The Lord of the Rings

Since we seem to be debating Arwen right now…I'm not really a fan of her either. Too romantic, and kinda wimpy, if you ask me. Doesn't know her own mind. Also…she really should listen to her Dad. just sayin'.

They were originally going to have her go to Helm's Deep to fight with the Lothlorien Elves. Would that have been better?

"Stupid, fat hobbits…."
-Gollum

facedesk I'm so glad they didn't.

Very glad they didn't do that. Having the Elves come to Helm's Deep was totally against the book already, not to mention completely unrealistic!

Since we seem to be debating Arwen right now…I'm not really a fan of her either. Too romantic, and kinda wimpy, if you ask me. Doesn't know her own mind. Also…she really should listen to her Dad. just sayin'.

They were _originally_ going to have her go to Helm's Deep to fight with the Lothlorien Elves. Would that have been better?

Less wimpy? perhaps, depending on how she handled it. But it wouldn't have made me like the character better.

I was also kind of annoyed at the handling of Faramir in the movie. I understand them making him a more sympathetic character, but why add stuff, when so much that was in the book was already left out?

I was also kind of annoyed at the handling of Faramir in the movie. I understand them making him a more sympathetic character, but why add stuff, when so much that was *in the book* was already left out?

AMEN!

EXTENDED EDITION!!!

*EXTENDED EDITION!!!*

Oh, yes. The only proper way to watch it.

*EXTENDED EDITION!!!*

Oh, yes. The only proper way to watch it.

I HAVEN'T SEEN EXTENDED YET!

Oh dear. You must rectify this as soon as possible!

Oh you poor fool. You must rectify this as soon as possible!

Oh you poor fool. You must rectify this as soon as possible!

This was all the way over on the fifth page!!!!

I'm half Legolas, half Frodo. Two of my favorite characters…

Wait, I would have said that whoever I got….

Jaw drops Me too! :D

Okay, I took a Lord of the Rings quiz a couple days ago, and I came out to be Legolas. :P I also learned today that Legolas means Greenleaf. :P

Okay, I took a Lord of the Rings quiz a couple days ago, and I came out to be Legolas. :P I also learned today that Legolas means Greenleaf. :P

You learned that today? Wow.

Okay, I took a Lord of the Rings quiz a couple days ago, and I came out to be Legolas. :P I also learned today that Legolas means Greenleaf. :P

You learned that today? Wow.

#topicofawesomeness

I'm Eowyn (mostly), Arwen (my hair!!), Boromir (we share faults), Frodo, and Gandalf (by decision of my siblings). Thankfully, no Gollums. :)
I did it with most of my brothers and a sister and it was a lot of fun. :) Thanks!

#topicofdumbness

You know, I'm getting really impatient to see The Return of the King… _Really_ impatient.

#topicofdumbness

^ #commentofignorance

You know, I'm getting _really_ impatient to see The Return of the King... *_Really_* impatient.

You know, I'm not. Maybe my life is just too normal, or something. Imagine that…

#topicofdumbness

^ #commentofignorance

#epicburn :P

I read the Hobbit in about four hours over last night and this morning.

I read my Between the lines which has like 400 pages in 3 hours! #Iwon

But Tolkein is really hard to read. :) #noyoudidnt

I found Tolkien to be an easier reader than many, but I never do read that fast myself.

I LOVE LOTR
My favorite game is The Battle for Middle-Earth game first released in 2001

I have BFME2, and it's fun! But, I'm personally waiting for Shadows of Mordor. I think it comes out…2015? I'll have to check again. It looks AWESOME!

wishes she could read that fast

I have BFME2, and it's fun! But, I'm personally waiting for Shadows of Mordor. I think it comes out...2015? I'll have to check again. It looks AWESOME!

Comes out next week! SO EXCITED!

I started watching Return of the King with Daddy!

Fun!

aha! A chat page just for what I know best! now…what…

I started watching Return of the King yesterday also, with MY dad! Not as though I haven't viewed it before, though…

OMG is anyone going to Imax theatres to see the new Hobbit?

And Rachel finally started reading the Hobbit… And then she like it so much that she reserved it at the library!

I just listened to Christopher Lee singing a Christmas song that his heavy metal rock band performed. My reaction.

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I just listened to Christopher Lee singing a Christmas song that his heavy metal rock band performed. 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lol, yeeeeah

The name of a color of roving: Gandalf the Grey.

Hey…I finally watched An Unexpected Journey for the first time on Sunday!

It was better than I was expecting.

I'm reading The Fellowship of the Ring right now- and really enjoying it!

We almost borrowed it on Wednesday night, but borrowed a game instead.

