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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-26-2019, 09:40 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Except there is such a thing as a biased source....

Except there is such a thing as a biased source. And it's not just me. Multiple people questioned the validity of this history as far as I saw (and one of them questioned it specifically when...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-26-2019, 05:20 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Details, details.

Details, details.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-25-2019, 03:54 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Actually, if you still want an explanation, here...

Actually, if you still want an explanation, here it is: I feel inevitably inclined to sympathize with characters who had a chance to be good, but who became bad instead.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-15-2019, 02:18 PM
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Posted By Urwen
I would, but it's kinda hard to explain.

I would, but it's kinda hard to explain.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-15-2019, 11:39 AM
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Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
You don't understand. None of you does...

You don't understand. None of you does understand..... :(
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-13-2019, 04:26 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Yet at the same time he glorifies Turin, who...

Yet at the same time he glorifies Turin, who married his sister, which is even worse.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-13-2019, 04:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
How would YOU feel if I were to say YOUR favorite...

How would YOU feel if I were to say YOUR favorite character(s) all deserve to die?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-11-2019, 10:54 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
If you posit that this Lalaith story is from...

If you posit that this Lalaith story is from *real Silmarillion* then so is my Maeglin account. If you posit that my Maeglin account is not true, then neither is the Lalaith story. In other words, no...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-10-2019, 07:16 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Yes, I do like it, but such discussions are more...

Yes, I do like it, but such discussions are more appropriate for my other thread, Thoughts on M(a)eglin.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-10-2019, 05:59 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Why is everyone so insistent on going...

Why is everyone so insistent on going off-topic.....?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-09-2019, 06:11 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
So, any other similarities you can see?

So, any other similarities you can see?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 10:42 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
You're the one who said no when I wanted to get...

You're the one who said no when I wanted to get back on topic......
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 03:47 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
I get what you mean. I love torturing Maeglin in...

I get what you mean. I love torturing Maeglin in my stories. And Maedhros. And Feanor. And many others.






There is. It is in War of the Jewels book, which is a part of History of Middle...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 01:55 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
So you're saying that Tolkien hated his...

So you're saying that Tolkien hated his characters, as he put many of them through unfortunate situations and/or killed them off? Not only that, but he set the character of Lomion as the only elf who...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 12:14 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
The Fall of Gondolin was written by survivors of...

The Fall of Gondolin was written by survivors of Gondolin and later by Bilbo. Are you saying that the survivors of Gondolin weren't biased?

That goes especially for the teller of the original,...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 10:07 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Yes, let's go back to topic. Why...

Yes, let's go back to topic.




Why do you insist on bashing him and believing everything you read blindly instead of reading between the lines/forming your own opinions on the matter?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 10:01 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Back on topic, both of their fathers were...

Back on topic, both of their fathers were imprisoned in Angband and were let go, and they too have been imprisoned.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 12:32 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
So you see him as nothing more than a turncoat?...

So you see him as nothing more than a turncoat? That's a strangely shallow interpretation and it ignores the depth of his character.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-07-2019, 04:58 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Coward? Hardly. He fought in Nirnaeth. In...

Coward? Hardly. He fought in Nirnaeth. In Nirnaeth. And I'd like to see you fare better when a Dark Lord of immense power is focused on you and tortures both your body and your spirit. Endlessly.
...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-07-2019, 04:45 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Don't call him that.....

Don't call him that.....
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-05-2019, 05:05 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,886
Posted By Urwen
Turin and Maeglin?

There seems to be a parallel between these two

1. They both wielded a sword made by Eol
2. They both lost their entire family, themselves including.
3. They both fell in love with close kin
4....
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