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Legate of Amon Lanc · 02-03-2013, 04:37 AM

I am sort of wondering if I should comment at all, or let you do your brainstorming regardless where it takes you

Your choice - if you want me to comment on everything, or whether you prefer to first "brainstorm" and only when you say "okay, I think this is the answer, because..." I should respond why it's wrong

I can say this though - don't stretch it. My riddles tend to be often more straightforward than people think they are. If you saw any of my previous ones, I keep saying that every time, and yet every time people are imagining that I am a) speaking metaphorically b) about Inglor Felagund's fifteenth cousin, c) calling him a pineapple, whereas what I am talking about actually, is the pineapple Bilbo Baggins had for breakfast.

And one more thing I could tell you for sure - both the subjects of the riddle are specific, they have their own names (so not "unnamed king of Cardolan" or such).

02-03-2013, 04:37 AM	#11
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I am sort of wondering if I should comment at all, or let you do your brainstorming regardless where it takes you Your choice - if you want me to comment on everything, or whether you prefer to first "brainstorm" and only when you say "okay, I think this is the answer, because..." I should respond why it's wrong I can say this though - don't stretch it. My riddles tend to be often more straightforward than people think they are. If you saw any of my previous ones, I keep saying that every time, and yet every time people are imagining that I am a) speaking metaphorically b) about Inglor Felagund's fifteenth cousin, c) calling him a pineapple, whereas what I am talking about actually, is the pineapple Bilbo Baggins had for breakfast. And one more thing I could tell you for sure - both the subjects of the riddle are specific, they have their own names (so not "unnamed king of Cardolan" or such). __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories