How hardcore are you? - Page 2

emplynx · 02-05-2002, 10:20 AM

I would consider my self hardcore. I have only been a fan for a year thought so I don't know everything yet.. I am working on it! I just bought HotLotR. (History of the LotR)

Agburanar · 02-06-2002, 10:15 AM

Wohoo! So I'm not the only person to think up crazy Nazgul-coasters and Bilbo's teacup rides!

Sakata · 02-07-2002, 07:54 PM

I would consider myself a hardcore fan, I have the gates of moria painted 5ft high in my room, with dwarven runes going around the top of my room (and this was years before the movie came out mind you) I speak and study Quenya and other lanugages -though I still cant get english right. I got lotr calandrs, books, swords, rings, goblets...you name it, and to top it all off, i am a 16 year old girl, how weird is that?

Agburanar · 02-08-2002, 04:58 AM

My best friend has always wanted a crossbow, anyone know where I can get her one?

***Earniel*** · 02-08-2002, 01:45 PM

I don't think I'm hardcore. I like Tolkien a lot, well that's an understatement I adore Tolkien. But I'm not learning Quenya or Sindarin (I'm already having trouble with German and French as it is) and I definately have A LOT of reading and catching up to do. And the point is even if I tried to be a fully learned Tolkienscholar, I know I never will. Gosh, now I'm depressed... hand me that crossbow, will you Agburanar?

KGamgee · 02-08-2002, 04:30 PM

I don't think I'm really hardcore. I love LOTR, I read it every night before I go to bed,so don't get me wrong. But I don't have each book memorized from cover to cover and I don't know everything there is to know about Tolkien the way some of you do. I just love the books.

Aragorn · 02-08-2002, 04:35 PM

I call my washing machine the Crack Of Doom and once threw my mom's wedding band in there. Does that make me qualify?

Sakata · 02-10-2002, 12:52 AM

Agburanar, its called e-bay my friend, you can get anything on there, I have bought 2 swords of there already.

Evenstar · 02-10-2002, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aragorn
I call my washing machine the Crack Of Doom and once threw my mom's wedding band in there. Does that make me qualify?

It may make you qualify for a mental asylum!!! Hehe

Laurelyn · 02-10-2002, 01:37 PM

Oooh, a mental asylum?? Can I go?

I don't really think I'm "Hardcore." I am, however, a fan.

Starr Polish · 02-10-2002, 02:12 PM

I am most definately not hardcore, but I am a fan, as stated above

I'm getting there though.

All of my friends think I am odd.

Nibs · 02-14-2002, 12:45 AM

From the way you put it, you're saying that hardcore fans (short for "fanatics") don't merely invest their time into this cause; they invest their LIFE (all too true, I suppose).

I'm actually taking a class here at college studying the works of Tolkien. We learned how the diphthongs (yes, that's a word), or the juxtapositioning of consonants, in Quenya resembles (more than coincidencidentally) that of Finnish. Also, the vowel and consonant replacements between singular and plural nouns (i.e. [in Quenyan], "orch" means "orc" while "yrch" means "orcs") is exactly the same to that of Welsh.

That's my claim to Tolkien fame. I don't think I'll ever live in a Smial or a glistening white tower, but I may get a few other fans to go on a camping trip, LotR style... that would be splendid...

FrodoFriend · 02-14-2002, 02:02 AM

That sounds really interesting, Nibs.

I can't say I wouldn't want to live in a Smial and speak Quenya all the time, but it's rather unlikely to happen. So I guess I'm a mental hardcore fan. If that makes any sense.

ragamuffin92 · 02-14-2002, 10:10 AM

Re FrodoFriend's: "So I guess I'm a mental hardcore fan...."
And I think that I am just plain MENTAL, period!!

aldesign · 02-14-2002, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sakata
I would consider myself a hardcore fan, I have the gates of moria painted 5ft high in my room, with dwarven runes going around the top of my room (and this was years before the movie came out mind you) I speak and study Quenya and other lanugages -though I still cant get english right. I got lotr calandrs, books, swords, rings, goblets...you name it, and to top it all off, i am a 16 year old girl, how weird is that?

ooooo 16yo Female, can u speak some Elvish to me, in an Arwen/Liv kinda way, and ur bound to turn me on!

heheh

bropous · 02-14-2002, 12:02 PM

I may be a big fan of Tolkien, but I'm not really "hardcore". I've read LotR repeatedly, as well as Silmarillion, but simply cannot get into history of Middle Earth. I love discussing the books, arguing this point or that, but when it comes down to it, my truck is not named Shadowfax, my cat is not named Shelob, and I do not call my tv the "palantir". I do, however, think of Redhorn Gate everytime I am mountain climbing [which is often], saw the Fellowship of the ring seven times [so far], and virtually came unglued when I thought some poster had said JRR Tolkien was a poor scholar. Maybe the first step to dealing with Tolkienist tendencies is to admit you have a problem...

