Sacrifice for Tolkien? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eruwen · 01-12-2003, 01:04 PM

I don't think I had popularity to begin with, and I'm not sure if I even desired it, but now even some of my closest friends are separating from me. I don't know why. I don't usually bring up a conversation of LOTR when they're around. Sometimes they do and get me started on it.

But I have been called so many names because of my obsession. I even told some people that I was trying to get out of LOTR just to keep some of my friends. I'm not, really. I guess I'm just deciding to keep my obsessiveness at home and on a down-low at school.

I mean, I don't mind being criticized for it. I was criticized for things even before my obsession began. I guess I just want to keep the friends I have and not sacrifice them for my obsession. I'll just have to not talk about it for about 8 hours.

On the other hand, as with sacrificing money and time and different stuff like that, I definitly have. I have spent alot of the money I have on buying books by Tolkien, watching the movies, buying LOTR related stuff like calendars, bookmarks, my "one ring", etc.

As for my time, I think I spend the majority of my day thinking about Middle Earth and the movies and books. I get online almost every day for hours {mostly to this site} looking for things Tolkien-related. I have actually been yelled at for being online so long. So I guess that is a sacrifice.

I havn't really lost my sanity due to things at school I have to worry about as well. But sometimes I wonder...if Tolkien were alive today, what would he think of all of us and our obsessiveness and all of this LOTR publicity going on now?

01-12-2003, 01:04 PM	#6
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	I don't think I had popularity to begin with, and I'm not sure if I even desired it, but now even some of my closest friends are separating from me. I don't know why. I don't usually bring up a conversation of LOTR when they're around. Sometimes they do and get me started on it. But I have been called so many names because of my obsession. I even told some people that I was trying to get out of LOTR just to keep some of my friends. I'm not, really. I guess I'm just deciding to keep my obsessiveness at home and on a down-low at school. I mean, I don't mind being criticized for it. I was criticized for things even before my obsession began. I guess I just want to keep the friends I have and not sacrifice them for my obsession. I'll just have to not talk about it for about 8 hours. On the other hand, as with sacrificing money and time and different stuff like that, I definitly have. I have spent alot of the money I have on buying books by Tolkien, watching the movies, buying LOTR related stuff like calendars, bookmarks, my "one ring", etc. As for my time, I think I spend the majority of my day thinking about Middle Earth and the movies and books. I get online almost every day for hours {mostly to this site} looking for things Tolkien-related. I have actually been yelled at for being online so long. So I guess that is a sacrifice. I havn't really lost my sanity due to things at school I have to worry about as well. But sometimes I wonder...if Tolkien were alive today, what would he think of all of us and our obsessiveness and all of this LOTR publicity going on now?