don't worry Rochelle, just a squirt of a water sprizter and some haunting will calm him down...

Hi, I'm new.... :D
Just needed a place to start posting, and thought this might be a good place. I'm a big fan (logically) and have been looking for good LoTRforums since the last I was a member of closed. This seems to be a great place, so I might pop in here from time to time.

Hugs
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Finduilas

I'll keep that in mind! ;)

Aw, lookit the ickle newbies! :3 Kyoooot!

[Yeah, Saphy, no more chocolate.]

Bah.

Anyways, a big HALLO to all the new members! *pokes the newbies* I'm going to have to start frequenting this thread, methinks. :D

~ Saphy ~

Welcome to the downs Bombadil. Hope you enjoy your stay.

MOTHER! YOU'RE ALIVE I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I TELL DADDY DENNY! (just kidding, welcome to the downs Finduilas).

Welcome miller, Bombadil, Finduilas, and welcome back Rochelle! Do enjoy your deaths.

Welcome all newbies! Enjoy thy deaths here.

Because...
 

Enjoy your deathly addiction to this wonderful forum all new members! Hope to see you in different areas soon!


~Welcoming Ka~

welcome Bomadil and Finduilas, hope you enjoy your eternal death here at the downs... the buffet is to die for, literally

Did I tell you that you are so punny gil-galad. Wait...is that a pun?

bah, call it.......expressive humour.... cool....

Gil-Galad, I enjoy your puns.... Makes me wish I'd thought of them.... :cool:

Anyway, may I offer a big Welcome to I, miller, Finduilas, and OldTomBombadil. Also a hearty Welcome Back to Rochelle. Enjoy death!

Cheers

Ah the little puns of Gil-Galad that make life on the Barrowdowns great .

Anyway's Welcome miller, Finduilas, and OldTomBombadil. May you enjoy deaths here as we do .

Ever notice how no one says "enjoy being dead" anymore? I think that was my fault.

I was off doing the Anime/Manga forum thing for awhile there, but those forums get tiresome and though the material is constantly fresh, the people aren't as wonderful as they are here.

No where else is there such a strong bond between members, the maturity, the graceful ease from one thread to the next, THE LACK OF CHAT LINGO!!!
*glares at the phantom*
What are you trying to start here Oh Dark One?

Seems that there's more welcomers than welcomed around here these days. :rolleyes:

Which, I suppose, now includes me. Welcome to all the Newly Deceased! :)

Oh, and enjoy being dead. :D

come under my wing little one, and i shall.... i don't know, i'll find them on google or something...


at least i'm useful for something!!! that and a doorstop i guess...and a shoulder to cry on...and a huggy bear...i guess i'm useful for alot of things!!!

Yes, Gil-Galad, you are useful.

Ahh, thank you. EDIT: And by thank you, I mean thanks for saying it, I know it wasn't directed at me, however I will enjoy it anyway.

Gil-Galad , can I just say how much I love your signature, I know this is neither the time or the place, but homestarruner fans are so few that it deserves to be noticed.

Newbies are fewer lately too, or is that just me? I haven't been around for awhile. It's funny, someone new replies here and everyone who frequently visits instantly befriends them, it's so loving...

Yay! I love it too! :D

Where are all the newbies? :(

You people scared them all away.

Newbies are a bit like babies- this world (the Downs) is new and scary for them. You need to learn to be more gentle and nuturing like me.

:p

(unless they do something wrong- then you rip them to shreds)

No, phantom, I think that was you.....

Anyway, welcome to the seemingly non-existant newbies.


Oh, and....







....HOMESTARRUNNER!!

At least no one is forgetting the Decemberween joy... it has spread even to the downs...

