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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 09-02-2003, 07:11 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 16,224
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Let me see.... <img...

Let me see....

<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/C/CubicZirconia/1061530211_0silmarils.jpg" border="0" alt="Silmarils">
You are a classy, well-respected member of the
Downs whose...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-01-2003, 11:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,241
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting My love for the books isn't so whistful as that...

My love for the books isn't so whistful as that of everyone else (IE, no "fond memories from childhood," etc... I was reading myself to sleep when I was younger, rather than my parents taking me to...
Forum: The Movies 08-31-2003, 07:28 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 6,964
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> This makes me think that...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> This makes me think that the role of the Dead is going to increase in PJ's "interpretation". <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Can we say "zombies"? (grins ruthlessly) I'm picturing...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 08-31-2003, 07:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,083
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting And now, on the OTHER side of the sobig storm......

And now, on the OTHER side of the sobig storm... is anyone still alive out there?

I was saved by a. not having many online friends (poor me) and b. being away from my computer all summer and...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-21-2003, 05:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,066
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting And she is answered! smilies/smile.gif ...

And she is answered! smilies/smile.gif


Avarfalath

Avar-Avari, "the unwilling" Q

falath-"coast, shore" S

"The Unwilling Shore." Mixing Sindarin and Quenya, but oh well. ...
Forum: The Books 05-20-2003, 06:04 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Great way to handle it, Bekah. smilies/wink.gif...

Great way to handle it, Bekah. smilies/wink.gif Any more and we might get Iarwain's thread closed down, and we wouldn't want that.

So Legolas' findings in Letters speaks towards the "evil is...
Forum: The Books 05-18-2003, 10:24 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting You're absolutely right. And it was still...

You're absolutely right. And it was still killing, something that was still "bad". Maybe a "lesser sin," but a sin nonetheless, and it speaks to the elves being less than perfectly good. (That's...
Forum: The Books 05-18-2003, 08:13 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Part One: In which Vana...

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Part One: In which Vana diverges further from the topic:
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Can't help myself on this one, either. smilies/wink.gif Look at what Bill Ferny had to say...
Forum: The Books 05-18-2003, 07:11 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Right-o. Back now. You're right. A...

Right-o. Back now.



You're right. A person *can't* change what he or she is. This is pertaining to things of morality, not to habits or the like, so don't try and use that excuse the next...
Forum: The Books 05-17-2003, 01:08 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Didn't mean to create a stir with the orc...

Didn't mean to create a stir with the orc mentionings. I did so because a discussion on another thread wavered into the realm of "Orcs are made to be evil," which sort of discounts my entire theory...
Forum: The Books 05-14-2003, 08:21 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Bekah: Eh. Maybe what you mean is that...

Bekah:


Eh. Maybe what you mean is that taking wrong actions doesn't make you necessarily "evil" in the way a person is who *intentionally* does wrong-doing. The actions are wrong in...
Forum: The Books 05-13-2003, 09:17 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Ooooh yeah. Frodo had no knowledge of Elbereth...

Ooooh yeah. Frodo had no knowledge of Elbereth and the like (outside of elf-songs), yet he was still responsible, helpful, and self-sacrificing in his path. (Wow, look at me, I'm relating it back...
Forum: The Books 05-13-2003, 08:41 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Evil tendencies can be caused by both. Not...

Evil tendencies can be caused by both. Not willing to "repent" (a nice word for it) and admit that he or she is wrong is on the path to stop being "evil" and start being "good." Ignorance is...
Forum: The Books 05-12-2003, 10:07 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting But that *is* the definition of "bad," at least...

But that *is* the definition of "bad," at least Tolkien-decreed bad. "Corrupt." The viewpoint of bad and good that I believe Tolkien had (and that he put forth in ME) is not that bad and good are...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-07-2003, 02:11 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 9,046
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Posting so she can check her pic... 87465...

Posting so she can check her pic...

87465 bytes. So, does that mean mine is 87.465 kb? I guess I gotta find a different one (hint: just move the decimal place left three spaces from B to KB)
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Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 01:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 7,245
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting The late and great Ravendah (or was it...

The late and great Ravendah (or was it Ravandah... I remember *one* spelling to be wrong and he corrected me on it) said in the late and great Language forum that there *was* no "yes" or "no." The...
Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 01:30 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,268
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Gack! Philosophical overload! ::runs away...

Gack! Philosophical overload! ::runs away screaming::

Don't worry. I'll be back. You guys are just exhausting. smilies/rolleyes.gif , motions to other threads on morality and the like, then...
Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 01:13 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting And so we come full circle. ...

And so we come full circle. smilies/wink.gif Iarwain said it better than me, and I can't make you believe. But let me clarify what I said about inside the sphere of interpretation. When...
Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 01:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,502
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Okay, I just got done with a really deep...

Okay, I just got done with a really deep conversation in another thread, so I think I'm allowed a little nonsense post. But that is cool BEANS! I had no idea about Faramir and Boromir having elvish...
Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 12:53 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Yet it's better than not trying to understand it...

Yet it's better than not trying to understand it at all. I didn't say that it is not understandable. It is. It is just not understandable outside of the human heart and mind. When we try and put...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-07-2003, 12:27 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 13,052
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting It would, IF they would bother reading the books...

It would, IF they would bother reading the books in the first place. Along the lines of what Iarwain talked about before, typecasting is a common strategy of people who *know* something is wrong,...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-07-2003, 12:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,924
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Yay LadyMeg! One of the holdovers from the...

Yay LadyMeg! One of the holdovers from the Language forum! What a merry meeting! smilies/smile.gif I've seen you and Galadrie1, but I fear that Ravandah is lost to us.

If anyone has...
Forum: The Books 05-07-2003, 11:56 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting Oh, goodness, I *do* hope we're not talking about...

Oh, goodness, I *do* hope we're not talking about *that*. I was talking about Tolkien. smilies/wink.gif



But we really weren't talking about the color blue, or red, or green, or apples,...
Forum: The Books 05-06-2003, 10:17 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,350
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting In the Sil, it says that Melkor could not create...

In the Sil, it says that Melkor could not create things of his own, only pervert and bend things to his will. I took it that Sauron, as a "disciple," per se, of Melkor, is the same. Therefore,...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-06-2003, 01:08 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 13,052
Posted By DaughterofVana
Sting That's why we have to be careful not to get the...

That's why we have to be careful not to get the conversation completely off topic (IE, not relating in any way or fashion to Tolkien). Please forgive my digression... it was late last night and all...
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