Lord of the rings is a fuel:
 

It fires my obbessions. Wait no, it IS my obbession.

Anyway, what I wnated to say was this:

Has LotR started any other types of obbessions for you? Like speaking elvish or archery **Coughs and blushes** And wearing long green dresses **Looks down in shame** And growing you hair long (Girls only... wait, that does aply to boys too.)

Acctually my hair already was long but the other three...

I want to know if I'm just a freak. So please reply! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

It's made me want to grow my hair out too, but I'm not going to (because having Legolas braids isn't that handy for anything other than looks, it'd be more difficult to care for and it wouldn't gain me any points in getting my business degree).

LotR fuels my obsession for reading. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I've also recently gotten quite keen on braiding my hair, and dressing in long flowing clothing. The many poems in the books fire my passion for poetry and song. I'd love to begin learning Elvish, but I'm already working on two other languages and I'm not sure I could handle a third. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
Peace

yay!!! Replies **Bounces**

I started learning Sindarin. And I scare my friends with my obsession level a lot more now, too. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I though of something else... THE NET!!! I wouldn't be here today! And I don't just mean the BD's. And also writing. nOt just fanfics.

I write more than I used to, because I write Lotr fanfiction. Its great practise.
After seeing Fotr for the first time I became addicted to raw mushroom.
My hair is already long, and my clothes were already rather fantasy, but I dress as much like the characters as I can.

Hm...I think it started my obsession with Elijah Wood. *Ducks from flying objects*. Or, hobbits in general. I also have a new found love for swords....

well, I read 24/7 but I did anyways.. I grew out my hair, uhm I really got into ethereal anything, I am obsessed with swords, I am learning Quenya, and uhm.. some other stuff.. which shall remain nameless.. yes..

[ May 31, 2003: Message edited by: ElenCala Isil ]

oooh, it also inspired me to learn how to write in dwarvish dunes [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: ElenCala Isil ]

I just named my Major art piece for this term "Dark Wnaderer and the dark green daughter" in elvish.. figures... Its just a cool language!

Right! I almost forgot about that! I wouldn't be on the Downs if it wasn't for LotR! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] And that would be so sad too. I love you guys!

Hey, Happy 600th post to me! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ May 31, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]

Wow, people are still repliying. That ahs to be a record for me [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It's good to see I'm not the only... person like me

thank the gods! i'm not the only one!
for awhile, i thought that writing lotr stories, and reading all of tolkien's stuff/researching on him was a little out of the ordinary, then horsemaiden of the shire taught me to love that side of life!
oh yeah- started to get back into archery, learning dwarvish runes, trying (not succeeding very well) in sindarin and quenya... lots of other things as well, but really, the list could go on and on...

Well I was already into ethereal anything before, I already dress really weird (according to people at my school) I have long hair, and I'm learning how to braid it exactly like Legolas, the dear, I've startd collecting lots of Medieval type things (actually I was already into that before), I'm learning quenya and sindarin and I can write in Tengwar and I'm learning Angerthas and dwarf runes the list goes on and on...

ElenCala Isil, i too am learning Quenya! I too have learnt to write in dwarvish runes! I have the feeling we were seperated at birth.
Angerthas Moria runes, right?

I'm not alone. I have also have a thing for mushrooms,non magical though, and I'm learn archery, and now know horse-back riding, and learn Quenta, and has anyone else got one of those The One Ring replicas? and sit all alone in your room and pet it and talk to it, or is that just me? he he he!Also I go in the forests around my house and wander, oh and I have a certain time everyday and night that I go on the Internet and wander around and check out Tolkien site, yeah I am glad I'm not alone.Also I now love swords and want one, but my parents said no, but I will get one, ha ha ha! and I have three bows and many arrows. he he he like I said I am glad I'm not alone!
[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] he he he!

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: elle ]

Indeed! Yes, it was Angerthas!!

