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Súlimë
Ossiriand
Mar 2 2013, 4:00am
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Thror's Arkenstone eject button :)
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Here goes a nonsensical random topic...
The first time I saw it I really expected the Arkenstone to have been more firmly attached to Thror's throne, so when it plopped out just like that I couldn't help but giggle. Also gave me another thought -- maybe Thror loved it so much he had it easily detachable so he could take it to bed every night?
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Dwarf Cupcake
Lindon
Mar 2 2013, 4:25am
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You would think that such an icon would be better secured. Maybe having it easily removed like that was part of the Dragon Sickness, and he couldn't bear to have it out of sight for any length of time.
Not All those who wander are lost...
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Ham_Sammy
Dor-Lomin
Mar 2 2013, 4:31am
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He's not gonna leave that stone in the setting like that regardless of how easily removed it is or someone might take it. I think he did remove it every night and sleep with it!
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Barrow-Wight
Nargothrond
Mar 2 2013, 5:12am
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I've only seen the movie once but from what I remember The Arkenstone was flat wasn't it? I was expcting it to be an orb but it was a flat smooth stone does anyone have any pics of it? it was still cool though espeially when they found it.
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Old Toby
Hithlum
Mar 2 2013, 6:30am
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No, I don't think it was flat.
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It looked rounded to me. Maybe after they got it out of the mountain they made it faceted as well.
"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good." Harry Dresden (Jim Butcher)
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Aragalen the Green
Mithlond
Mar 2 2013, 7:03am
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Not a round globe like I expected either. More like an emerald cut gem, sort of a rectangular octagonal but with rounded edges. Kind of like this (but not quite!):
'"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb.'
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DanielLB
Elvenhome
Mar 2 2013, 10:30am
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And where else does he have eject buttons?! ;-) /
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Glorfindela
Doriath
Mar 2 2013, 10:50am
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…the mechanism securing it could only be opened by Thror's finger?
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Angharad73
Nargothrond
Mar 2 2013, 11:31am
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...someone who might get overly attached to jewellery (Middle Earth seems to be full of them - ahem *my precioussss*). So I think it likely that he took the Arkenstone with him when he wasn't sitting on his throne. Slept with it under his pillow, probably.
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Brethil
Gondolin
Mar 2 2013, 3:14pm
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Hmm? where else would he have an eject button...
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presumably under the seats reserved for Elven guests..........
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Ham_Sammy
Dor-Lomin
Mar 3 2013, 12:27am
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Probably because Richard Armitage said in an interview it looked like a bar of soap. ;)
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jtarkey
Nargothrond
Mar 3 2013, 8:32pm
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Maybe the entire throne is an ejector seat
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Imagine, upon Smaugs arrival, Thror yells "To the throne!". And off he goes...
Think Merlin in Sword and the Stone.
"You're love of the halflings leaf has clearly slowed your mind"
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Ham_Sammy
Dor-Lomin
Mar 3 2013, 9:03pm
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Okay awesome! Now that has some possibility. Talk about a game changer! ;)
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Brethil
Gondolin
Mar 3 2013, 10:18pm
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very good! What a picture!
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