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elronds_daughter · 07-13-2004, 05:55 PM

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so if your elronds other daughter...what was your mothers name, your brothers, and your grandmothers fathers mother?

oh, dear... do you like tormenting innocent bystanders or something?? anyhoo, now for my answer: just ask Arwen! my brain is too fried right now to do that much research... not that i shouldn't know it right off the top of my head. rats. my memory is going... and i'm still young!!! scary...

Gil-Galad · 07-13-2004, 09:30 PM

Why yes my dear... it good to confuse the chubby americans (no offense) that come to Canada looking for our King and Queen

elronds_daughter · 07-14-2004, 05:22 AM

Gil-Galad, you're confusing me terribly. you've accomplished your goal, apparantly. why, oh, why must everyone pick on ME??!?!??

Aniriuq Raevla · 07-14-2004, 01:33 PM

Um,this is where we introduce our selves,right?Ok,cool.
Hello everybody!My user name is Aniriuq but you can call me Ani.I've been on this website before but have just recently discovered the forums.I'm not new to forums,cause I like to get on the IMDb boards.I am a 15 year old girl,love LotR and Harry Potter,love to write short stories(if i can ever finish them that is)and play video games.
I am trying to work up enough courage to post at the Green Dragon and somehow join a RPG.
So,I guess thats all you should know about me.....oh,and I live in South Texas.

Thorongil · 07-14-2004, 02:14 PM

Welcome to the forums. I'm just curious, how do you pronounce your full name? It looks complicated. And what video games do you play?

Aniriuq Raevla · 07-14-2004, 03:19 PM

Ani-ree-yooq and just sound Raevla out,it sounds exactly how its spelled.
does that help?Actually thats not my real name.It's just my reall name spelled backwards,which is Quirina.
I like to play Gamecube stuff.
My favs are:
Spider man2
Lotr(TTT and Rotk)
Animal crossing
Anything with Mario and Luigi
And Link.How about you?

ninlaith · 07-14-2004, 04:17 PM

YES! Animal Crossing! How about Harvest Moon: It's a Wonderful life?

07-14-2004, 04:22 PM

Um, hey. I'm new here, so I just wanted to drop by and say hello.

If you want, just check out my profile I guess, it'll tell you all about me. I hope to get past the dreaded newbie stage soon, get to know everyone, and hopefully make some friends one these boards!

This is a great site, btw.

Thorongil · 07-15-2004, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Aniriuq Raevla

Ani-ree-yooq and just sound Raevla out,it sounds exactly how its spelled.
does that help?Actually thats not my real name.It's just my reall name spelled backwards,which is Quirina.
I like to play Gamecube stuff.
My favs are:
Spider man2
Lotr(TTT and Rotk)
Animal crossing
Anything with Mario and Luigi
And Link.How about you?

I'm all Playstation!! I like good RPG games. But the Zelda games is pretty good.

Glorthelion · 05-23-2012, 06:18 AM

Hi, my name is Glorthelion (Glorfindel and Ecthelion) and I am 16 years old, a middle earth enthusiast. I hope to enlighten myself in this wonderful forum and hopefully share some of my limited knowledge of Tolkien's legendarium. I have been obssesed with middle earth since I watched the return of the king move by PJ. It was a great movie and I have lost count the number of times I watched that movie. I recently undertook the endeavor of reading the Lord of the rings.

I have read The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and the lord of the rings. I hope to read HOME some day.

Glorthelion.

Boromir88 · 05-23-2012, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Glorthelion

I hope to enlighten myself in this wonderful forum and hopefully share some of my limited knowledge of Tolkien's legendarium.

Welcome to the forum Glorthelion. I must say, not only are the two elves in your name amongst my favorite Elves (personally Fingolfin is tops though)...but also approving of the quoted flattery. Flattery is always appreciated around here.

Cheers and enjoy the 'Downs.

Galadriel55 · 05-23-2012, 03:23 PM

I second Boro on all counts. Welcome!

crescendo. · 07-12-2012, 05:39 PM

Hello, I'm crescendo., yes the period is there on purpose. I am MCRmyGirl4eva's older and wiser sister. I thoroughly love the Lord Of The Rings series as movies and enjoyed the books, though my sister tried to get me to read TTT's first, but I have this thing where I jsut can't pick up something in the middle. It may have to do with the fact that my dad made me read the second Harry Potter book first. Anyway, I think I am rambling.
Erm.. let's see... I am going to college in the fall and getting a degree in creative writing, and I adore Glee with a passion... sorry folks, I love it more than I love LOTR.
I listen to a lot of music and my favorite bands are Evanescence, My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, Halestorm, Nightwish, and a lot more.
If you have an questions for me, just ask.

Galadriel55 · 07-12-2012, 05:50 PM

Welcome, crescendo.! Always happy to have more dead wightsies around!

I'm waiting for my younger siblings to learn how to use the internet to help them through the process of making their accounts here - but I don't know how likely that will be, seeing as my brother, who looked over my shoulder at the screen a couple hours ago, greeted me with the words "not that stupid old Tolkienited website AGAIN!" ...So I'm really happy that not all Downer siblings are of that attitude.

