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03-11-2009, 08:20 AM | #401 |
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I always had the impression that Smaug was unaware of the weak spot in his breast.
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03-11-2009, 12:03 PM | #403 |
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Smaug was fiery, tempestous, and flying, and has a fantastic voice. He makes red and green flames and is golden, which makes a lovely sight. He lives close to Esgaroth, which is a very lovely place. (Thus, he obviously has good taste.) Besides, he was killed by one of the coolest Men in Middle-Earth.
Glaurung is a stupid and lazy worm who cannot fly and gets stabbed by Túrin, who is not of the most adorable characters in Middle-Earth. ++Smaug
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03-11-2009, 01:11 PM | #404 |
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On the other hand Galurung was killed by the greatest mannish,
and possibly also (I think Tolkien said so) elvish warrior in Middle-earth history while Smaug was taken out by a provincial Home Guardish fellow using a lucky arrow.
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03-11-2009, 01:17 PM | #405 |
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Hey, Boromir showed us what arrows can do, too. He was still a great hero.
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Gondolin was a city chosen especially for protection by Ulmo, and guarded by Manwe's own eagles. The place was basically designed to be a fort. And this isn't mentioning the fact that there were great warriors there who could kill balrogs.
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03-11-2009, 02:04 PM | #407 |
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Yes, but isn't that even cooler for Smaug? The coolest thing was that this Home Guardish fellow was a King.
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Though in terms of 'badness', that kind of arrogance, despite being a failing, does add a certain cachet
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03-11-2009, 04:22 PM | #409 |
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This is a tough one.
Smaug is one of my favorite characters. His chatter with Bilbo is priceless. But Glaurung did more damage I believe (played a roll in a couple big battles and overthrew Nargothrond). And he was also killed in a cooler way, by a much greater slayer. And the weapons used- you have a lucky arrow versus the sword destined to slay Morgoth himself. *squirms* ++Glaurung But really I'd be happy with either one winning.
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03-11-2009, 05:05 PM | #410 |
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++Smaug
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03-11-2009, 07:05 PM | #411 |
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++Glaurung
I'll go old school on this one. Glaurung's adversaries were far tougher than Smaug's. Obviously the 1st Age Dwarves did not run, while the 3rd Age Dwarves shrieked and scattered like wee li'l girls.
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03-11-2009, 07:25 PM | #412 |
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+ + Glaurung
He seems to be more inspiration from the Professor's reading of Sigurd slaying Fafnir. (although Smaug did have a great dragon hoard). Voting so far Smaug-4 Glaurung-3
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03-12-2009, 06:21 AM | #414 |
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Rikae's case is a good one here - those really are evil words!!!!
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03-12-2009, 06:46 AM | #415 |
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I voted for him before and I'm voting for him now.
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03-12-2009, 07:15 AM | #416 |
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Smaug is a badass, but Glaurung is his daddy nonetheless.
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03-12-2009, 08:35 AM | #417 | |
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Yes, the greatest of the Dwarven holds, after Khazad-dum fell into darkness. Also Smaug drove them out single handedly, I think that makes him greater. How should I put it... more independent than Glaurung.
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And his "playing" with the children of Hurin makes him much more evil. Smaug just kills (yes, there was that bit where he was thinking of picking of the Lake men if I recall correctly, but he failed). Glaurung makes people suffer for his own pleasure. Doesn't that make him more evil? And he has hypnotic powers. ++Glaurung
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Allow me to again point out that Glaurung's making people suffer for his own pleasure was his own undoing. His involuted, Ernst Stavro Bloefeld scheme left alive the man who killed him. So he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
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03-12-2009, 04:44 PM | #420 |
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Go Glaurung go!
