Survivor: The Second Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kuruharan · 03-05-2006, 12:29 PM

Quote:

I'm assuming this is satire

Is it Art imitating Life, or is it Life imitating Art?

Hmmmm...we ponderses this, preeeciousss, yeeesss, we ponderses...

I'm going to go ahead and at least for the time being vote...

++ Glorfindel

...because no Noldor have been voted off yet and it is high time for it. The Sindar have already suffered a casualty and we need to spread that around. So have the Other Speakers. Of the available Noldor, Glorfindel is the least compelling character. And Agent Double Oh-Point Five should be happy with this vote because Glorfindel was not a king. (I would think he would have noticed this point).

I might be willing to drop a clue about where he should search next if he'll change his vote.

littlemanpoet · 03-05-2006, 01:47 PM

Representing the League of Extraordinary Barrow-Downers, I deplore this many votes for Glorfindel.

Thus I shall do my part in adding to an alternative bandwagon which I wholeheartedly support.

++ Celeborn

....for removing Galadriel from amongst those numbered as fair maidens, however bold and proud (and tall

) and thus depriving the rest of us men a most suitably droolable and fetching lass;
....for marrying above his station.

He should have remained single and let Celebrimbor have her, at the very least. Wimp.

Gil-Galad · 03-05-2006, 02:12 PM

++ Glorfindel

ha ha glirdy

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 03-05-2006, 02:17 PM

What's this? The Alliance thing is unanimously voting for Glorfindel? Yay for extra votes for him, but I hope the other 'clubs' won't make it their business to build some more or less random bandwagon just to spite them because otherwise I'll never have a chance to get Glorfindel lynched.

I mean, voted off. Not that I'd mind if he got lynched. He would probably just keep reincarnating out of thin air like a weed anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eomer

But my aim is to destroy that old witch. Spawn, I see your point; but Erendis generates 'the wrong kind of heat', as the wrestlers call it, and she will force viewers to turn off.

Ah, it took me a while to realize that you weren't calling me an old witch.... at least yet.

Well, if you are so sure that there's something wrong with the heating, or whatever you are saying (

), I can't argue with that. Actually, if you vote for Glorfindel, I'll gladly help you getting rid of Erendis.

Firefoot · 03-05-2006, 02:36 PM

++Glorfindel

The Noldor seem to be the top guns in just about everything else, and Glorfindel doesn't really have much to do with the Second Age, anyway...

Anguirel · 03-05-2006, 02:45 PM

First, defence of freedom of the press and defiance of the mob mentality. That seems to mean: be done with the over-haughty Queen

--SAURON, ++ERENDIS

Following shortly...an update on the Amanda situation. Agent Anguirel reaches Mithlond and finds all not as it seems...

Kuruharan · 03-05-2006, 02:49 PM

Quote:

First, defence of freedom of the press and defiance of the mob mentality. That seems to mean: be done with the over-haughty Queen

And earlier he was the one complaining about the regicide...

Maybe I should have literally specified what the vote should have been changed to.

Silly me.

I await the further adventures with the greatest of anticipation...

Anguirel · 03-05-2006, 03:22 PM

(The camera pans over a wide, grey sea. Waves lash. Foam leaps. Gulls squawk hauntingly.)

(We see a ship, tiny in the immense swell. It is purple, pink, gold, and silver in colour, and looks thoroughly tasteless against the Romantic, refined background.)

(Close-up on a familiar figue in black plate armour staring meaningfully out to sea.)

ANGUIREL: I am about to struggle with one of the most awesome, unstoppable and terrifying forces in Arda...

(A vast, vast wave towers above the ship. A storm is howling. Land comes into sight, still far off, and the distant lights of Mithlond.)

FAR-OFF VOICES: Gonna get me a paaal-aaant-iiiiir...gonna get me a Sil! Mar! Il!

ANGUIREL: ...elvish pop music.

(Cut to Anguirel walking through a street in Mithlond to Gil-Galad's palace, which is emanating raaave sounds. Anguirel approaches an Elven Bouncer, imposing and bearded.)

ANGUIREL: Excuse me, have you seen two humans here, a recently evicted King filing for divorce and a ravishingly attractive love goddess?

CIRDAN: Maybe I have, 'n maybe I haven't. Wasinitfame, yo?

ANGUIREL: (sighing) Never mind. Could I have a ticket for the next performance by Spearplay?

CIRDAN: It'll cost ya, mate.

(Cut to Anguirel in the front row. Ereinion Gil-Galad and his backing group, Glorfindel, Elrond and Celeborn, are onstage.)

ANGUIREL: Fans of Elven boybands say that they're at their best when illustrating the range of their tonality.

GIL-GALAD: Yaaah, yaaah, gonna beat Annataar!

ELROND: Er, yeah, um, yeah, yar. (Aside) Is this the sort of thing you wanted, my lord?

GLORFINDEL: And I'm singin' and slingin' becos Gold is best.

CELEBORN: What did you say?

GLORFINDEL: Gold is best.

CELEBORN: Oh yeah? Well is you hard enough for silver, yo?

(He grabs Glorfindel's hair and they collapse to the ground, scratching and biting.)

ELROND: (to Anguirel, apologetically) They're the best of friends really.

ANGUIREL: Quite...ah...have you seen a King called Tar-Aldarion?

ELROND: Yes, actually. He's been imprisoned for disorderly behaviour.

ANGUIREL: And was he accomp...

ELROND: Oh, her. Don't ask, friend. Just don't...

GIL-GALAD: (in tears) Amaaanda!

ELROND: There, there, my lord...try Eregion, old chap. You might just have better luck.

ANGUIREL: Thanks for the help.

(He clanks out in an easterly direction.)

the phantom · 03-05-2006, 03:24 PM

Quote:

The Noldor seem to be the top guns in just about everything else

So we should kill them because they are superior?

I have always thought that people who have a grudge against "superior" people and want them out of the way are equally as bad as Hitler and his buddies who wanted everyone who was "inferior" out of the way. It's the same thing.

I've seen that attitude a lot on the Downs over the years, and it makes me sick. I will never vote someone off for being too good, too strong, too powerful, or too awesome, and neither should anyone else. That is a horrid attitude.

Quote:

and Glorfindel doesn't really have much to do with the Second Age, anyway...

Now that is a reason I can respect. I think Glorfindel would be more of a First Age or Third Age favorite than a Second Age favorite. Because of that, I don't feel the need to mount a huge campaign to save him.

However, I definitely don't want to see Glorfindel go. He is wise, brave, and definitely good, and I think that anyone who would vote to kill him before some of our other options is crazy.

For those of you concerned with the abundance of elves, why don't you kill a Sindarin elf, like Oropher. What did he do, besides get himself and lots of his people killed in the battle against Sauron?

For those of you who want an elf dead, I suggest compromising and killing Oropher.

Now, if you want to kill Glorfindel because he is one of the Noldor, and you are concerned that the Noldorin tribe hasn't lost anyone yet, please remember that there is another tribe that has yet to lose someone- the Elendili!

Surely Anarion doesn't deserve to stand beside his great brother and father. And surely Ohtar, who ran away with Isildur's heirlooms while his company was being attacked, does not deserve a place amongst the great.

For those of you who want to see balance among the tribes, I suggest compromising and killing Ohtar or Anarion.

That is all for now. I have things to do.

Lalaith · 03-05-2006, 03:39 PM

Quote:

I will never vote someone off for being too good, too strong, too powerful, or too awesome

So what's your problem with Galadriel, hmm?

Firefoot · 03-05-2006, 03:42 PM

And you, phantom, don't have enough respect for those who don't get enough credit. Anarion died while trying to defeat Sauron - that's worthy enough. And Ohtar, beloved and trusted by Isildur, is mighty enough in himself. He may not have been the valiant war hero, and because of this merits only passing mention, but why attack him for doing all that he could? He did not "run away" - he followed Isildur's command, which was to save the shards of Narsil at all costs, even that of "being held a coward who deserted me." And that is exactly what you are saying, phantom, you who are so supportive of Isildur would go against Isildur himself!

Sometimes the underdogs deserve a chance to let themselves show their mettle, and that doesn't happen while all these mighty Noldor and high kings are running around (Glorfindel, Elrond, Galadriel, Elendil, Isildur, to name a few). I don't have a grudge against them, but they aren't the only ones who should receive credit. So many other people that aren't mentioned much contributed so much behind the scenes and in smaller but no less important ways. You seem intent on obliterating them. It's like giving all the credit in a movie to the actors but never mentioning the people who made the sets, wrote the script, did the filming, etc.

03-05-2006, 01:47 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Representing the League of Extraordinary Barrow-Downers, I deplore this many votes for Glorfindel. Thus I shall do my part in adding to an alternative bandwagon which I wholeheartedly support. ++ Celeborn ....for removing Galadriel from amongst those numbered as fair maidens, however bold and proud (and tall ) and thus depriving the rest of us men a most suitably droolable and fetching lass; ....for marrying above his station. He should have remained single and let Celebrimbor have her, at the very least. Wimp. Last edited by littlemanpoet; 03-05-2006 at 01:53 PM.

