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Forum: The Books
04-23-2016, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,440
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Zigūr
I just realised I shouldn't have said "On a more...
I just realised I shouldn't have said "On a more serious note" because I was actually attempting to be facetious. Whoops. |
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Forum: The Books
04-23-2016, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,440
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Zigūr
Haven't we sufficiently established...
Haven't we sufficiently established (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19007) that the Elves didn't consider the earth to figuratively be beneath them? :p On a more serious note, surely... |
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Forum: The Books
04-21-2016, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 23,416
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Zigūr
It depends what you mean by "killed" though,...
It depends what you mean by "killed" though, doesn't it? Morgoth was literally killed when he was executed by Mandos at the end of the First Age, as in his body was damaged so much that it stopped... |
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Forum: The Books
04-20-2016, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,440
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Zigūr
I think the "thing of surpassing potency"...
I think the "thing of surpassing potency" description of the Ring is not mutually exclusive with the common "built-in vulnerability" theory which argues that Sauron's contribution to the Ring-lore... |
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Forum: The Books
04-19-2016, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 23,416
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It's probably also worth remembering that it was...
It's probably also worth remembering that it was fear of ending up in a lowly state which motivated Sauron to refuse to return to Valinor for judgement, knowing that he would have been the lowest of... |
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Forum: The Books
04-17-2016, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 20,440
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Zigūr
I agree. I think the way the Three were used does...
I agree. I think the way the Three were used does not necessarily correlate with some "specialisation" on the part of the respective Rings, just the priorities and necessities of their wielders. For... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-24-2016, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 40,725
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Zigūr
Interestingly, I was going over the first chapter...
Interestingly, I was going over the first chapter of Book Five of The Lord of the Rings the other day and it's worth noting how often the Men of Gondor point out that Pippin speaks Westron with a... |
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Forum: The Books
03-17-2016, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,052
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Zigūr
It's probably worth pointing out that when...
It's probably worth pointing out that when Legolas speaks to Imrahil, he says "'It is long since the people of Nimrodel left the woodlands of Lórien, and yet still one may see that not all sailed... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-16-2016, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 40,725
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Zigūr
In some respects, despite them even trying to...
In some respects, despite them even trying to convey it in the show, the Gandalf comparison doesn't entirely work, because unlike the Doctor, Gandalf had a mission, a reason for all his wandering: "I... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-16-2016, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 62,885
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Zigūr
I suspect the reason is probably that either they...
I suspect the reason is probably that either they were more stubborn or he simply didn't care as much. It might be a combination of the two, of course. Hadn't he said in the past that he wasn't as... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-15-2016, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 62,885
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Zigūr
I've read other sources which blame executive...
I've read other sources which blame executive interference rather than Peter Jackson, claiming that he didn't want to add many of these things in and was forced to do so by Warner Bros. This wouldn't... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-15-2016, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 40,725
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Again, I was merely trying to use neutral...
Again, I was merely trying to use neutral language :p I think this also serves as an interesting comparison. I wonder if in Classic Doctor Who the Doctor is more like characters like Gandalf,... |
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Forum: The Books
03-13-2016, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,052
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Zigūr
Yes it's noteworthy that, in the tradition of...
Yes it's noteworthy that, in the tradition of some ancient historians, no definitive story is given: "In the tradition of this house Angelimir was the twentieth in unbroken descent from Galador first... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-13-2016, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 40,725
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Zigūr
I thought we weren't meant to make value...
I thought we weren't meant to make value judgements about Who in this thread? :p (I do agree as it happens; or at least Capaldi in Series 9 and Matt Smith in Series 5 are the most Doctorish the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-12-2016, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 40,725
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Zigūr
Your analysis here is pretty interesting. I'd...
Your analysis here is pretty interesting. I'd never really seen the TARDIS as comparable to a Ring, although I think it's an intriguing comparison, and other ideas about externalising power... |
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Forum: The Books
03-12-2016, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,052
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Zigūr
Given that Galador, son of Imrazōr the Nśmenórean...
Given that Galador, son of Imrazōr the Nśmenórean and the Elf-maid Mithrellas, was mortal (and lived to the age of 125) I'd say that the Princes of Dol Amroth were never immortal. That was the one... |
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Forum: The Books
03-10-2016, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
I think this is a very good way of looking at it,...
I think this is a very good way of looking at it, and ties nicely to Professor Tolkien's literary influences from arts-and-crafts supporter William Morris. In Morris' utopian text News from Nowhere,... |
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Forum: The Books
03-10-2016, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
Firstly I want to say sorry (especially to skip...
Firstly I want to say sorry (especially to skip spence) if I'm banging on about this too much and/or making too much of one remark. In any event, high-ranking Elves certainly could be arrogant,... |
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Forum: The Books
03-10-2016, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
Do Elves really seem this squeamish or vain in...
Do Elves really seem this squeamish or vain in the books? I feel like this modern pop-cultural idea of Elves as universally being aristocratic snobs who spend all their time sitting around smelling... |
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Forum: The Books
03-09-2016, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
Well Eöl was certainly "stooped by his smithwork"...
Well Eöl was certainly "stooped by his smithwork" but he was disdained by Curufin as a "Dark Elf" rather than for other apparent reasons, at least as far as I can see. Also, I don't think other... |
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Forum: The Books
03-09-2016, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
Nope. I've done a search of the whole thing (The...
Nope. I've done a search of the whole thing (The Lord of the Rings, I mean) and couldn't find a reference to Mines outside of those used by Dwarves and Orcs. It just seems likely to me that they... |
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Forum: The Books
03-08-2016, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 47,808
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Zigūr
Gondolin is specifically stated as having mines....
Gondolin is specifically stated as having mines. Consider this statement about Maeglin: This is the only statement I can find in The Silmarillion about Elven mines, but given that so many Elves... |
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Forum: The Books
03-08-2016, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 18,103
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Zigūr
The "Deep-founded habitation" evoked Utumno to my...
The "Deep-founded habitation" evoked Utumno to my mind for some reason. "I dare not lift mine eyes; For he hath rear'd his sceptre o'er the world." He would have liked to have done that. Extreme... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2016, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 18,103
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Zigūr
Evening all,
Could I briefly revive this...
Evening all, Could I briefly revive this 11-year-dormant thread to post something? I was reading some Blake today and I observed an interesting item in the Poetical Sketches: I'm not trying to... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-27-2016, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 845,322
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Zigūr
This is a bit literal, but on the side of my...
This is a bit literal, but on the side of my apartment building which my balcony faces (our other side has a nice view of a river, a park and central Sydney) there's an abandoned lot from a failed... |
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