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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

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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.


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To: Sam Cree
Her tail seems a little small.

I mean, to propel her through the water at any appreciable speed.
29,061 posted on 10/01/2002 9:45:53 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I've been painting my bathroom on and off all day. Now I'm going to soak in the tub and admire it, then I'm going to bed!

'Night all!
29,062 posted on 10/01/2002 9:47:22 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Aragorn perhaps.... Can you do Stirder?

And for your lady, a store-bought costume, only $38! If she is whatever "size: standard" is! LOL!


29,063 posted on 10/01/2002 9:49:39 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom
Have a good soak, and a good night!
29,064 posted on 10/01/2002 9:51:06 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: 2Jedismom
Good night, 2JM
29,065 posted on 10/01/2002 9:51:48 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: 2Jedismom
Night 2J... I am tired too... my typing is gone all to heck... Stirder.. grumble.
29,066 posted on 10/01/2002 9:53:57 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Me? Oh, no... I haven't dressed up for Halloween since I was little.
29,067 posted on 10/01/2002 9:54:43 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: HairOfTheDog; All
my typing is gone all to heck

Well, I was going to say something, but then I thought better of it.

Time for bed here too I think... g'night all.

29,068 posted on 10/01/2002 9:58:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Good night! [yawn]

I think I shall go to bed too....
29,069 posted on 10/01/2002 9:58:44 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog
Halloween reminds me of fall in Virginia when I was a kid. I love South Florida, but I miss the chill in the air and the leaves turning at this time of year up north.

It seems way more spooky in a real fall setting

Christmas is bizarre in Miami too. People get really out of control with decorations and lights, maybe trying to make the warm weather feel more Christmasy.
29,070 posted on 10/01/2002 10:00:49 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear
Good night All, I guess getting some sleep would be wise.
29,071 posted on 10/01/2002 10:02:09 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
It would usually snow by Halloween up in Northern Michigan; let me tell you, trick-or-treating was no fun when it was cold enough to snow.

Christmastime is odd here in Texas too, but the light displays can really be something. Since there's no snow here, people put Christmas lights all through their yards, along the edges of lawns, etc. The wife and I love to go driving through some of the neighborhoods just to look at the lights.

Now I'm really going to bed, good night!
29,072 posted on 10/01/2002 10:09:07 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; Bear_in_RoseBear; JenB; 2Jedismom; ksen; Penny1; ...
Well it looks like everyone went to bed already. I was working on my website tonight, and now have a page of my own screencaps from the trailer. Check it out! And just to tide you over, here is one for the guys. (There's a couple good ones of Arwen there too)


29,073 posted on 10/01/2002 10:59:34 PM PDT by ecurbh
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To: RosieCotton; JenB; Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog
I am shocked! I am absolutely appalled at the behavior in this place last night! I mean really! I never thought our little merry band of Middle-Earth residents could stoop so low...

And I'm really annoyed you all showed up just minutes after I left...

29,074 posted on 10/02/2002 4:21:32 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
You're making the assumption that we're all still here at the time RoTK is released.

You're scarin' me Bear....

29,075 posted on 10/02/2002 5:27:18 AM PDT by ksen
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To: Sam Cree; HairOfTheDog
I think you should go to your party as a Ranger. That would seem to fit in with your appreciation for weapons and hunting and such....
29,076 posted on 10/02/2002 5:29:18 AM PDT by ksen
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To: ecurbh
Thanks for the link to your page ecurbh. I was needing some new wallpaper. I had a pic of the elves heading west from the extended cut, but now I "borrowed" Frodo, Sam and Gollum at the Black Gates.
29,077 posted on 10/02/2002 5:34:04 AM PDT by ksen
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To: Corin Stormhands
Morning Corin,

Are we the only wakeful residents this morning?
29,078 posted on 10/02/2002 5:35:05 AM PDT by ksen
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To: HairOfTheDog
I downloaded the 40MB trailer last night, only took 2 1/2 hours with a 56k dial-up connection.

After watching it almost a dozen times I can say it was definitely worth the wait. I sent the old, fuzzy version to the trash can.
29,079 posted on 10/02/2002 5:37:17 AM PDT by ksen
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To: ksen
Funkle. Ok, ok, I'll shut up now.
29,080 posted on 10/02/2002 5:38:37 AM PDT by ksen
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