LOTR: what did you NOT like in the books? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Galadriel · 02-03-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

personally I almost never "see" their faces, or even see them fully. I can imagine how they move and some general looks, but anything more specific is really hard to imagine.

So, in other words, I would not put this on my short list of things I don't like.

It is generally quite hard to imagine characters' faces, whether you have a description of them or not (or maybe that's just me?), but when it comes the Hobbits and Legolas, I barely have a sense of even their colouring. They're basically different sized blobs moving about. I have a childish notion of: 'It's your story! So you describe the characters! *pouts dramatically*'

Galadriel55 · 02-03-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel

'It's your story! So you describe the characters! *pouts dramatically*'

"You're the reader! You imagine them!"

Galadriel · 02-04-2012, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

"You're the reader! You imagine them!"

I don't need or want THAT much room for the imagination! In any case, Tolkien seems to be one of those very, very few authors who does not give you an idea as to how his characters look

Kath · 02-04-2012, 10:16 AM

A leeeeetle more character description would have been nice. Until the films came out the vague idea I had in my head of what a hobbit looked like was some kind of overgrown guinea pig.

Aganzir · 02-06-2012, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Do you mean you feel pity for him and wish he had had someone to hold back his killer, as Gandalf had discussed with Frodo about Gollem? Or . . . mawkish emotion for a dude you thought was cool for challenging the hegemony?

More of the latter. Yes, it's cool to be a fallen wizard, but did you have to fall so low?

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Originally Posted by Galadriel

I don't need or want THAT much room for the imagination! In any case, Tolkien seems to be one of those very, very few authors who does not give you an idea as to how his characters look

There's always Stephenie Meyer...

Galadriel · 02-06-2012, 09:10 AM

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There's always Stephenie Meyer...

Ste-who?

Aganzir · 02-06-2012, 02:49 PM

Who knows, maybe we like Tolkien's characters so much because they're empty shells onto which we can project ourselves...

Lalwendë · 02-06-2012, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Kath

A leeeeetle more character description would have been nice. Until the films came out the vague idea I had in my head of what a hobbit looked like was some kind of overgrown guinea pig.

Hobbits were easy for me. They looked like my dad. In fact, in the film they looked like my dad, so it's a win all round.

02-04-2012, 10:16 AM	#4
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	A leeeeetle more character description would have been nice. Until the films came out the vague idea I had in my head of what a hobbit looked like was some kind of overgrown guinea pig. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

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Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Who knows, maybe we like Tolkien's characters so much because they're empty shells onto which we can project ourselves... __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.