A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR - Page 48

Elemmírë · 01-27-2005, 05:21 PM

People just don't understand comments such as "Damn! This has got to be what the Helcaraxë was like!"

Which can't be quite true in any event...

Of course, it's not always wonderful when they do understand you, because then you end up discussing the different characteristics of several Fëanorions...! And usually one particular Finarfinion also...

And then you get hit.

Though... that might just be me...

Telcontar_Dunedain · 01-27-2005, 05:25 PM

I'd probably welcome that. No one in my school has any knowledge of the Sil or LotR and think that reading them makes me boring.

***Earniel*** · 01-27-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

When you're really, really cold, the first thing you think about is the Helcaraxë...

Last year when it snowed and one of the white dogs of the neighbours had broken in our garden, the first thing I thought was: "Dang, the Brandywine must have frozen over, the white wargs are invading the Shire!"

Elemmírë · 01-27-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Telcontar Dunedain

I'd probably welcome that. No one in my school has any knowledge of the Sil or LotR and think that reading them makes me boring.

Nah. Just means that your brain is bigger.

Ugh. Three years ago some girl in some of my classes didn't even realise that LOTR was a book.

I was shocked. And she was very lucky I was not as terribly obsessed as I am now.

Actually, a lot of people are lucky because of that. Some of those movie fans would probably be running away upon seeing me if I had been this bad back then...

Nowadays very few people around me don't know Tolkien. And the ones who don't are usually quite open to (and soon trying to read) it.

I haven't converted anyone to Finrodomania yet, though.

I'm a bad influence on sane people.

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

Last year when it snowed and one of the white dogs of the neighbours had broken in our garden, the first thing I thought was: "Dang, the Brandywine must have frozen over, the white wargs are invading the Shire!"

haha!

Telcontar_Dunedain · 01-27-2005, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

Nowadays very few people around me don't know Tolkien. And the ones who don't are usually quite open to (and soon trying to read) it.

Very few people around me don't know Tolkien, however even fewer are open to a suggestion about trying to read the book.

Elemmírë · 01-27-2005, 05:40 PM

Hit them over the head with it.

Then run.

Very quickly.

Katt_knome_hobbit · 01-27-2005, 06:32 PM

Reenacting scenes from the book with LEGOS!

I'm starting work on a Lego version of Barad-dur.

Edit: I've got one! When you force your classmates to call you the Dark Lord, though that could be a bit Star Warsie.

Elemmírë · 01-27-2005, 06:35 PM

Next time a teacher asks us if we have nicknames, maybe I'll tell him/her to call me Amárië. Hm...

Ideas...

Katt_knome_hobbit · 01-27-2005, 06:38 PM

I have a mentally disabled friend who is always on my case about when I played Sauron and tried to take over Middle Earth.

NOTE: Mental disabilities and Lord of the Rings do not mix well.

Meriadoc Brandybuck · 01-28-2005, 12:46 PM

When you do something like this: Mary Poppins=Merry Pippin. Get it? Oh, nevermind...

Katt_knome_hobbit · 01-28-2005, 12:58 PM

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.

The Wizard from Milan · 01-28-2005, 09:53 PM

A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR
... if out of the blue you wisper "my precious"

Mrs.Gimli · 01-28-2005, 10:03 PM

My cat is called Gandalf tiger lily and I am obssesed with him!(I almost called him Giml)\]

trolls' bane · 01-28-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

Next time a teacher asks us if we have nicknames, maybe I'll tell him/her to call me Amárië. Hm...

Ideas...

Hm...

Familiar

.

That still doesn't explain who andrew is...

Meriadoc Brandybuck · 01-28-2005, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Katt_knome_hobbit

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.

Someone understands my insan... obsession!

Or was that one already done?

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Originally Posted by The Wizard from Milan

A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR
... if out of the blue you wisper "my precious"

I do that all the time. It's actually quite amusing when my friends tell me I'm obsessed... because I am!

Most of them have only seen the movies, so they all like Pippin.

Don't ask me why.

ethuiliel · 01-29-2005, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Katt_knome_hobbit

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.

Constantly. For example, I just read the "Familiar" in trolls' bane's post as "Faramir".

Elemmírë · 01-29-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

Constantly. For example, I just read the "Familiar" in trolls' bane's post as "Faramir".

Me, I still have trouble with the word "friend".

I usually don't myself, but people who are around me randomly start saying "my precious" and sounding disturbingly like gollum...

ethuiliel · 01-29-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

Me, I still have trouble with the word "friend".

I think that might have something to do with favorite characters. lol. I've gotten the impression that yours is Finrod, and mine's definetly Faramir.

I litterally cannot hear the word "mine" without really wanting to say "mine, my own, my preciouss"

Katt_knome_hobbit · 01-29-2005, 05:16 PM

Oh gods.

How often now-a-days do you still slip into gollum mode? I am finding that I mearly jerk at the mention of key words.

I am trying to censor myself more often, so if you see me jerk and run into a corner it is because I had a bad thought that needed to go away.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-29-2005, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

I think that might have something to do with favorite characters. lol. I've gotten the impression that yours is Finrod, and mine's definetly Faramir.

I litterally cannot hear the word "mine" without really wanting to say "mine, my own, my preciouss"

yes, at dinner time, it sounds like my mother tells me to turgon the oven, as opposed to turn on the oven

01-27-2005, 05:21 PM	#941
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	People just don't understand comments such as "Damn! This has got to be what the Helcaraxë was like!" Which can't be quite true in any event... Of course, it's not always wonderful when they do understand you, because then you end up discussing the different characteristics of several Fëanorions...! And usually one particular Finarfinion also... And then you get hit. Though... that might just be me... __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-27-2005, 05:25 PM	#942
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	I'd probably welcome that. No one in my school has any knowledge of the Sil or LotR and think that reading them makes me boring. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

01-27-2005, 05:40 PM	#946
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	Hit them over the head with it. Then run. Very quickly. __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-27-2005, 06:32 PM	#947
Katt_knome_hobbit Dead Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: on the floor, under the table, just to your left, your other left Posts: 1,486	Reenacting scenes from the book with LEGOS! I'm starting work on a Lego version of Barad-dur. Edit: I've got one! When you force your classmates to call you the Dark Lord, though that could be a bit Star Warsie. __________________ How to Survive the Sillmarillion I thought that Alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse. "Lacerations make complications, but welts go away in a day."

01-27-2005, 06:35 PM	#948
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	Next time a teacher asks us if we have nicknames, maybe I'll tell him/her to call me Amárië. Hm... Ideas... __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-27-2005, 06:38 PM	#949
Katt_knome_hobbit Dead Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: on the floor, under the table, just to your left, your other left Posts: 1,486	I have a mentally disabled friend who is always on my case about when I played Sauron and tried to take over Middle Earth. NOTE: Mental disabilities and Lord of the Rings do not mix well. __________________ How to Survive the Sillmarillion I thought that Alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse. "Lacerations make complications, but welts go away in a day."

01-28-2005, 12:46 PM	#950
Meriadoc Brandybuck Magnificent Master of Buckland Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Buckland, U.S.A. Posts: 1,138	When you do something like this: Mary Poppins=Merry Pippin. Get it? Oh, nevermind... __________________ But it is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say to much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place. -Meriadoc Brandybuck Is there anything I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?.-Adrian Monk Hogan: What's a definate factor that we can count on? Newkirk: We don't know what we're doing. Do you wanna split a pineapple? -Shawn Spencer

01-28-2005, 12:58 PM	#951
Katt_knome_hobbit Dead Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: on the floor, under the table, just to your left, your other left Posts: 1,486	I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances. __________________ How to Survive the Sillmarillion I thought that Alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse. "Lacerations make complications, but welts go away in a day."

01-28-2005, 09:53 PM	#952
The Wizard from Milan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 421	A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR ... if out of the blue you wisper "my precious"

01-28-2005, 10:03 PM	#953
Mrs.Gimli Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39	My cat is called Gandalf tiger lily and I am obssesed with him!(I almost called him Giml)\] Last edited by Mrs.Gimli : 01-30-2005 at 02:58 PM.

01-29-2005, 05:16 PM	#959
Katt_knome_hobbit Dead Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: on the floor, under the table, just to your left, your other left Posts: 1,486	Oh gods. How often now-a-days do you still slip into gollum mode? I am finding that I mearly jerk at the mention of key words. I am trying to censor myself more often, so if you see me jerk and run into a corner it is because I had a bad thought that needed to go away. __________________ How to Survive the Sillmarillion I thought that Alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse. "Lacerations make complications, but welts go away in a day."

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