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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-05-2008, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 28,732
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Morwen
Well we'll have to agree to disagree.
Of...
Well we'll have to agree to disagree. Of course the sword is significant to Aragorn's personal tale. I've never said that it wasn't. I just don't believe that this can be treated as definitive... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-04-2008, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 28,732
Posted By
Morwen
I also have a hard time seeing the greatest...
I also have a hard time seeing the greatest huntsman and traveler of the age lugging around a broken heirloom just because. This is a man who spent years in the wild, served in Gondor and Rohan, who... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-04-2008, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 28,732
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Morwen
I think it likely that the shards of Narsil...
I think it likely that the shards of Narsil usually remained in Rivendell and did not accompany Aragorn in during all his Third Age exploits. Practically speaking, a broken sword, as Aragorn himself... |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2008, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,111
Posted By
Morwen
Even if they are not reincarnated, is it not...
Even if they are not reincarnated, is it not still the fate of the Dark Elves to endure for as long as Arda endures? Even though they no longer have physical bodies would their spirits/souls/what... |
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Forum: The Books
05-25-2008, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,724
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Morwen
It's mentioned at the Council of Elrond that Tom...
It's mentioned at the Council of Elrond that Tom is in a self imposed retirement of sorts, withdrawn into a little land whose boundaries he will not cross. If what he desired was isolation or at... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-25-2008, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,078
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Morwen
If post Downfall Valinor is no longer physically...
If post Downfall Valinor is no longer physically part of Arda, then physical things, the Encircling Sea, the grinding ice of Helcaraxe, no longer define it. Valinor's status after the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-25-2008, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,078
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Morwen
Would the geographical boundaries of Valinor...
Would the geographical boundaries of Valinor still apply after the Akallabeth? If it is no longer in and of the physical world would physical boundaries still apply? |
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Forum: The Books
05-24-2008, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,851
Posted By
Morwen
In both the instances that you cite, the word...
In both the instances that you cite, the word "grey" is qualified by the use of "silver". In the case of the description of Cirdan at the end of RotK "grey" is qualified by the word "old" with no... |
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Forum: The Books
05-24-2008, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,851
Posted By
Morwen
Does grey = silver though when it comes to...
Does grey = silver though when it comes to describing elven hair? Brightness seems to be a characteristic of silver hair e.g. "the hair of the Lord Celeborn was of silver long and bright" and the... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-17-2008, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 11,727
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Morwen
With respect to the Riddles in the Dark scene, I...
With respect to the Riddles in the Dark scene, I suppose that it might be shortened but not cut entirely. If you are going to have Gollum in the movie you might as well do his big scene. I would hope... |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
05-16-2008, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 16,719
Views: 2,061,067
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Morwen
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Forum: The Movies
01-17-2008, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 14,293
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Morwen
Perhaps to provide a stronger visual contrast...
Perhaps to provide a stronger visual contrast between "healed" Theoden and decrepit Theoden? |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
01-15-2008, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 148,470
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Morwen
Reading the line in question, that the toys were...
Reading the line in question, that the toys were of real dwarf make and obviously magical, I thought that "magical" in this case indicated superior craftsmanship the Shire folk didn't understand and... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2008, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,793
Posted By
Morwen
I wasn't trying to suggest that any of the things...
I wasn't trying to suggest that any of the things I mentioned were astrology in the sense that you seem to be using. Short point - From what I have read (and subject to correction) there doesn't... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2008, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,793
Posted By
Morwen
My thinking was that the red "star" is Mars,...
My thinking was that the red "star" is Mars, hence my link between its bright appearance and impending war. If the HP centaurs hade been present in Rivendell at the time they might have told Frodo... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2008, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,793
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Morwen
I'm not suggesting that the appearance of...
I'm not suggesting that the appearance of Gil-Estel was "normal" merely that it was thought significant (as it was). I agree that the comparison of the star to an eye is meant to evoke the... |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
01-04-2008, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 16,719
Views: 2,061,067
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Morwen
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Forum: The Books
01-04-2008, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 31,954
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Morwen
It is Susan who rejects Narnia. And since she's...
It is Susan who rejects Narnia. And since she's the one doing the rejecting what exactly is unfair about the situation? |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
01-04-2008, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 16,719
Views: 2,061,067
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Forum: The Movies
01-03-2008, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,136
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Morwen
I liked the scene showing Arwen looking down on...
I liked the scene showing Arwen looking down on the dead Aragorn, especially since Tolkien's own words are used in Elrond's voiceover. It's a good example of material from the Appendices being used... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-03-2008, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 39,256
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Morwen
The Gaffer - a great authority on potatoes and...
The Gaffer - a great authority on potatoes and practical wear for hobbits (no ironmongery for him :); Lobelia, who came good in the end being one of the few hobbits to initially stand up to the... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2008, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,793
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Morwen
In The Mariner's Wife Meneldur is said to have...
In The Mariner's Wife Meneldur is said to have spent a lot of time contemplating the heavens (at least until he became king) and gathering information on that subject from the Eldar. I believe he... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-20-2007, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 33,599
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Morwen
You agree that Zaentz has the same rights now...
You agree that Zaentz has the same rights now that he always had. You have not put forward any evidence to suggest that Christopher Tolkien by publishing the Silmarillion was engaged in a malicious... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
12-18-2007, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 14,693
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Morwen
So, Elrond's dead
Well I guess his sons...
So, Elrond's dead Well I guess his sons will want revenge |
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Forum: The Books
12-01-2007, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,272
Posted By
Morwen
At the end of the Silmarillion, in the part...
At the end of the Silmarillion, in the part concerning the Rings of Power, isn't there a passage which mentions that Saruman knew that Narya had been given to Gandalf and in fact resented this? Or is... |
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