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Oh my. Time has flown away.

Ioreth
Rivendell

May 29 2023, 11:39am

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Oh my. Time has flown away. Can't Post

have done some cat/house-sitting lately and rewatched Austenland multiple times.
When I got home now I did dig up the Figwit documentary from my archives.
SO much fun to rewatch :) and see how Bret McKenzie has evolved. But still manages to give the same vibes on screen :)
But I really do miss the fun times we Tolkien fandom had in the beginning of the 2000s.
Such a hoot to rewatch the Figwit documentary now - like 20 years on :)
And remember the discussions here and elsewhere - not all of us could afford to travel back then ...


Ataahua
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May 29 2023, 6:30pm

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Yep, I agree. [In reply to] Can't Post


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But I really do miss the fun times we Tolkien fandom had in the beginning of the 2000s.


Nostalgia for the entire noughties of fandom has risen in me recently, when there was energy and excitement for fan-event after fan-event. I was thinking about Wellingmoot just recently, when a handful of Kiwi TORNsibs gathered and just went full Tolkien-geek for a weekend (and had a personal tour behind the scenes of Weta Workshop before those were a thing).

Ah well - TORN abides, and that's no small thing.

I'm sorry to hear about your employment struggles. Good luck with your job-hunting!

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Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.


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My LOTR fan-fiction


Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor


May 29 2023, 8:12pm

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Ah yes, the Figwit Phenomenon! [In reply to] Can't Post

Started by Arwenelf and Induhvidual, if I remember rightly? I met a group of TORnsibs at the Edinburgh Fringe where FOTC were playing. Brett seemed bemused by all the attention! Happy days...


NottaSackville
Valinor

May 30 2023, 1:14pm

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Figwit brought me to TORN [In reply to] Can't Post

Not that i was particularly interested in Figwit, but I saw a newspaper article about this odd fandom that had cropped up around him, and it mentioned TORN. "Hmmm...", I thought, "sounds like a place I should maybe check out for 5 minutes, probably no more."

20 years later....

Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville


Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor


May 30 2023, 9:26pm

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Five minutes, eh? Hah! Well *that* didn't work... [In reply to] Can't Post

but think of the fun you've had - and hopefully are still having!


Kimi
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May 30 2023, 9:42pm

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Wellingmoot! What a special time that was. [In reply to] Can't Post


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TORN abides, and that's no small thing.


Well said, e hoa.


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Ataahua
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May 31 2023, 1:05am

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:) / [In reply to] Can't Post

 

Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.


Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo

My LOTR fan-fiction


NottaSackville
Valinor

May 31 2023, 12:18pm

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Indeed! // [In reply to] Can't Post

 

Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville

 
 

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