New Members - Introduce Yourself Here - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nerwen · 08-16-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Finrod Felagund

Greetings! I am (as you can see) Finrod Felagund.

I discovered Barrow-Downs because of my sister, Lindale, keeps posting in here while I am watching her to annoy her.

I have already read The Hobbit and The Silmarillion and I am still reading The Unfinished Tales. I chose the name Finrod Felagund because I love the part where Finrod and Sauron fought by exchanging songs of power.

So, hello everybody! Live long and prosper!

Welcome Finrod! Any brother of Lindale's is an...er... brother of mine...? *points to screenname*

Finrod Felagund · 08-17-2010, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Welcome Finrod! Any brother of Lindale's is an...er... brother of mine...? *points to screenname*

Thank you, Nerwen. It is usually a greeting to fellow Trekkie, but anyways, Live long and prosper!

08-29-2010, 11:19 AM

Greetings, everyone. I'm Matthieu Bronsky, a 25-years-old college student from Germany and a huge nerd about everything Tolkien-related.

I discovered the Downs fairly recently, and since I'm mainly interested in discussing the more obscure subjects concerning Middle-Earth, I immediately fell in love with this forum. After I had browsed the Archives thoroughly, I deemed best to register. Well, and here I am.

Inziladun · 08-29-2010, 11:32 AM

Welcome, The Great Bronsky. That's certainly a distinctive nick.

Enjoy your time here!

Pitchwife · 08-29-2010, 12:10 PM

Wow, another fellow German? And sporting an Allen Ginsberg signature? That's an interesting range of literary tastes!
So welcome to the Downs, The Great Bronsky! I trust your appetite for obscure M-E discussions will be satisfied here, and look forward to seeing you posting. (Out of curiosity, where between the Alps and the sea is your barrow? Mine's in the Hunsrück.)

08-29-2010, 04:11 PM

Thanks for your welcoming words!

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Wow, another fellow German? And sporting an Allen Ginsberg signature? That's an interesting range of literary tastes!

Well, in my opinion Ginsberg and Tolkien have more in common than one might think (in their message - obviously not in their writing style); hence this specific quotation in my signature.

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So welcome to the Downs, The Great Bronsky! I trust your appetite for obscure M-E discussions will be satisfied here, and look forward to seeing you posting. (Out of curiosity, where between the Alps and the sea is your barrow? Mine's in the Hunsrück.)

Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr. Not quite like the Shire - at least not like the Shire after the Scouring.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-30-2010, 05:57 AM

Nice to have another member from Germany! To visit me, you only need to take Legolas' advice: "To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying..." However, my seaside location is eastwards, not westwards.

Welcome, and enjoy yourself! Do you have real life Tolkien connections? I can give information on the "Stammtisch" near you, if you're interested.

Pitchwife · 08-31-2010, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The Great Bronsky

Well, in my opinion Ginsberg and Tolkien have more in common than one might think (in their message - obviously not in their writing style); hence this specific quotation in my signature.

Nor in their lifestyle

; but yes, I guess you're right. The Prof would probably have deplored some parts of Ginsberg's vocabulary as 'Orc-speech', but I'm pretty sure Ginsberg's poetic attacks on The Moloch would have found his approval.

Galadriel · 09-05-2010, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Welcome Finrod! Any brother of Lindale's is an...er... brother of mine...? *points to screenname*

Yay! I have a new brother too!

Ok, so here are the rules. I am an only child, and hence am not accustomed to sharing my things, especially my books or my laptop (and definitely not my mom) *growls*

Haha. Welcome to the Downs, sibling!

08-29-2010, 11:32 AM	#4
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Welcome, The Great Bronsky. That's certainly a distinctive nick. Enjoy your time here! __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

08-29-2010, 12:10 PM	#5
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Wow, another fellow German? And sporting an Allen Ginsberg signature? That's an interesting range of literary tastes! So welcome to the Downs, The Great Bronsky! I trust your appetite for obscure M-E discussions will be satisfied here, and look forward to seeing you posting. (Out of curiosity, where between the Alps and the sea is your barrow? Mine's in the Hunsrück.) __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-30-2010, 05:57 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Nice to have another member from Germany! To visit me, you only need to take Legolas' advice: "To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying..." However, my seaside location is eastwards, not westwards. Welcome, and enjoy yourself! Do you have real life Tolkien connections? I can give information on the "Stammtisch" near you, if you're interested. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-29-2010, 11:19 AM	#3
The Great Bronsky Guest Posts: n/a	Greetings, everyone. I'm Matthieu Bronsky, a 25-years-old college student from Germany and a huge nerd about everything Tolkien-related. I discovered the Downs fairly recently, and since I'm mainly interested in discussing the more obscure subjects concerning Middle-Earth, I immediately fell in love with this forum. After I had browsed the Archives thoroughly, I deemed best to register. Well, and here I am.