Do your friends think you're a loser?

Ace · 12-06-2001, 06:15 AM

You and your other loser friend are having an in depth conversation conserning LOTR. You're finishing each others sentences.
You-"Not the wandering wizard?"
Friend-"The same" (chuckles all around)

However, all of the not enlightened friends think you two are crazy. This is the curse of the hardcore fan, to be ridiculed by those who do not know. But this is also an advantage. When you meet a new person who is hardcore LOTR you have that instant bond with them. That person is in the loop. So it's not us who are strange, it is those timid souls who live life on a day to day basis and never ponder profound things like the creation of middle earth or the pity question as to why neither Frodo nor Bilbo could slay Gollum.

We are the few and the proud, the hardcore fans. Hold your heads up high!!

"If the choice be mine, I say, we march!"

Darkhalcyon · 12-06-2001, 10:27 AM

They mock us secretly, but in fact it is we who are in the right. At least the hardcore fans have something to devote our time and brains over. I mean come on, Britney Speares and rap, or LotR? which one is more profound and intelligent, yes?

Miríel · 12-06-2001, 10:34 AM

No one of my friends has ever red the book. They all think I'm crazy!!!
Just a few of them read (books) and none of them read books with over 200 pages. So when I'm sitting there with stars in my eyes staring out in the air wandering about how it would have been if the ring wasn't destroyed, they're all looking like I was some kind of freak.
I'm tellin ya............ they are the freaks!!!!!!

Ace · 12-06-2001, 04:07 PM

That's what I'm saying!

Wayfarer · 12-06-2001, 04:32 PM

Losers.

All my friends are slowly being infectid by my fanatic tolkien purism. Soon, I shall achieve world domination!

Lord Xanthyz · 12-06-2001, 05:09 PM

They are afraid of our power, they fear the elven-warrior spirit will arise within us and we will take over the world!!!
MUAHAHAHA!!!

Wayfarer · 12-06-2001, 05:20 PM

Ooh! A kindred spirit! Nice to moot...er meet you.

Kirinki54 · 12-06-2001, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wayfarer
Soon, I shall achieve world domination!

I think you might be too late. What about this guy Peter Jackson...?

Lord_Ov_The_Thunder · 12-06-2001, 07:06 PM

Look guys am egyptian, and i get enough mockery for reading english books (Fantasy) they just keep mocking me and calling me a psycho!!! but as soon as they hear something about the story they just want to know more about it.... They call me Storyteller, for some of them come to me daily for a chapter of the silmarillion!!!! I take it on me to publish Tolkien in Egypt

fireworks19 · 12-06-2001, 09:50 PM

OOoooh, I like you guys. So much like me!

I had a friend who used to write things in Sindar...I still have 'Arwen' written down and all pretty....CAUSE I USED TO BE THE ARWEN AROUND HERE!

Hee.

Ace · 12-06-2001, 09:58 PM

I'm glad my thread is causing so much excitement. We must join join forces against ignorance and ridicule. Together we shall vanguish our common foe. Together!

"If the choice be mine, I say, we march!"

Darkhalcyon · 12-08-2001, 10:29 AM

i think world domination has already been acheived by tolkien! look how widespread his readers are!!

And besides, us 'freaks' have all the fun! I mean, while they're all oteaging in sex and drugs, we're questionig and debating the balrog answer.

Wayfarer · 12-08-2001, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Darkhalcyon
And besides, us 'freaks' have all the fun! I mean, while they're all oteaging in sex and drugs, we're questionig and debating the balrog answer.

oteaging? I'm not familiar with that word... Afro-Elf?

I agree with you wholeheartedly, though. ]: )

Varda · 12-15-2001, 09:56 PM

i try not to talk too much about lotr with my friends... even the ones who have read the books and like it a lot are not really that into it as much as i am. my dad introduced me, and we sort of shared the stories when i was young... but even he is not quite so interested in having extended conversations about it as i am. this is all right with me, since i am not nearly as much of an expert on it as many of you on this board. i still think that it is one of my favorite fantasy tales (cs lewis' chronicles of narnia is close but more for kids so... yeah... )

so it doesnt bother me when others do not share my enthusiasm... as i am used to being an individual on other things as well (veganism, environmentalism, over-intellectualism, etc...). so i am happy being myself and consider that others are at a loss for missing out on these things

Jo El · 12-15-2001, 11:24 PM

Back in High School I was ragged about being a weirdo because on a field trip to the Sierras ( a mountain range in N California) I made the comment that I wondered what it would have been like to walk in the Misty Mountains and especially to watch Giants toss boulders around during thunderstorms.