03-05-2006, 02:12 PM	#3
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	++ Glorfindel ha ha glirdy __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

03-05-2006, 02:36 PM	#5
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	What's this? A line? Opposing factions? ++Glorfindel The Noldor seem to be the top guns in just about everything else, and Glorfindel doesn't really have much to do with the Second Age, anyway...

03-05-2006, 02:45 PM	#6
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	First, defence of freedom of the press and defiance of the mob mentality. That seems to mean: be done with the over-haughty Queen --SAURON, ++ERENDIS Following shortly...an update on the Amanda situation. Agent Anguirel reaches Mithlond and finds all not as it seems... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

03-05-2006, 03:22 PM	#8
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	The Hunt for Amanda: Episode 2 (The camera pans over a wide, grey sea. Waves lash. Foam leaps. Gulls squawk hauntingly.) (We see a ship, tiny in the immense swell. It is purple, pink, gold, and silver in colour, and looks thoroughly tasteless against the Romantic, refined background.) (Close-up on a familiar figue in black plate armour staring meaningfully out to sea.) ANGUIREL: I am about to struggle with one of the most awesome, unstoppable and terrifying forces in Arda... (A vast, vast wave towers above the ship. A storm is howling. Land comes into sight, still far off, and the distant lights of Mithlond.) FAR-OFF VOICES: Gonna get me a paaal-aaant-iiiiir...gonna get me a Sil! Mar! Il! ANGUIREL: ...elvish pop music. (Cut to Anguirel walking through a street in Mithlond to Gil-Galad's palace, which is emanating raaave sounds. Anguirel approaches an Elven Bouncer, imposing and bearded.) ANGUIREL: Excuse me, have you seen two humans here, a recently evicted King filing for divorce and a ravishingly attractive love goddess? CIRDAN: Maybe I have, 'n maybe I haven't. Wasinitfame, yo? ANGUIREL: (sighing) Never mind. Could I have a ticket for the next performance by Spearplay? CIRDAN: It'll cost ya, mate. (Cut to Anguirel in the front row. Ereinion Gil-Galad and his backing group, Glorfindel, Elrond and Celeborn, are onstage.) ANGUIREL: Fans of Elven boybands say that they're at their best when illustrating the range of their tonality. GIL-GALAD: Yaaah, yaaah, gonna beat Annataar! ELROND: Er, yeah, um, yeah, yar. (Aside) Is this the sort of thing you wanted, my lord? GLORFINDEL: And I'm singin' and slingin' becos Gold is best. CELEBORN: What did you say? GLORFINDEL: Gold is best. CELEBORN: Oh yeah? Well is you hard enough for silver, yo? (He grabs Glorfindel's hair and they collapse to the ground, scratching and biting.) ELROND: (to Anguirel, apologetically) They're the best of friends really. ANGUIREL: Quite...ah...have you seen a King called Tar-Aldarion? ELROND: Yes, actually. He's been imprisoned for disorderly behaviour. ANGUIREL: And was he accomp... ELROND: Oh, her. Don't ask, friend. Just don't... GIL-GALAD: (in tears) Amaaanda! ELROND: There, there, my lord...try Eregion, old chap. You might just have better luck. ANGUIREL: Thanks for the help. (He clanks out in an easterly direction.) __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso Last edited by Anguirel; 03-05-2006 at 03:42 PM.

03-05-2006, 03:42 PM	#11
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	And you, phantom, don't have enough respect for those who don't get enough credit. Anarion died while trying to defeat Sauron - that's worthy enough. And Ohtar, beloved and trusted by Isildur, is mighty enough in himself. He may not have been the valiant war hero, and because of this merits only passing mention, but why attack him for doing all that he could? He did not "run away" - he followed Isildur's command, which was to save the shards of Narsil at all costs, even that of "being held a coward who deserted me." And that is exactly what you are saying, phantom, you who are so supportive of Isildur would go against Isildur himself! Sometimes the underdogs deserve a chance to let themselves show their mettle, and that doesn't happen while all these mighty Noldor and high kings are running around (Glorfindel, Elrond, Galadriel, Elendil, Isildur, to name a few). I don't have a grudge against them, but they aren't the only ones who should receive credit. So many other people that aren't mentioned much contributed so much behind the scenes and in smaller but no less important ways. You seem intent on obliterating them. It's like giving all the credit in a movie to the actors but never mentioning the people who made the sets, wrote the script, did the filming, etc.