Celebwen · 02-17-2002, 04:56 PM

I can't say that I'm hardcore....actually, yeah.....I'm more mental

I practically read LotR from back-front (it's more interesting!), I know how to *translate* Sindarin (still working on the speech), I can name the dwarves from TH off the top of my head, and I've made two languages of my own (writing, words, the whole thing).

Calling all FREAKS!

(((and my cat's named Galadriel...well, at least that's what I call her!)))

Nibs · 02-17-2002, 05:13 PM

I'm also working on a language... it's really tough but even more fun...

And in response to Bropous' comment, I nearly agree with the fact that Tolkien was a poor scholar, but strictly in the scholarly sense. Fantasists are not awarded much respect in many circles, and some of his peers argued that Tolkien was wasting his time with nonsense... after all, children do that type of thing.

However, as true as that is, he produced something of far greater value than (I think) if he adhered solely to his studies, and I'm glad that he showed so much creativity into his scholastic achievements.

Ñólendil · 02-17-2002, 05:34 PM

Wouldn't 'hardcore fans' be long for 'fanatics', Nibs?

Nibs · 02-17-2002, 07:12 PM

Well, I suppose so... except that I'm talking about a single word there, not a phrase... but I'm sure you knew that and was just joshing, considering that obnoxious smiley following your comment.

02-07-2002, 07:54 PM	#23
Sakata Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 216	I would consider myself a hardcore fan, I have the gates of moria painted 5ft high in my room, with dwarven runes going around the top of my room (and this was years before the movie came out mind you) I speak and study Quenya and other lanugages -though I still cant get english right. I got lotr calandrs, books, swords, rings, goblets...you name it, and to top it all off, i am a 16 year old girl, how weird is that? __________________ "When evil people come to destroy me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will know no fear." -Psalms 27:2-3 -Dare you venture into Gollum's Lair? JESUS LIVES!

02-08-2002, 04:35 PM	#27
Aragorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere but where I should be. Posts: 369	I call my washing machine the Crack Of Doom and once threw my mom's wedding band in there. Does that make me qualify? __________________ And they carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO till the day I die.

02-10-2002, 12:52 AM	#28
Sakata Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 216	Agburanar, its called e-bay my friend, you can get anything on there, I have bought 2 swords of there already. __________________ "When evil people come to destroy me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will know no fear." -Psalms 27:2-3 -Dare you venture into Gollum's Lair? JESUS LIVES!

02-10-2002, 01:37 PM	#30
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Oooh, a mental asylum?? Can I go? I don't really think I'm "Hardcore." I am, however, a fan. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

02-10-2002, 02:12 PM	#31
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I am most definately not hardcore, but I am a fan, as stated above I'm getting there though. All of my friends think I am odd. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-05-2002, 10:20 AM	#21
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	I would consider my self hardcore. I have only been a fan for a year thought so I don't know everything yet.. I am working on it! I just bought HotLotR. (History of the LotR)

02-06-2002, 10:15 AM	#22
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Wohoo! So I'm not the only person to think up crazy Nazgul-coasters and Bilbo's teacup rides!

02-08-2002, 04:58 AM	#24
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	My best friend has always wanted a crossbow, anyone know where I can get her one?

02-08-2002, 01:45 PM	#25
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I don't think I'm hardcore. I like Tolkien a lot, well that's an understatement I adore Tolkien. But I'm not learning Quenya or Sindarin (I'm already having trouble with German and French as it is) and I definately have A LOT of reading and catching up to do. And the point is even if I tried to be a fully learned Tolkienscholar, I know I never will. Gosh, now I'm depressed... hand me that crossbow, will you Agburanar?

