The Middle Earth Popularity Cup - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

skip spence · 12-01-2008, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

++Gimli
As a matter of fact, I might well have voted Túrin, but reading through your posts and especially skip's statement that he had found some Gimli parts in the movies funny swayed my vote towards Gimli.

Man, I knew I'd get into trouble for that. But come on, are you seriously suggesting that Aragorn tossing Gimli wasn't funny?

Fortunately, Turin did just enough to toss aside Gimli, despite stiff resistance from the little funny-man. It finished 8-8 but Nerwen's vote proved decisive in the end.

skip spence · 12-01-2008, 12:17 PM

Match 16 of round 1:

So for out final match of round one Beorn, the bulky, shape-shifting vegetarian will test his skills against Boromir's kid brother Faramir.

Faramir vs. Beorn

Andsigil · 12-01-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by skip spence

Match 16 of round 1:

So for out final match of round one Beorn, the bulky, shape-shifting vegetarian will test his skills against Boromir's kid brother Faramir.

Faramir vs. Beorn

My signature line notwithstanding, ++Beorn, because being a werebear-berserker who slaughters orcs by the hundreds is just... cool.

Morthoron · 12-01-2008, 12:25 PM

++Beorn

Unlike Faramir, who is a sensitive metrosexual, Beorn likes to hang out with talking sheep and horses, and turns into a bear when he's angry. The dude is a literal party animal!

Gollum the Great · 12-01-2008, 01:52 PM

Wow. The saint-like character from LOTR and the ultimate orc-slayer duke it out. Heck, I like people who are honorable and selfless and all that sort of thing, but when it comes to being trapped in a small room with a squad of Uruk-hai closing around me...

++Beorn

skip spence · 12-01-2008, 02:50 PM

++Beorn

Don't really care for either character but it's hard not to vote for the big guy after that awesome picture.

Groin Redbeard · 12-01-2008, 03:44 PM

Beorn may be cool but he is not wise, learned, interesting and pleasant to read about. Faramir is all that Beorn isn't and more. Besides, if I remember correctly, Faramir was the character who Tolkien based himself on in the book.

++Faramir

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-01-2008, 03:50 PM

+ + Faramir

Of course Book Faramir, not PJ's silliness.

Groin Redbeard · 12-01-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

++Beorn
Unlike Faramir, who is a sensitive metrosexual...

Could we please stop calling people gay in this thread, Morthoron! Your crack at Michael Angelo was bad enough, but calling Faramir so is pushing the limits. All that I've heard implied about Beorn is that he's cool, don't call characters things that they are not if you can't find anything good to back up your character choice.

Faramir rode into the jaws of certain death with his company to appease his father's will. Now that is devotion and courage. Faramir read the hearts of men as shrewdly as his father, but what he read moved him sooner to pity than to scorn. He was gentle in bearing, and a lover of lore and of music, and therefore by many in those days his courage was judged less than his brother's. But it was not so, except that he did not seek glory in danger without a purpose.

Morthoron · 12-01-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

Could we please stop calling people gay in this thread, Morthoron! Your crack at Michael Angelo was bad enough, but calling Faramir so is pushing the limits. All that I've heard implied about Beorn is that he's cool, don't call characters things that they are not if you can't find anything good to back up your character choice. .

Michelangelo was the world's greatest sculptor. He also happened to be gay, as was Leonardo Da Vinci. It is not a big deal, and you've taken what I said about him out of context (actually, it was a slap at certain Christians who would place in hell anyone they disagree with). I am sorry you are unaware of history. Perhaps reading might help.

As far as the term 'sensitive metrosexual', it does not indicate someone who is gay; on the contrary, it is an exclusively heterosexual term. Study your neologisms before you make accusations and go overboard spouting your indignation. It is becoming tedious.

Durelin · 12-01-2008, 09:15 PM

Faramir is an adorable emo boy whom I love muchly, but Beorn is just awesome. Bears are awesome.

++Beorn

People are forgetting that this is Middle-earth Mirth.

the phantom · 12-01-2008, 10:18 PM

Book Faramir was awesome. His encounter with Frodo is one of my favorite bits in LotR. Great conversations...

++ Faramir

12-01-2008, 12:17 PM	#2
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Match 16 of round 1: So for out final match of round one Beorn, the bulky, shape-shifting vegetarian will test his skills against Boromir's kid brother Faramir. Faramir vs. Beorn __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

12-01-2008, 12:25 PM	#4
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	++Beorn Unlike Faramir, who is a sensitive metrosexual, Beorn likes to hang out with talking sheep and horses, and turns into a bear when he's angry. The dude is a literal party animal! __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

12-01-2008, 01:52 PM	#5
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	Wow. The saint-like character from LOTR and the ultimate orc-slayer duke it out. Heck, I like people who are honorable and selfless and all that sort of thing, but when it comes to being trapped in a small room with a squad of Uruk-hai closing around me... ++Beorn __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

12-01-2008, 02:50 PM	#6
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	++Beorn Don't really care for either character but it's hard not to vote for the big guy after that awesome picture. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

12-01-2008, 03:44 PM	#7
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	Beorn may be cool but he is not wise, learned, interesting and pleasant to read about. Faramir is all that Beorn isn't and more. Besides, if I remember correctly, Faramir was the character who Tolkien based himself on in the book. ++Faramir __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

12-01-2008, 03:50 PM	#8
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	+ + Faramir Of course Book Faramir, not PJ's silliness. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-01-2008, 09:15 PM	#11
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	Faramir is an adorable emo boy whom I love muchly, but Beorn is just awesome. Bears are awesome. ++Beorn People are forgetting that this is Middle-earth Mirth. Last edited by Durelin; 12-01-2008 at 09:26 PM.

12-01-2008, 10:18 PM	#12
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	Book Faramir was awesome. His encounter with Frodo is one of my favorite bits in LotR. Great conversations... ++ Faramir __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.