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Old 08-12-2008, 07:40 PM   #1
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Old 08-13-2008, 06:39 AM   #2
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Yes they are, as well as being just and long-suffering.

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Old 09-07-2008, 04:39 PM   #3
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Hello from the Shire!

Greetings everyone! Here's what I wrote earlier in another thread, but was directed to add it here instead: I was brought up, and still live about half a mile from Tolkien's childhood stomping ground of Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog, and because of this I feel an intimate, personal connection with his works, which exist in the very landscape around here - not to mention local tales and stories about Tolkien himself. Because of this connection I have been inspired, over many years, to make an extensive study of the connections between the Legendarium and real history and mythology, and some of the fruits of this research are presented on my website Three Rings for the Elven Kings, linked below. There are many issues raised here, not least that of canon, and I look forward to debating all of them.
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Old 09-08-2008, 06:02 AM   #4
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Welcome, Ashbranch! Thanks for reposting your introduction here; I've closed (and will soon delete) your individual thread - a routine procedure on the Downs to keep the forum from getting overly full and cluttered.

We look forward to your contributions; I'm not the only member who has visited Sarehole Mill and enjoyed seeing the place where Tolkien spent formative years of his childhood. Did you attend "Tolkien 2005" in Birmingham?
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Old 09-08-2008, 11:09 AM   #5
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Welcome, Ashbranch! Thanks for reposting your introduction here; I've closed (and will soon delete) your individual thread - a routine procedure on the Downs to keep the forum from getting overly full and cluttered.

We look forward to your contributions; I'm not the only member who has visited Sarehole Mill and enjoyed seeing the place where Tolkien spent formative years of his childhood. Did you attend "Tolkien 2005" in Birmingham?
I didn't go the event at Aston Uni, though I go to the Tolkien Weekend at Sarehole Mill every year.
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Old 09-25-2008, 06:09 AM   #6
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Hello, I too am a newbie to the world of the dead, and not a very bright one either, as I would have picked a far more relevent handle than my own bloody real name of "Diane C" DOH, not a great start!

Anyway, I'm fan of Tolkien, or more specifically LOTR. Have been a fan for about 10 years and always make a point of re-reading his fabulous tome at least once every 18 months or so.

Yep, I'm a girly and model myself very much on Eowyn (not so much Arwen though. Far too wishy-washy for my tastes). Live in Birmingham, England but born in Bloemfontein, South Africa all those eons ago.

Let the journey begin......
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Old 09-25-2008, 08:45 AM   #7
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Welcome, Diane C. Hope you enjoy your stay. And belated welcomes to Ashbranch, who already seems to have made himself home here.
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Old 09-25-2008, 09:34 AM   #8
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Arwen? Wishy-washy? Which book did you read?
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