02-08-2002, 04:30 PM	#26
KGamgee Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 103	I don't think I'm really hardcore. I love LOTR, I read it every night before I go to bed,so don't get me wrong. But I don't have each book memorized from cover to cover and I don't know everything there is to know about Tolkien the way some of you do. I just love the books.

02-14-2002, 12:45 AM	#32
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	From the way you put it, you're saying that hardcore fans (short for "fanatics") don't merely invest their time into this cause; they invest their LIFE (all too true, I suppose). I'm actually taking a class here at college studying the works of Tolkien. We learned how the diphthongs (yes, that's a word), or the juxtapositioning of consonants, in Quenya resembles (more than coincidencidentally) that of Finnish. Also, the vowel and consonant replacements between singular and plural nouns (i.e. [in Quenyan], "orch" means "orc" while "yrch" means "orcs") is exactly the same to that of Welsh. That's my claim to Tolkien fame. I don't think I'll ever live in a Smial or a glistening white tower, but I may get a few other fans to go on a camping trip, LotR style... that would be splendid... __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

02-14-2002, 02:02 AM	#33
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	That sounds really interesting, Nibs. I can't say I wouldn't want to live in a Smial and speak Quenya all the time, but it's rather unlikely to happen. So I guess I'm a mental hardcore fan. If that makes any sense. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-14-2002, 10:10 AM	#34
ragamuffin92 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York State Posts: 309	Re FrodoFriend's: "So I guess I'm a mental hardcore fan...." And I think that I am just plain MENTAL, period!! __________________ FRODO LIVES!! (sung to the tune of "My Boyfriend's Back") Now, Gandalf's back, and you're gonna be in trouble (Hey-la, hey-la---Now, Gandalf's back) Soon, Barad-dur is gonna be a pile of rubble (Hey-la, hey-la---Now, Gandalf's back)

02-14-2002, 12:02 PM	#36
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	I may be a big fan of Tolkien, but I'm not really "hardcore". I've read LotR repeatedly, as well as Silmarillion, but simply cannot get into history of Middle Earth. I love discussing the books, arguing this point or that, but when it comes down to it, my truck is not named Shadowfax, my cat is not named Shelob, and I do not call my tv the "palantir". I do, however, think of Redhorn Gate everytime I am mountain climbing [which is often], saw the Fellowship of the ring seven times [so far], and virtually came unglued when I thought some poster had said JRR Tolkien was a poor scholar. Maybe the first step to dealing with Tolkienist tendencies is to admit you have a problem... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

02-17-2002, 04:56 PM	#37
Celebwen Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: somewhere, over the rainbow, preferribly in Middle-Earth...... Posts: 19	I can't say that I'm hardcore....actually, yeah.....I'm more mental I practically read LotR from back-front (it's more interesting!), I know how to translate Sindarin (still working on the speech), I can name the dwarves from TH off the top of my head, and I've made two languages of my own (writing, words, the whole thing). Calling all FREAKS! (((and my cat's named Galadriel...well, at least that's what I call her!))) __________________ ~Celebwen~ ...'I chose thumbs because they are very important. If I hadn't my thumbs I don't suppose I could ride my horse or write letters or pinch my litttle brothers, so I thought perhaps I should make a list of everything I couldn't do without my thumbs, for if a heathen came across the sea threatening to cut off my thumbs I might read my list and maybe he would change his mind. Then again, the likelyness of my being threatened by a heathen and whether a list would change his mind is very slim, so I'll save myself some time and not write a list!'

02-17-2002, 05:13 PM	#38
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	I'm also working on a language... it's really tough but even more fun... And in response to Bropous' comment, I nearly agree with the fact that Tolkien was a poor scholar, but strictly in the scholarly sense. Fantasists are not awarded much respect in many circles, and some of his peers argued that Tolkien was wasting his time with nonsense... after all, children do that type of thing. However, as true as that is, he produced something of far greater value than (I think) if he adhered solely to his studies, and I'm glad that he showed so much creativity into his scholastic achievements. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

02-17-2002, 05:34 PM	#39
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Wouldn't 'hardcore fans' be long for 'fanatics', Nibs? __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

02-17-2002, 07:12 PM	#40
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	Well, I suppose so... except that I'm talking about a single word there, not a phrase... but I'm sure you knew that and was just joshing, considering that obnoxious smiley following your comment. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

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