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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
Jan 8 2013, 5:35pm
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It's an approximate comparison.
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Still, good point about Fortinbras's brief earlier appearance:
Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king; Tell him that, by his licence, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promised march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye; And let him know so. It might be worth comparing that passage to this one from Tolkien, roughly in "Act IV" of his book:
‘We are sent from Dain son of Nain’, they said when questioned. ‘We are hastening to our kinsmen in the Mountain, since we learn that the kingdom of old is renewed. But who are you that sit in the plain as foes before defended walls?’ This, of course, in the polite and rather old-fashioned language of such occasions, meant simply: ‘You have no business here. We are going on, so make way or we shall fight you!’ They meant to push on between the Mountain and the loop of the river; for the narrow land there did not seem to be strongly guarded. Tolkien's use of formalized language (here and in the earlier announcement by Bard's herald) may remind some readers of Shakespeare. And both excerpts concern permission for troops to pass. I look forward to commentary on whether Erebor is more like Denmark or Poland.
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Am I basically a troll?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 7 2013, 9:02pm
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Of course not,
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Ataahua
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Jan 7 2013, 9:12pm
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Thanks.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 7 2013, 9:21pm
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I often hold you up as an example
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Magpie
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Jan 7 2013, 9:40pm
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Hear! Hear! //
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geordie
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Jan 7 2013, 10:12pm
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Was there anything worse in it?
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sador
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Jan 8 2013, 12:46pm
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Not quite like that...
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dernwyn
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Jan 8 2013, 1:05pm
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If you are a troll,
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geordie
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Jan 7 2013, 10:11pm
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Well, I might have two heads.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 7 2013, 10:20pm
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You know what they say:
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dernwyn
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Jan 7 2013, 11:43pm
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Heh! That'll do it. //
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geordie
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Jan 8 2013, 12:03am
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Welcome to trolldom!
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Ardamírë
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Jan 7 2013, 10:53pm
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When in uncharted waters,
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Ataahua
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Jan 7 2013, 11:00pm
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It's not like I actually am trolling
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Ardamírë
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Jan 7 2013, 11:13pm
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You certainly are NEB.
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silneldor
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Jan 8 2013, 4:10am
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Not a troll...
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Donry
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Jan 8 2013, 4:11am
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I'll second that.//
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CuriousG
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Jan 8 2013, 5:01pm
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Huh?
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Kelvarhin
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Jan 8 2013, 5:54am
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No, just NARF.
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Silverlode
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Jan 8 2013, 6:16am
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*mods up* //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 8 2013, 11:57pm
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Lol!
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Starling
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Jan 9 2013, 4:44am
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Only at the end?
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sador
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Jan 8 2013, 7:59am
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It's an approximate comparison.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 8 2013, 5:35pm
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No.
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SirDennisC
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Jan 8 2013, 5:52pm
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All I know
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 9 2013, 12:00am
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Ya-harri-hey!
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 9 2013, 3:52am
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If that's trolling
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Atlas
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Jan 9 2013, 3:45am
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Then I'm a trollette!
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kiwifan
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Jan 12 2013, 8:33pm
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It might be
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sador
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Jan 14 2013, 4:16am
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Just a question:
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sador
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Jan 16 2013, 7:32am
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"Oh, what a rash and bloody deed is this!"
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 16 2013, 7:54am
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Ha! Now that's my laugh for the day. :D //
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 16 2013, 6:27pm
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Rash and bold indeed! //
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sador
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Jan 16 2013, 8:55pm
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