LotR-sparked relationships - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lily Bombadil · 08-20-2005, 10:33 PM

Aye, 'tis true. Gil and I talk for a long time, very often. We may well be soul-mates, one never knows. If it hadn't been for the Downs, I would never have met such a wonderful young man. My Secret Canadian Love...

A friend of mine who graduated this May is very into LotR. I don't know if she is a Downer, but she should be. You all would have positively loved her as she is purely a delight. Anyway, she's obsessed with LotR, and I mean obsessed! She's so great. I thought we'd never be like real friends, but I think our mutual love of LotR and her sweetness paved the way. She even shouts at me in public now. One time, we were coming home from a one act play clinic, and she let me wear her Elven brooch on my scarf for hours! I love her; she's so cool! Oh, and for her patch in our drama class quilt, she sewed a perfect leaf brooch out of green cloth and silver thread. Isn't she awesome?!

the guy who be short · 08-21-2005, 08:20 AM

Relationships in the romantic or general sense? 'Cos if it's the latters... I have wonderful relations with everybody on the Downs cos of LotR.

Arwen Eruantale · 08-21-2005, 09:49 AM

I don't know how many of you will remember me. But, for those of you who do, I'm back... So to speak.

I was teased about a guy I hadn't even met for a couple of years, we all went to the same small church and there was one lady who basically made couples out of the young people for fun.
He was one of those guys who just sort of smoulders all alone in the darkest corner, I'm sure you know the type. People I sort of associated with at the time used to whisper when they talked about him... "..that guy... he's weird...".
So you can imagine my discomfort when my family was invited to his house for dinner.

Somehow we ended up talking after everyone had finished eating, and I found out by degrees how completely foolish it was for me to have believed what everyone else had said about him. In fact, it still embarrasses me that I was ever like that.
Anyway, he'd just recieved the FotR soundtrack for his birthday and asked if I wanted to hear it, so we went up to his room (our siblings were all upstairs taking lego-men apart) and listened to it and talked some more. And I found out that, besides being a really cool guy, he hadn't finished reading LotR yet, but he'd taught himself most of the Tengwar (he even showed me how to write my name with them), and he wrote poetry.
Now he's my best friend, we went to the midnight showing of RotK together with another friend before crashing at my house, and we're in a band together.

I also found out that he's obsessed with swords and knives. So I bought him a replica of Narsil for his birthday last year. And it sits in a place of honour in his bedroom, on the wall between his LotR poster, and the translation of the first few verses of Genesis into Quenya.

Gil-Galad · 08-21-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lily Bombadil

Aye, 'tis true. Gil and I talk for a long time, very often. We may well be soul-mates, one never knows. If it hadn't been for the Downs, I would never have met such a wonderful young man. My Secret Canadian Love...

stop it...your making me blush...

Glirdan · 08-22-2005, 10:32 AM

No relationships or friendships started through LotR or the B-D. They both have, however, brought me and one Wilwa closer as friends. She is the one who showed me this site and I was immeadiatly interested and so I thank her for showing me this wonderful site.

Lily Bombadil · 09-02-2005, 04:07 PM

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stop it...your making me blush...

Oh, Gil-Galad, you know it's true. In fact, I've returned to this thread to embarrass Gil and tell you all that I love him madly and am now sure he is my soulmate. We talk on the phone now and are even planning to meet in person in the next few years. And all thanks to the Power of Tolkien!

(I'm officially a member of Gil's Harem, in case you're wondering.)

Orominuialwen · 09-02-2005, 05:27 PM

I met another one of my friends (not the one I posted about above, another) when I overheard her say at fencing club "I'm from the Shire." Of course I couldn't let that go without saying something, and now we're friends. She's joined the 'Downs (she's Strider), but doesn't post much. She's not obsessed with LotR, but likes it well enough that she finds my obsession fun. Her nickname for me is actually Hobbit, which those who know me well could tell you suits both my personality and appearence.

vanwalossien · 09-06-2005, 03:01 PM

My English teacher in lower secondary school told me once when we were talking about books that another girl in my class also read Tolkien. I'd hardly talked to her before that day, but for the rest of our last year at the same school we got pretty close friends. In my lower secondary school, there were very few who had read LotR, and when I started upper secondary (which I will be sad to leave next spring) I felt as if it was a way of showing how different the schools were when already in the first week of school, people began to talk about the upcoming movie which wasn't out 'til half a year later.

