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Lush · 11-27-2006, 10:11 AM

Guys,

I've been wondering,

Do you own anything that could have come from Middle Earth?

For example, my boyfriend thinks I'm a huge dork for even admitting this, but I do actually own an "elvish" ring. My friend claims to have bought it for me on the steets of Kathmandu (she's Nepalese), but I know the truth! The ring is incredibly light, and yet it appears to be made of tougher material than any of my other, supposedly more glamorous jewerly. And it's a cross between whimsical and clean and simple - almost as if someone looked at those Alan Lee illustrations and decided, "I'll design jewerly like that!"

I wear it for good luck, particularly on Mondays, when I am in a homicidal mood. It helps.

Here's a little picture of me with it. You can't see the details very well, but I imagine you get the gist:

ninja91 · 11-27-2006, 11:11 AM

That ring was probably a yeti's.

Either way, I dont own anything that out of the ordinary. I do have this one sword that I think I am really cool for owning...dont worry, I am not a LARP'er.(live-action role playing)

Durelin · 11-27-2006, 11:26 AM

What's wrong with LARPing?

I have a moonstone ring that I think has a very elvish feel like that; it was my great aunt's. I'll have to find my picture of it.

But actually, I tend to gravitate towards furniture that gives me this Middle-earth sort of feel - mostly leafy sorts of things. I recently bought a lamp at K-mart of all places that is like a leafy stem. I also was using a table actually meant for outdoors...patio/garden furniture, but hey... as a bed-side table. It's green with long leaves and gold coils that are placed kind of like flowers. Then I bought a dresser that had to go on that side of my bed, and the little leafy table is sitting pratically in my doorway.

I still don't know why I buy these things.

And though 'leafy' doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Middle-earth, it's that feel of the importance of nature (not that I don't feel that in "this"/the "real" world, too) and how elves just like trees, I suppose.

I also found this nice paint stencil that I used to decorate my bed frame and a chest. That reminds me a bit more of the Eowyn's jewelry in the movies, though, rather than elves.

ninja91 · 11-27-2006, 08:13 PM

LARPing...well, I just see it as a little extreme...

If you are a kid, I dont think that it is weird. But once you are 20 and you are playing with plastic swords with your friend who is pretending to ride his enchanted horse...then I think its kind of weird. D&D is one thing. Pretending you are Aragorn is another.

Thinlómien · 11-28-2006, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninja91

LARPing...well, I just see it as a little extreme...

Why? It's as weird as improvisation theatre, or as D&D and other table/board/whatever-you-call-them RPGS. I've never tried LARPing, but I'd love to.

Anyway, ahem, I do have a short bow and five broken arrows made by my aunt's husband when I was nine or something like that. They're really ME'ish.

ninja91 · 03-30-2007, 04:49 AM

For $30 dollars of my hard earned cash, I got a replica Mouth of Sauron helm. Rock on.

11-27-2006, 10:11 AM	#1
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Our Stuff Guys, I've been wondering, Do you own anything that could have come from Middle Earth? For example, my boyfriend thinks I'm a huge dork for even admitting this, but I do actually own an "elvish" ring. My friend claims to have bought it for me on the steets of Kathmandu (she's Nepalese), but I know the truth! The ring is incredibly light, and yet it appears to be made of tougher material than any of my other, supposedly more glamorous jewerly. And it's a cross between whimsical and clean and simple - almost as if someone looked at those Alan Lee illustrations and decided, "I'll design jewerly like that!" I wear it for good luck, particularly on Mondays, when I am in a homicidal mood. It helps. Here's a little picture of me with it. You can't see the details very well, but I imagine you get the gist: __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

11-27-2006, 11:26 AM	#3
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	What's wrong with LARPing? I have a moonstone ring that I think has a very elvish feel like that; it was my great aunt's. I'll have to find my picture of it. But actually, I tend to gravitate towards furniture that gives me this Middle-earth sort of feel - mostly leafy sorts of things. I recently bought a lamp at K-mart of all places that is like a leafy stem. I also was using a table actually meant for outdoors...patio/garden furniture, but hey... as a bed-side table. It's green with long leaves and gold coils that are placed kind of like flowers. Then I bought a dresser that had to go on that side of my bed, and the little leafy table is sitting pratically in my doorway. I still don't know why I buy these things. And though 'leafy' doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Middle-earth, it's that feel of the importance of nature (not that I don't feel that in "this"/the "real" world, too) and how elves just like trees, I suppose. I also found this nice paint stencil that I used to decorate my bed frame and a chest. That reminds me a bit more of the Eowyn's jewelry in the movies, though, rather than elves.