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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Jul 1 2014, 7:52pm
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Thranduil Appreciation Thread Part VII
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Appreciation thread VI has reached the post limit. Wow, that was fast! I haven't even finished reading all the old posts!
Any and all appreciation of Thranduil and everything related to him happens here, so feel free to jump in at any time! All Thranduil Thralls are welcome.
Credit goes to Eowyn of Penns Woods for the "official" Thranduil Thrall moniker.
The Thranduil Appreciation thread count:
I (Originating thread by Rowan Greene)
II (Threads II through VII by Lurker in the Mirk)
III
IV
V
VI
Keeping track of the appreciation
Caught off-guard at how much you've missed? 1 simple click will ensure you won't miss another update again. Put this thread on watch! Locate the "Watch thread" button to the top and right of this post (button 3 of the 5 threads buttons you see) and click it.
"Love woke me up this morning
With a memory
Love came and whispered a story
That awakened a dream,
I am a dreamer, take me higher
Open the sky up, start a fire
I believe even if it's just a dream"
~"Dreamer" by Bethany Dillon
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Jul 1 2014, 9:40pm
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A Thranduil's Appreciators Appreciation Post
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You put the rest of us to shame. I applaud your undying passion. 
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jul 1 2014, 9:54pm
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the grieving kings - a thought (and way to go Eruvandi!!!!)
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Another nod to VeArkenstone - in that the suffering of Thranduil was brought home to re post on the backstory of Thranduil. And I think about that, the suffering of Thorin which is only briefly touched on, but when you think about what it must be like to lead an exiled people, with just the clothes on their back - in the U.S. we have gotten to see something of that re the storms Katrina and Sandy. Walking in battlefields so gory your boots sink into it, and tormenting himself over his father.
And I imagine what it would have been like for Thranduil, what it must still be like for him, remembering, his father gone, soil and water creeping over the fallen, leading so few back to the forest. So I think at times these kings are not as far from each other as they might believe.
I'll be back to pester Lurker I am sure , but some moody imagery re memories (unless IMO we get really lucky and get a Thranduil prologue):
From Deviant Art.
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Jul 1 2014, 11:37pm
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Why thank you Black Fox! I'm sure I speak for all the Thralls when I say that I appreciate your appreciation of our obsession with appreciation of Thranduil.
"Love woke me up this morning
With a memory
Love came and whispered a story
That awakened a dream,
I am a dreamer, take me higher
Open the sky up, start a fire
I believe even if it's just a dream"
~"Dreamer" by Bethany Dillon
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 1 2014, 11:44pm
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Yay new thread, and new threadstarter Eruvandi!
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I had a bet with myself it might be you if threadlock happened in the US day Boy, Thread VI was like the fastest to threadlock, no thanks to *ahem*equal opportunistic Thralls of multi-persuasion
Nonetheless, Thranduil is pleased with the diversity overall, there's plenty of suitable guest accommodation in the Halls
PS Correction: I didn't start Thread II, that was Rowan Greene as well.
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Jul 2 2014, 12:01am
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That's something I had meant to respond to in the previous thread
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(I'm so happy I finally got to start an appreciation thread! ) *ahem*
It hadn't occurred to me until you all mentioned it somewhere in the old thread (I can't seem to find the post otherwise I would link to it) that Oropher would have been one of the bodies in the dead marshes. It seems to me that elves generally prefer to bury their dead properly if possible and wouldn't be happy about leaving them to rot in a marsh. I imagine it might even be considered dishonorable. So the fact that Thranduil had to leave his own father out there probably added that much more to his suffering.
*runs off to watch TORn Tuesday*
"Love woke me up this morning
With a memory
Love came and whispered a story
That awakened a dream,
I am a dreamer, take me higher
Open the sky up, start a fire
I believe even if it's just a dream"
~"Dreamer" by Bethany Dillon
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 2 2014, 12:11am
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We've paid our dues (still paying it)
Time after time
We've done the searching
And despaired sometimes
No bad angles (none at all, even in the uctuous GIF fields)
But there's some abuse
I've had my share of smut (ewww the nightmares)
Shoved in my face
But I've come through
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the thralldom - my friends
And we'll keep on thralling
Till the end
We are the thralldom
We are the thralldom
No time for losers
'Cause we are the thralldom of the King
We've whined no grouses (though images are few and scattered wide)
But our duty calls
Every Pretty! images stun
And everyone goes THUDDERIN
We've seen it all
Still every iteration pleases
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole tumblr space
And I ain't gonna lose (any images of the King... Woodland Weekend, yeah!)