I also fell a bit in love with one of my classmates who suggested to our Norwegian teacher that we should write fantasy. He's a wonderful guy, and sure got my attention with that. We're great friends now, and I still bask in the glory from once having won over him in a Tolkien quiz. This was a very serios arrangement, I tell you, properly supervised by our classmates who wanted to find out which one of us was the ultimate nerd

I might've won the quiz, but he definetly scored high by summarizing the SILM in ten words ("Bad Elves, bad Men, bad Dwarves, bad Gods, happy ending") for me for a BD-thread

But one of the most Tolkien-influenced relationships I have is the friendship with the terribly nice Dane Melephelwen, whom I haven't seen at the 'Downs for a while, but I still talk to her over MSN. We missed a great chance at meeting each other in real life a year ago (jeez, a whole year already?), but geeky as I am, I think online friendships can as real as offline ones.

alatar · 10-31-2005, 09:23 PM

My sister, with whom I have nothing in common (I still think that I was adopted and that my real parents are space aliens...), used to tease me when we were children as I was a bit geeky and she was a biker, as in motorcycle. She'd even refer to me as "Bil-BO BAG-gins" with the emphasis shown. Well, when the PJ movies came out, she actually went and saw them and suddenly 'liked' LotR and had about 1000 questions for me regarding the movies - what was in them, what was left out etc.

Not that she's ever been nice, but at least we talked now and again.

And once, my future wife and I (at that time she was officially my girlfriend) were invited to a very strange party. We were to meet others in the woods and were to bring a book or story that we would like to read. Considering the hosts, I thought that the book either was 'cover' for some illicit activity or possibly fuel for the bonfire. But I brought my copy of FotR anyway. My wife, even more incredulous than I, figured that she'd just wing it.

Well, as the 'party' continued we realized that we, like everyone else, were to recite or read a story, preferably something scary. My wife decided that she'd do whatever I'd planned, and so we read the part of the "Bridge of Khazad-Dum" where Gandalf falls.

After we escaped the party, I then explained to my girlfriend why this was such a significant scene and why I liked it so much. Over ten years later, I had to do the same thing after we left the theater showing of FotR.

08-20-2005, 10:33 PM	#1
Lily Bombadil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hold on...let me consult this broken compass... Posts: 279	I Confess. Aye, 'tis true. Gil and I talk for a long time, very often. We may well be soul-mates, one never knows. If it hadn't been for the Downs, I would never have met such a wonderful young man. My Secret Canadian Love... A friend of mine who graduated this May is very into LotR. I don't know if she is a Downer, but she should be. You all would have positively loved her as she is purely a delight. Anyway, she's obsessed with LotR, and I mean obsessed! She's so great. I thought we'd never be like real friends, but I think our mutual love of LotR and her sweetness paved the way. She even shouts at me in public now. One time, we were coming home from a one act play clinic, and she let me wear her Elven brooch on my scarf for hours! I love her; she's so cool! Oh, and for her patch in our drama class quilt, she sewed a perfect leaf brooch out of green cloth and silver thread. Isn't she awesome?! __________________ "YOU!" "Indeed."

08-21-2005, 09:49 AM	#3
Arwen Eruantale Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: My Field of Paper Flowers Posts: 282	I don't know how many of you will remember me. But, for those of you who do, I'm back... So to speak. I was teased about a guy I hadn't even met for a couple of years, we all went to the same small church and there was one lady who basically made couples out of the young people for fun. He was one of those guys who just sort of smoulders all alone in the darkest corner, I'm sure you know the type. People I sort of associated with at the time used to whisper when they talked about him... "..that guy... he's weird...". So you can imagine my discomfort when my family was invited to his house for dinner. Somehow we ended up talking after everyone had finished eating, and I found out by degrees how completely foolish it was for me to have believed what everyone else had said about him. In fact, it still embarrasses me that I was ever like that. Anyway, he'd just recieved the FotR soundtrack for his birthday and asked if I wanted to hear it, so we went up to his room (our siblings were all upstairs taking lego-men apart) and listened to it and talked some more. And I found out that, besides being a really cool guy, he hadn't finished reading LotR yet, but he'd taught himself most of the Tengwar (he even showed me how to write my name with them), and he wrote poetry. Now he's my best friend, we went to the midnight showing of RotK together with another friend before crashing at my house, and we're in a band together. I also found out that he's obsessed with swords and knives. So I bought him a replica of Narsil for his birthday last year. And it sits in a place of honour in his bedroom, on the wall between his LotR poster, and the translation of the first few verses of Genesis into Quenya. __________________ And he became somewhat grim to look upon, unless he chanced to smile... Will you pay attention?