My major obsession is -silver jewellery-, which I 'blame' entirely on LotR. It started with a simple old ruby ring I begged out of my mum 18 years ago. Since then I've aquired so many objects - two dragon pendants, an eye, a palantir (a spheric cat's eye set between two hands), a huge spider-on-the-web brouch, a watcher-in-the-water ring (in fact, just a malicious-looking octopus, but who cares)...
Too much to list, and I'm not going to stop looking for others. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Yay, this is my FIRST EVER post since becoming a member!
When I became obsessed I decided to grow my blond hair long again so I could be an elf (I started when FOTR came out and it's about shoulder legth), tried to teach myself Elvish in French class, discussed LOTR with EVERYONE, gained a reverence for stars and forests, and bought many Elven-ish shirts to add to my collection...If that doesn't make me insane then I don't know what does...oh yeah, I want pointy ears and I jioned this website [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] At least I'm in fellowship with other crazies!

Welcome Elvanui and Happy First Post!

At least we can all gather one thing from this thread: WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT ALONE!

Hey, are you people stalking me?

LotR has led me to so many other authors. (I want more ELVES!) And I want to learn how to shoot a bow, and I'm trying to learn Quenya, and I drive my best friend crazy with my constant references to LotR. Oh, yes, and my obsession with LotR has made me start collecting capes/cloaks/staffs(with Tengwar on them)/silver jewellry.

[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: Tinuviel of Denton ]

Seriously, it made me think I'm an Elf. I also started studying Sindarin since I think I'm a Sindarin Elf. And oh, it made me look autistic when I talk about it and no one seems to relate.

Huhuhuhu...*sob* [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

**coughs** I do not understand this! Call me blonde and thick if you want to but it the truth... Help? am I meant to???

And happy 1st post to Elvanui!

I think that Lhunardawen meant that it looks as if she's in a world of her own. Autistic people have trouble relating to the outside world, although they can be exceptionally bright. Maybe I'm wrong and that's not what she meant at all, but that's what I take it as meaning. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Peace

I think I'm an elf too! Whats odd is I think other people are statrting to catch on to it...

This is quite amusing - BEFORE i became obsessed with the LotR, i pretended i thought i was an elf. I kept saying "I'm an elf" to my best friend. Then, two months or so after i started, he said something about me being an elf. I pointed at him, laughed, and said "Fooled ya!"
Sorry bout the off topicness, must get back onto the topic before barrow wight sees.

Keep it up, elle!! Persevere and you will be victorious! It worked for me; I didn't give up, and I have Sting to prove it!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Oh, and Elvanui, welcome to the Downs!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Thank you, Sapphire_Flame, I've always found the forum on this website extremely entertaining. As for LOTR being a fuel, I discovered LOTR in a bought of despairing darkness and it gave me a world to escape to when I could not endure the "real" one. now I'm happier and hopelessly addicted to epic fantasy...Hello, my name is Elvanui, and I have a problem(and I like it!)

Normally books don't get me obssessed with much of anything, but LOTR is the exception. I have:
-Grown my hair longer and have been attempting to braid it like Legolas'

-Attempted to pick up on archery and swordplay, but I still have to convince my parents I'm not going to chop myself in two the first time I pick up a sword.

-Attempted to translate Elvish and Dwarvish runes, but apparently failed.

-Decorated my box for ceramics with my version of Dwarvish runes.

-Driven all of my best friends who are not already obbsessed with the LOTR to the point where they either just pick up the books and read them, or stomp off muttering in discust. (sp?)

I could go on all night, but for right now, that's all I can think of.

I'm most obsessed with white aspen as a result of LotR. It's now, officially, my favorite tree, just because the bark is somewhat white. I've also been known to draw the Crest of Gondor on random sheets of paper (soon, it will be laminated and placed on the door to my bedroom). Long have I searched for a tapestry of the Crest. I also would like to own a white horn at some point. I would say LotR inspired my passion for blades, but I've been in love with "stabbies" since I cut myself with a steak knife when I was little. It has, however, fanned the flames of my love for swords and made me that much more determined to collect them when I have the funds to.