The way I see it those folks are the losers when they can't look at a tree and imagine what it would look like as an Ent. They can't fathom why I think its cool to daydream that a far off peak sits above Moria or that the valley ahead after a climb could contain the last homely house.

The wonder of Middle Earth for those of us captured by it's spell is truly its wonder.

Renille · 12-15-2001, 11:49 PM

One of MY friends said she had never even HEARD of LOTR. Of course, I went into hysterics, and said stuff like, "How could you NOT know? The lord of the rings is one of the most; if not THE most famous book in the world!" But then, my other friend knew exactly who Boromir was when I brought my new Boromir bookmark in last week...

I love pertending I'm a daughter of Galadriel, love dreaming I'm a maid of Minas Tirith. I CAN'T imagine what my life would be like without another one to escape to.I would have been insane by now.

Wayfarer · 12-16-2001, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Renille
I'm a daughter of Galadriel.

Are you single? ]: )

galadriel · 12-17-2001, 10:30 PM

Many of my friends are freaks about some sort of fictional world, whether it be X-Files, Buffy, etc. They are all freaks in general.

I don't have too many LOTR fan friends, but one of my friends read the book over the summer and is now really excited about the movie. I sucked a few people into movie hysteria, in fact. It's so fun.

Needless to say, nearly everyone else at school thinks we're crazy losers.

Miríel · 12-18-2001, 05:22 AM

On my school one guy whithout me has read the book. And now its become a mania. Almost every boy in my class talks about it, even though they don't understand a bit!!
But no one of my friends even read! so I have no chanse of improving them.

Agburanar · 12-18-2001, 05:49 AM

Ridicule? I am hailed as a master of knowledge on that front... Although the current question is mainly 'But lord of the Rings isn't out until the 19th is it?' Aaargh!

12-06-2001, 06:15 AM	#1
Ace Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island Posts: 20	Do your friends think you're a loser? You and your other loser friend are having an in depth conversation conserning LOTR. You're finishing each others sentences. You-"Not the wandering wizard?" Friend-"The same" (chuckles all around) However, all of the not enlightened friends think you two are crazy. This is the curse of the hardcore fan, to be ridiculed by those who do not know. But this is also an advantage. When you meet a new person who is hardcore LOTR you have that instant bond with them. That person is in the loop. So it's not us who are strange, it is those timid souls who live life on a day to day basis and never ponder profound things like the creation of middle earth or the pity question as to why neither Frodo nor Bilbo could slay Gollum. We are the few and the proud, the hardcore fans. Hold your heads up high!! "If the choice be mine, I say, we march!"

12-06-2001, 10:27 AM	#2
Darkhalcyon Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: a boring little town not too far from manhattan Posts: 140	They mock us secretly, but in fact it is we who are in the right. At least the hardcore fans have something to devote our time and brains over. I mean come on, Britney Speares and rap, or LotR? which one is more profound and intelligent, yes? __________________ Absolute power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard, be evil.

12-06-2001, 04:32 PM	#5
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Losers. All my friends are slowly being infectid by my fanatic tolkien purism. Soon, I shall achieve world domination! __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

12-06-2001, 05:09 PM	#6
Lord Xanthyz Enting Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Marion, Indiana Posts: 89	They are afraid of our power, they fear the elven-warrior spirit will arise within us and we will take over the world!!! MUAHAHAHA!!! __________________ Enyalieru

12-06-2001, 05:20 PM	#7
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Ooh! A kindred spirit! Nice to moot...er meet you. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 12-06-2001 at 05:23 PM.

12-06-2001, 10:34 AM	#3
Miríel Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norway Posts: 16	No one of my friends has ever red the book. They all think I'm crazy!!! Just a few of them read (books) and none of them read books with over 200 pages. So when I'm sitting there with stars in my eyes staring out in the air wandering about how it would have been if the ring wasn't destroyed, they're all looking like I was some kind of freak. I'm tellin ya............ they are the freaks!!!!!!

12-06-2001, 04:07 PM	#4
Ace Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island Posts: 20	That's what I'm saying!

