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Noxomanus · 08-13-2004, 05:14 AM

Apart from natural beauty and such I wouldn't want to live in ME at all.

It would likely be medieval in lifestyle and then I have to remember a phrase from a indebt book dealing with the Middle Ages in my family's very own book-collection.

'Life was short,hard and brutal'

No ME for me,thank you!

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 08-13-2004, 10:16 AM

The average Hobbit surely didn't suffer brutal existence, did he/she?

Noxomanus · 08-13-2004, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

The average Hobbit surely didn't suffer brutal existence, did he/she?

I don't think you would have enjoyed the hard-working life of the typical hobbit ( Not the Frodo's who could sit on their bum all day). I bet you'd cry for home in less then a week, wether the hobbit-life was brutal or not.

InklingElf · 08-13-2004, 03:35 PM

A rural life in Hobbiton? Adaptation would play a crucial part.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 08-13-2004, 03:40 PM

This is a home I would never have had, the Shire would be my home. That is my essential point, that Hobbits were relatively satisfied with their lot. If I were to be somehow transported into Middle-earth, into the body of a Hobbit or whatever and had to live a different life, then yes, I would probably want to go back to the world in which we live in.

However, Tolkien generally didn't include feelings of longing for our 'real' world into the hearts of his fictional characters.

InklingElf · 08-13-2004, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

However, Tolkien generally didn't include feelings of longing for our 'real' world into the hearts of his fictional characters.

I have a feeling he didn't have to

They were content and so am I happily settled on the earth we are home to.

Encaitare · 08-13-2004, 09:31 PM

Laitoste-- Exactly. There's not nearly enough nature left... at least not near me. Even farms are all high-tech now. I just love the idea that in ME you can ride for days without seeing another person.

Morsul the Dark · 08-13-2004, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Noxomanus

Apart from natural beauty and such I wouldn't want to live in ME at all.

It would likely be medieval in lifestyle and then I have to remember a phrase from a indebt book dealing with the Middle Ages in my family's very own book-collection.

'Life was short,hard and brutal'

No ME for me,thank you!

yes it was...I do however wonder would it bew that bad... Yes going from our time to theirs would be horrible but had we lived there with no knowledge of this time would we think it was that way...especially with hobbits...or elves?

Mithalwen · 08-13-2004, 11:38 AM

Without the benefit of modern medicine I would have been dead at 3 weeks old so no ME for me either - though like Eomer I would like to see the architecture .... Rivendell and Dol Amroth......

There are plenty of open spaces in our own world and lovely too .... if you are prepared to walk to them.... I mean other than some of the flora and fauna .... I can't think of anything geographical that we don't have .....

Most hobbits seem to have been living more or less hand to mouth ... most of the societies in ME seem to have been at best benevolently feudal ..... and so male dominated.........

08-13-2004, 05:14 AM	#1
Noxomanus Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 233	Apart from natural beauty and such I wouldn't want to live in ME at all. It would likely be medieval in lifestyle and then I have to remember a phrase from a indebt book dealing with the Middle Ages in my family's very own book-collection. 'Life was short,hard and brutal' No ME for me,thank you! __________________ Nothing is evil in the beginning,even Sauron wasn't

08-13-2004, 10:16 AM	#2
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	The average Hobbit surely didn't suffer brutal existence, did he/she? __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

08-13-2004, 03:40 PM	#5
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	This is a home I would never have had, the Shire would be my home. That is my essential point, that Hobbits were relatively satisfied with their lot. If I were to be somehow transported into Middle-earth, into the body of a Hobbit or whatever and had to live a different life, then yes, I would probably want to go back to the world in which we live in. However, Tolkien generally didn't include feelings of longing for our 'real' world into the hearts of his fictional characters. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

08-13-2004, 11:38 AM	#9
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Without the benefit of modern medicine I would have been dead at 3 weeks old so no ME for me either - though like Eomer I would like to see the architecture .... Rivendell and Dol Amroth...... There are plenty of open spaces in our own world and lovely too .... if you are prepared to walk to them.... I mean other than some of the flora and fauna .... I can't think of anything geographical that we don't have ..... Most hobbits seem to have been living more or less hand to mouth ... most of the societies in ME seem to have been at best benevolently feudal ..... and so male dominated......... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-13-2004, 03:35 PM	#4
InklingElf Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 402	A rural life in Hobbiton? Adaptation would play a crucial part.

08-13-2004, 09:31 PM	#7
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Laitoste-- Exactly. There's not nearly enough nature left... at least not near me. Even farms are all high-tech now. I just love the idea that in ME you can ride for days without seeing another person.