There have been a few memorable flame wars this year, those threads which have you logging on at every opportunity and yet strangely hating to do so in case you have to come up with a new argument, thus leaving important tasks uncompleted and the pots festering in the sink. Notably:
What breaks the enchantment? which caused headaches
Canon:what ARE we babbling about? in which davem hijacks the thread and attempts to make mincemeat out of The Hobbit's place in the Legendarium, and the often infuriatingly complex
Is Eru God?
In amongst all the usual threads of discussion, which this year have included some great topics (including political analyses which I always enjoy) there have also been some wonderful left-field and deeply nerdy discussions including
The Trickster in LotR,
Smith of Wooton Major in Middle earth?, and
You say Fairies and I say Faeries
Some of my top laughs of the year have been the ever-faithful
Crazy captions,
Snow Angels and
What do you assign to Mordor?. But there have been plenty of funny threads this year, and funny posts dotted amongst the serious threads too, long may it continue.
A special honour for nerdy pleasure goes to
Favourite edition?. Intrigues of the year? The 'Forbidden' episode, which was horrific. The 'death' of Crystal Heart. The trolls - who was tempted to feed them with bad rep just to see how far they could plummet?
Overall winner of the year for me? CbC!
It has been
excellent, ensuring something good to read every single week!