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		Thread: Did Isildur ever wear the One Ring? Post: Did Isildur ever wear the One Ring? I don't think much of this One Ring. What did Sauron accomplish with it? He had 1600 years in the Second Age to subdue Middle Earth and he got beaten by Men! Not even by Elves. And he was doing pretty...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	14	2,091	August 31st, 2016, 08:15 PM
		Thread: Grond Post: Grond Maybe Sauron hid it. Melted it down to make Grond. I can't think of anyone having a trophy, just Isildur's weregild but that's different.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	10	878	April 1st, 2016, 08:11 PM
		Thread: Tolkien and the theory of evolution Post: Tolkien and the theory of evolution	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	6	657	March 13th, 2016, 03:26 PM
		Thread: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Post: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Either Ohtar or the other two must have recounted the fate of Isildur and so must have known that Isildur used the Ring.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	24	4,213	October 30th, 2015, 09:51 PM
		Thread: Landscape writing Post: Landscape writing Isn't that odd though? Water is mostly good (except in The Hobbit) presumably because of the will of Ulmo. Place is inert, passive. Don't forget that Mirkwood used to be Greenwood the Great before the...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	15	1,109	October 9th, 2015, 08:32 PM
		Thread: Landscape writing Post: Landscape writing ^^ Tee hee. :) Lots of people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice even though it's probably a winter solstice marker. There's evidence the area was an important ritual site more th...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	15	1,109	September 28th, 2015, 05:11 PM
		Thread: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Post: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Great analysis Alvin. There's a parallel here with Eomer's decision when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli meet him, which was also less than plausible. The similarity could be called extraordinary circumsta...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	24	4,213	September 19th, 2015, 02:30 PM
		Thread: Elrond's and Arathorn trying to rid of the ring of Doom Post: Elrond's and Arathorn trying to rid of the ring o... I don't think either of the Arathorns went in to Mordor. If you're talking about the Last Alliance and the Battle of Dagorlad it happened long before either of them were alive.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	21	2,485	September 19th, 2015, 02:04 PM
		Thread: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Post: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	24	4,213	September 13th, 2015, 02:47 PM
		Thread: Landscape writing Post: Landscape writing The Old Forest's effect is only due to the trees though. Alan Garner's book 'Collected Folk Tales' has a tale about Gobbleknoll, a hill that ate people. Which made me think of Caradhras! Feng shui i...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	15	1,109	September 1st, 2015, 07:02 PM
		Thread: Landscape writing Post: Landscape writing The only gripe I have about Tolkien's land is that it's passive. There is no power of place unless through some other agent. Barrow downs for example.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	15	1,109	August 30th, 2015, 08:13 PM
		Thread: Why didn't Legolas notice Gollum? Post: Why didn't Legolas notice Gollum? Or it's just another inconsistency in the story.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	11	1,667	August 30th, 2015, 07:54 PM
		Thread: Fans want to build a real life size Minas Tirith Post: Fans want to build a real life size Minas Tirith There is a virtual 3D Middle Earth created as a test of a game rendering engine. Shame really, it could have been great. http://me-dem.org/	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	4	697	August 30th, 2015, 07:52 PM
		Thread: Elven music Post: Elven music Travesty! I've got the Swann book of songs and it's rubbish. An insult to Elves. They would not use equal tempered intonation, for a start.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	2	644	August 30th, 2015, 07:47 PM
		Thread: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead Post: If Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead This is a fun game to play. Make any change to the story and it ends badly. Parth Galen seems to be a pivotal point. On the other hand I suppose you could say this of any story.	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	24	4,213	August 30th, 2015, 07:43 PM
		Thread: The riddles and songs of middle earth Post: The riddles and songs of middle earth One particular poem has a meter which Tolkien claims to be his own invention, Bilbo's poem of Earendil. It evolved through many forms and was published as 'Errantry' in 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	3	823	May 24th, 2015, 08:52 PM
