Having a LotR nickname? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 03-17-2005, 05:08 AM

Are you called by a name of a LotR character? Do you have a LotR-related nickname? (Ok, probably: does anyone call you by your screenname except other BD'rs?) Why are you called so? Do you like your nickname? I think it would be nice to reveal these things to everybody...

I'll be the one to start...
Some of my friends call me Gandalf or The Green Wizard. (Strange nicknames for a 15 year old girl...)

That's probably because I'm nearly a year older than my these friends and I've also introduced LotR and roleplaying to them. I'm also the GM of our RPG. I also know more abot Arda than they do - I've read more and more carefully, I suppose. They also keep asking my advice in certain things. And I'm probably as short-tempered as Gandalf is. I don't know do I like these nicknames. They really flatter me, but I don't want to be placed above my friends continuously. It can be really horrible. And I don't have a beard, really.

My best friend, who is the most Sam-like person I've ever met, calls me sometimes Mr. Frodo , for example if I ask her to do something for me.

And if my friends want to be kind to me they may call me Thinlómien.

Hope you have as weird nicknames as I do...

Lyta_Underhill · 03-17-2005, 09:46 AM

Some of my friends (and even my husband sometimes!) call me Frodo or Mr. Frodo. In fact, some of them don't call me by my real name anymore, opting for this hobbit-alternative! The weird thing about it for me is that I'm probably as old as Frodo (in dog years, anyway!)

Cheers!
Lyta

Encaitare · 03-17-2005, 02:49 PM

When writing things to me (notes or email), my best friend sometimes uses my Elvish name. And occasionally I am referred to as Jamby of the Woodland Realm (Jamby being a perversion of my real name and the Woodland Realm being how Aragorn refers to Mirkwood in the movie when introducing Legolas).

The Only Real Estel · 03-17-2005, 04:41 PM

Uh...my six year-old sister calls me 'Frodo', because of my hobbityish (<---that's a word now) hair, if that counts for anything.

Esgallhugwen · 03-17-2005, 06:04 PM

One of my jock friends (in high school, he was more of a friend to one of my other friends), he used to call me Frodo. And one of my other friends remarked me once as Lady Longshanks, she also says I'd make a great Elf.

Celebuial · 03-18-2005, 04:25 AM

Lot's of my close friends call me Celebuial but they haven't stuck to their Elvish names. Me and my group of friends also call each other Frodo, Evil Hobbitses, Precious, Strider, etc, depending on the mood, or actions of the person concered. For example if I managed to do something without any of my friends noticing I will be called Sneaky Hobbitses when they find out. Similarly we constantly make quotes from the books and films when they spring to mind, e.g: If I managed to get some part of stuck somewhere, or I get a ring stuck on my finger, I will either hear a chorus of "Caught, in a web, soon you'll be... Eaten", or "Take it off us, take it off us!" respectively.

I think this is great! It confuses most people, indeed my mum seems to think that I've been talking in code for years, and those that aren't confused smile at us and nodd with apreciation. It also helps to lighten the mood in an uncomfortable situation.

I love using names and quotes in everyday life, it makes things so much more personal and interesting to say "I'm going back to Mordor" when going somewhere you don't want to go, or "I'm going to speak to Smaug" if you've just had an argument with your mother! It add's an extra sparkle to any situation!

Morsul the Dark · 05-12-2005, 09:41 AM

well to some i am just plain old andrew to others i am amedaous after mozart some call me mantorak the corpse god....and a few very few mind you call morsul

Elentari_Elbereth · 05-31-2005, 04:54 PM

Well, let's see...
I've been called "Lord of the Rings Queen" by my mom,
"Elf" by many others
"Eowyn" online at times and by others in person (someone who just met me, too!)
I've been called Frodo too..

Most commonly I'm called Elf (not to be confused with that insulting holiday film

)
and/or Eowyn. and my sister's best friend calls me Master.

