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Peregrin Took · 11-30-2008, 02:37 PM

Alrighty, perhaps I'll lower the limit...one must have guidelines in order to conduct an organized study. I want this to be a current, post-movie study, therefore past writings on this would be not keeping with the point of the whole thing. Three pages isn't really a lot when it is double-spaced, and when you consider how much people post on message boards. Oh well. But thanks for the luck!

Peregrin Took · 11-30-2008, 02:48 PM

And by the way, if you don't want to go through with the study that is fine - but you can at least vote on the poll! Surely that is not asking too much!

Inziladun · 12-01-2008, 05:17 PM

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And by the way, if you don't want to go through with the study that is fine - but you can at least vote on the poll! Surely that is not asking too much!

I really wouldn't mind doing the whole thing, but I always have trouble determining who my favourite character is for certain. I can generally narrow it down to two, but beyond that I run into trouble. If I can get it worked out, I'll be happy to help.

Peregrin Took · 12-01-2008, 07:13 PM

Thanks!

Boromir88 · 12-02-2008, 05:50 PM

Prizes? Reward? What...? Must you receive a gift to do something?

Pick your favorite character and put together 3 or so pages on him/her and why...If it suits your fancy take what you've already painstackingly written over the months and years here.

Yeesh you're acting like Peregrin just asked you to take The One onion ring of Heartburn and embark on a laborious, painful, quest to destroy it in the Mountain of Pepto Bismol.

Peregrin Took · 12-03-2008, 01:49 PM

Indeed! Thank you good Boromir!

Lindale · 12-04-2008, 07:19 AM

Peregrin, if this thing is still up by mid-December, I would love to do this, because for years I've been reading and writing papers on things I am obliged to read and write about, not necessarily those works that I like. But not anytime soon; college and my little Christmas bazaar is taxing me too much right now. By mid-December or later, it's gonna be Christmas break, and for a really decent paper on something I've always loved I can do it within a day or two or three.

But personally, my favorite characters by Tolkien come from The Silmarillion. Morgoth and Feanor included.

11-30-2008, 02:37 PM	#1
Peregrin Took Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Shire Posts: 38	Alrighty, perhaps I'll lower the limit...one must have guidelines in order to conduct an organized study. I want this to be a current, post-movie study, therefore past writings on this would be not keeping with the point of the whole thing. Three pages isn't really a lot when it is double-spaced, and when you consider how much people post on message boards. Oh well. But thanks for the luck! __________________ "I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is." Formerly MatthewM, joined Jun 2006.

11-30-2008, 02:48 PM	#2
Peregrin Took Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Shire Posts: 38	And by the way, if you don't want to go through with the study that is fine - but you can at least vote on the poll! Surely that is not asking too much! __________________ "I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is." Formerly MatthewM, joined Jun 2006.

12-01-2008, 07:13 PM	#4
Peregrin Took Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Shire Posts: 38	Thanks! __________________ "I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is." Formerly MatthewM, joined Jun 2006.

12-02-2008, 05:50 PM	#5
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Prizes? Reward? What...? Must you receive a gift to do something? Pick your favorite character and put together 3 or so pages on him/her and why...If it suits your fancy take what you've already painstackingly written over the months and years here. Yeesh you're acting like Peregrin just asked you to take The One onion ring of Heartburn and embark on a laborious, painful, quest to destroy it in the Mountain of Pepto Bismol. __________________ Fenris Penguin Last edited by Boromir88; 12-02-2008 at 05:57 PM.

12-03-2008, 01:49 PM	#6
Peregrin Took Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Shire Posts: 38	Indeed! Thank you good Boromir! __________________ "I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is." Formerly MatthewM, joined Jun 2006.

12-04-2008, 07:19 AM	#7
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	Peregrin, if this thing is still up by mid-December, I would love to do this, because for years I've been reading and writing papers on things I am obliged to read and write about, not necessarily those works that I like. But not anytime soon; college and my little Christmas bazaar is taxing me too much right now. By mid-December or later, it's gonna be Christmas break, and for a really decent paper on something I've always loved I can do it within a day or two or three. But personally, my favorite characters by Tolkien come from The Silmarillion. Morgoth and Feanor included. __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.