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08-16-2010, 11:25 AM
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Wisest of the Noldor
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You know, it really is quite amusing when someone (or some bot, quite often) revives one of these ancient threads, and proves that the Downers of yore were all completely bonkers (along with the trees, and Gimli).
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08-16-2010, 03:02 PM
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Flame Imperishable
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08-16-2010, 08:01 PM
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Messenger of Hope
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I saw this thread title and I just had to read it. It turned out to be quite entertaining. I'm glad I bothered to look.
But what do you think - some of the topics I've seen brought up at times (this one, for instance) just seem really...superficial. Do you think Tolkien really thought about this at all when he wrote it? He was drawing a picture, and a very vivid one...did he think about the fact that the fire was made out of the same stuff the tree was made of? I highly doubt it. My guess was that he wrote it and didn't think about it again, as is likely the case with many things in the book. As Lord of Agmar said above, it was likely "a bit of exposition to give life and humanity to the elderly Wood."
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08-26-2010, 08:08 PM
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Methinks he was just trying to show that the trees were nice, liking the fire just like our three, and so was 'on the same side.' Also, having built many a fire in the woods, it does appear that trees waves their leafy hands over my campfires, and I pretend that this is due to their entishness and not thermal air currents...
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08-26-2010, 08:24 PM
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Cryptic Aura
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Perhaps it was humming "Light my fire"?
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08-26-2010, 08:28 PM
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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It does seem a little cannibalistic...
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