Confess your crimes here...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

- forgetting to use a Gandalf Uncloaking joke a few times when I could have used it.

I thought that the crime was to remember to use the Uncloaking joke.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I have told a lot of people to skip reading the books and just watch the movies.

I've also offered up a revised 'good parts version' of The Fellowship that didn't include the Prologue or the Council of Elrond, among other things. I have expounded amongst the literati that Tolkien may have been a cunning linguist, but he undoubtedly failed when the quiz was on the topic of pacing or brevity.

I unflinchingly referred to Tolkien as "a pretentious elitist white boy" and wrote a long and elaborate (and, admittedly, uncouth) essay about how 'pervading culture' may explain but does not excuse latent racism and misogyny.

These crimes against Tolkienty I do confess without shame.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I thought that the crime was to remember to use the Uncloaking joke.

Absolutely. I am currently *puts on mad scientist hat* working on a device that will seek out and zap any internet user who mentions "Gandalf" and "uncloaking" in the same sentence. Works on broadband and wireless!

And Fea, now you're just trying to stir people.

[Morthoron]

My crime is to read Lord of the Rings without taking into account any Catholicity or religious symbology whatsoever. I don't see martyrs or messiah figures or invocations of the virgin. Middle-earth is a wonderfully pagan place where folks are more concerned about the here-and-now than the hereafter. Except for the Elves, of course, who are a decadent monarchical stereotype, ever bemoaning the loss of their conservative wonderland to the upstart and oafish proletariat.

[mark12_30]

Tra la la la la la la lally
Here down in the valley (Yee-hee!)
O Tra la la la la la lally
The Valley is Jolly!

[Thinlómien]

Well then, my yet unannounced crimes in the world of RPGing include at least:

- Dwarf women without beards (although this of course can be disputed, but it looks like the beards would be slightly more canonical)
- D&D style magic in Middle-Earth (in a rather limited scale, but still!) & fairytale style magic too
- Elves' special sleep habits ignored
- Rohirrim with rather literal culture
- and some stuff I unfortunately cannot write here because one of the players might be reading this


Crimes when it comes to reading Tolkien's works:

- I get mixed up with Tolkien's geography and place names
- sometimes (seldom though) I hope Tolkien had written some things differently
- despite everything I'm still unhappy with Tolkien's female characters
- sometimes I come up with complicated theories about the characters' psychological motives and I'm sure the Professor himself would not approve of all of them (eg. Beleg being gay and being in love with Túrin)
- I'm surprised whenever Tolkien's thoughts seem liberal

[Nerwen]

And your very latest, Lommy my dear, will be found on the "King's Players" thread.

[Durelin]

Wow I really wasn't being very honest here.

Anyone who's put up with me in RPing here on the Downs knows I'm not the most faithful to canon... I not only played an evil Elf a long time ago (but I will proudly say that my first character was not a typical Mary Sue but rather a very stereotypical Hobbit...but I still think in a rather nice way), but I have played with canon characters. I am the ultimate hypocrite who complains about people who always want to write canon characters...but then have done it a couple times. On another site, a long time ago, a friend and I started an RPG in which I played Denethor. That was really fun...I think he's a very interesting character.

Emo elves!

Being more heavily influenced by other fantasy writers...

And...I've only read The Lord of the Rings once through...only read bits of the Sil. (Don't ask me how many times I watched the movies when they came out.) Oh and I BSed a paper in high school that suggested allegory in a piece of the Sil.

Lommy -- My one(?) moment of thinking canonicity sounds excellent, bearded dwarf women! I do appreciate dwarves so much more now...thank you for that.

[Galadriel55]

- Watching PJ's movies (half the world should go to jail for that )

More seriously:

- Mixing up Hurin and Huor
- Mixing up Huor and Tuor
- Mixing up Tuor and Turin
- Mixing up Celeborn, Celebrimbor, and Celegorm
- Not having yet read UT and most of HOME
- Skipping pages of CT's commentary in the two HOME books that I've read (Treason of Isengard and End of the 3rd Age)

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

And your very latest, Lommy my dear, will be found on the "King's Players" thread.

I'm glad you liked it.

[narfforc]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

My crime is to read Lord of the Rings without taking into account any Catholicity or religious symbology whatsoever. I don't see martyrs or messiah figures or invocations of the virgin. Middle-earth is a wonderfully pagan place where folks are more concerned about the here-and-now than the hereafter. Except for the Elves, of course, who are a decadent monarchical stereotype, ever bemoaning the loss of their conservative wonderland to the upstart and oafish proletariat.

Absolutely Marvellous......ditto.

[Galadriel55]

Combining Tolkien and math.

[Thinlómien]

Combining Tolkien and politics.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Combining Tolkien and science.