How do you imagine other BDers - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Neurion · 03-06-2005, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuranar

To stay on-topic: I see Neurion as his avatar, one of the Lorien Elves, and particularly since he's agreed he's tall. So, that makes him a good 6'6" or more, with a slim, strong build. Blond hair (but not long - I can't stand that), grey eyes, "aristocratic features." But he's a teenage boy, say 15, and although he looks like an Elf, he's full of mischief and chain-pulling.

Hmm, I guess "aristocratic features" is probably a good guess.

I'm also one of those naturally lean people who don't put on extra flesh easily (probably high metabolism), so the build guess is acurate.

Heightwise, I'm somewhere around 6'3", but I stated I was not one of those shorter than Gil because I'm still growing. As for my age, I'm an immortal Eldar.

Shelob · 03-06-2005, 09:15 PM

Well Abercrombie, it seems to be the popular thing these days (OK...today) to Imagine you...and after the "oh-so fitting"* image you gave of me I feel an overpowering need to respond in kind.

So, without further ado, I think AbercrombieOfRohan is decidedly stranger than has yet been suggested.

APPEARANCE: I imagine she's a fairly nondescript person who could
almost pass for normal if not for the fact that she is usually
muttering some work of Tolkien to herself, or caressing her copies
of the books between classes. I imagine that while she usually wears
jeans and a T-shirt (usually one that says something like 'Frodo
lives', 'There are some who call me...Tim' or 'I survived the Cliffs
of Insantiy') she has been known to wear various replicas of
clothing from the movies and has most likely incorporated some
aspect of The Lord of the Rings into every conceivable part of her
daily life at some time or another.

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE: New England...but with various escape
(mirgration?...no, American Abercrombies are non-mirgratorial)
attempts to England.

HABITAT: In her room, which has been made to resemble
Bag End...pantries and all...

BEHAVIOR:As suggested by her location and signature, I imagine she
spends a fair amount of time gallivanting around the galaxy, looking
for a cup of tea, and playing Scrabble. She has probably been tossed
out of more than a few pet stores for using their fish inappropriately in
an attempt to learn either Esparanto, Klingon, Xaasongaxango, or all three.

FOOD HABITS: The rival of mine...I susspect that "you also enjoy
eating odd food combinations, like peanuts and chocolate milkshakes."

OTHER: I imagine that she is not nearly as nerdy as suggested by her
appearance, and that people who take the time to know her find that
she is in fact a really nice, enthusiastic person who has a great
sense of humour and find that she isn't nearly as obsessive as she
first seems...but that she is in fact more obsessive...

::reads it over:: yep...most definitely Abercrombie...Sorry about it being written like a field guide entry, but that's what you get when I'm posting while studying...

*sarcastic...very sarcastic

THE Ka · 03-06-2005, 11:51 PM

Abercrombie has always seemed to me, to be either:

a) Just bursting to the brim with pop culture, and taste in fashion, with a side of fantasy reading.
or
b) Tigger wearing Abercrombie & Finch, bouncing while reading LOTR...

I don't know why, but i'm senseing a Tigger... Bouncy extroverted outside, but with an inside unknown to most of the general population.

~Ka

Formendacil · 03-07-2005, 02:04 PM

I am a dashingly handsome young man, with deep green eyes, tall (but not by Nurunar's standards), with a brilliant intelligence, charming wit, and money like a Rockefeller.

Oh! Wait!

This is the "How do you imagine other BDers?" thread, not the "How do you imagine yourself thread?"

Unfortunately, most people's images are tied to their avatars and/or names. Thus, Estelyn Telcontar is some strange amalgamation of ogre, elf, and princess. A nasty combination, let me assure you. Let's hope she doesn't change to a Dwarf avatar....

The Barrow-wight is a fun-loving, rule-breaking, chatter. He lives in a rather dimly-lit basement, and has a small circle of furry, but devoted friends. (Sorry, that avatar looks too cheerful...)

Fordim Hedgethistle is known to be Canadian, and is known to use good Queen's English. Unfortunately, he is displayed as an Indiana Jones dog, so we come up with a cur of American ancestry (therefore, probably a prairie boy), grew up in the country, inherited a fortune from a British uncle that sent him to Oxford, and is now living in the Toronto area, where he fits in about as well as an ork in Rivendell...

