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Forum: The Books
10-17-2012, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 18,550
Posted By
Lobelia
[QUOTE=urbanhiker;675049]
Did Boromir not...
[QUOTE=urbanhiker;675049] Did Boromir not know of the close relationship and allegiance between Lorien and Rivendell? Well, yes, Galadriel was Elrond's mother-in-law, after all! :D |
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Forum: The Books
06-14-2011, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,794
Posted By
Lobelia
Would you really like Turin if he moved in next...
Would you really like Turin if he moved in next door? Or if you had to work with him? I know one thing, I wouldn't want to be his insurance agent!:eek: |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2011, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,083
Posted By
Lobelia
Bilbo and the Ring[QUOTE=Findegil;645777]Probably Frodo was right that as long as he was around Sam would have been split between his comradship to Fordo and his love for Rose and the children. May be it was the best... |
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Forum: The Books
05-26-2009, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 88,170
Posted By
Lobelia
Hey, it's great! The language is just right. I...Hey, it's great! The language is just right. I had a huge laugh, me little droog!:D |
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Forum: The Books
05-04-2009, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 88,170
Posted By
Lobelia
I love it! And I've read many of the authors...I love it! And I've read many of the authors mimicked here. For the record, in reply to a question part way down: Bagenders" is a reference to long-running British soap "Eastenders". The name... |
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Forum: The Books
04-06-2009, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,930
Posted By
Lobelia
if you're writing something about a prof's...if you're writing something about a prof's favourite book, just be careful! He/she will have very definite ideas about it and if yours are different, they'd better be convincing. I once had a... |
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Forum: The Books
12-01-2007, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,811
Posted By
Lobelia
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Though what the...[QUOTE=Lalwendė;534374] Though what the population situation was like in The Undying Lands I shudder to think - I have visions of Galadriel returning there to find it crammed with skyscrapers, the... |
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Forum: The Books
10-02-2006, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,561
Posted By
Lobelia
Actually, from the sound of this writer, I'm...Actually, from the sound of this writer, I'm surprised that they haven't started an equivalent of the competition where you have to come up with something worse than "It was a dark and stormy night"... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-10-2006, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,677
Posted By
Lobelia
And all he did was LOOK at you, for crying out...
And all he did was LOOK at you, for crying out loud! What a wimp. :D Actually, as an Australian, I couldn't help giggling at the Mouth in the movie. He was Bruce Spence, best known here as a... |
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Forum: The Books
09-10-2006, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 14,288
Posted By
Lobelia
What a lovely thread. As it happens, I'm...What a lovely thread. As it happens, I'm currently re-reading; Frodo and Sam are on the last part of their journey to the mountain and I'm sniffling with sadness. I have this feeling I am going to... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
06-26-2006, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 12,121
Posted By
Lobelia
While Squatter probably has it right about why...While Squatter probably has it right about why the Elves of The Hobbit are so different from those of LOTR (spoilsport! :) ) I would like to think that they aren't entirely different, they just... |
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Forum: The Books
04-28-2006, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 19,967
Posted By
Lobelia
I remember when I first read Terry Pratchett's...I remember when I first read Terry Pratchett's novels and he had female dwarves with beards I thought he was just having fun with the fact that all of Tolkien's Dwarves seem to be male, but imagine... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
12-31-2005, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 1,834
Views: 616,403
Posted By
Lobelia
[QUOTE=Lhunardawen]Is it just me, or did anybody...
[QUOTE=Lhunardawen]Is it just me, or did anybody else wonder why a lot more are being sent to Mordor than to the Shire? Is the world generally filled with things that belong to Mordor? But the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2005, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,898
Posted By
Lobelia
Actually, the English runes are only used in THE...
Actually, the English runes are only used in THE HOBBIT. By the time we read the runes on Balin's tomb in LOTR, they're - well, not English any more. I remember being rather annoyed that I couldn't... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-02-2005, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 48,117
Posted By
Lobelia
Puffing and panting, a short, bespectacled hobbit...
Puffing and panting, a short, bespectacled hobbit hurried into the barrow, umbrella in one hand, plate of macaroons in the other. "Sorry I'm late! What a night! The umbrella turned inside out and I... |
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Forum: The Books
05-02-2005, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,259
Posted By
Lobelia
Nice thought, very true - they were all different...
Nice thought, very true - they were all different from other members of their races - mind you, I don't think there were any "ordinary" wizards! I think that any growth on Gimli's part is posible... |
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Forum: The Books
03-20-2005, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 13,024
Posted By
Lobelia
I actually did my Honours thesis in English...
I actually did my Honours thesis in English literature on the subject of King Arthur and why he starts off as a heroic warrior and ends up sitting in Camelot handing out knighthoods. The conclusion I... |
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Forum: The Books
03-20-2005, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 13,024
Posted By
Lobelia
I actually did my Honours thesis in English...
I actually did my Honours thesis in English literature on the subject of King Arthur and why he starts off as a heroic warrior and ends up sitting in Camelot handing out knighthoods. The conclusion I... |
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Forum: The Books
03-14-2005, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 9,059
Posted By
Lobelia
[QUOTE=Frodo Baggins]Where does it say Elves...
[QUOTE=Frodo Baggins]Where does it say Elves don't smoke??? I would rather focus on that. No where does it say they did, but it does not say they didn't either. Besides, if an Elf had spent as much... |
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Forum: The Books
02-27-2005, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,360
Posted By
Lobelia
While we're discussing the role of Elrond - and I...While we're discussing the role of Elrond - and I agree that the banner-bearer/messenger,etc. would have had to be able to fight, even though he wasn't commanding fighters - in the Council of... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-05-2005, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 66
Views: 16,604
Posted By
Lobelia
Um, sorry - there was, in fact, a mention of...
Um, sorry - there was, in fact, a mention of Eldarion the grown man in the Appendices. Aragorn says to Arwen, who's trying to talk him out of dropping dead, that their son is old enough to rule. I... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-18-2004, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 23,213
Posted By
Lobelia
Does it need a lot of lightening? Okay, Thorin...
Does it need a lot of lightening? Okay, Thorin dies, but there's plenty of humour in the rest of the novel - the smug, middle-class hobbit dragged off on a quest, after hosting all those Dwarves,... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-14-2004, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 23,213
Posted By
Lobelia
Child:
Ah, John Rhys-Davies as Gloin,...
Child: Ah, John Rhys-Davies as Gloin, nice idea - Gloin is a feisty character who thinks Bilbo is an idiot and would be a meaty role ... or he could do Balin, the kind one, or even Thorin. ... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-11-2004, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 23,213
Posted By
Lobelia
[QUOTE=Child of the 7th Age]More fuel for...[QUOTE=Child of the 7th Age]More fuel for speculation..... Here is a doozy of a story on The Hobbit. OK, Gimli is not a problem. You could certainly reprise Ian as Gandalf. And I suppose they... |
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Forum: The Books
11-12-2004, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 88,170
Posted By
Lobelia
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