Anyone obsessed out there? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Cherie Centaur · 12-07-2002, 10:21 AM

I admit I'm obsessed. Whenever I see a comercial/trailer for anything LOTR, I scream. At dinner, I discuss whether STARWARS (my brother's favorite movie) copied from it. I'm waiting till the FanFic is opened so I can post my story. I even was thinking about building a shrine to Legolas!

Anyone else feel this way?

Manwe Sulimo · 12-07-2002, 10:32 AM

Heh...I once worshiped Eru and prayed to the Valar....then I realized that I'm an athiest. Oh well. I still want to buy Glamdring from the Noble Collection and live in the mountains of New Zealand.

Cherie Centaur · 12-07-2002, 10:35 AM

I forgot to mention I praise Eru too [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Meela · 12-07-2002, 11:41 AM

I think I'm pretty obsessed at the moment. Besides adoring the books and the movies I do all the usual fan-person things: my walls are plastered in Lotr posters, I buy all the magazines with Lotr articles, more than one copy if the images are good enough to go on the wall.
I'm currently splashing out on Lotr action figures and other merchandise such as Rings and Swords, as well as a super tee-shirt.
I do a lot of little actions, like humming the soundtrack while I'm out walking, re-enacting short scenes from the movies when I come across a situation that's similar to a moment from Lotr.

Nevfeniel · 12-07-2002, 12:53 PM

I already thought of this idea. Here's the link to my old topic: What obsessive things do YOU do?

thorondil · 12-07-2002, 09:32 PM

Quote:

every time i walk down a flight of stairs i think of moria, and i always try and cross some sort of "bridge of khazad-dum" at the end.

Meela is cool...you blew me away with that one...definitely cool. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Kalimac · 12-07-2002, 10:20 PM

Until very recently I worked at insurance adjusting (very high-stress, need I say?). Whenever I ran into a hard case, which was frequent, where someone was claiming umpteen thousand dollars' worth of goods with no proof of any variety (boxes, receipts, photographs, ANYTHING) we always had to do a very indepth investigation; taking statements, getting a car inspected for signs of equipment etc...anyway, whenever a situation like this arose I inevitably thought "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly...but you have elected the WAY - OF - PAIN!!!" No, I'm not a sadist, because believe me, the way of pain for them was also the way of pain for me. Argh.

Beruthiel · 12-08-2002, 02:34 AM

I've practically brought up on LOTR and I think about it CONSTANTLY! Whenever I see a LOTR commercial or anything I jump around screaming for at least half an hour after it was on. I've read the books about 6 times and can't count how many times I've seen FOTR! I love LOTR, just can't get enough of it!

Belin · 12-08-2002, 02:44 AM

I recently read Middlemarch. Each of the chapters has an epigram written at the beginning. When I came across one (to Chapter 49) that read

Quote:

A task too strong for wizard spells
This squire had brought about;
'Tis easy dropping stones in wells,
But who shall get them out?

I had to put down the book and laugh hysterically. The fact that I made this connection, in spite of being in the midst of the story, speaks volumes about how much time I spend thinking of LotR, I suppose. It's applied to a character who has absolutely nothing in common with Pippin, as it happens, and "wizard" clearly just means "magic," but still... a chance meeting, as they say in Middle-March, I suppose.

--Belin Ibaimendi

[ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ]

Faye Took · 12-08-2002, 02:51 AM

I am so obsessed! I have a LotR shrine in my room that consists of my posters, the movie, video game, action figures, books, book marks, "the one Ring", and some other things. So, yeah I guess you could say I was obsessed [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

JenFramp · 12-08-2002, 04:24 AM

i'm pretty obsessed..at least the movie that came out last year sort of put a fire in myself and I just started going nuts..I think it if is something that is just so in your heart, that its going to come out in everything that you do

Cherie Centaur · 12-08-2002, 09:14 AM

I'm not alone! I'm soo happy! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

By the way, Meela can you give me your top ten websites? Thanks. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: Cherie Centaur ]

**lindil** · 12-08-2002, 11:21 AM

hmmmmm, this topic confirms my wife's worse suspicions.

TealDude3 · 12-08-2002, 11:30 AM

Obsessed is such a sterio-tipical way of saying it. I prefer 'Scoicl life-impaired'.

Tyler · 12-08-2002, 12:13 PM

Not to be mean but it seems to me that some of the people who are "obsessed" with LOTR are really odsessed with the actors of the movie. LOTR is my fav. book and it is what got me into reading but I think some people take it a bit to far. Books are wonderful thing but there are more things to life such as music,friends,and having fun. I think these people need to be posting some of their replys in the movie section. Come on do you really like Legolas that much to cut his picture (which is an actor) out more than one time. I will say he is my fav. character and not do to the movie. It is due to his character. Well im sure i dident make to much since but if you want tell me what you think.

TealDude3 · 12-08-2002, 12:17 PM

Man, who took his One Ring to rule them all? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Cherie Centaur · 12-08-2002, 12:27 PM

For your info I like Legolas before the movie and I also believe that they didn't include enough of him(and I am NOT talking about Orlando, I'm talking about the character Tolkien wrote) in the movie. So there [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] !!!

