Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The New Hobbit Hole

Concerning Hobbits

The New Hobbit Chronicles

This is a continuation of the infamous thread New Zealander Builds Hobbit Hole originally posted on January 26, 2001 by John Farson, who at the time undoubtedly thought he had found a rather obscure article that would elicit a few replies and die out. Without knowing it, he became the founder of the Hobbit Hole. For reasons incomprehensible to some, the thread grew to over 4100 replies. It became the place for hobbits and friends of hobbits to chit chat and share LoTR news and views, hang out, and talk amongst ourselves in the comfort of familiar surroundings.

In keeping with the new posting guidelines, the thread idea is continuing here, as will the Green Dragon Inn, our more structured spin-off thread, as soon as we figure out how to move all the good discussion that has been had there. As for the Hobbit Hole, we will just start fresh, bringing only a few mathoms such as the picture above with us to make it feel like home, and perhaps a walk down memory lane:

Our discussion has been light:

It very well may be that a thread named "New Zealander builds Hobbit hole" will end up being the longest Tolkien thread of them all, with some of the best heartfelt content... Sorry John, but I would have rather it had been one with a more distinguished title!… post 252 - HairOfTheDog

However, I can still celebrate, with quiet dignity, the fact that what started as a laugh about some wacko in New Zealand has mutated and grown into a multifaceted discussion of the art, literature, and philosophy that is Tolkien. And now that I've managed to write the most pompous sentence of my entire life, I agree, Rosie… post 506 - JenB

Hah! I was number 1000!! (Elvish victory dance... wait, no; that would be too flitty) … post 1001 - BibChr

Real men don't have to be afraid of being flitty! Go for it. – post 1011 – HairOfTheDog

Seventeen years to research one mystical object seems a bit excessive… post 1007 - JenB

Okay...who's the wise guy who didn't renew Gandalf's research grant?… post 1024 – Overtaxed

To the very philosophical:

…Judas Iscariot obviously was a good man, or he wouldn't have been chosen to be one of the Apostles. He loved Jesus, like all of the Apostles, but he betrayed him. Yet without his betrayal, the Passion and Crucifixion would never have occurred, and mankind would not have been redeemed. So without his self-destruction infinite good would not have been accomplished. I certainly do not mean this to be irreverant but it seems to me that this describes the character of Gollum, in the scenes so movingly portrayed above… Lucius Cornelius Sulla

To fun but heartfelt debates about the integrity and worth of some of the characters…

…Anyone else notice how Boromir treats the hobbits? He's very fond of them but he seems to think of them as children - ruffling Frodo's hair, calls them all 'little ones'. He likes them, but I don't think he really respects them… post 1536 - JenB

Yes... Tolkien told us not to trust Boromir right off the bat when he began to laugh at Bilbo, until he realized that the Council obviously held this hobbit in high esteem. What a pompous dolt… post 1538 - HairOfTheDog

…I think almost every fault of his can be traced directly back to his blindness to anything spiritual or unseen. He considers the halflings as children, because that is what they look like. He considers the only hope of the ring to be in taking it and using it for a victory in the physical realm. He cannot see what the hobbits are truly made of, he cannot see the unseen hope of what the destruction of the ring might mean--the destruction of Sauron himself, and he cannot see the unseen danger that lies in the use of the ring itself… I just feel sorry for Boromir--he is like a blind but honorable man, trying to take the right path on the road but missing the right path entirely because he simply cannot see it… post 1548 - Penny1

Boromir isn't a jerk, he's a jock… post 2401 – Overtaxed

-----------------------------------------

Oh, I think by the time Frodo reaches the Cracks, he's not even himself anymore! I think he's not only on the brink of a dangerous place physically, he's on the brink of losing himself completely during the exchange with Gollum. But for some reason, the take-over isn't complete till he actually has to throw the Ring in. The person speaking to Gollum is not Frodo, but the "Wheel of Fire" that Sam sees. After the Ring is destroyed, Frodo not only comes back to himself, but comes back with the unbearable (to him) knowledge of what it's like to be completely without compassion. I think that's why it's so important to him to be compassionate in the Shire… post 2506 - 2Jedismom

