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Stone Giant Smackdown
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DemoElite
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Oct 11 2012, 11:07pm
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In the Book..page 57
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Bombadil
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Oct 11 2012, 11:18pm
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I hope the stone giants fight each other
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:21pm
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Well it was a danger to the company in the text
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 11 2012, 11:25pm
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I just read the chapter yesterday
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:29pm
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if goblin-town
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There&ThereAgain
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Oct 11 2012, 11:27pm
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Unless...
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Eye's on Guard
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Oct 11 2012, 11:40pm
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character development is always fine
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:43pm
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Kind of agreed. The notion that everything in the time of Middle-Earth is
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 11 2012, 11:36pm
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I hope this will be just so in the film!
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:41pm
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I quite agree.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 11 2012, 11:52pm
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When I read the Hobbit...
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totoro
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Oct 12 2012, 5:08am
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The stone giants are a personification of natural dangers
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 7:54am
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True.
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 12 2012, 5:53am
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Mostly agreed
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 12 2012, 5:27pm
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I'm still surprised they made it into the film!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 8:06am
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In this case, they make the danger more immediate and spectacular than
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 8:10am
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Hiding because of the weather sounds like a good enough reason for me!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 8:15am
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Given that his cousin is an ace brain surgeon
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 8:42am
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Too risky! ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:27am
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SHE could do it...
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 12:48pm
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Surprised?
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painjoiker
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Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
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It's such a tiny detail that I just expected it to be missed off.
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:09pm
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Think about it!
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painjoiker
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Oct 12 2012, 1:50pm
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I live in hope! /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:58pm
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The chance of something being included
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Fardragon
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Oct 13 2012, 2:09pm
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I know!
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 13 2012, 4:57am
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Even the rocks and stones in Middle-earth are hinted at as being sentient...
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Earl
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Oct 12 2012, 8:48am
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Here's the quote :-)
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:30am
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Daniel, you rock! ;)
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Earl
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Oct 12 2012, 9:36am
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I agree!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:58am
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The mountains are alive
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QuackingTroll
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Oct 12 2012, 12:51pm
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Metaphorical or literal? ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
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Hers my suggestion
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Oct 12 2012, 10:51am
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I think Tolkien
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Elenorflower
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Oct 13 2012, 12:49pm
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That's assuming one thinks of them as a literal threat
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DanielLB
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Oct 13 2012, 2:03pm
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Repeated mentions of the stone-giants...
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 3:07pm
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Whilst I agree with the point.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 13 2012, 3:33pm
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I probably did mean Beorn rather than the Great Goblin
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 3:45pm
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Just for interest
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 13 2012, 3:57pm
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The stone-giants may be the ones who displaced the moutain bears...
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 4:02pm
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I always read them as literal beings. /
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DanielLB
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Oct 13 2012, 4:25pm
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