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I remember the first time reading those appendices at the end of The Return of the King The Shrike Send a noteboard - 26/06/2017 08:09:18 PM

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Just kidding. It's just that people really don't read those appendices a lot.

And in particular one scene I still remember vividly - Arwen's death in Lorien. She wasn't a major character. But it was as if with her death the story, and the Third Age, was truly over.

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What the hell is with people's fondness for Slytherin? Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 09:48:07 AM 1101 Views
Contrarian & deconstructionist fashions Cannoli - 26/06/2017 11:13:55 AM 749 Views
I think it's more because people are rejecting facile black-and-white depictions of the world. Tom - 26/06/2017 02:27:21 PM 713 Views
I can't help but think a children's series is the wrong venue for this sort of protest. Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:52:52 PM 699 Views
I can't help but think a children's series is the perfect venue for such a protest. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:45:47 PM 608 Views
Claps *NM* Roland00 - 27/06/2017 09:38:46 AM 416 Views
Maybe there's also room for different takes on morality in children's books? Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:58:21 PM 720 Views
I mean, I tend towards black and white morality as a general principle, so... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 12:46:53 AM 603 Views
How is Gondor theocratic? I think I missed something *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:45:55 PM 421 Views
Appendix J to the Return of the King is essentially just religious laws of Gondor. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:49:08 PM 654 Views
I remember the first time reading those appendices at the end of The Return of the King The Shrike - 26/06/2017 08:09:18 PM 697 Views
I recall that one. Very bittersweet. As is most of the end of the trilogy. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 12:43:16 AM 439 Views
I didn't say it was, I said that people like coming up with nonsense like that *NM* Cannoli - 27/06/2017 11:05:58 AM 456 Views
I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 01:30:13 PM 763 Views
Re: I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:43:34 PM 742 Views
Your replies do show a large streak of Slytherinesque views. I think you were mishoused. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 06:06:09 PM 751 Views
Nah. I have vague glimmerings of a conscience. Disqualifying trait for House Sociopath. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 06:08:44 PM 408 Views
Ah I see. You're in denial. In the closet as it were. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 06:27:37 PM 557 Views
Yet you're studying for the bar so you can join Profession Sociopath. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:56:47 PM 699 Views
Ugh. Don't remind me. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 07:58:03 PM 392 Views
Meanwhile future "sociopath" The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:20:27 PM 607 Views
I'm going into public defense. Don't be too proud of yourself. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 08:31:04 PM 701 Views
Just a self-righteous and masochistic form of sociopath. *NM* Tom - 28/06/2017 10:05:18 PM 473 Views
But intensely charitable in its sociopathy! Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 10:54:14 PM 577 Views
How many years, do you guess, as a PDA before he bails for the bucks? damookster - 28/06/2017 11:13:43 PM 622 Views
I went to law school specifically to be a public defender. Bailing is unlikely. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 12:19:42 AM 687 Views
You are an American, bail---ing is part of our judicial system Roland00 - 29/06/2017 02:45:05 AM 688 Views
I thought about making that pun but demurred. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 03:22:46 AM 605 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 605 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 722 Views
The Practice aired what 8 seasons, 7 with Bobby, only to be replaced with the much better show Roland00 - 29/06/2017 02:42:07 AM 585 Views
I re-watched the eight HP movies a while back. Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:38:39 PM 754 Views
You think "Eyebrows" Watson improved the films? Yeesh. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:59:55 AM 594 Views
What do her eyebrows have to do with anything? And yes, I do. *NM* Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:13:20 AM 451 Views
They comprise about 98% of what passes for her acting ability. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 06:14:31 AM 600 Views
Nonsense. She does a great job - at least in those movies, haven't seen her in anything else. Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:20:26 AM 643 Views
Hasn't BEEN in anything else. That anyone else saw, anyway. Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:18:48 PM 732 Views
Pretty sure that a lot of people saw her in Beauty & The Beast The Shrike - 27/06/2017 03:26:29 PM 669 Views
In which, incidentally, she could neither act nor sing. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:13:32 AM 455 Views
That's not the point. The point is she was seen in a film that garnered over $1billion. *NM* The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:18:14 PM 430 Views
The point is she hasn't been in anything that would support a positive assessment of her ability Cannoli - 01/07/2017 02:56:26 PM 629 Views
Voldemort came from Slytherin. He was awesome. Tom - 26/06/2017 01:50:46 PM 681 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:44:33 PM 425 Views
One of the rather few things in the series that I'd say Rowling got wrong... Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:32:43 PM 675 Views
I agree with most of this. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:03:19 AM 742 Views
As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Clover - 27/06/2017 12:22:17 AM 930 Views
Re: As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:15:15 AM 660 Views
Perhaps the houses Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:44:35 AM 658 Views
Anti-hype? nossy - 27/06/2017 10:35:22 AM 683 Views
Ok, so, everybody beat me to it nossy - 27/06/2017 10:45:33 AM 648 Views
Nossy you are our hufflepuff Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:47:40 AM 632 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:24:12 PM 673 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:21:59 AM 525 Views
Re: Anti-hype? nossy - 28/06/2017 01:14:09 PM 605 Views
Stop it, you are meant to enjoy the books not analyze them to death. Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:40:41 AM 589 Views
I don't watch anime. RWBY is safe. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:12:56 AM 327 Views
Hun, that product is made in America it is not Anime Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:17:45 AM 601 Views
That's anime. I don't watch anime or its derivatives. But if you want me to criticize it... *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:23:01 AM 381 Views
Perhaps you should watch it Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:29:59 AM 540 Views
Enjoyment =/= thinking about, or having feelings toward, something. Good to know Cannoli - 01/07/2017 02:57:42 PM 572 Views
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