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Old 08-29-2006, 11:21 PM   #1
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This vote thing is draggin' a bit.

+ +Chrysophylax Dives

His name violates Tolkien's number one rule about allegory. Reason enough!

His last name--Dives--is Latin for rich and to people in the Middle Ages--and we all know how much time Tolk spent there--Dives was the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. (Luke XVI 9 - 31). Apparently the House of Dives is still noted in Jerusalem. Unless it's been bombed recently of course.

So what has to go? This excrable academic scholarly parallel that ruins the story? Or the bad pun about a filthy rich dragon?

Will you not be persuaded by one of the Dead?

++Chrysophylax Dives. For the above, and for the following reasoning.

Dives means rich man and was key in the Middle Ages. Rich people in the Middle Ages were often slothful, betraying and unsupportive of the common man. Therefore,Chrysophylax is a snooty, slothful jerk. Being a jerk is bad enough, but he also fits into the Seven Deadly Sins. Therefore, send him away.
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Old 08-30-2006, 01:27 AM   #2
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Why do people feel the need to say this? If you are not being racist, then there is no reason to say so. Is there ? (not saying that you are racist Jenny, but this is something I have been thinking about in RL)

anyways to the voting. . .

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Old 08-30-2006, 03:34 AM   #3
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Well I've already made a few attempts to get this man off the island. Yes, he's a decent enough sort, but really, does he deserve to be in this stellar company? Does he deserve to go all the way? I don't think so.

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Old 08-30-2006, 06:31 AM   #4
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Let's send him to a more merciful end than he received in the movie...
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Old 08-30-2006, 07:16 AM   #5
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Rune, I stressed the objectivity of my choice because it was suggested we keep Hama for racial reasons; i.e. because we had two dragons, two dwarves, but Hama was the only Man.
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Old 08-30-2006, 07:17 AM   #6
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Votes so far:

Hama - 6
Smaug - 2
Chrysophylax Dives - 4
Gloin - 1
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Old 08-30-2006, 07:20 AM   #7
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Anybody interested in a campaign against Thorondor? I promised to begin that today but there seems little support and I fear that he will win this contest if we do nothing about him now.

Currently though I think it is time to see a dragon go that would be so naive as to listen to a witless giant.

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Old 08-30-2006, 07:56 AM   #8
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A character whose name is a complete sentence obviously has a name too big for him, even if he is a dragon. Don't decline this chance to verbally correct the dragon who can't flight straight. Say, "Chrysophylax walks."

Morm, I'm thinking Thorondor has been too quiet too.
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Old 08-30-2006, 08:28 AM   #9
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How much intelligence does it take to work out that, to a Wizard, his staff is his weapon? Yet Hama managed to get himself outwitted by a serial uncloaker. The guy's a numbskull.~SpM
Out-smarted? I ask you to read the text again Mr. Pan Man. Hama trusted his own judgement because he wasn't a robot guard. For more information, I ask you to read this post about Hama. Unbeknownst to Hama, he was the savior of Middle-earth, and he's always so humble.

If not that, just having the guts to stand up to the ruthless dictator Aragorn and dealing with an old crabby man all day should deserve some decency and not spreading about blasphemous dogma.

I really have no clue why Thorondor is here. It really makes no sense, let's just get rid of all the juicy spicy characters that creat controversy, and have the most boring uninterested final stretch ever by keeping in Thorondor.

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