We saw The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies two nights ago!

How fun! Did you like it???

Yes, I really enjoyed it! Of all three, it was probably the most like the book, though it still had some major discrepancies and was cheesy at times. Anyway, it was a lot of fun, as far as being a movie, and I really liked the way it portrayed certain characters (Bard, Bilbo, the Mayor and his crew). And I had some great company to watch it with!! :)

Cool! I can't wait to see it!!!

Last night Dani and I watched The Fellowship of the Ring. I really enjoyed it!!! I liked how they did the hobbits, and I liked how they changed Merry and Pippin to the mischief-makers. ;)

Here's a rather peculiar sort of "story" I wrote today. It's not really fan-fiction, for as you all know I haven't even read The Lord of the Rings. You will thus find Elvish words used in place of their corresponding Mannish ones.
And, having not read the Professor's work, I have no reservations about turning Arda upside-down. No offense to a Catholic Tolkien, if I present a rather Calvinistic view of Eru. Enjoy… or don't.

They have destroyed it. It was their only hope, but they destroyed it. Even now, I feel it crying out to me from the Void. Now Mayarōn can never become Mairon. It is a thing of the past, gone forever. Annatar, a name I strove to be worthy of, is dead.
You have destroyed it, poor souls. You rejected Mayarōn. You betrayed Annatar. You have chosen Sauron. Now all hope of peace is behind you, for the ring is gone. Melcor's ring—Arda itself—has become mine.
The Valar have done this. Now I realize it. Even Olórin was blind. Curumo realized it, to his credit. The Powers know that no matter what happens, I can only be defeated by their hand. I will ravage Endor, a war to end all wars. But that is not what others will see.
Every Eruhin, every Maia, will think that I am Melcor, that I can only destroy. The Valar will return, and banish me forever. Ambar will be theirs again; they will have saved it. Saved it from an evil they did nothing but encourage.
But they were wrong. They wanted me to recover my ring. Then they could have defeated me. But I have obtained a far greater ring—the ring of Melcor, Arda itself.
Long have I feared to become like Melcor, fell and terrible. Now I see the truth. I have accidentally done what the blood of countless Númenorian sacrifices could not. I have summoned Melcor from the Void, and we are becoming one. Twice the Valar defeated Melcor. But they cannot defeat us both.
I swore, I swore never to become like Melcor. But the glory-seeking Valar have forced it upon me.
“Destroy them.” Melcor's soul is being wrought into my own. Why should I not destroy the Valar, proud, disorderly beings? It ought to be the will of Eru.
“Curse him.” It is hard to think that such a thought should come from my own mind. No, Melcor, that is where we always have differed. With Aulë I stood in the beginning, and not once did I betray the Song of Eru. He will work his will as he sees fit, something no Ainu can do. You fought for destruction, Melcor, but I fought for peace. Peace can only come with complete control.
And then I realize it. How blind I have been! Eru is in control. He can bring a better peace than I ever could, the peace of freedom. I thought to sacrifice the freedom of Ambar for peace, but Eru will give both. Eru's rings are better than mine.
Louder and louder is Melcor's raging. But it is not the will of Eru to destroy the Valar, with all their failings. He appointed them, and I cannot change that.
I will not become Melcor. I will not become a hater of Eru. The Eruhíni have chosen Sauron, but Mayarōn may yet save them. I reject Melcor's ring, as I rejected it when Isildur took my own ring.
It is not Eru's will that I rule Endor. Nor that the Valar. He alone shall rule, in the Age of Atani.
I cannot bring you back, Melcor. I will never become like you. I will destroy myself first, and all my works with me.
The pain is unbearable, as I tear my very soul apart. Melcor's voice is lost in the depths of the Void, never to return. My own soul hastens after him. I look again on the fair lands of Endor—which never were quite black enough for my taste—and there I see hope. Hope that I will forever be defeated. Dear Eruhíni, forgive me if by sword I sought your peace. I have seen my error, and shall never repeat it. Mayarōn has at last become Mairon. My only regret is that you shall never know it.
My realm of darkness, not just black, but evil, crumbles beneath me as I look across the Straight Way to Aman. O Valar, my mistake was not just my own, but yours also. There is no power but the power of Eru.
With the very dregs of my soul, I rise in a black mist from the land I once called home, and stretch out my hand to the West, as if somehow to make the Valar learn what I have learned, but I cannot sufficiently raise my arm. Instead my hand rests over the very Eruhíni who have brought about my destruction. May Eru bless you, Olórin, you fool.
My form is blown away in the wind, and my soul driven to the Void, where it surely deserves to remain, to wrestle against Melcor until the End of the World. May the will of Eru be done.