TPotSS · 03-08-2005, 12:23 PM

Wow, Feanor, that was a good description!

Feanor, you are like me only shorter hair, lighter skin, and better at drawing.

I picture The Barrow-Wight as my dad.

The Saucepan Man, for some reason, is Rumplestiltskin.

Encaitare is a hobbit dressed up gothic style.

Eomer is an unkempt cave man (as opposed to those well groomed cave men).

Gil-Galad is the little twerp that sits next to me in English.

Celebuial · 03-08-2005, 02:32 PM

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The Saucepan Man, for some reason, is Rumplestiltskin.

He, he! Thats really funny! I think it fits too (sorry Saucepan Man), except maybe an abnormaly tall Rumplestiltskin. I can see him prancing around and getting mad right now!!!!

AbercrombieOfRohan · 03-08-2005, 05:04 PM

You may have just written the funniest post I think I've EVER read!Congratulations! I tried to refrain from being too weird, but after that post I think I shall have to be.

You live in a cardboard box in a dumpster. And I don't mean that in a bad way, you choose to live in a dumpster. You think it smells better than most humans... You have a dog named Jack and he is your best friend, sometimes you blindfold yourselves and have fun trying to walk around without walking into small objects. (You have nothing against large objects.) You enjoy counting to 24, because it is a smashing number, with some lovely digits...

Most of the time you like to go to the zoo and study the monkeys, for that is what you want to be, when you grow up. (Yes, I do mean a monkey, despite the fact that you obsess over penguins.) Sometimes you practice while walking down the street and people think that you are crazy, which is the norm. Sometimes you even sing while doing it... * Rene Descartes was a drunken old fart, I drink therefore I am...*

You understand that 1+1= 10 (NERD!) and you really have a rock fetish. Sometimes you walk around (blindfolded) and find rocks, you keep them in a house, which you bought to live in, but later found that you couldn't squeeze yourself in, because of all the rocks. It's pretty much all you talk about. One time you went to Alaska, (combination of penguins and rocks) and were attacked by a polar bear, (because you were blindfolded.) You also absolutely refuse to be governed by a strange woman lying in a pond.

You like making movies, and are an accomplished director, with such movies as Apricots and Fish and The Tale of the PVA Canoe. (Yes, you do know what PVA is.) Sometimes you ask questions out of context, like, 'what the curtains?' and then laugh histerically about it. Your main inspiration for your movies comes from Star Trek. You actually have a HUGE crush on Leonard Nimoy, mostly because of his "dreamy eyebrows." (Can eyebrows be dreamy?)

Someday you plan on moving into a cave, and wearing a batman suit, so that at night you can drive out of your cave in the batmobile and save the town. (Whatever that town happens to be.) Your favorite book is also Paradise Lost by John Milton, though sometimes it seems that God is a little too piratical...

I don't think it's as funny as your post , but perhaps, we shall see...

Thinlómien · 03-09-2005, 07:51 AM

I laughed a lot to what you thought about me. Not very close. (Sorry, I know you probably were serious about that but still it makes me laugh.) Maybe I should change my avatar, because I don't look like it?

(Well it's amazing how much avatars affect.) And yes, I'm planning a raccoon invasion!

AbercrombieOfRohan · 03-09-2005, 02:18 PM

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(Can eyebrows be dreamy?) Yes.

You are absolutely right... *dreams of sweet eyebrows*

Last time I forgot to thank all of the other people who tried to render an image of me. I will not tell you which ones are true. Personally I think I look like my avatar, which in case you can't see it, is an iguana wearing a Super-man cape. His name is Super Quincy and he's from the cartoon Foxtrot .

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-09-2005, 03:52 PM

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Feanor, you are like me only shorter hair, lighter skin, and better at drawing.

For one thing, TPotSS, I'm amazed that I was right at all about you. Lucky guess, I suppose. But judging that you said I was correct (mostly), and judging by what I did say... You're right about me! *grin*

I've actually recently gotten my hair cut, so it's short enough to cause "Omigod, Fea, why did you cut your hair???" from people who claim to know me, and "Wow, that looks great!" from people who actually do.