Glaurung is the more mythical and awesome as a mere sentiment or feeling the reader has. The name of Glaurung * rings deep into the layers of the unconscious parts of many languages inciting something like a premordial fear and awe; it calls forwards an ur-creature you will tremble in front of, whereas Smaug sounds more like a cheap rendering of some slimy or just bare un-nice syllables in English. *remember to spell Glaurung correctly: like keeping the vowels separate: 'a' as wide as 'u' in "but" and 'u' as narrow as 'u' in "put". ++ Glaurung
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03-12-2009, 04:49 PM | #421 |
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Ah well, laying all clever arguments aside, they are still dragons and as such I can't make a logical choice. Therefore I'm going with the one who has lived longest in my imagination.
++Smaug Unlike Nogrod, I prefer his name, too. Smaug, it reminds me of smog...
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03-12-2009, 04:57 PM | #422 |
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++Smaug
I have read The Hobbit so many times. I have only read LotR once all the way through and have only read bits and pieces of The Sil and such... I love Smaug. He's iconic. A good ol' fashioned dragon who lived a life of luxury sleeping on a hoard of treasure, and who even enjoyed a good conversation nearly as much as a good meal. Edit: I also prefer Smaug's name. It's more suited. In hearing Glaurung's name in the past I used to think he was some other balrog with a name or something, for some reason assuming that from the name. Not sure why, but...I don't know, it's definitely not a dragon/wyrm/worm name to me. "Smog" or pronouncing the "au" in a German-y way, either way it's cool. The monosyllabic name is more ominous. Last edited by Durelin; 03-12-2009 at 05:03 PM. |
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Smaug is not a primordial, mythical, your deepest unconsciousness-tingling terrifying evil you can't quite describe in any way, but more like "smog" or any other everyday thing that can be unsettling or even frightening but is not quite the same thing. In this case the fact that we know so much about Smaug turns against it as it's clear Smaug can be grasped at some level as to being a petty and greedy monster whereas Glaurung is just some dark thing you can't quite get to grips with and whose name makes you shiver.
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And Smaug also sounds better. It's like the expletive of an angry Scot - "Ach! Smaug!" And reason three - it is also uncannily similar to smug. Which also describes the timorous beastie perfectly. Facetious reason four - it makes me laugh too as it sounds like something you can buy in IKEA
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03-12-2009, 05:42 PM | #425 |
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To date, the Worm of Greed has overcome an early
lead by Smaug the Golden: Smaug-6 Glaurung-8
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Then you get to the warehouse and there are none left so you have to settle for an Ancalagon coffe table instead...
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03-12-2009, 06:46 PM | #428 |
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Let's see...
1. They both have cool names. 2. They both have memorable (and evil) personalities. 3. They're both dragons. It's almost a coin toss... but I believe I'll vote ++Glaurung.
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03-13-2009, 05:39 AM | #429 |
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Come on! Let's rally for Smaug! Let's give it a great finish! He's cooler! He can fly! He spits red and green flames! He talks to Hobbits!
Smaug! Smaug!
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03-14-2009, 03:19 PM | #431 |
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Final results:
Smaug-6 Glaurung-8 Glaurung the Golden wins a hard fought contest over Smaug the Magnificent . Glaurung professed a lack of concern over ever encountering a winner of other Popularity Cups, saying "I've taunted Turin, I've fought with Turin, and I can tell you, the Gray Pilgrim is no Turin ." Btw, if anyone at some future date starts another Popularity Contest, one interesting one would be women of Middle-earth/ Aman. There are at least 20-24 easily selected fom Middle-earth, and more if maia and vala are included. Of course, one debatable classification would be Melian. Would she be included if maia in general were not?
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03-14-2009, 03:34 PM | #432 |
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The ur-worm wins!
Which is only decent. Hurray!
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Thanks for the game, Tuor!
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03-14-2009, 04:37 PM | #434 |
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I don't have time to run one of these, but how about a Middle Earth Weapons Cup?
Ringil vs Narsil vs Gurthang vs Aiglos vs Grond, etc, etc...
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I could call for this "ME feminine popularity cup" with Lommy. But we can only open it at the beginning of April as she will be away before that.
So unless someone of you has a better idea we'll take on with that in about two weeks. I don't know what it tells about me as a male but I find females a lot more interesting than weapons... But feel free to take on that or any other idea before that.
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