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noWizardme
Lorien

Jan 7, 12:58pm
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The Silmarillion discussion: Valaquenta
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Administrative announcement for now - discussion will start further down this thread, once we get going! I'd be happy to kick off the discussion of this chapter. It will, in effect be the first time I've read it, but as I see it that is not important. I think the "thread-starter" has to act like a chat-show host, starting things off & perhaps interjecting to hep things moving along. I do not think he or she does not need to be the resident expert on the chapter we're discussing. Obviously it helps if people are not shy (I am not very shy ), as we are not going to get to the end of the book unless there are a reasonable number of volunteers.... "You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this." ....If this is your's favorite chapter, or you are bursting to lead it & disappointed that I got there first, please do let everyone know by posting a reply on this thread this week (i.e. beginning Monday 7th January 2013)- I'm very happy to stand down and take my turn in a later chapter; I really will not feel at all hurt :) If everyone's reaction is rather "You cannot offer me this chapter! Don't... tempt me noWizardme! I dare not take it," then I plan to post a starter post by next Sunday, 13 January 2013. That also gives participants a little while to start reading, so that the discussion can start smoothly (always a relief to teh person posting the first post, I think!) Understand, I would begin this thread from a desire to do good... If through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine, I'm sure the moderators will step in .
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The Silmarillion discussion: Valaquenta
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 12:58pm
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No turning back
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CuriousG
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Jan 7, 1:35pm
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thank you!
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telain
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Jan 7, 2:45pm
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link to our earlier discussion of Ainulindale
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 2:54pm
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just posted there... and thank you!//
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telain
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Jan 8, 6:12pm
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I look forward to your discussion post...
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telain
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Jan 7, 2:43pm
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Experts definitely not needed!
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CuriousG
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Jan 7, 3:24pm
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A note on book "Arda Reconstructed" by Voronwe the Faithful
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CuriousG
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Jan 7, 4:36pm
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"DO keep up, Samwise Gamgee!" :)- Nah, you've been great//
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 4:39pm
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I have that book as well.
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Ardamírë
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Jan 7, 5:50pm
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That makes me quite happy!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jan 8, 4:32pm
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Oops, I seem to have started....
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 5:22pm
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...and well, one thing led to another... (not for serious readers)
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 5:34pm
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Great post! ; mnemonic
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CuriousG
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Jan 7, 8:16pm
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An org chart for the Valar
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 9:18pm
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Ok, this is just me quite at random entering the world of the Reading Room, but..
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Xanaseb
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Jan 12, 1:01pm
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I see what you mean
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noWizardme
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Jan 12, 5:23pm
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Ah! of course. Sorry, thought the lines meant that they came about -by- Eru ;) //
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Xanaseb
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Jan 12, 8:58pm
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every time I see "org chart", I read "orc chart!"//
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telain
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Jan 13, 11:42pm
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Nice mnemonics, curiousG //
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noWizardme
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Jan 8, 6:36pm
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Mandos: Hand of Fate
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telain
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Jan 10, 1:38am
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*mods up* //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 12, 5:29am
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"The Valaquenta underneath the bough, a squishy chair, Corvoisier, and thou, lurking beside me in the Reading Room."
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squire
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Jan 7, 9:09pm
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...this forum is world enough?
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noWizardme
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Jan 7, 9:35pm
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First of all...
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Eldineth
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Jan 7, 11:11pm
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Eldineth, I would never have guessed from your post that you were not a native English speaker! Well-written post.! //
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noWizardme
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Jan 8, 6:34pm
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Thank you, noWizardme!
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Eldineth
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Jan 9, 1:11am
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Your English is terrific! //
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CuriousG
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Jan 10, 4:38am
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Thank you!
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Eldineth
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Jan 10, 4:26pm
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I agree with Squire about the Melkorina
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Ardamírë
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Jan 7, 11:21pm
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I think this is where I gave up on my first reading…
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Mim
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Jan 7, 11:29pm
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The Shadow of Your Posts
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noWizardme
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Jan 8, 1:56pm
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Hello! I'm new here and am quite happy to find that I managed to arrive when an electronic Silmarillion-reading party is getting started!
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 9, 6:33am
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Neat idea about Nienna and Melkor
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squire
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Jan 9, 11:23am
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Evil bachelors
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CuriousG
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Jan 9, 1:50pm
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"obsidian bunker" and other matters...
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noWizardme
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Jan 9, 5:43pm
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No evil women
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Mim
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Jan 9, 5:49pm
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There was also Thuringwethil
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DanielLB
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Jan 9, 6:04pm
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Females at large
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noWizardme
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Jan 9, 6:22pm
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Sure...