And we mean to go on and on and on and on
We are the thralldom - my friends
And we'll keep on thralling
Till the end
We are the thralldom
We are the thralldom
No time for losers
'Cause we are the thralldom of the King
We are the thralldom - my friends
And we'll keep on thralling
Till the end
We are the thralldom
We are the thralldom
No time for losers
'Cause we are the thralldom of the King
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jul 2 2014, 12:45am
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Pulled this from the Tolkien Gateway - perhaps someone more knowledgeable or better read knows the fate of Oropher - I think even if Thranduil had been able to find him, still, the aftermath would have been beyond terrible to look upon. Re below, I am not sure where Oropher would have actually fallen, but in the chaos of a battle he might have ended in the marshes - or before the gates of Mordor?
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher
Despite the Silvan Elves' hostility towards the Dwarves and the Noldor - and their desire to stay away from the affairs of the rest of the world - Oropher could see the danger that Sauron posed, and that his defeat would bring about peace in Middle-earth, so he joined the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Oropher summoned a great army which joined with Amdír's smaller force of Lórien Elves to create one large host of Silvan Elves; the Silvan Elves were strong and brave, but had poor armour and weapons in comparison with the Noldor.[1] Amdír and Oropher were unwilling to submit to the supreme command of Gil-galad, as such they suffered heavier losses in the War of the Last Alliance. Amdír, and half his forces, died in the Battle of Dagorlad as they were cut off in the Dead Marshes from the main force, whilst two-thirds of Oropher's army also perished. Oropher himself was killed in the very first assault upon Mordor as he and other brave and hasty Elves rushed forward before Gil-galad gave the signal to charge. At the end of the war the remnants of the army returned to Greenwood under the command of Oropher's son, Thranduil.
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jul 2 2014, 1:08am
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*cough* - but WHICH king are we talking about - oh, well, doesn't matter - WE ARE THE THRALLDOM! WE ARE THE THRALLDOM!
Clicky pic *snigger*
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Jul 2 2014, 1:22am
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Lurker is clever, Lurker is, my precious! //
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'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Kerewyn
Rohan
Jul 2 2014, 1:34am
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And now the tune will be in my head for the rest of the day.
'People don't know where I begin and latex ends, which has always been an ambition for me.' (Martin Freeman)
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MouthofSauron
Tol Eressea
Jul 2 2014, 4:21am
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there's more Thranduil appreciation threads than there are middle-earth movies now!
The flames of war are upon you..
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Kim
Valinor
Jul 2 2014, 4:30am
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you always find the best visuals
"Jagatud rõõm on topelt rõõm - a shared joy is a double joy". ~Estonian saying
“As such, you will address His Majesty as His Majesty, the Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone, the King Beneath the Mountain, the Lion of Erebor, the High King of the Dwarves, the True Treasure of Erebor, the Face that Launched 10,000 Sighs, or Thorin the Majestic..."
http://newboards.theonering.net/...forum_view_collapsed
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Jul 2 2014, 8:56am
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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 2 2014, 12:36pm
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Your sense of deafening majesty is clearly chronic ear wax hygiene issue
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Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 2 2014, 12:52pm
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Typical Dwarven self-denial. Must everything must be clearly laid out before grudging concession, if that? *sniff* well, I could have phrased it "Of Thranduil" instead of "Of the King" but hey, due respect to the original! *makes note to not hastily post parody thingies done on the fly in future*
Anyway, you answered it yourself. The King has no illegal manframe upgrades, the King needs no illegal manframe upgrades.
* That clickie is LoL*
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
(This post was edited by Lurker in the Mirk on Jul 2 2014, 12:56pm)
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
Jul 2 2014, 12:54pm
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Heheh Hope the earworm evokes pleasant imagery for your day //
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Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Jul 2 2014, 1:30pm
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Doesn't we...[gollum]...my precious?
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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*ahem* Cos we are the thralldom
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