Early-teen fans on the Barrow Downs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Amanaduial the archer · 04-25-2004, 08:35 AM

Wow, it should be made into a fanfic: 'Mad Baggins and the Everlasting Basement'

Mad Baggins · 04-25-2004, 11:17 AM

Mama always said the basement was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.

BethoHOG · 04-25-2004, 08:44 PM

I am 14 years old, and at a young age, my older brother (who has been a Lord of the Rings fan for a long time) exposed me to The Lord of the Rings by telling me and my brother about the story at the time he was reading it. Many years later, he excitedly told us that a movie was going to be made. At first, I said that I'd never see it because it would be too scary and violent

, but he managed to change my mind and see it... and after the movie ended, I immediately became hooked and have been a fan ever since. I read the trilogy after and absolutely loved those as well.

HerenIstarion · 04-26-2004, 03:30 AM

Following Sharku and Estelyn, I too am intruding here, though being not a teenager at all

. My apologies, ladies and gentlemen, but I would like to comment upon the following:

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Can they really respect someone with a nick like Trippo The Hippo or Lady Snickerdoodle on hte books forum?

Well, I believe we can (unless all you do on the books is giggle in one case, and whatever it is hippos do in another

)

Even more so, that I personally find Trippo The Hippo and Snickerdoodle very funny, original and inspiring nicknames. Besides, there is no rule for nicks to be Tolkien related at all

cheers

The Only Real Estel · 04-26-2004, 04:09 PM

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Besides, there is no rule for nicks to be Tolkien related at all

Or to have any intelligence behind them (example: mine, after screwing up on the email address of my original Estel nick

)...

Sirithheruwen · 04-26-2004, 05:16 PM

Yes, I too am an early teen. Here is my life story (or at least all of the important parts!

):

I discovered Tolkein when I was 5 and my dad read me the Hobbit, a chapter a night. For the longest time, I thought that Gollum lived between the little space between my bed and the wall. Anyways, when I was 7, my uncle (and huge LOTR fan) gave me FOTR. Inside the cover he wrote:

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Perservere and you two will soon becaome lost in Middle-earth!

A somewhat fitting beginning methinks!

Anyways, after I finished all of the books. I didn't read them for a long while, but they always stayed at the top of my "Fave Books" list (mostly because no one else I knew had read them!

) When the movies came out, I was ecstatic because there was some shred of a memory left that told me these were something special. That was when I was 10 (I think???). Well, that's about it. I, however, am proud to say that I'm not a Leggie-bopper! *cheers*

Lhundulinwen · 04-26-2004, 06:15 PM

15 seems to be the magic number around here- I'm 15 too. I read the Hobbit when I was about 13 (in 7th grade) and last year between late November and early January I read all of FoTR, TTT, RoTK. I am a complete Middle Earth fan, and often day dream about it. Yes, I still think Orlando Bloom as Legolas is pretty darn hot, but I like all the characters out of the book a lot better. (The movie Frodo is a wimp, I think. Even if he's knida cute in a weird hobbitish way

) Didn't see the movies till after I had read all the books, and joined the site in between reading the books and seeing the movies. I guess that's all the important stuff. Bye for now!

04-25-2004, 08:35 AM	#1
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	Wow, it should be made into a fanfic: 'Mad Baggins and the Everlasting Basement' __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

04-25-2004, 11:17 AM	#2
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	Mama always said the basement was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get. __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

04-25-2004, 08:44 PM	#3
BethoHOG Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A state with unpredictable weather Posts: 96	I am 14 years old, and at a young age, my older brother (who has been a Lord of the Rings fan for a long time) exposed me to The Lord of the Rings by telling me and my brother about the story at the time he was reading it. Many years later, he excitedly told us that a movie was going to be made. At first, I said that I'd never see it because it would be too scary and violent , but he managed to change my mind and see it... and after the movie ended, I immediately became hooked and have been a fan ever since. I read the trilogy after and absolutely loved those as well. __________________ "GO AWAY, THE WORLD IS ROTTEN!!" - Louis Stevens

04-26-2004, 06:15 PM	#7
Lhundulinwen Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wishin' and hopin' in the Shire Posts: 139	15 seems to be the magic number around here- I'm 15 too. I read the Hobbit when I was about 13 (in 7th grade) and last year between late November and early January I read all of FoTR, TTT, RoTK. I am a complete Middle Earth fan, and often day dream about it. Yes, I still think Orlando Bloom as Legolas is pretty darn hot, but I like all the characters out of the book a lot better. (The movie Frodo is a wimp, I think. Even if he's knida cute in a weird hobbitish way ) Didn't see the movies till after I had read all the books, and joined the site in between reading the books and seeing the movies. I guess that's all the important stuff. Bye for now! __________________ ~Just call on me, and I'm there. I'll always be your Sam~