12-06-2001, 07:06 PM	#9
Lord_Ov_The_Thunder Sapling Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Egypt Posts: 14	Stupids Look guys am egyptian, and i get enough mockery for reading english books (Fantasy) they just keep mocking me and calling me a psycho!!! but as soon as they hear something about the story they just want to know more about it.... They call me Storyteller, for some of them come to me daily for a chapter of the silmarillion!!!! I take it on me to publish Tolkien in Egypt __________________ Lord Of the waters spoke, In the silence words of wisdom. I've seen the end of all, Be aware the storm gets closer.

12-06-2001, 09:50 PM	#10
fireworks19 Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 156	OOoooh, I like you guys. So much like me! I had a friend who used to write things in Sindar...I still have 'Arwen' written down and all pretty....CAUSE I USED TO BE THE ARWEN AROUND HERE! Hee. __________________ Just Watch the Fireworks Just Meet Fireworks =)

12-06-2001, 09:58 PM	#11
Ace Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island Posts: 20	I'm glad my thread is causing so much excitement. We must join join forces against ignorance and ridicule. Together we shall vanguish our common foe. Together! "If the choice be mine, I say, we march!"

12-08-2001, 10:29 AM	#12
Darkhalcyon Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: a boring little town not too far from manhattan Posts: 140	i think world domination has already been acheived by tolkien! look how widespread his readers are!! And besides, us 'freaks' have all the fun! I mean, while they're all oteaging in sex and drugs, we're questionig and debating the balrog answer. __________________ Absolute power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard, be evil.

12-15-2001, 09:56 PM	#14
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	i try not to talk too much about lotr with my friends... even the ones who have read the books and like it a lot are not really that into it as much as i am. my dad introduced me, and we sort of shared the stories when i was young... but even he is not quite so interested in having extended conversations about it as i am. this is all right with me, since i am not nearly as much of an expert on it as many of you on this board. i still think that it is one of my favorite fantasy tales (cs lewis' chronicles of narnia is close but more for kids so... yeah... ) so it doesnt bother me when others do not share my enthusiasm... as i am used to being an individual on other things as well (veganism, environmentalism, over-intellectualism, etc...). so i am happy being myself and consider that others are at a loss for missing out on these things __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

12-15-2001, 11:24 PM	#15
Jo El Sapling Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Carlisle, PA Posts: 13	Back in High School I was ragged about being a weirdo because on a field trip to the Sierras ( a mountain range in N California) I made the comment that I wondered what it would have been like to walk in the Misty Mountains and especially to watch Giants toss boulders around during thunderstorms. The way I see it those folks are the losers when they can't look at a tree and imagine what it would look like as an Ent. They can't fathom why I think its cool to daydream that a far off peak sits above Moria or that the valley ahead after a climb could contain the last homely house. The wonder of Middle Earth for those of us captured by it's spell is truly its wonder. __________________ Jo El

12-15-2001, 11:49 PM	#16
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	One of MY friends said she had never even HEARD of LOTR. Of course, I went into hysterics, and said stuff like, "How could you NOT know? The lord of the rings is one of the most; if not THE most famous book in the world!" But then, my other friend knew exactly who Boromir was when I brought my new Boromir bookmark in last week... I love pertending I'm a daughter of Galadriel, love dreaming I'm a maid of Minas Tirith. I CAN'T imagine what my life would be like without another one to escape to.I would have been insane by now. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.) Last edited by Renille : 12-15-2001 at 11:51 PM.

12-17-2001, 10:30 PM	#18
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	Many of my friends are freaks about some sort of fictional world, whether it be X-Files, Buffy, etc. They are all freaks in general. I don't have too many LOTR fan friends, but one of my friends read the book over the summer and is now really excited about the movie. I sucked a few people into movie hysteria, in fact. It's so fun. Needless to say, nearly everyone else at school thinks we're crazy losers. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

12-18-2001, 05:22 AM	#19
Miríel Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norway Posts: 16	On my school one guy whithout me has read the book. And now its become a mania. Almost every boy in my class talks about it, even though they don't understand a bit!! But no one of my friends even read! so I have no chanse of improving them.

12-18-2001, 05:49 AM	#20
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Ridicule? I am hailed as a master of knowledge on that front... Although the current question is mainly 'But lord of the Rings isn't out until the 19th is it?' Aaargh!

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