Gah! Still no newbies. Guess I`d better start dropping little slips of paper that say Do the wave for Boromir the Disco King!!! and my e-mail on them again... ;)

OK, I am the first "newbie" for a long long time, I think. ;-)

I've seen this thread very late, but I will give you a short summary of my experiences with Tolkien.
My first experience with Tolkien was approx. 13 years ago with the sweet age of 10. As most of you (I assume) I started to read the other works concerning Middle-earth (a few times). Sadly I knew the English at this age as a not-native englishspeaker not very well, consequently I could read not all works from him. Only these, which were translated into my language (LotR, Hobbit, Sil, Unfinished Tales).
After a short break and some experiences with other Fantasy-novels and their own worlds, I have returned ruefully back to Tolkien with the insight, that these works don't have the depth of Middle-earth (resp. Arda ;-) ).
To my surprise I explored that my english-skills have been risen, so I could read all his works in the orginal.
After a short journey into the grammar of Quenya (and a shorter into Sindarin), I discovered the new world of HoME.
Because of very few time (being a student with children), I only read fragments of HoME. From all a bit, but not a whole book.
Now, I am hoping for good discussions. :-)
'Brandybuck

A_Brandybuck, sounds like you know what you're doing. I look forward to seeing you in other threads.

My, my, my...there are a lot of Homestarrunner fans in here. If you don't know what we're talking about,
"Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out."

Welcome to the downs Brandybuck, enjoy your death :) .

Hi From a Newbie
 

Hi my name is Mark Wellman, and I am a new member. I first read The Hobbit and LOTR in the 70s and have read them eight times overall. I have also read piles of other fantasy novels. Peace.

Welcome A_Brandybuck and Mark of Cenla! hope you enjoy the luxury of death, and rotting, and all the gruesome stuff... i hear the buffet is to die for, literally

Welcome Mark, I hope to see some of your views on the forums :) .

Welcome A_Brandybuck and Mark of Cenla!

Gil, that's the second time you've used that.... ;)

A haiku of welcome!
 

greetings to you all
who are so newly come here
may thy deaths be fun

i hope you wouldn't have noticed...good eye, there should be a Gil-Galads Pun Fansite or something...maybe even a breakfest club

Greetings to Brandybuck and Mark. :)

Hope you time of Death here is of a pleasant pagantry of fanciful words and thoughts, Brandybuck.


~Greeting Ka

Hello, everybody!
 

Hi, my name is Thinlómien (that's not, of course, my real name...). I´m a 14-year old (well, nearly 15) girl from Finland.
So if I write something strange, it may be because I'm not a native english-speaker... :)

I've been a LotR -fan since my father read it aloud to me and my little sister, when I was six years old. (I remember getting angry to my father, because he didn't read the chapter "The Voice of Saruman" to the end, but said "we´ll continue it tomorrow". I refused to go to my bed and declared, that I would read it myself, if my father didn´t read it aloud. My parents gave up and my father read it. So LotR was quite impressive to me, even then.)
By now I've read LotR 15 times, because I just love it. I've read all Tolkien's books concerning Arda, what have been translated into finnish (LotR, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales).

I've also seen the movies. I have a hate-love -relationship with them. I like them very much, but in the other hand, I think they rape the book. Maybe it's the book behind them, what makes them so good. And I appreciate Peter Jackson; I can believe that the movies could have been much more horrible.
I'm a member of Finnish Tolkien Society and I play M.E.R.P. with my friends. I'm usually the GM and if the movies rape Middle-Earth, there's no word to what I do to it...

I live with my mom, liitle sister and tortoise in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. My hobbies are reading (mostly fantasy books), roleplaying, drawing, art club and playing kantele, the Finnish national instrument. I'm in a international school, in a half-english class.

And to the end I would like to tell that my favorite characters from LotR are Galadriel, Gandalf and Boromir.

Yes, all PJ had to do was add in a little scene with Arwen at Helm's Deep, that would have definately made TTT much worse :) .

That's an interesting story you have, welcome to the downs, hope I get to see some of your ideas on the many debated topics here. :)

Welcome A_Brandybuck, Mark of Cenla, and Thinlómien! *pokes the newbies* http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//poke2.gif

Enjoy being dead.

[Eheheheh...]

And do ignore Takua. *glares at her agent* She has issues.

[>.>]

Abedithon le,

~ Saphy ~

Welcome to the 'Downs, Thinlómien! Your English sounds fine to me. It sounds better, actually, than some of the English I've been unfortunate enough to hear from native English-speakers. It's rather sad, really.

14-year old from Finland eh.... well i'm a 15 year-old (gasp) from Canada, i actually plan on travelling Europe in the upcoming years....don't mind me i'm just the pun-lord of the downs....that should so be my title!

Welcome, Thinlómien! :) Your English sounds great to me. In accord with what Lhunardawen said, it actually sounds better than some of what I hear on a daily basis. :rolleyes: