The New Hobbit Hole

[Overtaxed]

[HairOfTheDog]

You ready to do your homework tonight? - I could post the TTT Green Dragon thread tomorrow!

Ecurbh you around with that graphic? If you aren't... I think I can find one that will work!

[Overtaxed]

Got my book...er...source material right here!

[HairOfTheDog]

Hello All! - After a rest (that lasted longer than we thought it would) We are now ready to start the next leg of the LoTR book discussion. It is time.

Tomorrow, I will post a new thread:

LoTR-The Two Towers: Book discussion (The Green Dragon Inn)

We shall continue the discussion where we left off some weeks ago! - Hopefully with renewed excitement and participation by all!

So if you want to be ready, ready up on the first chapter of TTT tonight, and I will post it in the early afternoon tomorrow!

If you do not wish to be pinged for this thread, let me know!

HairOfTheDog - ginsu hobbit.

[Corin Stormhands]

Ping me please!!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Certainly!

g'nad, you were not on this list before either... wanna read along?

[HairOfTheDog]

Rocko, I don't see you on the list either - wanna be added to the Green Dragon list at 15164?

[HairOfTheDog]

The Green Dragon List:

2JedisMom; aBootes; Alkhin; allthatisgolddoesnotglitter; Anitius Severinus Boethius; Bear_in_RoseBear; BibChr; Blue Eyes; BornOnTheFourth; Buggman; Carolina; cantbebought; Carton253; Cascadians; Cleburne; Corin Stormhands; Countyline; curiouskiwi; Die Zaubertuba; DonnerT; Drumbo; East Bay Patriot; Ecurbh; EternalVigilance; Exigence; fire and forget; fnord; frodolives; gophack; GretchenEE; Guenevere; HairOfTheDog; Hegewisch Dupa; JenB; John Farson; jrherreid; ksen; Ladysmith; LinnieBeth; Long Cut; Lucius Cornelius Sulla; MadameAxe; Maquiladora; Mercat; Monkey Face; MozartLover; mtngrl@vrwc; NewCenturions; otterpond; Overtaxed; Penny1; redhawk1; Redhead; repubmom; ridensm; Romestamo; Restorer; Ronnie Radford; RosieCotton; htur_75; Sam Cree; Samwise; Selara; sinclair; skeety; sneakers; Species8472; sphinx; SpookBrat; Strider; SuziQ; SWake; Texas2step; The_Expatriate; The Iguana; The Iron Duke; Tuor; Valpal1; Wordsmith; 300winmag

[HairOfTheDog]

hmmmm... I am gonna lay down for a bit... back later!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

OK. I'm ready for #1 and #3 now:

1) (and this goes back to Lothlorien/FOTR actually) What choice do you think Galadriel offered to Pippin?

Galadriel, when she held the entire Fellowship "with her eyes," apparently offered them all the same thing -- something "they greatly desired" in return for them giving up their quest -- as a test of each of them. From the text it sounds likely that all the hobbits desired pretty much the same thing: "green grass and sunshine" in the peaceful shire. But one cannot be certain of this, becuase only Sam was direct in his description. So what was it that Pippin desired? The fancy answer would probably be what he became in the end. The plain answer would be the first one.

2) In what way do you think Pippin was affected by the palantir?

Other than the obvious and immediate effect described in the book -- i.e. knocked-out and made sick -- the longer-term effect might have been courage. A willingness to die to defeat Sauron, which resulted in the end in the ability to save Faramir from his father and to slay the captain of the trolls (when he thought he was dying in the act).

[Rocko]

Okay; thanks!

[g'nad]

Count me in...

[g'nad]

Dang! That's who[Gil Galad] I was trying for! Maybe I shouldn't have checked off on that "namby-pamby momma's boy" box.

At least I got a warrior king...(I'd take Thorin Oakenshield or Durin anyday...)

[SuziQ]

Yikes!! I guess I'll have to put "Rainbow Six" aside for a while and start re-reading TTT! But then, I can read both at the same time. I certainly wouldn't get THOSE two stories confused!

[Argh]

OK, let Gimli do it! :^)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Well, it's official... I must be Celeborn, because Rose got this:
I am Galadriel, Queen of Lothlorien. I was given Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, but I remained untouched by the Shadow. I gave shelter, gifts and advice to the Fellowship, but I turned green while they were around. My bad. In the movie, I'm played by Cate Blanchett.
|| Which Lord of the Rings Elf are you? @ X.com ||

[JenB]

Hey, g'nad, look!

I am Gil Galad, the Last King of Noldor. During the Second Age, my human pal Elendil and I formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men against Sauron but we both died in battle. Bummer, I say, but at least I got my picture on a poster somewhere. In the movie, I'm played by Mark Ferguson.
|| Which Lord of the Rings Elf are you? @ X.com ||

So we match... it's cool, Gil-galad's one of my favorites, after Finrod Felagund and Elrond of course. Hi friends I'm home. And I'm off to bed, too tired to do anything else.

[JenB]

Anything except nitpick: it should read "The" Noldor, not "Noldor". The Noldor are a branch of the Elves, not a country.

[2Jedismom]

I don't think I get the pings... could it be because of the capital M you have in the middle of my name?

[ecurbh]

You mean this graphic?

It is on a nice stable server and ready to go. The url is http://lotr.ecurbh.com/graphics/freep/journey_continues.jpg (width=640 height=300). By the way, if you need a place to post graphics from and can do FTP, freepmail me, and I can set up a user account on my server for you.