03-17-2005, 05:08 AM	#1
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Having a LotR nickname? Are you called by a name of a LotR character? Do you have a LotR-related nickname? (Ok, probably: does anyone call you by your screenname except other BD'rs?) Why are you called so? Do you like your nickname? I think it would be nice to reveal these things to everybody... I'll be the one to start... Some of my friends call me Gandalf or The Green Wizard. (Strange nicknames for a 15 year old girl...) That's probably because I'm nearly a year older than my these friends and I've also introduced LotR and roleplaying to them. I'm also the GM of our RPG. I also know more abot Arda than they do - I've read more and more carefully, I suppose. They also keep asking my advice in certain things. And I'm probably as short-tempered as Gandalf is. I don't know do I like these nicknames. They really flatter me, but I don't want to be placed above my friends continuously. It can be really horrible. And I don't have a beard, really. My best friend, who is the most Sam-like person I've ever met, calls me sometimes Mr. Frodo , for example if I ask her to do something for me. And if my friends want to be kind to me they may call me Thinlómien. Hope you have as weird nicknames as I do... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-17-2005, 09:46 AM	#2
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Some of my friends (and even my husband sometimes!) call me Frodo or Mr. Frodo. In fact, some of them don't call me by my real name anymore, opting for this hobbit-alternative! The weird thing about it for me is that I'm probably as old as Frodo (in dog years, anyway!) Cheers! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

03-17-2005, 06:04 PM	#5
Esgallhugwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Where the Moon cries against the snow Posts: 526	One of my jock friends (in high school, he was more of a friend to one of my other friends), he used to call me Frodo. And one of my other friends remarked me once as Lady Longshanks, she also says I'd make a great Elf. __________________ "...for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others. -8:9:4 The Witness of Fane"

03-18-2005, 04:25 AM	#6
Celebuial Wight Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cardiff during term time/Leicester in the holl's Posts: 129	I love it!!!!!!! Lot's of my close friends call me Celebuial but they haven't stuck to their Elvish names. Me and my group of friends also call each other Frodo, Evil Hobbitses, Precious, Strider, etc, depending on the mood, or actions of the person concered. For example if I managed to do something without any of my friends noticing I will be called Sneaky Hobbitses when they find out. Similarly we constantly make quotes from the books and films when they spring to mind, e.g: If I managed to get some part of stuck somewhere, or I get a ring stuck on my finger, I will either hear a chorus of "Caught, in a web, soon you'll be... Eaten", or "Take it off us, take it off us!" respectively. I think this is great! It confuses most people, indeed my mum seems to think that I've been talking in code for years, and those that aren't confused smile at us and nodd with apreciation. It also helps to lighten the mood in an uncomfortable situation. I love using names and quotes in everyday life, it makes things so much more personal and interesting to say "I'm going back to Mordor" when going somewhere you don't want to go, or "I'm going to speak to Smaug" if you've just had an argument with your mother! It add's an extra sparkle to any situation! __________________ Ú cilith ‘war. Ú men ‘war. Boe min mebi. Boe min bango.

05-12-2005, 09:41 AM	#7
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	well to some i am just plain old andrew to others i am amedaous after mozart some call me mantorak the corpse god....and a few very few mind you call morsul __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

03-17-2005, 02:49 PM	#3
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	When writing things to me (notes or email), my best friend sometimes uses my Elvish name. And occasionally I am referred to as Jamby of the Woodland Realm (Jamby being a perversion of my real name and the Woodland Realm being how Aragorn refers to Mirkwood in the movie when introducing Legolas).

03-17-2005, 04:41 PM	#4
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Uh...my six year-old sister calls me 'Frodo', because of my hobbityish (<---that's a word now) hair, if that counts for anything.

05-31-2005, 04:54 PM	#8
Elentari_Elbereth Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Carolina (moving to Calif.) Posts: 24	Well, let's see... I've been called "Lord of the Rings Queen" by my mom, "Elf" by many others "Eowyn" online at times and by others in person (someone who just met me, too!) I've been called Frodo too.. Most commonly I'm called Elf (not to be confused with that insulting holiday film ) and/or Eowyn. and my sister's best friend calls me Master. __________________ Who shall see a white ship leave the last shore, the pale phantoms in her cold bosom Like gulls wailing? ...Who shall see the last evening?