Judging by the conversation we had in Physics today, my skin tone apparently makes me royalty.

As for drawing... most of you saw my dancing jesters avatar (props to Encai), so judge for yourselves.

As for Abercrombie... it seems to be the latest trend to describe you, m'dear. Since I always hated trends, I won't do it.

On to describe Fordim. I can't for the life of me get a feel for what this guy *really* looks like! And so, I'm playing this completely by [pointy] ear. Winging it, you might say. I suppose the closest image I've been able to reach is that of Marcus Brody, the absent-minded (yet lovable) pal of Dr. Henry Jones Sr. and his son Indie. But at heart, Fordie will always be Indiana.

Fea

elronds_daughter · 04-01-2005, 06:31 PM

Gil-Galad spends most of his day sitting in front of his computer playing Tetris whilst wearing a suit of armor.

The Only Real Estel goes about waving his sword at people and muttering something about his notion that the word "captain" should precede his name.

Gil-Galad · 04-01-2005, 07:41 PM

E_D sits under a tree on a nice sunny day with a laptop and surfs the downs

oh yeah and about my suit of armour, it chaves so i only wear it for the ladies

but mainly i try to avoid pants because they are evil... ultimately "Pants are just suggestions, like roads" hmmm that should be my siggy...

03-06-2005, 09:15 PM	#2
Shelob Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At the abysmal Abyss Mall. Posts: 276	Well Abercrombie, it seems to be the popular thing these days (OK...today) to Imagine you...and after the "oh-so fitting"* image you gave of me I feel an overpowering need to respond in kind. So, without further ado, I think AbercrombieOfRohan is decidedly stranger than has yet been suggested. APPEARANCE: I imagine she's a fairly nondescript person who could almost pass for normal if not for the fact that she is usually muttering some work of Tolkien to herself, or caressing her copies of the books between classes. I imagine that while she usually wears jeans and a T-shirt (usually one that says something like 'Frodo lives', 'There are some who call me...Tim' or 'I survived the Cliffs of Insantiy') she has been known to wear various replicas of clothing from the movies and has most likely incorporated some aspect of The Lord of the Rings into every conceivable part of her daily life at some time or another. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE: New England...but with various escape (mirgration?...no, American Abercrombies are non-mirgratorial) attempts to England. HABITAT: In her room, which has been made to resemble Bag End...pantries and all... BEHAVIOR:As suggested by her location and signature, I imagine she spends a fair amount of time gallivanting around the galaxy, looking for a cup of tea, and playing Scrabble. She has probably been tossed out of more than a few pet stores for using their fish inappropriately in an attempt to learn either Esparanto, Klingon, Xaasongaxango, or all three. FOOD HABITS: The rival of mine...I susspect that "you also enjoy eating odd food combinations, like peanuts and chocolate milkshakes." OTHER: I imagine that she is not nearly as nerdy as suggested by her appearance, and that people who take the time to know her find that she is in fact a really nice, enthusiastic person who has a great sense of humour and find that she isn't nearly as obsessive as she first seems...but that she is in fact more obsessive... ::reads it over:: yep...most definitely Abercrombie...Sorry about it being written like a field guide entry, but that's what you get when I'm posting while studying... *sarcastic...very sarcastic __________________ A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name ~Evan Esar. Pan for Everyone!

03-06-2005, 11:51 PM	#3
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Abercrombie has always seemed to me, to be either: a) Just bursting to the brim with pop culture, and taste in fashion, with a side of fantasy reading. or b) Tigger wearing Abercrombie & Finch, bouncing while reading LOTR... I don't know why, but i'm senseing a Tigger... Bouncy extroverted outside, but with an inside unknown to most of the general population. ~Ka __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

