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Dead Serious
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Let's just push the big, red, button labelled "Canonicity" and watch the huorns march to war. I'll be in my bunker, aiming at can(n)on-fodder. Quote:
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I wouldn't be worried.
I'm an elder and a relative newbie at the same time. I joined the 'Downs on January 06 and I will be 42 before this year comes to an end. I joined because my daughter Lommy talked me into it - and it has been a very good decision indeed. I have not only had a good time playing werewolf, writing RPG's and discussing questions of varied nature with interesting and lovely people - but I have actually gained a number of new friends some of which I have been priviledged to meet also in person. Even with my limited experience (too old a generation) I can agree with the few raising the point already: this feels like a community and the general mood is that of friendship and joviality - unlike on some other forums. The relatively small scale is just a positive factor here! And that I think is also behind the fact that in the end so many former 'Downers do after all come back. So why don't you look at the situation from that angle as well? We have a host of new 'Downers every year - some of them staying, some of them leaving pretty rapidly. Only time will tell who of them stay and who will not. But I have seen many coming and leaving and many coming and staying - and make no mistake about it, it's the nice people who stay. ![]() Everyone staying is an add on to the 'Downer community. And like in life there has to be renewal. We oldies should help and welcome the newer ones to take their place in here - and then by the time replace us. Even if I think I'm playing werewolf at least into when I'm 80.. and give me an ethical-theological subject relating to Tolkien and I will sure be in if I just have time to read through the earlier discussion... ![]()
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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I'm hoping to see who proposes each addition to the Barrowdowns Legendarium: the author, or the audience. ![]()
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Twilight Zone
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What was this canonical Armageddon?
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My first experience with an on-line community was the 'Downs, long before I knew Facebook existed or I cared about any of those types of sites. It's interesting that when Facebook kind of became the on-line community thing, I switched to that, and de-activated the account I had on myspace (I saw no point in having both of them, I am sorry if anyone on here does
![]() The reasons to not have an off-tolkien forum where we could talk about things considered as 'idle chat' is understandable, but there are advantages and disadvantages. Of course we have the ability to PM whatever we want to, but I don't come here to talk about politics, or the best restaurants, or what's going on in the world. Like others have said, that's probably the advantage of Facebook, not to chat with the people I see regularly, but to chat with people I have met here, or elsewhere. With that being said the 'Downs was the first, and always will be the first...occassionally I need a break from whatever I'm doing here, but the great thing about this place is it doesn't seem like a chore. Don't really know how else to put it, but I don't ever feel like the 'Downs is a waste of time. I can post in whatever threads, and get involved in whatever I want to here. Even if I get asked to do something it never feels like I'm being "dragged" into something I didn't want to do in the first place. And Facebook...that just gets oh sooo tedious. I have piles and piles of apps, and games, and requests, gathered up over the months...and all these updates. You can't say "no" without getting 3 or more requests for the same thing, and it is just a pain to go through and delete everything. Not only that but, I made the mistake of having all the notifications sent to my e-mail, and then I'd have to go and delete the plethora of facebook messages just saying "so and so commented on your post." I probably spent about 5 years of my life deleting (and then deleting a second time) all the messages from facebook. Luckily, I finally dropped the lazy and requested nothing get sent to my e-mail. But still, that place just gets tedious, you can't say "no" (if I get another "Join my Mafia" request I will take a bite out of my laptop). All that above, well I don't have to worry about any of it on the Barrowdowns. ![]()
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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"Canonicity': The Book or the Reader?, courtesy of Fordim Hedgethistle. On a night when insomnia weaves her insistent spell, it would be an interesting experience for the newer members of the Downs to check out the back threads in Books and some of the other fora (The word previously used here for 'forums.' It's an in joke. If you get it, you'll understand some of the past days of the Downs. )
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2009
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I will read through the thread when I get the chance. I think a lot of the older threads are really interesting from what I have seen.
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Seeing as it's summer, I wouldn't exactly rush over there if I were you. But come winter when some cold dark night you are trapped indoors, you might find a ghost or two there, or some horror show that chills your blood.
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Heaven's basement
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Life, even here, didn't start when I showed up.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Or, sadly, when I showed up either!
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Gibbering Gibbet
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Beyond cloud nine
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[*Large Wightish hand appears and drags Fordim away*]
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Fordim!
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Dead Serious
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You really, really should put them up--I've been agitating for a Canonicity match all summer.
Besides which... FORDHIM!!! I'd gladly get into an argument on the Canonicity of Crazy Captions if you post. *helps Fea tug Ford(h)im back*
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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*lends a hand to Fea and Form*
By all means, let's rouse the dragon from its sleep!
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Deadnight Chanter
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Do so
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Yes, it is a bit sad how members come and go - and how some of them just get stuck, like me.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2004
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Sometimes it's just togh to get back in the swing... I mean let's be fair the conversatio have all been had, as has been mentioned before sometimes old idea Are fun to rehash but now I come more because of the friendly atmosphere this site holds.
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