Mithalwen · 05-23-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorthelion

I have read The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and the lord of the rings. I hope to read HOME some day.

Glorthelion.

Adding to the welcome. Always good to have a keen balrog-slayer around

I suggest you read Unfinished Tales next. It provides some fascinating extra stuff to complement what you have already read. It will also ease you in to the "edited drafts and fragments" format which you will find on a grander scale in HoME. And IMO some of the later volumes of HoME are much more approachable than the early ones. Don't feel obliged to start at the beginning! The ones which concern LOTR are perhaps more user friendly...

Bêthberry · 05-23-2012, 08:12 PM

Welcome Glorthelion. This is certain the place to exercise your enthusiasm for Tolkien once you've hit the books.

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I suggest you read Unfinished Tales next. It provides some fascinating extra stuff to complement what you have already read. It will also ease you in to the "edited drafts and fragments" format which you will find on a grander scale in HoME. And IMO some of the later volumes of HoME are much more approachable than the early ones. Don't feel obliged to start at the beginning! The ones which concern LOTR are perhaps more user friendly...

Well, I'm going to have to take a slightly different direction than Mithalwen, who offers good advice about UT. The later HoMes are helpful for resources but as someone who just recently turned to the first two volumes, Book of Lost Tales I and II, I have to say that I am entranced by Tolkien's storytelling. Which is to say that skipping all the commentary doesn't do any harm.

On the other hand, you could just read all the threads here and jump into the discussions.

Galadriel55 · 05-23-2012, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

On the other hand, you could just read all the threads here and jump into the discussions.

Well said. You learn all the important HOME information faster by posting and reading here than by reading HOME.

I'm completely serious!

Mithalwen · 05-24-2012, 02:32 AM

Certainly faster than I did when I really struggled with the books of lost tales as a teenager ..must try again..

Echo · 08-15-2013, 08:48 PM

i'e been waiting years to join this site!!! and thanks to the gift of high speed internet that i got around 2:00 pm this afternoon i have now been able to join the shire!!
don't be shy. and don't be a stranger!!!!

Belegorn · 08-15-2013, 10:22 PM

Welcome.

Galadriel55 · 08-16-2013, 06:39 AM

Welcome to the Downs, Echo!

bcbdrums · 08-25-2013, 08:03 PM

hello, i am bcbdrums. i am a music teacher and a percussionist.

my entry into the world of tolkien began when my dad read me 'the hobbit' when i was a kid and found it fascinating. i really wasn't interested in fantasy as i got older and hadn't planned on seeing the LOTR movies, but then upon hearing that tolkien was a Christian like myself, i thought his works might make an interesting read. so i read the books first and then saw the movies and loved them! then i went and got the silmarillion and read that too, but it was a bit too confusing for me since i was still very young.

i put tolkien away until the recent hobbit movie came out and after seeing it for the first time last month remembered how much i had loved the books. i just finished a re-read of the hobbit and i'm working my way through LOTR at the moment and loving it even more than when i was a kid!

i've also been lurking around this forum for weeks and finally decided to join. it seems to be full of nice and intelligent people so i'm quite happy to be here. ^^

Inziladun · 08-25-2013, 08:09 PM

Welcome, bcbdrums!

The posters here are indeed a tremendously pleasant and erudite lot. After all this time it's the only forum I frequent. Enjoy yourself!

*and if you haven't done so, give The Silmarillion another read. I think it took the second time for me before I was able to keep track of what seemed like thousands of names, but it was well worth it.

07-13-2004, 09:30 PM	#2
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Why yes my dear... it good to confuse the chubby americans (no offense) that come to Canada looking for our King and Queen __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

07-14-2004, 05:22 AM	#3
elronds_daughter Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the fortune cookie and the post-its. Posts: 644	Gil-Galad, you're confusing me terribly. you've accomplished your goal, apparantly. why, oh, why must everyone pick on *ME??!?!??* __________________ I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.

07-14-2004, 01:33 PM	#4
Aniriuq Raevla Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Texas,yeeehah! ;) Posts: 17	Um,this is where we introduce our selves,right?Ok,cool. Hello everybody!My user name is Aniriuq but you can call me Ani.I've been on this website before but have just recently discovered the forums.I'm not new to forums,cause I like to get on the IMDb boards.I am a 15 year old girl,love LotR and Harry Potter,love to write short stories(if i can ever finish them that is)and play video games. I am trying to work up enough courage to post at the Green Dragon and somehow join a RPG. So,I guess thats all you should know about me.....oh,and I live in South Texas. __________________ He who is full of himself,is likely to be quite empty.

