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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:26am
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yeah, I do think it's the same race running amok in NY in Avengers. Image and info here.
*gah edit time limit!*
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 Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
 Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:49am
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Hee. The director seemed rather indignant at people getting LP's height wrong
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Ref the same pic of LP kneeling for Ronan's headdress adjustment
The original instagram.
A few more choice Ronan ones from his instagram:
One, Two, Three
This is just cos.. meowr
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 3:03am
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Fanart: Dark-haired Elvenking... or maybe Oropher?
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The artist, evankart who did this beautiful Thranduil fanart, named this "An elf lord of Noldor." But I can see traces of Thranduil, if he bothered with braids, or maybe his daddy when young in the FA?
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Cirashala
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Sep 3 2014, 6:43am
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30 cm per foot and 2.5 cm/inch 
So if Lee Pace is 6 foot 5 inches (12 inches per foot), that means he's 192.5 cm tall, or 1.925 m 
I, on the other hand, am only 5 cm shorter than Thorin (listed as 5 foot 2 inches) and I am 1.5 m (so Thorin would be 1.55 m, I think).
Lee Pace would absolutely tower over me! If I gave him a hug, I bet my ear would be right next to his belly button! 
But that should hopefully give you an indication of how tall Thorin and Thranduil are at least
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 7:20am
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VValar has probably found her answer by now, but to clarify
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1 inch is actually 2.54cm. Google confirms, and has helpfully provided a converter. So a foot is 30.48cm, not 30cm.
192.5cm is only 6' 3.5". At 6' 5", LP should be 195.6cm, and probably would have his height rounded up to 196cm or 1.96m since he's said to be over 6' 5". Here we use both systems, depending on what's the object of measurement, so a bit of precision need to be applied and I'm a stickler for it.
Anyway. here's a fun interactive graphic height comparison tool based on the old info of LP being 6' 3".
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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VValar
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Sep 3 2014, 11:44am
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Oh I thought you would have to be an active member for a lot longer to get to the Grey Havens. But I see there is hope for me after all. Just don't go too far, or I might have some massive catching up to do!
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VValar
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Sep 3 2014, 12:08pm
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My feet-meters convertion-thingy wasn't too far off after all.
Ok this is my internet WTF moment of the day 
(but of course I just had to compare it with my height)
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VValar
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Sep 3 2014, 12:24pm
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And with some golden hair (or silver  ) it would be a good as any representation of Oropher.
Found this cool artwork the other day (since we're sharing )
From top-bottom: Galadriel/Celeborn - Legolas/Thranduil - Elrond/Arwen/Elledan/Elrohir
Some random(?) Elf-stuff
And I did come across a very *interesting* piece of art of Pretty! But seeing as it's probably not very suitable for all ages (noooo nothing dirty, what are you guys thinking?) remind me to PM it.
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VValar
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Sep 3 2014, 12:27pm
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Lol that director is funny
#gotgpicoftheday "YO Thanos. an orb? sounds sick. will grab for ya. hopefully some killin on the way. :) lol" #guardiansofthegalaxy #gotg
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:22pm
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Yeah, that's really something I'm wondering too
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As a King having some sort of personal guards surrounding him. Although you don't see them when he walks around in Dale by himself. Argh more mystery! Or did he despatch them on some task? December!
Ah stop it you
Although that does make me wonder. When Thranduil was arriving at Erebor during the Dragon's attack, he wasn't wearing his armour. Does that mean he wasn't planning on helping them in the first place? 
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:32pm
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A convenient quick rule of thumb: 6' is about 1.83m, 5' 10" is about 1.78m, 5' even is a little less than 1.53m. For quick rough conversions, the rest is just adding, subtracting from these ballparks though the headache when you get further away is that 0.04cm on top of the 2.5cm for every inch, because it looks small but as you probably know, it's the cummulative effect.
Ok this is my internet WTF moment of the day (but of course I just had to compare it with my height)
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:33pm
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And I did come across a very *interesting* piece of art of Pretty! But seeing as it's probably not very suitable for all ages (noooo nothing dirty, what are you guys thinking?) remind me to PM it. Just that my curiosity is piqued
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:34pm
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Did you see the fan made piece on the same pic? In one of the WWs on this thread. That one's a hoot too.
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 3 2014, 2:42pm
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2.39 I noticed that different users have different titles under their usernames ... what do they mean? The titles listed under members’ usernames are automatically assigned by the system and are based on the total number of posts that a user has created on the message boards. They represent the journey the members of the Fellowship of the Ring made through Middle-earth and beyond, and are based on the following post counts:
Up to 9 posts: Registered User
10 to 49 posts: The Shire
50 to 99 posts: Bree
100 to 249 posts: Rivendell
250 to 499 posts: Lorien
500 to 999 posts: Rohan
1000 to 1499 posts: Gondor
1500 to 1999 posts: Grey Havens
2000 to 2999 posts: Tol Eressea
3000 - 5000 posts: Valinor
5000 - 10,000 posts: Half-elven - congratulations! Few mortals make it to Valinor. As a reward, Mandos has granted you the choice of the Half-elven: you can "choose a mortal life," or continue posting to the ultimate level...
10,000+ posts: Immortal
These titles don't carry any authority or prestige. It’s just a fun way to “walk in the footsteps” of the Fellowship, and it also represents the fellowship we have here on the boards! From the TORn faq
Come to think of it, I wonder how many of each type are there now? Hmm... think I'll pop over to the feedback board and ask
ETA: question asked
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 4 2014, 2:00am
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Addendum... as if we need the proof, but here we go!
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Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Sep 4 2014, 2:59am
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AMC releases Halt and Catch Fire Insides and scene talk for each episode on YOUTUBE. (without country restriction)... now for YT saving spree! *glee*
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
(Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Cirashala
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Sep 4 2014, 6:43am
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Just use Lurker's height to LP 6 foot 3 inches (put four feet ten in for me to account for the actual 6 foot 5 inches- the two inch difference) and you'll get an idea of how short I am!
Hint- I would need a bigger box than that!
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VValar
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Sep 4 2014, 1:28pm
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Or did he despatch them on some task? December!
Argh, december seems to be the answer to a lot of questions these days 
I told a friend of mine the other day that I just could not die before december, for I just HAVE to see BofFA first. She just looked at me strangely, but I know you Hobbit/ Thranduil fans know what I'm talking about. It would be an absolute tragedy if I didn't get some answers to my questions and watch a whole lot of Pretty! first.
My $0.02: I think he was just on his way to do a state visit, though the huge number of armoured Elves with him might mean he intended to persuade the Dwarves to hand over the White Gems by show of might. I don't think he intended any aggression. Definitely he didn't plan to be there when Smaug arrived, and therefore was not prepared for battle anyway. Even if he had intended on some military action (really not likely, given his propensity to not get involved anyway, and frankly, any Elven military action under Thranduil's command would prolly be a cakewalk victory, it's the aftermath that's the messy bit) he would have withdrawn his troops anyway upon knowing Smaug's already there, because he would not risk his people's lives unnecessarily for the forgone conclusion of Smaug's desolation. Especially not after the Dwarves' treachery of not handing over the White Gems. In a nutshell, no he didn't plan anything. Just a matter of coincidence, really just movie-maker (lazy?) shorthand for setting up the T&T scene.
That is an interesting theory, although Thranduil doesn't come over as a grabby, greedy, wanting the white gems back asap- kind of Elf to me. Do you think he would rally up his army just to put terror and fright into the hearts of the Stubborn Little Folk? That would be silly, everyone knows when Thranduil gets angry, he doesn't need an army to do the fighting for him . Just one look upon the fair but upset and ridiculously gorgeous being would be enough cause for even the bravest of warrior to drop down their sword and run away as fast as their (short) legs can carry them. Thranduil is just fearsome like that But lol re you stating the aftermath would be messy. Indeed it would, terrible cleanup. I don't think he really intended on being at Erebor at the moment of attack either. That would mean he had some sort of precognition that Smaug would attack Erebor, otherwise it would be quite a coincidence for him arriving at the exact moment Smaug does. I think the film makes messed up the timeline a bit. But still, wouldn't he wear SOME form of armour when travelling behind the safe borders of his Kingdom?
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VValar
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Sep 4 2014, 1:39pm
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Lol just how big a box do we need to get?
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A convenient quick rule of thumb: 6' is about 1.83m, 5' 10" is about 1.78m, 5' even is a little less than 1.53m. For quick rough conversions, the rest is just adding, subtracting from these ballparks though the headache when you get further away is that 0.04cm on top of the 2.5cm for every inch, because it looks small but as you probably know, it's the cummulative effect
That's way too much calculation for me, I found Cirachala's explanation a lot simpeler lol. Even though I might skip a few inches here and there when measuring 30 cm per foot and 2.5 cm/inch, I'm sure I can live with that But I know you're right, it really should be done properly. So yeey for the weird, and somewhat creepy (when you think about it) website where you can compare your own height to that of LP. Just add two more inches, or 5,08 cm (see what I did there, I do listen to other ppls wisdome at times ) and you know just how big the box must be that I'm sure everyone is getting right now.
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VValar
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Sep 4 2014, 1:45pm
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That's a helpful chart, thanks
Just doesn't make sense anyone not chosing Immortality. Who wouldn't want to be around Pretty! for, like, forever??
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VValar
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Sep 4 2014, 1:50pm
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Yes it's the best representation of Oropher (if someone could PS silve---ehh golden hair on him, and lose the braids) I have seen so far. Looks a lot like Thranduil en profil.
And just for fun, let's put Thranduil and Legolas next to each other *sigh*
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VValar
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Sep 4 2014, 1:57pm
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Maybe you should skip the idea of getting a box and instead buy one of these 
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