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Finding Frodo
Tol Eressea
Oct 15 2007, 3:51am
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Oh, I can't believe we're starting already!
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I guess it's high time to talk LotR again. Why did you first read LotR? My fourth grade teacher had read The Hobbit to the class and I loved it. My parents gave me the box set of The Hobbit and LotR paperbacks for Christmas that year. What did you expect it to be like before you started? I thought it would be like The Hobbit. What was your initial response? I couldn't get through it. I was a voracious reader but I tended to skim. That didn't work with LotR because there was a lot of unfamiliar vocabulary and phrasing. After a few chapters I would get bogged down and realize that I didn't know what was going on, and I kept starting over. I never considered NOT reading it. I started over and over, and finally when I was 12 (!) I reached "Fog on the Barrow Downs" (!!), and raced/stumbled through the rest of the thing with mouth agape. How have your feelings about it changed since then? I still love it and still keep reading it over and over every year. I have stopped to smell the roses, though, and new information and insights I've gained from fellow TORnadoes and books I've read ABOUT LotR and Tolkien have enriched and deepened the experience. What would you most like to learn more about during our discussion? I'm looking forward to those occasional "lightbulb" moments when a shift of perspective makes some familiar passage entirely new to me.
Where's Frodo?
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**LotR Discussion: Introduction**
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 1:47am
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Woo-hoo! We're starting
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entmaiden
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Oct 15 2007, 2:03am
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Upstart Frodo!
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:39pm
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Yay! Our first LotR discussion on the new boards
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Morwen
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Oct 15 2007, 2:09am
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What fantasy had you previously read?
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:40pm
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Oh, gosh, N.E.
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Morwen
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Oct 15 2007, 6:33pm
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Tolkien read at least one "Conan" story.
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 7:30pm
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It never gets old.
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Kimi
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Oct 15 2007, 3:01am
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"I'll go along with you, Mr. Frodo"
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a.s.
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Oct 15 2007, 3:03am
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What made you like LotR more than the Narnia books? //
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:42pm
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well, Narnia passed into childhood, and LOTR
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a.s.
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Oct 16 2007, 12:40am
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Oh, I can't believe we're starting already!
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Finding Frodo
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Oct 15 2007, 3:51am
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Have you had "'lightbulb' moments"...
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:44pm
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Certainly
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Finding Frodo
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Oct 16 2007, 3:02am
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I do believe this is my first post in the RR
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Magpie
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Oct 15 2007, 4:00am
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welcome, then!
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a.s.
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Oct 15 2007, 3:59pm
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Welcome!
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:48pm
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The Wayback Machine
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sevilodorf
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Oct 15 2007, 4:02am
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Movie firster, first post in the new RR
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Loresilme
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Oct 15 2007, 4:49am
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Sorry - {typo} - that was "2006", not "2002"
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Loresilme
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Oct 15 2007, 5:10am
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Ah - wondered about that!
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:53pm
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Yes, I did
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Loresilme
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Oct 21 2007, 9:40pm
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welcome to another first poster!
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a.s.
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Oct 15 2007, 4:00pm
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Thanks! Should be fun :-) //
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Loresilme
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Oct 21 2007, 9:40pm
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I look forward to...
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 4:58pm
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Thanks and yes, as I've read the books more
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Loresilme
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Oct 21 2007, 9:50pm
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My story, without omitting a single riddle.
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Nerdanel
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Oct 15 2007, 5:35am
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I hope you still have that map
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drogo
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Oct 15 2007, 11:49am
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"To some there Bilbo's tale was wholly new"
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Finding Frodo
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Oct 15 2007, 2:21pm
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Back to a book I actually know!
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Beren IV
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Oct 15 2007, 6:38am
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Great suggestion
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Loresilme
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Oct 15 2007, 12:27pm
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And so it begins!
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Alcarcalime
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Oct 15 2007, 10:26am
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I first read it at 13
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drogo
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Oct 15 2007, 11:43am
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No "who," "when," or "where"? Here's why, what, what, how, and what.
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Curious
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Oct 15 2007, 3:09pm
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Okay, I'll bite..
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WhiteLadyEowyn
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Oct 15 2007, 5:07pm
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I recommend responding before reading others' answers.
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 5:13pm
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I will try that, N.E...
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WhiteLadyEowyn
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Oct 15 2007, 5:37pm
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Oh, dear
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Morwen
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Oct 15 2007, 7:08pm
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Hear, hear. //
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 15 2007, 7:30pm
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Hey!
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Darkstone
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Oct 15 2007, 8:05pm
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Not true!
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Patty
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Oct 15 2007, 8:09pm
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Hah!
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Darkstone
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Oct 15 2007, 8:47pm
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Because
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FarFromHome
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Oct 15 2007, 9:08pm
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Cha -ching!
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Patty
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Oct 16 2007, 4:40am
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Just have fun with it
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Kdgard
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Oct 17 2007, 1:15am
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I'm really going to enjoy this.
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Patty
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Oct 15 2007, 5:29pm
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Forty years ago this month
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Darkstone
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Oct 15 2007, 8:02pm
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so difficult to remember!
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elostirion74
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Oct 15 2007, 9:20pm
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Yay, it's beginning!
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Kethry
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Oct 15 2007, 9:30pm
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Answers
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Menelwyn
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Oct 15 2007, 9:55pm
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library decision
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dorwinion
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Oct 15 2007, 10:08pm
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welcome! another newcomer?
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a.s.
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Oct 16 2007, 12:47am
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I'm so excited!!!
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Milady
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Oct 15 2007, 10:41pm
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A long time ago...
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dernwyn
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Oct 16 2007, 1:00am
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The first time is never good
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Humbert
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Oct 16 2007, 1:01am
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Humbert!
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Finding Frodo
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Oct 16 2007, 2:52am
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I seem to have taken longer than you, though!
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Humbert
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Oct 16 2007, 1:07pm
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My answers...
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elentari3018
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Oct 16 2007, 5:00am
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Always glad to oblige with an obscure point! ;-) //
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 16 2007, 5:16am
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and he means this sincerely!!! ;-)
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a.s.
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Oct 16 2007, 7:59pm
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This should be fun!
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Kdgard
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Oct 16 2007, 5:14am
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Welcome to the discussion!
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 16 2007, 5:18am
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First book discussion.
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Tyler
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Oct 16 2007, 7:46am
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It's great to see so many new nicks
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entmaiden
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Oct 16 2007, 2:08pm
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Cover art
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Atlas
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Oct 17 2007, 4:42am
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Rankin & Bass are to blame
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lumpkin
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Oct 17 2007, 10:36pm
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you/ve been there, and back again?
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a.s.
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Oct 18 2007, 2:30am
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intro
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Saelind
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Oct 18 2007, 4:29am
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Welllll
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White Gull
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Oct 18 2007, 5:00pm
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another movie-firster...
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Riel
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Oct 19 2007, 2:45pm
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Another Lurker comes into the light
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Kirei
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Oct 20 2007, 4:47am
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Isn't it great
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Ataahua
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Oct 20 2007, 4:50am
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The Black Riders and the Headless Horseman?
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N.E. Brigand
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Oct 20 2007, 5:47am
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