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Post by InklingElf on Aug 8, 2004 20:16:59 GMT -5
*poke* Hey Inkling, we moved onto A-Z of Races, Creatures and Plants now, but oh well... | tari :zzzzzzzzzzz:wakes up: Huh what?...OH! :embarassed: sorry 'bout that 'Tari! ok Ill give it a try again -- I don't recall an animal/plant starting with the letter "j" so I'll go with "K"- kirinki -- the birds of Numenor
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Post by InklingElf on Jul 28, 2004 21:57:26 GMT -5
F - Forodwaith for the cold lands in the north of Middle-earth
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 11, 2004 17:14:21 GMT -5
I don't believe there is a location on Middle-Earth that begins with "Q" (correct me if I'm wrong)--so I'll continue with the next letter:
R for Rath Dínen - This was the street that ran between the Houses of the Dead, where the great of Gondor, Kings and Stewards alike, were laid after death.
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Post by InklingElf on Mar 6, 2004 19:54:43 GMT -5
:checks in The Two Towers book again:
This is becoming a habit! sorry again! that's right :embarassed:
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 20, 2004 15:22:39 GMT -5
Firo-sry! I must've been looking at an old message...sry again! Ophelia-Nice try but not quite the right answer--although the first half is correct--it was Theoden...
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 11, 2004 17:00:11 GMT -5
Firondoiel's question is past expired 10 days but here's the answer i got: There are 3 Queens of Numenor and they are: Tar-Ancalimë, Tar-Telperiën and Tar-Vanimeldë.
Now, I'll ask a question:
Who acquired the aid of the Wild-Man -- who was the king's* name and what was the wild-man's name?
*:indicates a hint
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 7, 2004 23:40:13 GMT -5
The one of Luthien and Beren of course--not only because it mirrors the relationship shared by Arwen and Aragorn in the 3rd Age--which is the Lord of the Rings. It may be seen as a type of Shakespearean love--but altogether it is original and exceptional... I also like the coming of The Elves--mostly when it talked about the Noldor (which is Galadriel's kin). It really gives the true meaning of what it is to be an elf. They are not at all perfect and made alot of mistakes in the early days of Ea (i.e., when Feanor and his sons persuaded the Noldor to leave Valinor and when he slew the sea elves--which angered the Teleri and mostly the Valar...but Manwe still took pity on them). My favorite Vala are Manwe and Ulmo--I don't even have to delv in great detail about why I like them so much
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 8, 2004 14:41:53 GMT -5
lol--poor you--I think the way they did the animation is funny. The only rendering I hated was the Wood Elves--they look more like green Santa Claus Elves--yuck!
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 7, 2004 23:45:19 GMT -5
Has any one seen it? It's a 70s cartoon rendering of the book--and I think it's really cute. In fact it overpowers the LOTR cartoon (<---which REALLY sucks) made before the days of the movies.
:hums one of Gollum's riddles in the book: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life; kills laughter. The answer is dark...The Dark...
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Post by InklingElf on Aug 15, 2004 14:11:19 GMT -5
It's probably extreme blasphemy, but Aragorn strikes me as a bit of a weirdo in the first few scenes he's in. I think he drew the broken bits of Narsil out to show Sam that he wasn't really that dangerous. But if he had another sword, then Sam would have seen it and totally freaked. Maybe Aragorn hid it? As for the movies, it was an interesting way to have the sword remade, and it was good they showed the forging in such a way. But can someone please tell me what the hell that thing with Arwen was? I STILL can't make any sense of it! It was NOT Narsil at all -- it was his Dunedian ranger sword in Bree. What 'thing with Arwen'?
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Post by InklingElf on Jan 8, 2004 14:39:21 GMT -5
Narsil is of the Dunedain--quite important you know--and as you saw in ROTK it was significant due to the fact that it was the only sword Aragorn could use to command the loyalty of the Oath Breakers...
It's not such a bad heirloom either, hence the fact that it passed through the 2nd Age (Isildur) as an important weapon of Man/Dunedain. Heck, even the Elves think it's important.
And as to Aragorn as a ranger--Elrond did not think of forging the sword then because it was not the proper time... Wielding the sword would imply that Aragorn was king (remember he was in exile during FOTR and the beginning of TTT)...
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Post by InklingElf on Aug 15, 2004 13:58:54 GMT -5
bladerdash... I've met Mr.Spock and he's my tutor! <-----without the hat!
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Post by InklingElf on May 26, 2004 18:31:12 GMT -5
I have an urge to ride into the mountains after that poem Here's a shortie: This train its wheels ride on a turbulent haze
This rust clings onto iron the wind blows but it never lets go
These feet running pattering upon the sun-warmed asphalt
This man who paces on in the street ahead determined to win the race against the wind-rustled leaves
Trudging on from one day to the next Into one moment And out the other
Finite victories echo But no music is heard
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Post by InklingElf on Apr 17, 2004 12:54:20 GMT -5
Istawen -- you're so sweet! Thanks I wrote the poem quite recently a few months ago while viewing a photograph with -- yes trees and twilight.
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Post by InklingElf on Apr 16, 2004 18:28:36 GMT -5
I don't mind Elentari here's another one from my files: Through distant firs above me The scent of coal is caught in the drift
At dawn it sways with the cones The dew is brought to my lips
Shafts of light Filtered into crepuscules that make the twilight
And the moon is brought to me again
That is why nature is always new Recycled through many-a-poet’s gloss
And trees and forests and moons Mingle together so they become
One
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