What does it maen to be a tolkien Fan? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thingol · 01-19-2002, 01:32 PM

Like Tolkien's works themselves, being a fan is different for every person. I think that this is why some people will get so caught up and even angry when discussing Tolkien's works. People do not want their own image of Tolkien's works to be infringed upon; everyone views Middle Earth in their own way, and this view of Middle Earth is very, very, very, very personal. For me, being a Tolkien fan means yearning to go to Middle Earth. A day does not go by where I do not think about traveling to Middle Earth to fight alongside the elves against Morgoth and Sauron, to walk in the forest and meadows of Lothlorien and Rivendell, or to gaze upon the white walls of Minas Tirith and Gondolin. I know that if there were some magic portal that could take me to Middle Earth I would not hesitate to leave everything behind and step in.

01-19-2002, 01:32 PM	#11
Thingol Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 259	Like Tolkien's works themselves, being a fan is different for every person. I think that this is why some people will get so caught up and even angry when discussing Tolkien's works. People do not want their own image of Tolkien's works to be infringed upon; everyone views Middle Earth in their own way, and this view of Middle Earth is very, very, very, very personal. For me, being a Tolkien fan means yearning to go to Middle Earth. A day does not go by where I do not think about traveling to Middle Earth to fight alongside the elves against Morgoth and Sauron, to walk in the forest and meadows of Lothlorien and Rivendell, or to gaze upon the white walls of Minas Tirith and Gondolin. I know that if there were some magic portal that could take me to Middle Earth I would not hesitate to leave everything behind and step in. __________________ Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.