Those Little, Unimportant, and Unknown parts that we love... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

willkill4food · 02-10-2004, 06:26 PM

Now, everyone has their favorite chapter, character, fight, battle, or whatever...but this thread is about those little unimportant and unknown things that Tolkien added without any real addition to the story and without taking anything away...Im talking about those lines, characters, and all those other things that are in the books but no one really talks about, either because they forgot about the line, or because it is not really important, or maybe they just skipped over it...but here are my favorites...

The wine that Bilbo gave to Rory Brandybuck, and where it says "Rory always thought Bilbo a little odd, but he declared him a fine fellow after the first bottle" or whatever it says..but everytime I read LotR again I always read that part and laugh out loud...

The fox in the woods in the forest, no real reason for Tolkien to narrarate what a Fox is thinking about 3 hobbits in the forest...but I just love it...dont know why...

When Merry turns to Pippin (or Pippin turns to Merry, cant remember) after meeting King Theoden and says "So that's the King of Rohan, fine chap, very polite."....best Hobbit quote..ever! (next to Frodo's quote regarding wizards..)

The Dwarves of Belegost at the 5th Battle in the Silmarillion...I just love where the dwarves lift up their dead king and carry him out of the battle as if they are at a funeral, and the best part of it all is "and none dared stay them", and I think everyone knows why, commonsense says "Dont mess with an army of angry dwarves with giant, hideous masks and giant battle axes as they march their dead king off of the battle field"

And yours?

-willkill

02-10-2004, 06:26 PM	#1
willkill4food Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 44	Those Little, Unimportant, and Unknown parts that we love... Now, everyone has their favorite chapter, character, fight, battle, or whatever...but this thread is about those little unimportant and unknown things that Tolkien added without any real addition to the story and without taking anything away...Im talking about those lines, characters, and all those other things that are in the books but no one really talks about, either because they forgot about the line, or because it is not really important, or maybe they just skipped over it...but here are my favorites... The wine that Bilbo gave to Rory Brandybuck, and where it says "Rory always thought Bilbo a little odd, but he declared him a fine fellow after the first bottle" or whatever it says..but everytime I read LotR again I always read that part and laugh out loud... The fox in the woods in the forest, no real reason for Tolkien to narrarate what a Fox is thinking about 3 hobbits in the forest...but I just love it...dont know why... When Merry turns to Pippin (or Pippin turns to Merry, cant remember) after meeting King Theoden and says "So that's the King of Rohan, fine chap, very polite."....best Hobbit quote..ever! (next to Frodo's quote regarding wizards..) The Dwarves of Belegost at the 5th Battle in the Silmarillion...I just love where the dwarves lift up their dead king and carry him out of the battle as if they are at a funeral, and the best part of it all is "and none dared stay them", and I think everyone knows why, commonsense says "Dont mess with an army of angry dwarves with giant, hideous masks and giant battle axes as they march their dead king off of the battle field" And yours? -willkill __________________ Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing...