A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR II

[Rían]

Originally Posted by GrayMouser

When every essay you hand in to your English Foreign Language teacher, no matter what the topic, is about Middle-Earth (yes, I'm looking at you, Tina Chen.)

Are they any good?

[GrayMouser]

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

Are they any good?

Considering she's a high-school kid writing in a second language, quite good- though of course, she does have a great teacher, one who's always willing to give her the correct spelling of Elvish names

[Rían]

Of course!

How fun to know that there are Tolkien lovers all around the world

I've always regretted not following thru on an idea I had while I was traveling in the mountains of Ecuador a few years ago - I was going to write some Tengwar on a stone and just throw it into the jungle as far as I could throw it ... kind of cool to think that there was some Tolkien there ... but I ended up getting quite sick on the bus and was too tired to do it. I wish I had ...

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

-you own three copies of LOTR-one very nice version for display-a paperback version for actually reading-and an extra copy in case you lose any of the others

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

... in English, and then the same in your first language if this isn't English

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

LOL! Good one! (goes off to check on her 3 copies)

And then another one because you notice the first ones don't have the appendices and you really want those runes and tengwar.

(Why the Dutch translator didn't bother with exactly those appendices, I'll never know.)

[Valandil]

*ahem* Don't you also need a copy to loan out to friends? To get other people obsessed?

[EllethValatari]

You change the Charles Dickens quote on an award on your wall to a Tolkien quote just to be able to wake up every morning and read his words.

[Peregrina_Took]

I have a massive list of wierd stuff I've done. Unfortunately, it's on my other computer - the one that takes thirty minutes just to turn on. So here are a few off the top of my head -

You take your Gandalf-ish, Tenwar enscribed walking stick with you everywhere (and I do mean everywhere

You scream "Its him, it's him, it's him, it's him, Oh My Valar, it's HIM" in the middle of a public library because you saw a picture of Pippin.

You swear you've seen Peter Jackson walking down your street...even though Peter Jackson has probably never come within a hundred miles of where you live.

You shout "Aiya Elenion Ancalima!" when entering or leaving Wal-mart. (Those security cameras looked strangely like like Black Watchers.

You stare into a bowl of water for hours until you convince yourself that you've seen the Shire. (Actually, I'm beginning to suspect that I fell asleep and just dreamed about Hobbits.)

You believe finding the LotR section in a new library is a Secret Mission. Quest. Thing.

You practice your Gollum/Smeagol discussions in the middle of a college campus.

You wonder why your family is acting embarressed - you finally got your voice to be spitty enough!

You name your pillow Pippin. *blushes*

You try sucking toffes to get over your obsession.

Wow. That's a lot. And I have more where that came from...

[Valandil]

Every time you spread your butter over your bread or toast or muffin, and it comes up a little bit short, you start to think...

[Voronwen]

The first thing that comes to your mind when someone mentions a Halloween party is.... gotta find me some Elf ears.....

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Voronwen

The first thing that comes to your mind when someone mentions a Halloween party is.... gotta find me some Elf ears.....

I was just invited to one and thought that! Do you know where to get some?

[GrayMouser]

Uh-oh...is someone trying to re-ignite the Great Elvish Ears Flame-
Wars?

[Voronwen]

Nothing of the like intended! It's simply a fact that most people outside the fandom proper tend to think of Elf ears in a certain way... So for Halloween, if you want to come across as an Elf, to most people 'out there', unfortunately the ears are a must. But i apologize if my post has inadvertently dredged up some past hurts - if you'd like, i can take it down.

[Valandil]

Don't worry about it Voronwen - I think he was just playing around. Either that, or HOPING we could start up some New Elf Ear Wars.

[GrayMouser]

Yes, indeedy... after going through those on the old White Council site a dozen years ago, the last thing I'd want to do is re-ignite them- that, and whether Balrogs have wings

[Metus_of_Morgul]

You want your first tattoo to be a big red flaming eye all over your back?
You consider Burj-Dubai to be Barad-Dur
You give rings to your friends and wonder how will you be able to see their thoughts...

[Peregrina_Took]

You know you're obsessed with LotR when:

Your little brother has learned how to speak elvish from you.
You give ALL of your pets LotR names
You try to draw a map of the mines of Moria, just in case you end up there someday
You draw up charts explaining the difference between LotR Elves and Santa's little Orcs
You run up to random trees and hug them, shouting "Treebeard!!"
You want to knit a scarf just like Pippin's
You refuse to where a coat when it gets cold because "Elves do NOT get cold!"
You giggle madly when you find a Tolkien reference in an otherwise non - LotR related book
You give everyone in your family LotR nicknames - The Shireling, Bombur, Eol, Bilbo, ect.
Your family calls you The Elf
You respond to this name
You are downright pleased by this name
You spend days in a tree, pretending to be Haldir.
You plan out how you are going to feed and entertain the Fellowship if they ever show up in your backyard.
You always manage to bring conversations around to LotR, no matter how they started out.
You shout "A Elbereth Giltthoniel" whenever you see the stars
You call power structures Barad-dur or Orthanc

Eh, these aren't very good - I'll probably think of better ones later on.

[AnduinFury]

Originally Posted by Peregrina_Took

Your little brother has learned how to speak elvish from you.

Speaking of which, did Tolkein ever publish a book on Elvish? Wanting to learn, but can't find anything.

[Earniel]

I don't think Tolkien himself ever did. But countless of Tolkien associations and fanclubs have courses and coursebooks on the different languages of Middle-earth.

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

I don't think Tolkien himself ever did. But countless of Tolkien associations and fanclubs have courses and coursebooks on the different languages of Middle-earth.

Yes. My favorite is Pedin Edhellen, A Sindarin Course. It's by Thorsten Renk and I think there's a PDF version somewhere online. Very informative and educational.

[AnduinFury]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

I don't think Tolkien himself ever did. But countless of Tolkien associations and fanclubs have courses and coursebooks on the different languages of Middle-earth.

Well, I have seen the elvish alphabet floating around, but that's less than half of a language. And the cast members in the special features (Like Liv Tyler) have commented about "learning the words" and such...
What did they use in the films?