Triumph!!!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

" Why doesn't Sam just kill gollum? He isn't very helpful."

That is an incredibly good question.

Well, I usually just make sly Tolkien references in conversation. If the person knows what I'm talking about, they usually acknowledge it or at least seem interested. That helps to detect people who know about Tolkien.. those who don't just stare. Not really helpful in converting them, I'll admit, but at least it's a good method for telling the difference.

I think you really have to appeal to them on their level - if they like books, tell them it's a good book or good literature. If they like action films, well there's that, too. If they like being 'in,' LOTR is still pretty much a part of the current popular culture, so they might simply want to know what it's all about, since there's a lingering LOTR ambience in the atmosphere.

[Lhunardawen]

Nilpaurion Felagund and I managed to convince our dad to read LotR, which he had already done. Yipee! But the bad news is, my mom just won't. And I imagine her cringing inside whenever Nil and I will go and rant all about LotR and the Downs. Sometimes our discussions about LotR with her even turn into arguments which, I can say, is not a good way to "convert" anybody. No triumph there.

[Arwen_Evenstar]

A couple of years ago, while in a class at school, my friend saw my studying the maps in ROTK. Upon her enquiring about what I was reading...well, one thing led to another, and I was explaining the history of the war of the ring to her.
'Right, so Freddo-'
'Frodo.'
'Right, frOdo, gets the ring from Dumble-'
'Gandalf.'
'Right, and has to take it to Gonnor-'
'It's 'Gondor' and no, he has to take it to Mordor.'
'Right, Mordor. Then Golm-'
'Gollum.'
'Gollum follows them. Then dumble-'
'Gandalf!'
'Gandalf dies and-'
'He falls.'
'Yeah, he falls and dies.'
'No he just falls.'
'Oh that's right, and he comes back as sauron.'
'It's Sauruman, and NO he comes back as gandalf the white.'
'Cause he used to be gandOlf the brow-'
'GREY!'
'Right. Then Aragon dies-'
'AragoRN, and No, that's boromir.'
'Right, Borimir dies, the Fredo-'
'FRODO!'
'Frodo and Mary-'
'MERRY!'
'And merry run away-'
'Frodo and Sam leave.'
'Right. And...whats-his-face...Orlando bloom...and the short fat guy...'
*through gritted teeth*'Legolas and Gimli.'
'Yeah, they go off with Aragon-'
'AragoRN!'
'Yeah, and meet Awen at Mordor.'
'THEY MEET EOWYN AT ROHAN!'
'Yeah, that's the one. Then her and Legolas get jiggy-'
'It's eowyn and aragorn, and they do NOT GET JIGGY!!!'
'Right. What happened to dumbledore again?'


Woe is me....

[Morai]

'Right. And...whats-his-face...Orlando bloom...and the short fat guy...'

After hearing even part of that conversation, I would have lost my patience. Nice resolve. Perhaps we need to dicuss different ways of not exploding when dealing with those who know nothing of LOTR when they inquire about our obsession?

[Nimrothiel]

Arwen_Evenstar, you have my deepest sympathy; and yet I'm laughing my head off. Fortunately, I don't know anyone who hasn't at least seen the movies or read the Hobbit. Of course, then I don't get the fun of trying to convert someone.

[Elennar Starfire]

If ye explode at someone, ye'll probably just scare 'em off. Ye don't want to be doing that, now do ye?

[wilwarin538]

I got my self afew nicknames cause of my obsession, " LOTR freak, "LOTR lover, "the LOTR obsesser". So now when ever someone has a question about books or movies they imidiatly come to me.

Once I watched The fellowship with some of my friends, all but one had seen it. I ended up pausing after every scene to explane what had just happened. The ones who had seen it asked more questions then the one who hadnt. Maybe she fell asleep. *gets a thinking look on her face*