Paper Telephone.

[Galadriel55]

I am so excited for this. I can't wait to see what happened to it.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I am so excited for this. I can't wait to see what happened to it.

Yes, we are almost there. To be sure, all manners of things have happened to it

[Eönwë]

Very excited to see how this one ends up!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

Very excited to see how this one ends up!

It took a little, but we are in the finish now. Final lap now. I daresay you can expect the results very soon! Stay tuned! Get ready!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

Very excited to see how this one ends up!

I have been checking in a few times a day lately, just to see if the final result had been posted.

[Galadriel55]

Darn it! I get excited every time I see a new post here, and every time am disappointed. But it's soooo close.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

And this time, it is here!

So, my fellow 'Downers, I present to you The Madness of Summer 2020 Paper Telephone.

It all began with an unassuming sentence, uttered once in the mists of time...

"Now it is time to drink the cup of farewell," she said. "Drink, Lord of the Galadhrim!"

The sentence got overheard by Brinniel, a promising artist-in-the-making, who depicted it thusly:



Little could she imagine the veritable Pandora's box this image would open. Already when Rune saw the art, he concluded:

After having dabbled in Silmaril and ring making, the latest elvish fad had become event-specific drinking vessels.

This was nothing to Eönwë, who promptly created his own rendition of such historical account:



It soon became clear that Rikae did not share the same view of events; observing the painting, they stated:

Goat-Legolas states the obvious to a case of party trophies.

The historical revisionism did not end there, however, as evidenced by the art of Pitchwife:

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The imagery shocked Galadriel55 so much that the only thing she could recall was this ancient wisdom:

As any kid knows, if you cannot effectively shield yourself from tautology, you will tumble horns over hooves into socialism.

Faced with such a highbrow statement, Kath decided that the best course of action was to transform it into a more understandable form:



Not everyone's view of things is the same. For instance, this made Greenie think of the following:

In a new story from C. S. Lewis, Mr Tumnus decides to join a civil rights protest.

Upon hearing this piece of news, Huinesoron decided that it was not too late to build a career as a children's books illustrator, and procured the following masterpiece:



Why said career did not really continue well is reflected by Lommy's interpretation of the scenery:

When the Halls of Mandos froze over, diabolical Lobelia Sackville-Baggins was ready.

Blind Guardian knew just what to do, and decided to capture the moment as seen here:

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The local construction expert, Nogrod, immediately made his own evaluation of what trespassed here:

The gates of Moria flipped when seeing Lobelia Sackville-Baggins trying to enter the mines with Bilbo's silverware.

TheGreatElvenWarrior was baffled upon hearing the request to portray such an unlikely configuration, nonetheless, it was necessary to try:



It was up to Brinniel again. She braced herself, looked at the image first with one eye, then with both, and then stuttered out the following sentence:

The hobbit was relieved she brought along her spoons as she followed the path of the crack to the entrance of Moria in the Upside Down.

Rune was not sure whether it was her or his senses that were leaving, but if these were to be the last moments of his sanity, he would spend them drawing:



The canvas was passed on to Eönwë, who made sure to record his interpretation of the event for posterity:

Frodo returns from Moria with gifts for the Sackville-Bagginses.

Rikae thought this was the perfect story for their tabloid newspaper, and went even so far to provide a catchy image for it:

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Blind Guardian was not quite so blind to ignore it, and concluded:

While visiting an art museum, two generations of Hobbits contemplate the role their spoons played in the creation of a Picasso piece.

Which, in turn, was something Nogrod could not resist to state his opinion on in the form of art:



And when this work of art reached TheGreatElvenWarrior, it was the basis for this final description:

The Great Artist explains to his apprentice how he took the hobbit spoons to make his masterpieces.

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That's it! Here we are. Thank you all so very much for participating, it was a round with certainly many very interesting elements and twists and turns, and some amazing high-quality art as well as many creative sentences. It has been a lot of fun for me and I certainly hope it was for you as well.

[Huinesoron]

Yesssss!

I really like Brinniel's opening picture - there's something about the style that really appeals to me. Rikae's humour of 'states the obvious' led perfectly into Pitch's reference-packed image, which in turn gave G55 the perfect opening.

And that's where Mr. Tumnus came from! I did wonder. ^_^ I did also suspect that the umbrella might transform Tumnus into Lobelia, so I'm pleased to know I got that right.

The Gates of Moria proved surprisingly persistant... I like Rune's hobbit, it charms me. And I'm wildly amused by the fact that Eonwe led us away from the spoons, only for Rikae to bring them straight back.

The Amazing Transforming Jacket (which Greenie's lovely picture had me convinced was Lily's dressing-gown!) led to Lommy's inspired interpretation of my ramblings, and so enabled Nogrod to transform our protagonist one last time. I love the fact that the last two pictures, plus the inset in Nogrod's, all share the same layout.

That was heaps of fun! I would apologise for dragging Lobelia into thing, but I'm not gonna. ^_^

hS