It was actually The Hobbit that got me on that, and then it was because I found a little description of the runes in the front of the book, got bored in History and decided to teach myself. I haven't picked up any other types of Dwarvish runes, but I'm very much interested in them if you have a tutorial on any other "strains." I'm trying to get higher up on the ladder of knowing Dwarvish runes since my friend is already quite learned in Elvish. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

On the side, I'm trying to wrap my poor head around a Quenya tutorial, but I can't seem to find the time to actually sit down and learn it thoroughly.

Well, I just keep on aquiring more and more books and I have one set of action figures in their boxes and one set out of their boxes. Yes, that's right, I like to play LOTR with my toys. I have a replica of the one ring that I wear around my neck and I just got my Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle Earth cd. Best band ever! I love to go on walks imagining that I am on some kind of mythical quest to save the world and have grown my hair out. And I love to discuss anything to do with Middle Earth or LOTR and have actually found someone who will listen to me. Granted, he is only starting to read LOTR but he thinks Aragorn is "the man" and loves to hear me babble on for hours about LOTR. This gives me hope that we are not all scattered about the globe but can find others like us right where we live. Never give up hope!

I want a sword too...but I don't think my parents would let me. They are convinced that I would become a danger to myself and others...I wonder why [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] But I am in the process of making myself an Elvish dress, and my obsession with Elvish stuff is well known. My boyfriend asked me out through a note written in tengwar, even though he is not particularly ring-literate. I also I glued my ears pointy and braided my hair like Legolas, which drew alot of strange looks.

**Giggles** Hey, Yavanna228, I know what Autism is - I am autistic. I just didn't understand what she meant by the remark.

**Thinks** Wait, I'm not all that sure what Autism is acctually.... That strange...

Man, you guys are lucky. I really wanna learn Sindarin (and after that, Quenya), but I don't know where to start... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
As for the fuel... Now there's a list as long as Anduin...
Writing fanfiction and original fantasy;
Drawing (manga elves [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]);
A new appreciation for stars
A new appreciation for forests
Archery lessons...
Reading MORE fantasy (none make elves as good though... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] )
Discussing it with everyone I meet (labeled me a weirdo with people I know) [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img];
Joining Barrowdowns [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
And that's just a fraction.
I also made my family read LotR and Silm. Go me! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Oh, right. Sorry about that! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Peace

I was obsessed with drawind, writing, weraring green stuff and silver jewlry long before the movies came out(not to mention all black and very sensable clthing. the kind that can be traveled in). But now I am into the languages, and cooking, and Hobbits,and oh yes my Major. It is a combination LOTR and Veggie Tales that inspired me to go an associates degree in computer animation. But not just the movies it is the creature building that I am excited about. My first story bord os of a radicale smily face ball with spiked hair. It is difernt so it speaks out. Then the other "normal" ones sew its mouth shut, and it is mad. Then they are trying to persuade it to be like them. It won't the last scene is a doll with a sewed up mouth and spiky hair....

Back on topic; yes I have been inspired. For christams gifts I made Mirors with Elvish inscrtiptions on them. My grandmother got the two trees. Now I am working on Eadoras for her. Also, I made Gandalf ornaments for my neighbors. I made myelf an enitre LOTR ornamnt set, one for each race. Have them some where.... One of these days I will take pictures of them.

And the picture on my Drivers licens is funny. I was so obseded with the LOTR elves that I had my hair long and braded all the time, even in my ROTC uniform! My hair is not longer long, it is short very short,. Although I plan on making it long again, it will take about two or so years though.

[ June 06, 2003: Message edited by: Annalaliath ]

I have been inspired to paint by LotR....right now I'm working on a mural of the White Tree for my door. It looks pretty good so far...which is surprising considering how much (read little) talent I have. I also have been motivated to think of new and devious ways to become a Ranger with all the gear. Have cloak, need green pants...need sword....working on staff...Oh! That's another thing I've been inspired to do! WOODWORKING!!!! Which, incidentally, is today's Word of the Day. Feel its wrath.

Annalaliath, you must be pretty obsessed to choose your major becuase of LotR... **Thinks about her own choices** Ah, well I guess drama was becuase of that... and DT so... I can't really talk. Oh well...

Well, I just realized that since LOTR, I've been attracted to guys that have "hobbit-like" hair. They're usually shorter than me.