07-14-2004, 02:14 PM	#5
Thorongil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Elvenpath Posts: 780	Welcome to the forums. I'm just curious, how do you pronounce your full name? It looks complicated. And what video games do you play? __________________ To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ~Sun Tzu

07-14-2004, 03:19 PM	#6
Aniriuq Raevla Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Texas,yeeehah! ;) Posts: 17	Ani-ree-yooq and just sound Raevla out,it sounds exactly how its spelled. does that help?Actually thats not my real name.It's just my reall name spelled backwards,which is Quirina. I like to play Gamecube stuff. My favs are: Spider man2 Lotr(TTT and Rotk) Animal crossing Anything with Mario and Luigi And Link.How about you? __________________ He who is full of himself,is likely to be quite empty.

07-14-2004, 04:17 PM	#7
ninlaith Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: in my hobbit hole Posts: 204	YES! Animal Crossing! How about Harvest Moon: It's a Wonderful life?

07-14-2004, 04:22 PM	#8
Inferno Guest Posts: n/a	Um, hey. I'm new here, so I just wanted to drop by and say hello. If you want, just check out my profile I guess, it'll tell you all about me. I hope to get past the dreaded newbie stage soon, get to know everyone, and hopefully make some friends one these boards! This is a great site, btw. Last edited by Inferno; 07-14-2004 at 04:25 PM.

05-23-2012, 06:18 AM	#10
Glorthelion Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 58	Hi, my name is Glorthelion (Glorfindel and Ecthelion) and I am 16 years old, a middle earth enthusiast. I hope to enlighten myself in this wonderful forum and hopefully share some of my limited knowledge of Tolkien's legendarium. I have been obssesed with middle earth since I watched the return of the king move by PJ. It was a great movie and I have lost count the number of times I watched that movie. I recently undertook the endeavor of reading the Lord of the rings. I have read The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and the lord of the rings. I hope to read HOME some day. Glorthelion.

05-23-2012, 03:23 PM	#12
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,514	I second Boro on all counts. Welcome! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

07-12-2012, 05:39 PM	#13
crescendo. Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 41	crescendo. Hello, I'm crescendo., yes the period is there on purpose. I am MCRmyGirl4eva's older and wiser sister. I thoroughly love the Lord Of The Rings series as movies and enjoyed the books, though my sister tried to get me to read TTT's first, but I have this thing where I jsut can't pick up something in the middle. It may have to do with the fact that my dad made me read the second Harry Potter book first. Anyway, I think I am rambling. Erm.. let's see... I am going to college in the fall and getting a degree in creative writing, and I adore Glee with a passion... sorry folks, I love it more than I love LOTR. I listen to a lot of music and my favorite bands are Evanescence, My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, Halestorm, Nightwish, and a lot more. If you have an questions for me, just ask. __________________ "There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in." - Chris Colfer

07-12-2012, 05:50 PM	#14
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,514	Welcome, crescendo.! Always happy to have more dead wightsies around! I'm waiting for my younger siblings to learn how to use the internet to help them through the process of making their accounts here - but I don't know how likely that will be, seeing as my brother, who looked over my shoulder at the screen a couple hours ago, greeted me with the words "not that stupid old Tolkienited website AGAIN!" ...So I'm really happy that not all Downer siblings are of that attitude. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

05-24-2012, 02:32 AM	#18
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Certainly faster than I did when I really struggled with the books of lost tales as a teenager ..must try again.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-15-2013, 08:48 PM	#19
Echo Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 20	i'e been waiting years to join this site!!! and thanks to the gift of high speed internet that i got around 2:00 pm this afternoon i have now been able to join the shire!! don't be shy. and don't be a stranger!!!!

08-15-2013, 10:22 PM	#20
Belegorn Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Henneth Annûn, Ithilien Posts: 462	Welcome. __________________ "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche

08-16-2013, 06:39 AM	#21
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,514	Welcome to the Downs, Echo! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-25-2013, 08:03 PM	#22
bcbdrums Newly Deceased Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: the west. Posts: 10	hello! hello! hello, i am bcbdrums. i am a music teacher and a percussionist. my entry into the world of tolkien began when my dad read me 'the hobbit' when i was a kid and found it fascinating. i really wasn't interested in fantasy as i got older and hadn't planned on seeing the LOTR movies, but then upon hearing that tolkien was a Christian like myself, i thought his works might make an interesting read. so i read the books first and then saw the movies and loved them! then i went and got the silmarillion and read that too, but it was a bit too confusing for me since i was still very young. i put tolkien away until the recent hobbit movie came out and after seeing it for the first time last month remembered how much i had loved the books. i just finished a re-read of the hobbit and i'm working my way through LOTR at the moment and loving it even more than when i was a kid! i've also been lurking around this forum for weeks and finally decided to join. it seems to be full of nice and intelligent people so i'm quite happy to be here. ^^ __________________ "...nine for mortal men, doomed to die..." "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." --Samwise, 'The Mirror of Galadriel'

08-25-2013, 08:09 PM	#23
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Welcome, bcbdrums! The posters here are indeed a tremendously pleasant and erudite lot. After all this time it's the only forum I frequent. Enjoy yourself! and if you haven't done so, give The Silmarillion* another read. I think it took the second time for me before I was able to keep track of what seemed like thousands of names, but it was well worth it. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.