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10-18-2010, 09:28 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Here it is.
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10-18-2010, 12:28 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Haha, I could see many reactions to this piece of art as well, for those who don't know Fingon that is. 1. Sword and sheath. Check. 2. Helmet with the complete protective armour. Check. 3. Knife. Check 4. Bow and a quiver of arrows. Check. 5. A harp for musical entertainment. Che-wait, what? Really? A harp?!  People just don't understand the importance of the harp at all.
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10-18-2010, 01:36 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Off the top of my head, Mîm the Dwarf. There's so many interesting shades and facets to him - his mysterious backstory as the last (?) of a race of outcasts, whose history is only hinted at, his resentment (not quite unjustified) of the Elvish upstarts who displaced his people, his grudging respect for Túrin... And his dialogues with Túrin's outlaws in the Narn are just priceless.
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10-18-2010, 02:44 PM
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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Galadriel, Erendis, Tar-Ancalime, Éowyn, Aredhel... Yeah, but they all were slaves to their heteronormative patriarchal societies which basically forced a woman to get married and have kids, even made her believe she couldn't be happy without doing it.
 While Ungoliant coupled with other spiders and devoured them afterwards. Now there's a good female role model!Quote:
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10-18-2010, 03:08 PM
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Guardian of the Blind
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Where The Skies End
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Melkor eeevvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllll!!!!! ! For some reason I always side with the evil characters. Maybe cause they all end up dying in the end.
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10-19-2010, 02:01 PM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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I have to admit to being a Maedhros fangirl. That guy is just awesome. *wipes drool* *hides*
 Well seriously, I think he is an admirable character yet not an all too polished hero without faults. I don't like those except for Finrod Felagund for whom i have a soft spot too.I also like Galadriel a lot, and Melian too although the end of her story is not very inspiring. Morwen and Húrin are cool so I often wonder how come they managed to have such a jerk for a son. Several of the minor characters in Narn are lovely as well - Andróg, Aerin, Sador, Gwindor, Brandir...And one of my favourites in the Sil is Haleth. You don't hear about her much but she's just cool. Lastly, Sauron is sometimes just awesomely evil in the Sil. He's so much cooler there than in LotR...
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10-19-2010, 07:53 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars
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I'm back to Melian again. I think the circles of the world need more 'girdling'... more defenses against the darkness. Galadriel had her guard against the darkness; but Melian's was formidable too. And she could sing.
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10-20-2010, 04:48 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2010
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And it's okay, you're not alone. *meekly raises hand and admits to being a Maedhros-addict*
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10-20-2010, 04:43 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2010
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I think for Tolkien fans reading LotR, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion is a basic necessity. You can't understand anything otherwise!
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10-20-2010, 05:26 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Oct 2010
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haha, every time I eat a piece of cake now I'll think of Fingon and his harp! The Hobbit and Silmarillion are definite necessities to read beforehand. I read everything completely backwards (the trilogy first, then the hobbit and Sil.) the first time around and was so confused, it wasn't even funny!
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10-21-2010, 05:02 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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11-09-2010, 06:05 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
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I see your point, Galadriel, but I think that the proper way to read it is backwards. I've talked to people who've read TH before LOTR, and neither of them got passed The Fellowship of the Ring. They say its just a repetition of TH, just with different characters and a little more detailed and a lot more complicated. I've read LOTR before TH, and I found the "repetition" quite all right, because I've read the more detailed version first and I already know what and where everything is.
I think that LOTR is the summit of Tolkien's works. TH is very simple compared to it; The Sil is very good, but it's just too much information to put in a separate book - there has to be either a separation or a continuation if it would be written out the "proper way". Tolkien did that with Narn i Hin Hurin, but again, it can't be a separate book. Moreover, he'd probably have to make a separate book for every one of the 6 battles of Beleriand... My favourite character is probably Finrod, although I have many others. You can call me weird if you want to, but my favourite female character is Morwen, not Luthien.
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11-09-2010, 11:30 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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You have a point, but I was being idealistic. IF the Silmarillion was an easy read, I should think I'd read it first. And IF I wouldn't get bored in FotR, I'd read The Hobbit before.
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11-09-2010, 11:33 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Do you see?
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