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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on Apr 29, 2005 15:46:53 GMT -6
Gollum actually did, but when he ordered Sam to carry them for him, Sam smacked Gollum in the head with his sack of taters, causing Gollum to lose his balance and drop the waders in the marshes. How exactly would Legolas and Gimli take advantage of the convenience and fun of Instant Messenger if Middle-earth had the technology?
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Post by Bardukan on May 3, 2005 21:55:49 GMT -6
Legolas and Gimli would take advantage of AIM by using the microphone function to sing songs to each other, or they'd type animal noises to each other every time they saw the other online.
If Legolas had a dog, what kind of dog would he have?
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on May 3, 2005 22:20:35 GMT -6
(LOL ;D I can soooooo see that!! They would be abusing AIM more than the average college student... ) Hmmmm for some reason a Golden Retriever comes to mind first! If Legolas were to come to modern times, what would be his favorite pastime (besides being on AIM 24/7 )?
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Post by Bardukan on May 15, 2005 12:56:25 GMT -6
I'd see him as a part of the local archery club, or he'd be a Forest Ranger. I'm sure he'd try to keep a low profile to stay away from all his rabid fangirls. How would the Lord Elrond fit into modern times? (This could be frightening!)
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on May 16, 2005 22:00:49 GMT -6
*shudders at the thought lol* Yeah, you're right...that is a scary thought. But you know what? I've thought of something worse...how about Lord Elrond being the President of the United States? I'D VOTE FOR HIM AND FOLLOW HIM!! "Yes, Mr. President!" lol We would scare our enemies away with the bushy eye brows of doooooom!!! ;D What would be Aragorn's first reaction if he saw an automobile coming towards him (besides jumping out of the way... : (putting them in modern day situations is just too fun to pass up!! )
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Post by Bardukan on May 18, 2005 19:25:54 GMT -6
Aragorn's sword would be drawn, he'd be in an attack stance and he'd be wearing a look of utter bewilderment as the VW bug packed with 20 college students rolls by him. ;D What would happen if an eagle with a 90 foot wingspan was spotted in Alaska?
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on May 18, 2005 19:52:02 GMT -6
ROFL!!!! (visualizing it beautifully!!!) I can soooo see that. ;D Well, first of all I think that all those feathers would block out the sun, making people think that it was either an eclipse or the Apocalypse. But with such a large bird up in oil-drilling country (or soon to be), I think that the workers would be scared off pretty easily (thinking eagle mass vs. puny humans...) and the eagles would think of it as a buffet! yum yum! No more drilling! Yay! Oh, and National Geographic would have a field day. Ok, going back to the whole modern day thing...If Aragorn and Legolas (or anyone else in the Fellowship for that matter) ever encountered a mob of rabid fangirls, how exactly would they defend themselves before they realized that they were being surrounded?
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Post by Bardukan on May 18, 2005 21:43:25 GMT -6
Hmm..this is difficult to answer...
First of all, they wouldn't see any reason to defend themselves until they were surrounded. The fangirls would seem sweet and harmless until they showed their rabid side. Personally, I don't think the poor men, hobbits, and elves would survive. If they did, they'd crawl into a cave with Gollum and never come out again unless it was pitch black.
Would Elven magic and crafts become mass produced and commonplace, and if they were, would they help or hurt the marketplace?
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on May 18, 2005 22:15:53 GMT -6
I think that it would be kinda controversial...if applied to medicines, the modern doctors would want their modern medicines and ways of thinking, but I think that I would definetely go with the Elvish ways...after all, to have survived for as long as they did, they must have been doing SOMETHING right!! It would be a split between more open-minded and the smaller-minded people. Eventually they would help the marketplace when people finally realized how beneficial they are!!
If Gollum were to meet John Nash from "A Beautiful Mind", how would he react to seeing someone else that had schizophrenic tendencies?
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Post by Bardukan on May 28, 2005 18:55:35 GMT -6
For some reason, I don't think Gollum would believe anything was wrong with John Nash. Gollum treated the hobbits almost like another one of his voices, so John Nash might be different only that Gollum would treat him like more than one other voice.
If Tom Bombadil showed his bright, merry face in public, how long would it be before he was committed to a funny farm?
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on May 28, 2005 23:08:47 GMT -6
(I'm very rusty on Tom Bombadil, so try to bear with me lol I just remember a little bit about him). Well, since 'ol Tom had few limits to his powers, during his first few hours of making himself known, the people of modern day society would think him to be extremely loony. Maybe there would be a chase as they tried to get a straight jacket on him, but Tom would probably perform some sort of magic to disappear. They'd probably never catch him. If Gollum really did get voted in as the President of the US, what would his first official act be? Would Gollum be liked by us?
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Post by Bardukan on May 29, 2005 13:18:28 GMT -6
*Gollum hides under a desk*
"They came to usss, Preciousss, and they caught usss and locked usss in this filthy Oval Office..yesss. We hates them! We hates them all! Curse them! Gollum, gollum! We musst esscape, Preciousss...but the cruel men hurts usss with the boxes that flash, yesss. We must try, yesss. We will throttle the men if they try to blind uss again. Gollum, gollum! We must escape when the White Face and the Yellow Face are gone, then we will be free!"
*Gollum waits for this opportunity, then disappears out of Washington DC towards the Appalachian Mountains, where there are nothing but sightings of him catching fish in the rivers from then on.*
Ok...so Gollum really didn't make a good President. Nobody really even knew what party he was running for. Sometimes he seemed like a republican, but then he'd start talking like a democrat. Maybe he would have created a National Fish Day if he stayed longer after the inauguration. Poor, poor Gollum.
What would run through Gimli's mind if he took a trip to Colorado, or where ever they have mining operations?
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Post by Lady Elbereth on Apr 6, 2008 13:14:08 GMT -6
Oh very creative answers! I laughed so hard when I read about Gollum as the president! I think Gimli would love it there! He would probably chase out all the miners and live there as the king of the mountains! How would Legolas react if he was brought to a LOUD movie theater and was being held there against his will to watch the movie?
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Post by The Restless Shadow on Apr 6, 2008 13:19:22 GMT -6
I would assume that, even worse then the obnoxious loud movie....the large amounts of screaming girls he'd be locked in there with would eventually make him go insane, espcially once they ruin his hair He'd get locked up in a cell under Barad-dur in a straight-jacket endlessly singing "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard" What would Elrond do if he saw all the Hobbits making fun of his eyebrows when they first got to Rivendell?
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Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on Apr 7, 2008 19:12:54 GMT -6
LOL!! I can see that! ;D Good question, Elbereth!
I think that Elrond would first try to ignore them because he is a pretty polite guy with several thousand years worth of patience. So of course, when the hobbits see that they aren't getting caught, they might get bolder and talk louder (as if an ELF couldn't hear them!) and start commenting about how his eyebrows look like black lightening bolts. Or even go as far as to point out how his "original" brows are starting to come back and wonder how long Elrond lasts between waxings. But at this point, Elrond's seemingly endless patience is now spent. He whirls around to face them with his caterpillar brows, locking eyes with each of them. All the hobbits go deathy silent, and then they take off back to Hobbiton faster than Elrond can bat an eye. So much for hobbits saving the world.
If there had been a 10th member of the Fellowship, which race do you think he/she (yes, she!) would be from and what would be their greatest strength and weakness?
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