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Forum: The Books 10-18-2024, 06:37 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,567
Posted By Huinesoron
Wandering further from BoLT, but so much the same...

Wandering further from BoLT, but so much the same process that I can't justify making a separate thread for it, I've been trying to pin down some of the other real-world locations that Tolkien...
Forum: The Books 10-17-2024, 04:14 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 10,570
Posted By Huinesoron
This was in my mind also, but I ignored it. :D I...

This was in my mind also, but I ignored it. :D I was treating the Three Houses as like the Three Tribes of the Eldar: everyone was kin to the Haladin or the Hadorians, with the Beorians as a weird...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-16-2024, 06:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,959
Posted By Huinesoron
Thank you both; my reread (first in a long time)...

Thank you both; my reread (first in a long time) has just finished the Council, and there's two quotes almost back to back that pretty much confirm your answers:





So we will be visiting a...
Forum: The Books 10-16-2024, 02:21 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 10,570
Posted By Huinesoron
Thank you. :) Okay, let's have a play....

Thank you. :)



Okay, let's have a play. :D

The speculation so far is that the three Numenoreans represented the three Houses of the Edain. We know from Aldarion and Erendis that the Beorians...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-14-2024, 11:37 AM
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Views: 1,959
Posted By Huinesoron
Where was Frodo most at peace?

I'm working on a fanfic, and want to evoke the place Frodo found the most peace or rest after Weathertop. I was going to use the Shire, but that's wrong: Sam found peace in the restored Shire, but...
Forum: The Books 10-09-2024, 11:13 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 10,570
Posted By Huinesoron
All of this is very plausible, but not proven by...

All of this is very plausible, but not proven by the text. Is there a source for the 7 Rings to 7 Clans in 7 Mansions connection we all seem to make, or did we just guess that? Neither the Three nor...
Forum: The Books 10-09-2024, 01:45 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 10,570
Posted By Huinesoron
I don't remember doing this at all, but I largely...

I don't remember doing this at all, but I largely stand by it. Thankfully, Tolkien doesn't seem to have meandered on the Rings in later life the way he did with so much else!

In light of RoP's...
Forum: The Movies 10-05-2024, 04:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,667
Posted By Huinesoron
Okay I really like this idea. It would be a nice...

Okay I really like this idea. It would be a nice way to give Theo character development without him just ending up as Another Hero Guy. And it would mean he's in the movies! In green!

hS
Forum: The Movies 10-05-2024, 04:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,667
Posted By Huinesoron
Blerg. That was not a particularly fun episode....

Blerg. That was not a particularly fun episode. Largely following Wikipedia's ordering here, because who can remember when each scene fell?


Why is the Balrog about 100 ft tall? Was it that big...
Forum: The Movies 10-05-2024, 03:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,697
Posted By Huinesoron
I found this episode very frustrating. The moral...

I found this episode very frustrating. The moral of it appeared to be "even if you reject evil you are still utterly in its power": except for Celebrimbor while in his vision, everyone Sauron...
Forum: The Movies 09-25-2024, 10:46 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,298
Posted By Huinesoron
I'm pretty sure they fought, and had a "you took...

I'm pretty sure they fought, and had a "you took everything from me"/"I don't even know who you are" moment (where Halbrand seems to be referencing his family being murdered but PSYCH it was actually...
Forum: The Books 09-25-2024, 10:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,567
Posted By Huinesoron
I've inserted these, along with Falasse Numea...

I've inserted these, along with Falasse Numea (entered loosely as the Irish west coast). On the back of about an hour's research, I think the Withernsea and Gypsy Green identifications are solid.
...
Forum: The Books 09-25-2024, 04:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,567
Posted By Huinesoron
Having driven across the Barrow-Downs...

Having driven across the Barrow-Downs (https://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19367) and seen exactly how hard it is to figure out where you are or which way you're going, he definitely did!...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2024, 04:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,567
Posted By Huinesoron
Finding the Cottage of Lost Play

So the reader is introduced to the Cottage of Lost Play, where Eriol hears the tales of the Elder Days that make up the Book of Lost Tales. What's interesting about the very early Legendarium is that...
Forum: The Movies 09-23-2024, 01:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,298
Posted By Huinesoron
Commenting out of order, because we watched this...

Commenting out of order, because we watched this one last night; but also in no particular order because last night was a long time ago:


Oh hey the Harfeets are back.
Whyyyy is there a...
Forum: The Books 09-13-2024, 02:45 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 176,654
Posted By Huinesoron
It's still underground! It just had a brief...

It's still underground! It just had a brief excursion above by way of a Hobbit, barely worth mentioning.

Can something be "lost" if it is physically in someone's possession? Absolutely! "Painting...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 09-13-2024, 05:52 AM
Replies: 4,573
Views: 1,156,991
Posted By Huinesoron
Seconded! Happy birthday, Urwen. :) hS

Seconded! Happy birthday, Urwen. :)

hS
Forum: The Books 09-13-2024, 05:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,657
Posted By Huinesoron
Doing a quick comparison: AAm: ...

Doing a quick comparison:

AAm:
Awakening-Finding: 35VY = 335SY
Finding-March: 20VY = 192SY
March-Arrival in Aman: 28VY = 268SY
Arrival in Aman-Death of Trees: 362VY = 3469 SY

Arvegil:...
Forum: The Movies 09-13-2024, 05:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,181
Posted By Huinesoron
This one was so much fun. :D I was giggling the...

This one was so much fun. :D I was giggling the whole way through.


I initially objected to the flyover shots of the Elves in the mountains, but actually, yeah, they had to pass through the Blue...
Forum: The Movies 09-12-2024, 08:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,439
Posted By Huinesoron
"Sorcerer, Ringwraith, Lord of the Nazgul, whingy...

"Sorcerer, Ringwraith, Lord of the Nazgul, whingy teenager long ago..."

hS
Forum: The Movies 09-12-2024, 06:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,439
Posted By Huinesoron
Oh look, it's the B-plot. Oh man, is...

Oh look, it's the B-plot.


Oh man, is Isildur dead??! No, because Hugo Weaving has to yell at him in about, oh, probably 6 months on this compressed timeline. It really takes all the tension out...
Forum: The Movies 09-07-2024, 04:28 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,447
Posted By Huinesoron
Narya **Spoiler Warning** Rings of Power S2E2 - "Where the Stars are Strange"

Okay, episode 1 was surprisingly okay, so what about episode 2? I can't remember the order of any of this, but:


Some beautiful interior views of Khazad-Dum. They have hanging gardens, how...
Forum: The Movies 09-07-2024, 04:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,955
Posted By Huinesoron
Yep, this; I've watched 2 and 3 recently so plan...

Yep, this; I've watched 2 and 3 recently so plan to start those if nobody does it first.

hS
Forum: Quiz Room 09-04-2024, 04:29 AM
Replies: 4,084
Views: 875,605
Posted By Huinesoron
brb, checking The Children of Hurin. Hmm,...

brb, checking The Children of Hurin.

Hmm, okay. I'm going to guess you are Anglachel/Gurthang. There's some nice translated names in the riddle - I spotted "strong" for Beleg and "place of...
Forum: The Movies 09-03-2024, 03:34 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,955
Posted By Huinesoron
Narya **Spoiler Warning** Rings of Power S2E1 - "Elven Kings Under the Sky"

Yup, we're doing this again. Love it, hate it, refuse to watch it, here's your spoiler thread for The Lord of the Rings: Extracts from Appendix B (Revised and Expanded) - Season 2 ~~~ Episode 1.
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