…Regarding Frodo's compassion... it's a little too much at the end. Even Merry tells him that he's going to have to quit being so darn nice. But you're right. He's learned a lesson about evil that very few ever learn since it wasn't an external lesson but an internal one. (Those kinds of lessons have the greatest impact) Not only did he totally succumb to it, but he was rather ruthless to my little Smeagol… post 2516 - carton253

Well that Frodo was a big mean bully! (to Smeagol)… post 2519 – Overtaxed

So as you can see, everything JRR Tolkien (and Peter Jackson) is welcome here in our New Row, our soon-to-be familiar New Hobbit Hole…; philosophy, opinion, good talk and frequent silliness.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Poetry; TV/Movies; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: 2jmbombadil; allyourprecious; balroghotwings; bearspamandeggs; blowitoutyershorts; breecheese; buffdragons; cartonofspam; cherofthedog; closetsneakers; corinhonestsnaig; corinspamfunkle; corinspamhands; depraveddwarves; dwarfdeodorant; dwarfdiapers; dwarfgaloshes; dwarfkingcorinspam; dwarfspamwiches; dwarftossing; elffriends; elfspam; elvesruleforever; elvishfootfetish; emoryuniversity; endlesschitchat; foolofatook; frododigspipeweed; funklestormhands; fuzzycritters; giddygnadspam; girlyarmor; gnadbelchspam; gnaddwarfhunk; gnadspam; gnadthreadkiller; gollumthegreat; gondorianspamogram; goodbyeoldhole; greeneggsandspam; hobbitschmobbit; holediggingwomen; hotdogsmartypants; itcomesinpints; itsourhagspam; itsourspamnow; jenbneinerspam; jenmcsspam; keeblerelves; khazaddumdedumdum; ksenlovesspam; ksenshamelessspam; ksensneakspam; ksenspamaddict; latenightfunklators; lilspammer; lordoftherings; lordofthespam; lorenahobbit; menareweak; michaeldobbs; midgetporn; namariejensneak; nanowrimosneak; oblivionspam; orclust; otdefunklator; oversneakspamtax; pints; pippintook; pointyelfshoes; politerosespam; precious; preciousparty; preciousspam; rightwingpsychospam; rightwingspamsneak; rightwingsuperspam; rmdbreakfastspam; rmdlembasspam; rmdospam; rosiespamangel; ruthlesssnootyelves; rwrfannyspam; samwisethebrave; scottish; seamusspamfist; sissyelves; skivielessgondorian; smeagingsneakol; smeagolthesupreme; sneakingspam; sneakle; sneakping; sneakses; sneaktaxoverspam; snoots; snowpants; spameggssausagespam; spamfreesneaking; spamisnotprecious; spamminghair; squarehandspampants; stormsneakspamhands; stormspamsneakpants; superstarsmeagol; teasedhair; threadvandals; toking; tolkien; tricksesthieveses; twerentbear; twopantsdupree; velveeeeeeeta; weescarves; whistlinghobbits
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 45,321-45,34045,341-45,36045,361-45,380 ... 48,321-48,323 next last
To: ecurbh
I think lembas looks like a Hostess Twinkie.
45,341 posted on 12/04/2002 7:33:51 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45340 | View Replies]

To: RosieCotton
I think Boromir is a dumb Jock.
45,342 posted on 12/04/2002 7:34:25 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45337 | View Replies]

To: carton253
Have you ever heard the song "The Winner", by Bobby Bare? It was actually written by Shel Silverstein... anyway, your post made me think of that song. :)
45,343 posted on 12/04/2002 7:34:50 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45332 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
Wow! Two lectures in one day on my posting manners. How much trouble am I in? LOL!
45,344 posted on 12/04/2002 7:37:06 PM PST by carton253
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45338 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
I think lembas looks like a Hostess Twinkie.

