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FarFromHome
Valinor
May 24 2008, 7:45pm
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In the same way, the tiny scene when, just after Faramir goes out needlessly to his death with his riders, Gandalf is seen sitting alone and silent and concentrated for a brief moment in a little courtyard somewhere in Minas Tirith, is always for me the very important moment when he concentrates inwardly to save at least his beloved Faramir from this deadly mission, and preserve in him the only worthy heir of Numenor besides Aragorn. I agree that this "tiny scene" is very striking. I guess in my own mind I imagine very much what you describe. In fact, I sometimes think that he's not just "concentrating inwardly" but praying - calling on the Higher Powers, who are only hinted at from time to time, to intervene. A few things give me that impression - one is Gandalf's posture, which makes him look like a priest or bishop during a liturgical ceremony, another is the architecture he's framed by, with its church-like colonnades and arched windows. And perhaps most of all, it's the clear note of a bell that sounds as we see Gandalf here. None of this "proves" anything, of course. But I do find myself believing that at this moment, Gandalf understands that there's no longer any active help he can provide for Faramir, and so he prays for him.
...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew, and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost.
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Time
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The Hobbit Scripts
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 1:39pm
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Not That I've Heard Of
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DiveTwin
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May 21 2008, 2:55pm
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Quick thoughts
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merklynn
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May 21 2008, 6:32pm
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No, I haven't.
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grammaboodawg
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May 21 2008, 7:58pm
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But
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Jazmine
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May 21 2008, 8:17pm
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Really? Legolas is from Mirkwood? And he's an Elf?!
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 9:35pm
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Love your nic, changeitminimally...
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Patty
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May 21 2008, 9:47pm
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Regarding Legolas.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 10:05pm
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I would agree that...
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Patty
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May 21 2008, 10:13pm
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Arwen IS dying
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 12:06am
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Nah, neither weird nor ignorant...
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Patty
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May 22 2008, 12:13am
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The way I look at this stuff...
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 12:25am
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Shield Legolas!
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Patty
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May 22 2008, 12:38am
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Well.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 22 2008, 3:14am
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That would have been better, I think. - NT
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 3:31am
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I fully agree
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sador
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May 22 2008, 10:49am
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 21 2008, 10:36pm
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I don't mind Legolas being in
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AinurOlorin
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May 22 2008, 2:03pm
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Really!!
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Darkstone
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May 21 2008, 9:48pm
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Changes are in fact necessary.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 9:58pm
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sounds
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 10:01pm
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Throw them out!
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 10:08pm
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Think about it
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Peredhil lover
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May 22 2008, 4:51am
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The script
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Lost Hobbit
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May 22 2008, 10:03am
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In the book too there have been big changes...
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 10:37am
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Ah yes
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Peredhil lover
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May 25 2008, 3:56pm
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Huh?
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Jazmine
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May 22 2008, 9:41pm
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re: huh?
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Changeitminimally
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May 23 2008, 1:10am
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C'mon...
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 1:49am
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thanks for your response
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Changeitminimally
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May 23 2008, 2:30am
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No problem, just like to give a counter argument - NT
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 2:33am
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Very well said, Merklynn!
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Peredhil lover
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May 23 2008, 5:30am
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It wasn't (just) a lack of patience.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 1:39pm
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"no LOTR film will ever be made simply for art's sake"
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 1:42pm
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So true.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 2:49pm
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Good examples
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 2:57pm
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Yeah
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:20pm
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So I take it...
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:00pm
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Nope I was treating Tolkien's work as an exception :-) -NT
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:04pm
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Tolkien's an exception and the Bible isn't?
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:08pm
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Which translation, to start off with...
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Lunamoth
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May 23 2008, 4:11pm
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KJV
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 4:17pm
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Which translation would Michelangelo have used, do you mean?
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:23pm
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Agreed
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 4:42pm
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No it isn't.
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Lunamoth
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May 23 2008, 4:43pm
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Oh, I see what you mean now.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 5:01pm
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Wow, quite deep without meaning to be
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:48pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 5:03pm
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Oh Darkstone...
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Patty
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May 23 2008, 5:07pm
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Rephrase
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:15pm
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And in music.
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:07pm
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Yeah.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:05pm
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I surely most hope not!!
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:14pm
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The Scouring balanced the first five chapters of Fellowship
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squire
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May 23 2008, 4:13am
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Exactly
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:47am
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Excellent point
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 10:49am
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Yes, I agree
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Jazmine
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May 23 2008, 7:30pm
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"just because we didn't see Sam put on the Ring, it doesn't mean he didn't"
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 8:18pm
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Ad absudum
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 8:44pm
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So was Boyens saying
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 8:56pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 9:27pm
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Sorry about the repetition.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 10:29pm
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Boyens' comment...
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weaver
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May 23 2008, 9:36pm
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Kind of like Tolkien..
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 9:49pm
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I think she was saying
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 9:55pm
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Frodo's whispers into Sam's ears before going over the Sea...
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 4:33pm
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Can you elaborate?
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Earl
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May 24 2008, 5:57pm
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I like your interpretation
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FarFromHome
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May 24 2008, 7:45pm
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Yes, yes, yes!
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Starling
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May 24 2008, 10:08pm
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Thank you for straightening things up regarding Sam:
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 10:43am
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Don't know if it can be done
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NewMenOrion
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May 21 2008, 10:07pm
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Bardwyn :)
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Mirabella_Bunce
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May 23 2008, 1:03pm
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I'm reading the Hobbit now, and God, it's awful...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 12:13am
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You realise it's a children's book, right? //
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Lunamoth
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May 24 2008, 2:10am
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Ues... I know that, but...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 2:40pm
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Could you expand
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 3:23pm
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I don't want a Harry Potter movie
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 11:58pm
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I don't think you have to worry
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Lunamoth
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May 25 2008, 12:44am
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You've "read everything else by Tolkien"?
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 5:25am
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Ah!" you got... not that one...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 2:42pm
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"The Hobbit" is a masterpiece of children's literature.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 3:27pm
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