Maylin Talese · 12-08-2002, 12:39 PM

ok, i find it a bit disturbing that people worship Eru and Valar.....

Whenever someone i'm mad at tries towalk through the door, i always think about shoutinh, YOU CANNOT PASS!!! The only reason I ever watch TV is to see TTT commercials, though i don;t like tv.

JenFramp · 12-08-2002, 01:34 PM

yea..that is kind of disturbing..I don't like worship middle-earth or anything..I guess it's more like a hobby

Artanis · 12-08-2002, 01:34 PM

Well, I don't pray to the Valar, but insted of saying "Oh my God!!!*spaz*" I say "By the Valar/For Illuvitar's sake!!!!*spaz*"... plus the shrine around my comp, a LOTR background (Aragorn Rules!) a wish for a sword to name Ancgauear (the fang of the wolf) and the strange compulsion to say mellon whenever I open a door... I'm not obsessed!

Eruwen · 12-08-2002, 02:07 PM

Well, listen to this. I am obsessed. I can't help it. I'm alot like you people. But how hard is it for me to be obsessed when I have a sis who hates LOTR?

The other day I was asking my mom if I could stop by this store to get some fake Elf ears. She and my sis kept saying "they aren't going to have any. Halloween's over". But I said well, the movie's coming out so they might cause people dress up to go.

My sis starts cracking up laughing like she has just turned insane or something. She was acting like an idiot! I ask her why she is laughing so hard, and she says it's because she can immagine people dressing up as Hobbits and Elves to go to this movie. A quote by her "I can see you and 3 of your friends dressing up as the four Hobbits and walking into the theater! Haaaa!!!"

Ugh. I hate her. But yes, I would. And I am very obsessed. And I am proud of it.

Cherie Centaur · 12-08-2002, 03:50 PM

Well, I don't pray to Eru, but I replace the name for God. For example, I have said the pledge of Aligience with Eru in its context. Eru is supposedly God so it's okay, right?

12-07-2002, 10:21 AM	#1
Cherie Centaur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap Posts: 95	Anyone obsessed out there? I admit I'm obsessed. Whenever I see a comercial/trailer for anything LOTR, I scream. At dinner, I discuss whether STARWARS (my brother's favorite movie) copied from it. I'm waiting till the FanFic is opened so I can post my story. I even was thinking about building a shrine to Legolas! Anyone else feel this way? __________________ Why do we let the monkey slide for popping the weasel? Just because he thought it was fun? Guys, we're dealing with a psycho.

12-07-2002, 10:32 AM	#2
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	Heh...I once worshiped Eru and prayed to the Valar....then I realized that I'm an athiest. Oh well. I still want to buy Glamdring from the Noble Collection and live in the mountains of New Zealand. __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

12-07-2002, 10:35 AM	#3
Cherie Centaur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap Posts: 95	I forgot to mention I praise Eru too [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Why do we let the monkey slide for popping the weasel? Just because he thought it was fun? Guys, we're dealing with a psycho.

12-07-2002, 11:41 AM	#4
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I think I'm pretty obsessed at the moment. Besides adoring the books and the movies I do all the usual fan-person things: my walls are plastered in Lotr posters, I buy all the magazines with Lotr articles, more than one copy if the images are good enough to go on the wall. I'm currently splashing out on Lotr action figures and other merchandise such as Rings and Swords, as well as a super tee-shirt. I do a lot of little actions, like humming the soundtrack while I'm out walking, re-enacting short scenes from the movies when I come across a situation that's similar to a moment from Lotr. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard. Last edited by Meela; 11-26-2004 at 12:49 PM.

12-07-2002, 12:53 PM	#5
Nevfeniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mithlond Posts: 783	I already thought of this idea. Here's the link to my old topic: What obsessive things do YOU do? __________________ Consider the purr a variety of audible tranquilizer. [. . .] For a few of us, there is one more purr, a secret purr. When we combine our secret purrs, we produce the Purr of Power. And that is simply the amplified amity we feel as furred and purred beings.

12-07-2002, 10:20 PM	#7
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Until very recently I worked at insurance adjusting (very high-stress, need I say?). Whenever I ran into a hard case, which was frequent, where someone was claiming umpteen thousand dollars' worth of goods with no proof of any variety (boxes, receipts, photographs, ANYTHING) we always had to do a very indepth investigation; taking statements, getting a car inspected for signs of equipment etc...anyway, whenever a situation like this arose I inevitably thought "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly...but you have elected the WAY - OF - PAIN!!!" No, I'm not a sadist, because believe me, the way of pain for them was also the way of pain for me. Argh. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

12-08-2002, 02:34 AM	#8
Beruthiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Set adrift on the Great Sea Posts: 373	I've practically brought up on LOTR and I think about it CONSTANTLY! Whenever I see a LOTR commercial or anything I jump around screaming for at least half an hour after it was on. I've read the books about 6 times and can't count how many times I've seen FOTR! I love LOTR, just can't get enough of it! __________________ ~I am not young enough to know everything~ Oscar Wilde