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Mim
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Jan 9, 7:10pm
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Sorry, I'm probably dragging you off subject...
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noWizardme
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Jan 9, 8:13pm
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Amazorcs?
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telain
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Jan 10, 12:53am
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No beards, but . . . .
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 10, 2:48am
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Married gods and single heroes
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noWizardme
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Jan 10, 2:55pm
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Good point.
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Eldineth
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Jan 10, 4:56pm
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Surely Orcs are a construction of Sauron?
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The Gardener
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Jan 10, 10:40am
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Perhaps...
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Mim
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Jan 10, 1:35pm
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You assume wrongly...
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 10, 4:16pm
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Young goblins as a gollum-snack; good point. Though just to be awkward....
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noWizardme
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Jan 10, 4:37pm
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Orc sex
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CuriousG
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Jan 10, 5:59pm
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You probably just greatly increased the number of hits this thread will get from search engines :) //
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noWizardme
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Jan 10, 6:11pm
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Orc domesticity
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 10, 7:54pm
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Great point: "really evil of heart" = incompatible with babies
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noWizardme
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Jan 10, 10:08pm
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Yay for electronic magic!
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 10, 11:41pm
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Sam vs. the Valaquenta (stylistically I mean)
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noWizardme
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Jan 11, 1:27pm
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I meant "the word 'valar' appears only 3 times in the text ( not inc. appendices)" //
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noWizardme
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Jan 11, 4:47pm
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Out of which, only two are clear references.
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sador
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Jan 17, 12:54pm
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"The Elder King"
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CuriousG
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Jan 17, 1:09pm
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Actually, Bilbo.
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sador
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Jan 27, 10:11pm
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"light-years" away from the subject, but...
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telain
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Jan 11, 4:29pm
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Wow! I did start something there!
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The Gardener
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Jan 11, 6:48am
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There's a lively discussion of Orc origins on this thread: http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=562557#562557 //
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noWizardme
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Jan 27, 2:54pm
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I just don't think
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Rostron2
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Jan 10, 10:23pm
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You still have Bolg Azog's son. //
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sador
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Jan 17, 12:51pm
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Wait...
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Eldineth
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Jan 10, 4:25pm
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The reserves
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Mim
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Jan 10, 1:29pm
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Arien and Galadriel
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Plurmo
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Jan 9, 6:31pm
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Female evil...
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Mim
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Jan 9, 7:18pm
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On Lists...
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beren_boy
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Jan 9, 10:01am
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List of kings
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acheron
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Jan 9, 1:30pm
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Male - Female - and Melkor
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The Gardener
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Jan 9, 4:46pm
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Yes, I always think Elves call out to Varda the way Catholics do to Mary.//
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CuriousG
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Jan 10, 4:38am
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How did you feel the first time you ever arrived at this chapter and discovered it was a long list?
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Rostron2
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Jan 9, 6:19pm
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Varda, not starry-eyed for Melkor; on being a single Vala/ier
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telain
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Jan 10, 1:26am
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Beware the lonely
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CuriousG
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Jan 10, 4:36am
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Hmmm
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 10, 5:30am
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the importance of being social
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telain
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Jan 11, 4:51pm
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Fab discussion! Valar Rhyme for Hobbit Children
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hanne
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Jan 14, 1:18pm
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Excellent! //
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noWizardme
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Jan 14, 1:26pm
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Truly beautiful and excellent--thanks for posting it.//
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CuriousG
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Jan 14, 1:56pm
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thank you both - am happy you enjoyed! //
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hanne
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Jan 15, 2:43am
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Mods up.
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sador
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Jan 17, 12:56pm
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Doesn't it bother anyone else...
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Etarre
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Jan 22, 10:17pm
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Post away- we have no "last posting date" :) //
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noWizardme
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Jan 22, 10:26pm
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A picture of the Valar in all their might and glory? Got it. It ain't beautiful, but it is fan art
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squire
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Jan 23, 2:08am
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Pre-feminist Tolkien
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CuriousG
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Jan 23, 4:57pm
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Still within a fortnight of your post...
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sador
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Jan 20, 4:27pm
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the Secret Fire
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acheron
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Jan 8, 12:27am
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The "V" Chapter--get ready for "F"s; and, more on Olorin
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CuriousG
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Jan 10, 4:53am
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M for Bad?
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The Gardener
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Jan 10, 10:57am
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when do you want to start the next chapter?
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noWizardme
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Jan 10, 3:42pm
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Ready for the next chapter?
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noWizardme
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Jan 14, 4:31pm
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