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GaladrieloftheOlden · 06-03-2003, 05:51 PM

I would like to agree, once again, with Brionna, though I wouldn't put it exactly as she did. I believe that Tolkien made Middle Earth up. Of course, he could have used the real world for inspiration, but I certainly don't believe, Tolkien fanatic though I am, that once there were Elves somewhere around Massachusetts, or that the only reason I don't see Hobbits around town is that they hide behind trash cans every time I round the corner. Or that if someday somebody managed to dig down deep enough, they would find a bunch of heavily bearded short people digging for treasure, or a big guy made of shadow and fire, with wings or without.

~Menelien

06-03-2003, 05:51 PM	#25
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I would like to agree, once again, with Brionna, though I wouldn't put it exactly as she did. I believe that Tolkien made Middle Earth up. Of course, he could have used the real world for inspiration, but I certainly don't believe, Tolkien fanatic though I am, that once there were Elves somewhere around Massachusetts, or that the only reason I don't see Hobbits around town is that they hide behind trash cans every time I round the corner. Or that if someday somebody managed to dig down deep enough, they would find a bunch of heavily bearded short people digging for treasure, or a big guy made of shadow and fire, with wings or without. ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."