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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Usually you get a reputation of a freak if you tell you're a LotR fan - or so happens nearly always in my case. (I've stopped telling it, if the discussion isn't about LotR, fantasy or books.)
My way is carrying two pins/brooches at my backpack. Another says "Mae govannen!" and another is a picture of Gandalf. Sometimes I also carry LotR in the school corridors, but that's only when I read it. Third way: if you have tolkienist friends, talk about LotR with them in public places. That might help.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Join Date: May 2002
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Keep your eyes open and pounce on opportunities when they arrive. Usually expect to be left disappointed. A good friend of mine told me that one of his friends was a big LotR fan, so I made a point of seeking the guy out. The conversation started a little like this:
Me: "So, another LotR fan, eh? Tell me, did Balrogs have wings? Other person: "What's a Balrog?" Apparently, the phrase 'big LotR fan' is more subjective than I'd like it to be. ![]() By the way, I really like a lot of your ideas. ![]()
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Wow, this brings back memories...a while ago, I wore pointy Elf ears (even thought Tolkien never mentioned "pointy") everywhere I went...EVERYWHERE. Sadly, I stopped wearing them because they scared my friends lol. Aparrently, I'm TOO obsessed...
I always wore the One Ring...that still scares my friends, though, not as much ^^. Last year, I went to this Art Camp...I brought my LotR and Silmarillion books along...my ring attracted some curius people who like me, love LotR. I'm planning on wearing my Elf ears again...but shhhhh...my friends don't know lol ![]() |
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Oooo! Several times!! Just mentioning movies or books gets me started on it and I swear, a few times, I thought I found another Tolkienite!! But I never pluck up the courage to go and ask them...
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: In a world grown ever smaller.
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Lets see.
I draw a g rune on every desk I sit in a school. hasn't works so far... One fan I did meet was a clerk at Johann's Fabrics, when I was there looking at material for my costume. Interestingly, the lady that checked me out was also a LoTR fan. There is a van i just noticed the other day that has teh writing from teh one ring on its back window. It gave me a happy fealing as I drove by. When ever I meet someone who likes LoTR, I ask "have you seen teh movies", "have you read teh books?" "have you read the hobbit", "have you read teh silmarillion?", "HoME?" If they answer yes to teh last one, I give them a deep bow, for they are farther ahead than I. Oh, the one other person that I met by chance was in Indonesia. Weird, huh?
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I have a shirt that says "Not all who wander are lost" on it, and it has drawn comments from about three people, total, and I've had it for at least that many years. Granted, the quote also isn't exact, but it's a great way of at least telling if a fan is literate by if they see the shirt and say "Oh! Sweet! Lord of the Rings!"
Going somewhere in costume, especially wearing the leaf brooch is a great way of meeting people who love LOTR. If you're really trying to meet people who like LOTR, the one place I can think of to go to that has more LOTR fans than anywhere else (short of a LOTR exhibit) is a renaissance faire. I go to one every summer, and ever since I added the leaf of lorien to my costume, I get lots of comments on it. Everyone's already geeky at a renaissance faire, and everyone's obsessed with the midieval/renaissance. So there you have it: a perfect meeting ground.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Another way to meet another LotR fan is to start a forum on meeting them ^^ lol look at how many people responded ^^
...wow...i got issues... ![]() http://www.freewebs.com/elfcostuming/ it's my site on costuming and stuff ^^ i don't have alot of thins there, but I hope it's useful ^^. Ever heard of "Let the Hobbit Happen"? If the movie DOES come out, I plan to wear my costume to the theaters and scare everyone lol...i need a life ![]() ~Aredhel Last edited by Aredhel Fingolfinion; 03-14-2006 at 12:40 PM. |
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