03-07-2005, 02:04 PM	#4
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	I am a dashingly handsome young man, with deep green eyes, tall (but not by Nurunar's standards), with a brilliant intelligence, charming wit, and money like a Rockefeller. Oh! Wait! This is the "How do you imagine other BDers?" thread, not the "How do you imagine yourself thread?" Unfortunately, most people's images are tied to their avatars and/or names. Thus, Estelyn Telcontar is some strange amalgamation of ogre, elf, and princess. A nasty combination, let me assure you. Let's hope she doesn't change to a Dwarf avatar.... The Barrow-wight is a fun-loving, rule-breaking, chatter. He lives in a rather dimly-lit basement, and has a small circle of furry, but devoted friends. (Sorry, that avatar looks too cheerful...) Fordim Hedgethistle is known to be Canadian, and is known to use good Queen's English. Unfortunately, he is displayed as an Indiana Jones dog, so we come up with a cur of American ancestry (therefore, probably a prairie boy), grew up in the country, inherited a fortune from a British uncle that sent him to Oxford, and is now living in the Toronto area, where he fits in about as well as an ork in Rivendell... __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

03-08-2005, 12:23 PM	#5
TPotSS Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: the captain's chair Posts: 42	Wow, Feanor, that was a good description! Feanor, you are like me only shorter hair, lighter skin, and better at drawing. I picture The Barrow-Wight as my dad. The Saucepan Man, for some reason, is Rumplestiltskin. Encaitare is a hobbit dressed up gothic style. Eomer is an unkempt cave man (as opposed to those well groomed cave men). Gil-Galad is the little twerp that sits next to me in English. __________________ You can't be a great painter. You only have one ear.

03-08-2005, 05:04 PM	#7
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	*SHELOB@#$&!** You may have just written the funniest post I think I've EVER read!Congratulations! I tried to refrain from being too weird, but after that post I think I shall have to be. You live in a cardboard box in a dumpster. And I don't mean that in a bad way, you choose to live in a dumpster. You think it smells better than most humans... You have a dog named Jack and he is your best friend, sometimes you blindfold yourselves and have fun trying to walk around without walking into small objects. (You have nothing against large objects.) You enjoy counting to 24, because it is a smashing number, with some lovely digits... Most of the time you like to go to the zoo and study the monkeys, for that is what you want to be, when you grow up. (Yes, I do mean a monkey, despite the fact that you obsess over penguins.) Sometimes you practice while walking down the street and people think that you are crazy, which is the norm. Sometimes you even sing while doing it... * Rene Descartes was a drunken old fart, I drink therefore I am...* You understand that 1+1= 10 (NERD!) and you really have a rock fetish. Sometimes you walk around (blindfolded) and find rocks, you keep them in a house, which you bought to live in, but later found that you couldn't squeeze yourself in, because of all the rocks. It's pretty much all you talk about. One time you went to Alaska, (combination of penguins and rocks) and were attacked by a polar bear, (because you were blindfolded.) You also absolutely refuse to be governed by a strange woman lying in a pond. You like making movies, and are an accomplished director, with such movies as Apricots and Fish and The Tale of the PVA Canoe. (Yes, you do know what PVA is.) Sometimes you ask questions out of context, like, 'what the curtains?' and then laugh histerically about it. Your main inspiration for your movies comes from Star Trek. You actually have a HUGE crush on Leonard Nimoy, mostly because of his "dreamy eyebrows." (Can eyebrows be dreamy?) Someday you plan on moving into a cave, and wearing a batman suit, so that at night you can drive out of your cave in the batmobile and save the town. (Whatever that town happens to be.) Your favorite book is also Paradise Lost by John Milton, though sometimes it seems that God is a little too piratical... I don't think it's as funny as your post , but perhaps, we shall see...

03-09-2005, 07:51 AM	#8
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I laughed a lot to what you thought about me. Not very close. (Sorry, I know you probably were serious about that but still it makes me laugh.) Maybe I should change my avatar, because I don't look like it? (Well it's amazing how much avatars affect.) And yes, I'm planning a raccoon invasion! __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-01-2005, 06:31 PM	#11
elronds_daughter Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the fortune cookie and the post-its. Posts: 644	Avatar Inspirations Gil-Galad spends most of his day sitting in front of his computer playing Tetris whilst wearing a suit of armor. The Only Real Estel goes about waving his sword at people and muttering something about his notion that the word "captain" should precede his name. __________________ I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.

04-01-2005, 07:41 PM	#12
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	E_D sits under a tree on a nice sunny day with a laptop and surfs the downs oh yeah and about my suit of armour, it chaves so i only wear it for the ladies but mainly i try to avoid pants because they are evil... ultimately "Pants are just suggestions, like roads" hmmm that should be my siggy... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.