12-08-2002, 02:51 AM	#10
Faye Took Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 343	I am so obsessed! I have a LotR shrine in my room that consists of my posters, the movie, video game, action figures, books, book marks, "the one Ring", and some other things. So, yeah I guess you could say I was obsessed [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Dream-of the ones who came before. They are calling from across a distant shore. My Blog

12-08-2002, 04:24 AM	#11
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	i'm pretty obsessed..at least the movie that came out last year sort of put a fire in myself and I just started going nuts..I think it if is something that is just so in your heart, that its going to come out in everything that you do __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

12-08-2002, 09:14 AM	#12
Cherie Centaur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap Posts: 95	I'm not alone! I'm soo happy! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] By the way, Meela can you give me your top ten websites? Thanks. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: Cherie Centaur ] __________________ Why do we let the monkey slide for popping the weasel? Just because he thought it was fun? Guys, we're dealing with a psycho.

12-08-2002, 11:21 AM	#13
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	hmmmmm, this topic confirms my wife's worse suspicions. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.

12-08-2002, 11:30 AM	#14
TealDude3 Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Bebop Posts: 138	Obsessed is such a sterio-tipical way of saying it. I prefer 'Scoicl life-impaired'. __________________ I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's.

12-08-2002, 12:13 PM	#15
Tyler Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 37	Not to be mean but it seems to me that some of the people who are "obsessed" with LOTR are really odsessed with the actors of the movie. LOTR is my fav. book and it is what got me into reading but I think some people take it a bit to far. Books are wonderful thing but there are more things to life such as music,friends,and having fun. I think these people need to be posting some of their replys in the movie section. Come on do you really like Legolas that much to cut his picture (which is an actor) out more than one time. I will say he is my fav. character and not do to the movie. It is due to his character. Well im sure i dident make to much since but if you want tell me what you think. __________________ Not all who wander are lost. -Tolkien

12-08-2002, 12:17 PM	#16
TealDude3 Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Bebop Posts: 138	Man, who took his One Ring to rule them all? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's.

12-08-2002, 12:27 PM	#17
Cherie Centaur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap Posts: 95	For your info I like Legolas before the movie and I also believe that they didn't include enough of him(and I am NOT talking about Orlando, I'm talking about the character Tolkien wrote) in the movie. So there [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] !!! __________________ Why do we let the monkey slide for popping the weasel? Just because he thought it was fun? Guys, we're dealing with a psycho.

12-08-2002, 12:39 PM	#18
Maylin Talese Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tirgnali Posts: 13	ok, i find it a bit disturbing that people worship Eru and Valar..... Whenever someone i'm mad at tries towalk through the door, i always think about shoutinh, YOU CANNOT PASS!!! The only reason I ever watch TV is to see TTT commercials, though i don;t like tv. __________________ ~~Maylin~~ "The greatest single cause for Atheism in the world today are Christians, who acknowlege Jesus with their lips, then deny Him with their actions. That is what an unbelieveing world finds unbelievable." -dc Talk

12-08-2002, 01:34 PM	#19
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	yea..that is kind of disturbing..I don't like worship middle-earth or anything..I guess it's more like a hobby __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

12-08-2002, 01:34 PM	#20
Artanis Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Wild (I just love solar powered computers, don't you? Posts: 53	Well, I don't pray to the Valar, but insted of saying "Oh my God!!!spaz" I say "By the Valar/For Illuvitar's sake!!!!spaz"... plus the shrine around my comp, a LOTR background (Aragorn Rules!) a wish for a sword to name Ancgauear (the fang of the wolf) and the strange compulsion to say mellon whenever I open a door... I'm not obsessed! __________________ Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Gandy!

12-08-2002, 02:07 PM	#21
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	Well, listen to this. I am obsessed. I can't help it. I'm alot like you people. But how hard is it for me to be obsessed when I have a sis who hates LOTR? The other day I was asking my mom if I could stop by this store to get some fake Elf ears. She and my sis kept saying "they aren't going to have any. Halloween's over". But I said well, the movie's coming out so they might cause people dress up to go. My sis starts cracking up laughing like she has just turned insane or something. She was acting like an idiot! I ask her why she is laughing so hard, and she says it's because she can immagine people dressing up as Hobbits and Elves to go to this movie. A quote by her "I can see you and 3 of your friends dressing up as the four Hobbits and walking into the theater! Haaaa!!!" Ugh. I hate her. But yes, I would. And I am very obsessed. And I am proud of it.

12-08-2002, 03:50 PM	#22
Cherie Centaur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap Posts: 95	Well, I don't pray to Eru, but I replace the name for God. For example, I have said the pledge of Aligience with Eru in its context. Eru is supposedly God so it's okay, right? __________________ Why do we let the monkey slide for popping the weasel? Just because he thought it was fun? Guys, we're dealing with a psycho.