08-22-2005, 10:32 AM	#5
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	No relationships or friendships started through LotR or the B-D. They both have, however, brought me and one Wilwa closer as friends. She is the one who showed me this site and I was immeadiatly interested and so I thank her for showing me this wonderful site. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

09-02-2005, 05:27 PM	#7
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	I met another one of my friends (not the one I posted about above, another) when I overheard her say at fencing club "I'm from the Shire." Of course I couldn't let that go without saying something, and now we're friends. She's joined the 'Downs (she's Strider), but doesn't post much. She's not obsessed with LotR, but likes it well enough that she finds my obsession fun. Her nickname for me is actually Hobbit, which those who know me well could tell you suits both my personality and appearence. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

09-06-2005, 03:01 PM	#8
vanwalossien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: middle of Nowhere/Norway Posts: 372	My English teacher in lower secondary school told me once when we were talking about books that another girl in my class also read Tolkien. I'd hardly talked to her before that day, but for the rest of our last year at the same school we got pretty close friends. In my lower secondary school, there were very few who had read LotR, and when I started upper secondary (which I will be sad to leave next spring) I felt as if it was a way of showing how different the schools were when already in the first week of school, people began to talk about the upcoming movie which wasn't out 'til half a year later. I also fell a bit in love with one of my classmates who suggested to our Norwegian teacher that we should write fantasy. He's a wonderful guy, and sure got my attention with that. We're great friends now, and I still bask in the glory from once having won over him in a Tolkien quiz. This was a very serios arrangement, I tell you, properly supervised by our classmates who wanted to find out which one of us was the ultimate nerd I might've won the quiz, but he definetly scored high by summarizing the SILM in ten words ("Bad Elves, bad Men, bad Dwarves, bad Gods, happy ending") for me for a BD-thread But one of the most Tolkien-influenced relationships I have is the friendship with the terribly nice Dane Melephelwen, whom I haven't seen at the 'Downs for a while, but I still talk to her over MSN. We missed a great chance at meeting each other in real life a year ago (jeez, a whole year already?), but geeky as I am, I think online friendships can as real as offline ones. __________________ "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't"

08-21-2005, 08:20 AM	#2
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Relationships in the romantic or general sense? 'Cos if it's the latters... I have wonderful relations with everybody on the Downs cos of LotR.

10-31-2005, 09:23 PM	#9
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	My sister, with whom I have nothing in common (I still think that I was adopted and that my real parents are space aliens...), used to tease me when we were children as I was a bit geeky and she was a biker, as in motorcycle. She'd even refer to me as "Bil-BO BAG-gins" with the emphasis shown. Well, when the PJ movies came out, she actually went and saw them and suddenly 'liked' LotR and had about 1000 questions for me regarding the movies - what was in them, what was left out etc. Not that she's ever been nice, but at least we talked now and again. And once, my future wife and I (at that time she was officially my girlfriend) were invited to a very strange party. We were to meet others in the woods and were to bring a book or story that we would like to read. Considering the hosts, I thought that the book either was 'cover' for some illicit activity or possibly fuel for the bonfire. But I brought my copy of FotR anyway. My wife, even more incredulous than I, figured that she'd just wing it. Well, as the 'party' continued we realized that we, like everyone else, were to recite or read a story, preferably something scary. My wife decided that she'd do whatever I'd planned, and so we read the part of the "Bridge of Khazad-Dum" where Gandalf falls. After we escaped the party, I then explained to my girlfriend why this was such a significant scene and why I liked it so much. Over ten years later, I had to do the same thing after we left the theater showing of FotR. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.