How to spot a Hobbit

This is your typical Hobbit. This one seems to be stealthily seated in the lazy boy, people around don't even notice. This particular Hobbit's name is Benjamin Clonchkin son of Gaffer Clonchkin.

Hobbits are simple folk. Small people with hairy feet, they are not cut out for adventure and prefer to laze about and eat (and smoke and drink in Benjamins case).

Hobbit's live in holes (suncrest is basically a hole). No going upstairs for the hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining-rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage.

Humans will scarcely catch a glipse of a hobbit. They can hear humans from a mile away, and scurry off into some hole. To you and me, their footsteps would be like that of a mouse or rabbit, or something of the sort.

They are curious creatures.

Very curious indeed.

The Boss: A Tribute

RIP

It is said that Bosses are naturally immortal, and remain unwearied by age. Bosses can recover from wounds that would kill mortal men but can die of grief or weiriness.

A short event line of Boss:

• Sat at the right of of Eru Ilúvatar during Ainulindalë
• Entered Eä with Manwe
• Created the Pilantiri
  
• Fought Ungoliant, almost saving Telperion during the Darkening of Valinor
• Came to Middle- Earth with Feanor to help fight Morgoth
• Struck the final blow at Dagor-nuin-Giliath
• Rescued Feanor near Eithel Sirion
• Left the Noldor and went to Fangorn to live with the Ents
• Went to Khazad- dum to kill Balrogs that had been in hiding for 5 millenia
  
• Killed a Balrog on the peak of Zirak- Zigil
• Fell into shadow, and soon returned as Boss the White
• Destoroyed the One Ring
• Moved to Ohio
  
• November 22, 2009- Unforeseen death of Boss

See you in the Halls of Mandos Boss


RIP

I'll probably live here someday

Casting for a post WR movie (Scourge of the Shire, etc.)

So when i was in Scotland this year I found his guy in Edinburgh. I though he would do great for the part when the Gandalf, Galadriel, and the rest of the returning crew find Saruman and Wormtounge on the streets, living as beggars. All this guy needs to do is work on his beard a little bit and he'd do just fine.

But really, why wasn't the Scourge of the Shire in the LotRs movies? I'm told that they were originally planning on making them, but for some reason terminated their creation. I think that this is one of the best parts in the books. That is my one big critisizm for the movies. Well, i was also kind of pissed that Saruman got killed off so early. But if the Scourge happened, i suppose he would have to be alive.

Today someone asked me "why didn't the eagles just fly the ring to mount doom"?

You know what buddy? Fuck you.

The book would be like 10 pages long.

Anyways, even eagles can die. They wouldn't get very far without "fell- beasts" or the Silent Watchers serving them.

Man of the hour!

Downstream by Shirra Kammen, Played by Me (violin), Jake Kintner (cello), Greg Dewey (last minute bohdran)

Mike Marshall- Mandolin

That's pretty quick

Why is Frodo such a bitch?

In the movies and the books Frodo whines the entire time. When i watch the movies or read the books, I have to skip the entire journey of the ring. The only bearable part is the very beginning in the shire when he's happy and stuff. After that he feels sorry for himself and complains about everything.

After the ring was destroyed and the hobbits returned to the enslaved Shire, if it wasn't for Merry and Pippen the shire would have never been emancipated, and Sauruman would have continued his evil rule. The whole time all Frodo could say was "i don't want anyone to get" and "i don't like violence". Enough with the pacifistic shit, it never works. The worst was when he said "Couldn't we just talk to Sauron, maybe he just needs a friend"

I think he took advantage of the "one ring burden" thing. This act was very beneficial to him and got him things like the last drop of water from the skins in Mordor, a piggy back ride to mount doom, and a ride with Glorfinel to Rivendell while the rest of the hobbits and Aragorn had to worry about the possibility of the Nine returning from the water and trolls and stuff. Also he got a ticket to the west, while his friends had to stay behind.

Sam did a hell of a lot more than Frodo. He carried the ring for a time and I didn't hear him bitch once. Sam was the brains and the brawn. He could see into Gollum's mind and kept his doubts while Frodo put all his trust with the creature. Sam manages to infiltrate the tower of Cirith Ungol and fight Shelob, a decendent of the great Ungoliant, with out even losing a finger.

Have you seen the Entwives?

Keep your eyes peeled.

Well wtf is Telperion?

Well fuck you.

Telperion is the eldest of the two trees of Valinor. Telperion had leaves dark green on top and shining silver below. The stars of Varda was made from the dew that dripped from his limbs, and the moon from his last flower.

Telperion perished, along with Laurelin, in the Darkening of Valinor, an event just before the first age in which Melkor and Ungoliant reeked havok in the land of the Valor. After the trees were destroyed, Yavanna made an image of Telperion called Galathilion.

You may be familar with one (two if you've read the books) of Galathilion's decendents, the White Tree of Minith Tirith.

That's about all you need to know about Telperion.

Quen

This blog is devoted to the worlds of Tolkien (Middle Earth, the lands of the Arda, etc.) and The Elder Scrolls and whatever else i want to blog about.

My name's Robbie, I'm a big Tolkien and TES fan. 17 years old living in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Born in Cambridge, England. I read LoTR a lot and go to the high school in town. When I'm not doing that I'm probably playing music. My main instrument is violin or fiddle, but i also play piano, guitar, mandolin, and any other instruments i can get my hands on.

I mostly play folky-ish music, but also play irish, bluegrass, classical, and whatever else i need to play. I'm currently in a band called Old Man River. We're working on an album and playing around town quite a bit. Old man river consists of piano, guitar, vocals, stand up bass, and bongos or other acoustic percussion. I'll put a link up if we ever get anything recorded.

That's about it.