The strangest of all Tolkien's creatures? - Page 3

Kwijibo · 03-04-2002, 03:24 PM

What about Sauron? One big floating eyeball, red I must add, seems like a pretty weird creation. If he's got a form, then fine, he's a regular guy, but no body except a giant eyeball?!?! ;-)

The Ents are a bit strange too. Oh, by the way, if ne1 knows and Ents, please tell them to destroy our local council because they sent people with chain-saws to de-limb the trees across from my house.

Khadrane · 03-05-2002, 12:09 AM

Tom Bombadil. I mean, no one really knows for sure who he is anyway. He sings to save hobbits from giant trees, and the Ring has no effect on him. That's pretty strange.

Earenya · 03-05-2002, 12:40 AM

**Goldberry and Ents. I mean, as far as our world goes, they are the most similar-to-but-oddly-different from real world creations.**

Kwijibo · 03-08-2002, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by Myself
What about Sauron? One big floating eyeball, red I must add, seems like a pretty weird creation. If he's got a form, then fine, he's a regular guy.

REGULAR GUY?!?!?!? What the heck was I thinking!? Sauron is a twisted evil maniac, does ne1 called THAT regular?!

I don't. *smacks herself on her own head for being such a dunce*

afro-elf · 09-27-2011, 04:38 PM

There is this passage from the FOTR in the Old Forest chapter "...and if they looked up to the pale sky, they caught sight of queer gnarled and knobbly faces that gloomed dark against the twilight, ..." I see these as being like wizened fairy types from folklore.

Lefty Scaevola · 09-28-2011, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kwijibo

Sauron is a twisted evil maniac, does ne1 called THAT regular?!

Yep, that is rather common and regular in this world, at least.

ASmileThatExplodes · 10-16-2011, 01:50 PM

I think that the Valar are quite weird.. Sitting in their high chairs, sipping tea and not doing anything, when Middle-Earth is on the edge of losing the war with Sauron. :')
(I know that the Eagles at the end of the war at the Morannon were a sign of Manwë and that they sent the Istari, etc., but still.. I think they're pretty weird. Still love them eventually.

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Olmer · 10-16-2011, 11:32 PM

How you can't love them when they are core of your existence?
They are the forces of nature. The nature could be weird, could be brutal and unforgiving, but can you live without air, water, soil that nurtures greens, fire that warms you?...

03-04-2002, 03:24 PM	#41
Kwijibo Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlorien (actually Wales, but let's not talk about that) Posts: 117	What about Sauron? One big floating eyeball, red I must add, seems like a pretty weird creation. If he's got a form, then fine, he's a regular guy, but no body except a giant eyeball?!?! ;-) The Ents are a bit strange too. Oh, by the way, if ne1 knows and Ents, please tell them to destroy our local council because they sent people with chain-saws to de-limb the trees across from my house. __________________ 'So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All you can decide is what to do with the time that is given to you,' - Gandalf the Grey 'I left my body to science, but I'm afraid they've turned it down' - In memory of Graham Chapman 'Rubin sits like Buddah in a 10 foot cell, An innocent man in a living hell,' - From 'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan, the only innocent Hurricane protest song, written stressing the innocence of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a black, middle-weight boxer imprisoned for 19 for a triple murder which he did not commit.

03-05-2002, 12:09 AM	#42
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	Tom Bombadil. I mean, no one really knows for sure who he is anyway. He sings to save hobbits from giant trees, and the Ring has no effect on him. That's pretty strange. __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

03-05-2002, 12:40 AM	#43
Earenya Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pinnath Gelin, formerly in Angaron... Posts: 228	Goldberry and Ents. I mean, as far as our world goes, they are the most similar-to-but-oddly-different from real world creations. __________________ O mor henion i dhu Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron.... Tiro! El eria e mor I 'lir en el luitha 'uren Ai! Aniron... FRODO LIVES!

09-27-2011, 04:38 PM	#45
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	There is this passage from the FOTR in the Old Forest chapter "...and if they looked up to the pale sky, they caught sight of queer gnarled and knobbly faces that gloomed dark against the twilight, ..." I see these as being like wizened fairy types from folklore. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

10-16-2011, 11:32 PM	#48
Olmer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: LI-woods, NY Posts: 653	How you can't love them when they are core of your existence? They are the forces of nature. The nature could be weird, could be brutal and unforgiving, but can you live without air, water, soil that nurtures greens, fire that warms you?... __________________ Uruk-hai, or the journey to there. Last edited by Olmer : 10-16-2011 at 11:39 PM.

10-16-2011, 01:50 PM	#47
ASmileThatExplodes Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 24	I think that the Valar are quite weird.. Sitting in their high chairs, sipping tea and not doing anything, when Middle-Earth is on the edge of losing the war with Sauron. :') (I know that the Eagles at the end of the war at the Morannon were a sign of Manwë and that they sent the Istari, etc., but still.. I think they're pretty weird. Still love them eventually. )

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