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08-30-2020, 11:04 AM | #41 | |
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Maybe their constant chasing orcs is because they are frustrated for not having a married life? Apologies, Urwen - this is part of my obsessing about all the missing female characters. I'm sure many of them were really there, and I'd love to know more about them. I wouldn't be surprised if Gimli was married, for example. Would be nice to know about her, too. |
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08-30-2020, 11:34 AM | #42 | |
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08-30-2020, 02:50 PM | #43 | |
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If you want to talk about her, don't ignore everything I have to say about her. Because it seems to me like you lot only quote certain people and ignore everyone else. /rant over
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08-30-2020, 03:22 PM | #44 |
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I was totally replying to you. We were discussing the likelihood of Nellas being attracted to Turin. You said yes and gave a reason. I wrote why I thought that excerpt meant something else.
We all agreed with you that Melleth was a non-starter for Thranduil or Oropher. Later Nellas was resuggested as a Queen of Mirkwood and you looked sad. We're all ready to keep discussing it back and forth, with you. I really like the idea because it explains why Bilbo never saw her and why the palace was run as if there wasn't a woman in the house [a suitable 1930s concept]. It gives Legolas a classy mother with a fascinating history. It creates potential stories about personality clashes or meshes between Thr and Nel. I'm happy to discuss it with YOU or anyone else, and I'm happy to get your better opinion of who Mrs. Thr. was. |
08-30-2020, 03:24 PM | #45 | |
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I couldn't say how many times over the years I've commented on something and no one seemed to have noticed. Then again, that could be more a reflection of my less-than-scintillating personality.
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08-31-2020, 05:04 AM | #46 | |
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Then why can everyone else? I think it's unfair that some people get a response to everything they post and others don't. I think everyone should get equal treatment in that regard. If you don't want to respond to person A's every post, then don't respond to person B's every post either. For instance, why did people respond to mindil's every post? Is it because they are new?
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08-31-2020, 06:56 AM | #47 |
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Mindil is a she.
And she is a professional editor in RL, among other hats. I tend to get responses to my posts on a varieties of forums, not just LotR, and I assume it's from years of practice. When I don't get responses, I get frustrated, and then learn from trial and error to get more next time. Personally, I like your posts, Urwen. They are more personal than many others'. You give the feeling of there being a real person behind the screen name. Other members are more scholarly or informed, so the content of their posts can be quite interesting and appealing to nerds (I accept the title), and I'll happily discuss abstruse issues down a long thread far beyond the call of rational patience. But with you, there's someone who really cares about the answers. And that's a pleasure all its own. So cheer up, I get the sense that the members all like you personally, whether they feel like replying to particular posts or not. And I'm still game to hear who you are obsessed with. I couldn't get it from your links, since my server blocks links sometimes. |
08-31-2020, 02:24 PM | #48 | |
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I don’t really mind people mixing me up with other Downers, but when I get cast as the Case In Point Villain as a result, it's kind of upsetting. To address the original question: mindil says she's obsessed with the missing women of Tolkien? I'm generally 'obsessed' with the women who are there but relatively undeveloped. Tolkien did a lot of sketching-in his woman characters, so we get fascinating glimpses of Haleth and her Amazons, Emeldir 'the Man-Hearted', and indeed Nellas the slightly-crazy Sinda. I love playing around to see what other information I can tease out about them. (Incidentally, Urwen, I can't remember whether I ever mentioned my fanfic where Lady Haleth briefly gets lost in Nan Elmoth, but I have one.) hS |
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08-31-2020, 02:30 PM | #49 | |
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That's exactly it. You didn't respond to me pointing out that Nellas loved Turin.
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08-31-2020, 02:32 PM | #50 | |
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I wouldn't say they like me. They don't like the fact that I am obsessed with Morleg, as stated in my signature.
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08-31-2020, 02:37 PM | #51 |
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08-31-2020, 03:19 PM | #52 | |
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What about after I posted the quote? You suddenly went silent after that. I wanted to have a back and forth talk about it with you...
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09-01-2020, 01:46 AM | #53 | ||
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As it happens, I'd already pretty much checked out of the conversation after my second reply to you. I only ducked back in to make sure WCH didn't get the wrong end of the stick about the idea I'd raised re: Nellas. I don't think I'll post in this thread again, but I will repeat my request that you recognise the sheer inaccuracy of this claim: Quote:
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09-01-2020, 06:29 AM | #54 | |
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But I guess it only matters to you when you're upset, not when someone else is. So if you want to recognize that you're upset, you need to recognize that I am upset too and why. Then we'll apologize to each other and move on.
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09-01-2020, 07:16 AM | #55 | |
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