who hates dragons - Page 2

Arag0rn · 01-22-2004, 03:30 AM

I've never met a dragon, but seeing as their mythical creatures with huge wings and powerfull claws and inpenetrable scales, i think there cool

Lord Boromir · 01-23-2004, 03:50 AM

yeah, me too. I don't hate them, even if they're evil...

Turgon_Turambar · 01-25-2004, 11:58 AM

I read somewere that Dragons were once good but were corrupted into Morgoths service like the Balrog maiars and Sauron. It said that maybe Dragons were Maiar aswell but i dont think so.

Lalaith_Elf · 02-15-2004, 04:57 PM

I love dragons. They're such beautiful and graceful creatures.

Plus they come in handy when you wish to BBQ that certain annoying enemy that has just gone too far

Tuor of Gondolin · 02-16-2004, 09:55 PM

Two items on dragons, a poem by C. S. Lewis and a related comment by JRRT.

alliterative poem by CSL, (Rehabilitations, p. 122),
"We were talking of dragons, | Tolkien and I
In a Berkshire bar. | The big workman
Who had sat silent | and sucked his pipe
All the evening, | from his empty mug
with gleaming eye | glanced towards us;
'I seen 'em myself', | he said fiercely."
__________________________________

In The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien, #300:
"The lines which Jack gives as examples are not unfortunately entirely accurate examples of Old English metrical devices. The occasion is entirely fictitious. I have never seen a dragon, nor ever seen a man who said that he has. I don't wish to see either. A remote source of Jack's lines may be this: I remember Jack telling me a story of Brightman, the distinguished ecclesiastical scholar, who used to sit quietly in Common Room saying nothing except on rare occasions. Jack said that there was a discussion of dragons one night and at the end Brightman's voice was heard to say, 'I have seen a dragon.' Silence. 'Where was that?' he was asked. 'On the Mount of Olives,' he said. He relapsed into silence and never before his death explained what he meant."

Vilya · 03-04-2004, 12:40 PM

Liking dragons or not seems to depend on your perspective. I actually liked Smaug alot, after all he was a good villian. Of course I also take my overall dragon opinions from other sources too. Such as Dragonlance where not all dragons were the same, or the Dragonriders of Pern which gave yet another perspective.

01-23-2004, 03:50 AM	#22
Lord Boromir Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 18	yeah, me too. I don't hate them, even if they're evil... __________________ "Elen s?*la lúmenn' omentielvo."

01-25-2004, 11:58 AM	#23
Turgon_Turambar Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The depths of Thangorodrim Posts: 145	I read somewere that Dragons were once good but were corrupted into Morgoths service like the Balrog maiars and Sauron. It said that maybe Dragons were Maiar aswell but i dont think so. __________________ GOD SENT ME TO PISS THE WORLD OFF!!!!!!!!!!

02-15-2004, 04:57 PM	#24
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	I love dragons. They're such beautiful and graceful creatures. Plus they come in handy when you wish to BBQ that certain annoying enemy that has just gone too far __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

02-16-2004, 09:55 PM	#25
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	Two items on dragons, a poem by C. S. Lewis and a related comment by JRRT. alliterative poem by CSL, (Rehabilitations, p. 122), "We were talking of dragons, \| Tolkien and I In a Berkshire bar. \| The big workman Who had sat silent \| and sucked his pipe All the evening, \| from his empty mug with gleaming eye \| glanced towards us; 'I seen 'em myself', \| he said fiercely." __________________________________ In The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien, #300: "The lines which Jack gives as examples are not unfortunately entirely accurate examples of Old English metrical devices. The occasion is entirely fictitious. I have never seen a dragon, nor ever seen a man who said that he has. I don't wish to see either. A remote source of Jack's lines may be this: I remember Jack telling me a story of Brightman, the distinguished ecclesiastical scholar, who used to sit quietly in Common Room saying nothing except on rare occasions. Jack said that there was a discussion of dragons one night and at the end Brightman's voice was heard to say, 'I have seen a dragon.' Silence. 'Where was that?' he was asked. 'On the Mount of Olives,' he said. He relapsed into silence and never before his death explained what he meant." __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva! Last edited by Tuor of Gondolin : 02-16-2004 at 09:56 PM.

03-04-2004, 12:40 PM	#26
Vilya Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 21	Liking dragons or not seems to depend on your perspective. I actually liked Smaug alot, after all he was a good villian. Of course I also take my overall dragon opinions from other sources too. Such as Dragonlance where not all dragons were the same, or the Dragonriders of Pern which gave yet another perspective. __________________ Forged in fire, made of steel.

01-22-2004, 03:30 AM	#21
Arag0rn Sapling Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: upstairs with your mom Posts: 2	I've never met a dragon, but seeing as their mythical creatures with huge wings and powerfull claws and inpenetrable scales, i think there cool

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