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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 3:49am
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Slight OT: free demo rendering of Middle-Earth in Outerra
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Details HERE.
Looks cool! Gonna this tonight.
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Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 3:53am
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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mariel
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Oct 1 2014, 6:49am
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The Elrond ones in particular are hysterical. Thanks for a good laugh this morning!
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Kerewyn
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Oct 1 2014, 10:05am
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This all looks pretty good to me. Good work! You are the epitome of dedicated Thrall, and if Thranduil gave out special award or knighthoods, you should be first in line. 
My suggestions:
1. In the order of things, move FEAST up next to FEASTING for more immediate association.
2, Add 'Silm' for The Silmarillion? Or not part of the TA lexicon, more TORn as a whole? There has been a bit of Silm discussion of late.
"Thou speakest of thralldom. If thralldom it be, thou canst not escape it..."
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 11:53am
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Thank the Valar for GIFs
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Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 12:00pm
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Thanks for looking through the list already!
This all looks pretty good to me. Good work! You are the epitome of dedicated Thrall, and if Thranduil gave out special award or knighthoods, you should be first in line. 
My suggestions:
1. In the order of things, move FEAST up next to FEASTING for more immediate association.
2, Add 'Silm' for The Silmarillion? Or not part of the TA lexicon, more TORn as a whole? There has been a bit of Silm discussion of late. Could you explain 1? FEAST is before FEASTING
For 2... yeah, imo, it's more a TORn thing. I reckon the book titles become common knowledge for TORn users, even if they didn't start off knowing them. LA/LAEM is the exception: it's quite specific, and would probably be familiar to those who've read the books. But since we reference it a fair bit for Oropher and Thranduil's past, I felt it needed to be in the garden.
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Just adding a note to self for the finalised version: "magnificence" sp for MFE
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 12:05pm
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hmmm... sib?
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 12:07pm
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Tapestry poster envy and hi-res of all three tapestries
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 A poster of The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies as a gift of a Chinese magazine. Cut it then paste end to end, the length of the poster is 187cm. I’m thinking where I paste it. 
Someone made all 3 TH tapestries for DL here
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 12:13pm
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Interesting massive story/54 character montage sketches
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http://tosquinha.tumblr.com/...esheep-54-characters
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 12:20pm
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Sorta related: Article about Tolkien's Dwarves
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Came across this article and thought it interesting since we're just on the fateful chapter in the Silm read-along: "Dwarves are not heroes": antisemitism and the Dwarves in J.R.R. Tolkien's writing
I've not finished it though. Rather dense academic in nature.
For mood-lightening, random snerkle 
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Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 12:25pm
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Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Oct 1 2014, 12:28pm
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LOL You gotta click this, especially if you're a gamer!
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Kerewyn
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Oct 1 2014, 1:08pm
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Thranddy: affectionateHeart diminutive of the Elvenking's name (if you don't know who is the Elvenking, google is your mellon)
Thranduil Thralls: The afflicted. Fangirls, and boys, whose allegiance are pledged to the Elvenking. Also known as the hopelessly enthralled to his ELVEN MAGNIFICENCE. Perturbing to some, Thralldom may not be exclusive. Credit goes to Eowyn of Penns Woods for the "official" Thranduil Thrall moniker. See also "Equal Opportunistic Thrall"
FEAST: Shorthand for Flustered Elrond AND Sassy Thranduil. In honour of Thranduil sass/badassery resulting in Elrond raising his eyebrows disapprovingly. May involve dramatic Elrond temple-rubbing. Elrond's fluster can be induced remotely or by proxy and does not require Elrond to be present when Thranduil does his thang. See also FLAST, FEASTING [*]
Threadlock: The inevitable fate of all TA threads exceeding 200 replies, aka mundane Chore of Mod. See also "Thread tipping"
Thread tipping: Post(s) that sends the current TA thread over the 200 replies threshold (See the "AVOIDING GENERIC POST-DEATH" and
Oh, in your post I'm replying to, it just seemed to have drifted down amongst the 'T' entries, between 'Thralls' and 'Threadlock'...
(I confess this has also been useful as I  wasn't entirely sure what FEAST and FLAST meant. 
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 1:14pm
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That is very strange.
I confess this has also been useful as I wasn't entirely sure what FEAST and FLAST meant. 
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Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Kerewyn
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Oct 1 2014, 1:15pm
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These are wonderful - and it's good to finally know who most of these characters are. Still a few to become familiar with though.
"Thou speakest of thralldom. If thralldom it be, thou canst not escape it..."
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Lurker in the Mirk
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Oct 1 2014, 1:17pm
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Making good headway *and waves - we're on at the same time!*
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I liked it. And glad there's appreciation for it on TA too
Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XV
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!.
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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ltnjmy
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Oct 1 2014, 2:47pm
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The professor did not have one racist bone in his body
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IMHO fellow thralls, the professor did not have 1 racist bone in his body. His depiction of the dwarves was part of the tapestry of his wonderful narrative concerning Middle Earth - genius/art - and remember the bravery he assigned to all of them in Silm (at the Battle of Unnumbered Tears) and in the LOTR.
(copying this post - the professor's anger at his German publishers when they inquired whether he was "Aryan":
I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-iranian (sic); as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. (Letters 37, emphasis original).)
sincerely a person of color, ltnjmy
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VValar
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Oct 1 2014, 8:47pm
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I didn't really understand why they let him portray such weird character, but now I understand it's part of the Chinese mythology.
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Mithlond
Oct 1 2014, 8:57pm
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Though I must say, much appreciate those articles from Marnie's site you've shared. Very helpful, insightful stuff, and it's really wonderful to find Tolkien scholarly stuff on the side of the Sindar princes.
Welcome! I'm very glad you appreciate the link I found them to be very interesting as well. I even learned a great deal about Thranduil/Sindar in general by reading her blogs. Unfortunately I haven't found more blogs from her on this subject.
Yeah. I think it's really an interesting, if awkward, situation. The Silm does set up all the background. But really, we're given no details as to the actual relationship/interaction beyond what's in the UT. Maybe that's why when the fellowship went before C & G, he said to Legolas: ‘Welcome son of Thranduil! Too seldom do my kindred journey hither from the North.’
You're right! Although I'm curious to know why exactly that is. I know Oropher/Thranduil had no great love for Galadriel, but what kind of 'intrusions' did he mean? Is that further explained in UT/Silm or do we have to fill in the blanks ourselves?
Though I imagine from time to time, there might be little guys-week-out kind of thing Celeborn does and maybe he would meet Thranduil on the banks of the Anduin every other century for a camping trip to catch up for old times' sake.
Lol now I have that image stuck in my mind
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Mithlond
Oct 1 2014, 9:02pm
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I had it stored on one of my bookshelves. Hadn't seen it in a while and was a little disappointed to notice the book was not in English. Going to order another (English) copy of it, as well as the UT. Let the reading begin 
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Mithlond
Oct 1 2014, 9:29pm
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Could be... who knows? Did you come up with this yourself? Thats really clever What was the name of Thingol's father (is that mentioned anywhere, and if it is, does his name start with an O)?
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Oct 1 2014, 9:52pm
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Now I really should get the tw reading going
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Mithlond
Oct 1 2014, 10:13pm
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Thanks for editting the lexicon! Looking good!
Wouldn't it be nice if we could add (little clicky) example images to go along with some of the terminology?
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Hey that's interesting
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