OK, NOW I'm testy!

45,345 posted on 12/04/2002 7:38:27 PM PST by RosieCotton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45341 | View Replies]

To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I have never heard of it... But I have heard of Shel Silverstein.
45,346 posted on 12/04/2002 7:39:03 PM PST by carton253
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45343 | View Replies]

To: ecurbh
I'll take it some where else.

Man is a political animal, Ira. You can no more keep him from politicking than you can keep him from copulating -- and probably shouldn't try.
--Robert Heinlein
Time Enough For Love pg 111

45,347 posted on 12/04/2002 7:40:13 PM PST by John Farson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45340 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
Are you watching the WB special?
45,348 posted on 12/04/2002 7:41:07 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45335 | View Replies]

To: Bear_in_RoseBear
It starts in 15 min....
45,349 posted on 12/04/2002 7:42:38 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45348 | View Replies]

To: carton253
Awww... not lecturing. just trying to be the peacemaker... I am the middle child at heart who never got a younger sibling!
45,350 posted on 12/04/2002 7:44:23 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45344 | View Replies]

To: John Farson
Oh my! ROFL!
45,351 posted on 12/04/2002 7:45:13 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45347 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
LOL!

I thought you would have been glad to see that I yielded the field. Can't have disagreements if one party (me) refuses to get sucked in to the debate.

And for that... I got lectured! Yesh! You'd think you were my mother. LOL!

45,352 posted on 12/04/2002 7:51:09 PM PST by carton253
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45350 | View Replies]

To: carton253
Oh dear.... I can't be old enough to be your mother!
45,353 posted on 12/04/2002 7:53:23 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45352 | View Replies]

To: carton253
Bobby Bare is a country singer, the live version of the song he did is a lot of fun... anyway, it's about a guy who tries to pick a barfight with a well-known "winner"... the last two stanzas are:

Now, you remind me a lot of my younger days with your knuckles clenchin' white.
But, boy, I'm gonna sit right here and sip this beer all night.
And if there's somethin' you gotta prove by winnin' some silly fight,
Well, OK, I quit, I lose, son, you're the winner."

So I stumbled from that barroom not so tall and not so proud,
And behind me I could hear the hoots of laughter from the crowd.
But my eyes still see and my nose still works and my teeth are still in my mouth.
And y'know...I guess that makes me...a winner.

45,354 posted on 12/04/2002 7:54:20 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45346 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
Honey... you don't want to be my mother. I came out of the wound looking for an argument! LOL!

BTW... how old do you think I am? You could be my mother... you don't want to be... but you could.

45,355 posted on 12/04/2002 7:55:04 PM PST by carton253
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45353 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog
I laughed out loud several times at Dom and Billy. Those two are a riot.

More Eowyn!!


45,356 posted on 12/04/2002 7:55:20 PM PST by ecurbh
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45349 | View Replies]

To: ecurbh
Picture of Aragon please...
45,357 posted on 12/04/2002 7:57:07 PM PST by carton253
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45356 | View Replies]

To: carton253
I know you are in college, so I would guess you are in the 18-21 range... I have only been out of high school for 17 years... out of college for 12, so I don't think I could be your mother, but close. Very close! - I am only 35 :~D
45,358 posted on 12/04/2002 7:58:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45355 | View Replies]

To: ecurbh
Got one of her brother?

From the little video clip posted yesterday, I think I may like him more than I originally anticipated...though Faramir's still the one I'm really looking forward to seeing in action...

45,359 posted on 12/04/2002 7:58:42 PM PST by RosieCotton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45356 | View Replies]

To: ecurbh
More Eowyn!!

Hmmmm, interesting.

45,360 posted on 12/04/2002 8:00:18 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45356 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 45,321-45,34045,341-45,36045,361-45,380 ... 48,321-48,323 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson