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Old 04-23-2007, 03:45 PM   #1
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Sorry for a rather "Books" post, but I thought I'd suggest what Tolkien probably meant by it.
That's great, in fact I was tempted to put this under "Books" because I wanted some serious feedback.

Would his eyebrows grow sideways past the brim of his hat?
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Old 04-23-2007, 08:05 PM   #2
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Would his eyebrows grow sideways past the brim of his hat?
Considering what mine want to do before I yank them, no doubt about it.
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Old 04-24-2007, 07:58 AM   #3
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But how ... how would he get it to stick out straight from under the brim of his hat? Instead of falling down the sides and joining his beard?
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Old 04-24-2007, 08:11 AM   #4
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Old 04-24-2007, 09:52 AM   #5
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Gandalf's beard was also said once to "stand out stiff like bristling wire" - he's probably got very thick hair - I'm not at all surprised his eyebrows stood out. He's also got excellent forehead muscles - all that brow-furrowing & worrying has built up quite a foundation for all that hair.

Or maybe they're extendable? I remember he "stuck out his bushy eyebrows" at Bilbo in anger - does Gandalf have retractable eyebrows?
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Old 04-24-2007, 10:18 AM   #6
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Gandalf's beard was also said once to "stand out stiff like bristling wire" - he's probably got very thick hair - I'm not at all surprised his eyebrows stood out. He's also got excellent forehead muscles - all that brow-furrowing & worrying has built up quite a foundation for all that hair.

Or maybe they're extendable? I remember he "stuck out his bushy eyebrows" at Bilbo in anger - does Gandalf have retractable eyebrows?
Ha. Maybe so, but some how I don't think so. Maybe they did grow sideways, and when he "stuck out his bushy eyebrows" they shifted forwards.
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Old 04-24-2007, 10:46 AM   #7
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Maybe they did grow sideways, and when he "stuck out his bushy eyebrows" they shifted forwards.
...in a flapping motion? Like wings?

Now I can imagine Gandalf sailing over the Misty Mountains, eyebrows twirling like a helicopter...
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