey portion among it with pride.
I also imagine her as a Sagittarius.

Lalaith has blonde hair, with a strong reddish hue in it, which she also wears as a pony tail. She a pointy nose and bright freckles. She has a restless bearing, is very thin, and dresses casual.

I can't help but imagine A Little Green as a smaller copy of Lommy, only with darker hair and a look in her eyes that suggest a little more of a mean streak.

Gwathagor has black hair, short and slightly curly. He'd be a physically intimidating appearance if he wasn't so significantly challenged in height.
And he's a Leo.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty. With regards to that, I imagine Bêthberry as having mid-long black hair, but wearing the all too visible grey portion among it with pride.
I also imagine her as a Sagittarius.

Well, you have got the "over fifty" part right, but it's far more far 'over fifty' than you might expect.

Bêthberry is an RPG character who commited the gravest of sins, before the Downs developed its RPG rules about appropriating Tolkien's characters, by being the daughter of Tom and Goldberry. She is thus several ages over fifty.



Since I never played her in the Seventh Age, I'm not sure if her hair would indeed by grey by now. Most likely. But in the Third Age it was copper.

And I wonder, did Tolkien follow traditional astrology or did he create his own? If he didn't, ooooh, there's great room for someone to create a Middle-earth astrology. Imagine the constellations' names after First Age events and characters--and not just Venus as Earendil. What fun for writers of fanfiction!

[Rikae]

I find myself wishing I hadn't put my picture in my avatar, so I could see how people envisioned me based solely on my posts.
Well, you don't know how tall I am! :P

In spite of the secret date of birth, I picture Bêthberry between 25 and 30, with beautiful glossy brown hair, slightly short and very pretty.

Now it seems to all have been given away, but I pictured Greenie as a a lighter-haired Lommy.

Gwathagor is 6'7", gangly and looks disturbingly like Lurch.

TheGreatElvenWarrior is female, right? Well, I always had an image in my mind of a 17 year old skater-dude from the west coast with long bangs hanging in his face. I guess that can be made into a "skater-chick".

Aganzir is very difficult to picture. Even though I know she is female, I always picture an androgynous, ageless, pale skinned and black-haired person with a mischievous smirk.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Rikae

In spite of the secret date of birth, I picture Bêthberry between 25 and 30, with beautiful glossy brown hair, slightly short and very pretty.

*blushes* Why, thank you! Growing up in the shadow of my beautiful mother was hard, so it's nice to be perceived as having some of my own attractiveness. (I think though I will start a list of how others perceive me, as I seem to remember Esty thinking I was Madonna-like--although which re-invention of Madonna I can't quite recall!)

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

*chuckles wryly to self*

No more Gwathy. Splendid.

Does this mean we can expect more swagger from 'Thagor?

I wish I could return the favour of Rikae and others and post my impressions of Downers, but I don't create mental images of what you all look like. Instead, I think about your voices and imagine what you all sound like when you speak.
And, no, I don't imagine any of you sounding like The Good Professor's idea of "Cellar Door."

[Finduilas]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

I can't help it, but I imagine everybody who doesn't give their birthday in their profiles, or whose approximate age I haven't heard of elsewhere, as being over fifty.

That being said, what age do you take Folwren to be?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

I'm happy I'm an only child.

Just a note, Mac - are you sure? I strongly suggest checking Rikae's family tree, anyway.

[Rikae]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Are you sure you don't mean you see Mac as the Dragon about to devour the trussed up maidens?

You've bugged Mac's apartment!

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

I can't help but imagine A Little Green as a smaller copy of Lommy, only with darker hair and a look in her eyes that suggest a little more of a mean streak.

*chuckles* Actually Lommy is the darker one... I don't know about the mean streak, either. If we asked Lommy, though, she'd probably agree. Bah, sisters... No, she's so cute and cuddly that I must look mean compared to her

[Folwren]

Gwathagor....is....less than 20. He wears glasses. He is average height, has sandy blond hair, wears glasses, and is slightly freckled. He is skinny, but is in good physical condition, qutie capable of running about and playing sports and doing fun stuff like that. He has brown eyes and quite often laughs.

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes.

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Folwren

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes.

Has anyone ever told you that you have a gift of foresight or something? That description is frighteningly accurate.

[Lalaith]

Lalaith has blonde hair, with a strong reddish hue in it, which she also wears as a pony tail. She a pointy nose and bright freckles. She has a restless bearing, is very thin, and dresses casual.

Hee hee. The joys of the internet.
That's even better than Lommy's vision of me as a tall athletic roller-skater. I am small, brown-haired and girlie in both face and figure. I am famed for my ability to sit/lie still for long periods, and for never ever being seen in sports/casual clothes, even when walking up mountains.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Folwren

A Little Green, with and without her hints above, is the same height as Lommy. She is skinny, a little pale, fair haired...and her hair is very fine, somewhat thin, and difficult to manage. She has very, very nice blue eyes.

I must share A Little Green's astonishment. That's so exact, every piece of it! *shivers*

[Gwathagor]

I'm enjoying this immensely. But...Lurch? Weird.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

I'm enjoying this immensely. But...Lurch? Weird.

So, Gwathy - was I remotely correct in my description of you above? Come, come - don't just say you're enjoying it, tell us if we're right!

Originally Posted by Mac

Well, the facts that she's your older sister and posted a picture of her and you a while back do count as circumstantial evidence that she's not over 50.

I would guess early twenties, 21 maybe?

Close, but incorrect. I'm glad I'm not over fifty in your mind.