		Thread: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Post: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Quite right King Elessar. In fact it says he had used the Ring a few hours before. Bang goes another theory. No surprise though, even Tolkien didn't know the importance of the Ring when he wrote 'The ...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	19	2,513	May 24th, 2015, 07:58 PM
		Thread: Alastair Reynolds Post: Alastair Reynolds *wakes up thread* I'm currently reading the second elephant story, On The Steel Breeze which continues from Blue Remembered Earth. Excellent.	Welleran	Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors	5	1,365	May 14th, 2015, 07:06 PM
		Thread: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Post: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? King Elessar 8 said - "but Frodo's thoughts (something along the lines of being delighted by his friends reactions which showed that it was "his Ring") cause me to believe he probably had" My thought ...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	19	2,513	May 14th, 2015, 05:48 PM
		Thread: Which music had the most impacted on human history Post: Which music had the most impacted on human histor... Bagpipes. Psychological acoustic weapon.	Welleran	History	2	671	March 2nd, 2015, 11:06 AM
		Thread: ISIS and other terrorists groups Post: ISIS and other terrorists groups The good guys have been there all along. The Khurds were fighting ISIL (preferred form now) as soon as they appeared. The history of the Middle East would have been very different if the British had s...	Welleran	Politics	7	1,369	March 2nd, 2015, 10:48 AM
		Thread: Diseases that affected history Post: Diseases that affected history I would recommend 'Guns, Germs and Steel' by Jared Diamond. It deals more with disease in pre-history but shows how important it is, and how much it has been neglected by historians.	Welleran	Archeology and Prehistory	8	1,316	March 2nd, 2015, 10:32 AM
		Thread: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Post: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? No explicit reference maybe, Michael, but I'm not convinced by your analysis. Would Gandalf have used such a definite phrase? What would Frodo have thought when he read it if he hadn't used the Ring? ...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	19	2,513	March 2nd, 2015, 10:26 AM
		Thread: Auto save? How do I retrieve it? Post: Auto save? How do I retrieve it? Thanks FilmGuy. I've just seen the 'Restore Auto Saved' button at bottom of text box. Meanwhile I've changed my mind about what I was writing so perhaps fate intervened there. :)	Welleran	Forum Feedback and Issues	4	1,874	March 2nd, 2015, 10:24 AM
		Thread: Auto save? How do I retrieve it? Post: Auto save? How do I retrieve it? I have just wasted half and hour composing a post only to find I'd been logged out. When I clicked on the Submit button I was taken to the login page but when I logged in I found the post hadn't been ...	Welleran	Forum Feedback and Issues	4	1,874	February 23rd, 2015, 05:46 PM
		Thread: The Fighting Trees trope Post: The Fighting Trees trope Yeah Tolkien was really annoyed that the wood turned out to be men with branches. Lewis probably borrowed the idea from Tolkien, there are few examples of active trees in folk tales AFAIK. It's likely...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	4	631	February 9th, 2015, 06:12 PM
		Thread: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Post: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? In addition to Galadriel's conditional statement we have the small matter of Gandalf's letter. He tells Frodo "Do NOT use It again". This could be a mistake on Tolkien's part but I prefer to take it a...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	19	2,513	January 30th, 2015, 05:50 PM
		Thread: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Post: Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire? Sorry if this has been discussed before, search threw up a few hundred threads. Did Frodo use the Ring in the Shire and if so, how much did he use it?	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	19	2,513	January 26th, 2015, 02:46 PM
		Thread: Would the Balrog have followed them out? Post: Would the Balrog have followed them out?	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	32	2,975	January 6th, 2015, 06:54 PM
		Thread: Could Frodo or Bilbo had destroy the ring sooner? Post: Could Frodo or Bilbo had destroy the ring sooner? I'm pretty sure that Tolkien implies that no-one could destroy the Ring (Letter 191). Perhaps not even Sauron himself. Playing 'What If...' is a good way of appreciating the necessity of some of the ...	Welleran	J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth	15	3,032	January 6th, 2015, 06:45 PM

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