Fellowship or Company? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 12-13-2007, 10:17 AM

Company sounds too corporate for my tastes. Fellowship sounds nice and friendly.

William Cloud Hicklin · 12-13-2007, 11:42 AM

"Group of companions" isn't friendly?

Mithalwen · 12-13-2007, 01:01 PM

Fellowship reminds me too much of earnest voluntary organisations (spent too much of my youth expected to help at Rotary functions and avoiding joining hte youth wing). Or alternatively of an academic office which seems to cerebral for a quest. Company with its military and busines connotations is far more dynamic -ctive not passive. And I think I would rather have good company rather than good fellowship.

But it doesn't make as good a title. So I guess JRRT got it right using Fellowship on the cover and Company in the text.

Bêthberry · 12-13-2007, 01:49 PM

If Tolkien had used the League of Extraordinary Journeymen we might have been spared some latterday adventurers of similar nomenclature. But alas no . . .

Company, on the other hand, has military connotations as well as business uses, so that could be one reason why Tolkien referred to da guys so often as Company of the Ring. Bravo Company doesn't suit Frodo although possibly Boromir would have fancied it.

Boromir88 · 12-13-2007, 11:52 PM

"Fellowship of the Ring" has a better flow to it than "Company of the Ring," but "Company" sounds more friendly actually.

When I have family and/or friends at my house I usually say "I'm having company over." That's just me though.

MatthewM · 12-15-2007, 12:28 PM

Fellowship of the Ring is SO better.

MatthewM · 01-16-2008, 11:22 PM

I actually recant my last statement - I like Company just as much as Fellowship if not more now, hearing it over and over again while re-reading the book.

12-13-2007, 11:42 AM	#2
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	"Group of companions" isn't friendly? __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

12-13-2007, 01:01 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Fellowship reminds me too much of earnest voluntary organisations (spent too much of my youth expected to help at Rotary functions and avoiding joining hte youth wing). Or alternatively of an academic office which seems to cerebral for a quest. Company with its military and busines connotations is far more dynamic -ctive not passive. And I think I would rather have good company rather than good fellowship. But it doesn't make as good a title. So I guess JRRT got it right using Fellowship on the cover and Company in the text. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-13-2007, 01:49 PM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	If Tolkien had used the League of Extraordinary Journeymen we might have been spared some latterday adventurers of similar nomenclature. But alas no . . . Company, on the other hand, has military connotations as well as business uses, so that could be one reason why Tolkien referred to da guys so often as Company of the Ring. Bravo Company doesn't suit Frodo although possibly Boromir would have fancied it. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

12-13-2007, 11:52 PM	#5
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	"Fellowship of the Ring" has a better flow to it than "Company of the Ring," but "Company" sounds more friendly actually. When I have family and/or friends at my house I usually say "I'm having company over." That's just me though. __________________ Fenris Penguin

12-15-2007, 12:28 PM	#6
MatthewM Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 628	Fellowship of the Ring is SO better. __________________ "Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills...and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!" -Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

12-13-2007, 10:17 AM	#1
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Company sounds too corporate for my tastes. Fellowship sounds nice and friendly.

01-16-2008, 11:22 PM	#7
MatthewM Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 628	I actually recant my last statement - I like Company just as much as Fellowship if not more now, hearing it over and over again while re-reading the book. __________________ "Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills...and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!" -Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring