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Jan. 26th, 2012 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamflowerOK, over on Mark Reads he has reached the Treebeard chapter, and has posted an ALL CAPSLOCK review. It's hilarious-- and here's one of the bits I liked best:
"THIS ENT IS NAMED TREEBEARD. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FANGORN. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS OUR TRUE LORD AND SAVIOR. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
ALSO, THE ENTS HAVE A SONG THAT IS A LIST OF EVERY LIVING CREATURE IN MIDDLE-EARTH. YOU KNOW WHAT’S CUTER THAN THAT? TREEBEARD LEARNING ABOUT THE HOBBITS AND THEN LATER GETTING PERMISSION TO ADD A LINE ABOUT THE HOBBITS INTO THE LIST. THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO AN AVALANCHE OF PUPPIES. YES, IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS. JUST IMAGINE YOU’RE LAYING ON YOUR BED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A BUNCH OF PUPPIES COME TUMBLING FROM THE CEILING AND THEY ALL START WAGGING THEIR TAILS AND YIPPING AND YOU CAN BARELY BREATHE, BUT YOU DON’T CARE BECAUSE IT’S AN AVALANCHE OF PUPPIES, SO YOU JUST SUBMIT TO THEIR OPPRESSIVE CUTENESS. THAT’S WHAT JUST HAPPENED WHEN I READ THIS CHAPTER."
I love the idea of a puppy avalanche! I suspect Shirebound would love it, too!
There is also a plaintive comment about missing Gandalf, which has cause much rot.13 gloating in the comments as we all await tomorrow's review of "The White Rider"...
"THIS ENT IS NAMED TREEBEARD. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FANGORN. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS OUR TRUE LORD AND SAVIOR. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
ALSO, THE ENTS HAVE A SONG THAT IS A LIST OF EVERY LIVING CREATURE IN MIDDLE-EARTH. YOU KNOW WHAT’S CUTER THAN THAT? TREEBEARD LEARNING ABOUT THE HOBBITS AND THEN LATER GETTING PERMISSION TO ADD A LINE ABOUT THE HOBBITS INTO THE LIST. THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO AN AVALANCHE OF PUPPIES. YES, IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS. JUST IMAGINE YOU’RE LAYING ON YOUR BED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A BUNCH OF PUPPIES COME TUMBLING FROM THE CEILING AND THEY ALL START WAGGING THEIR TAILS AND YIPPING AND YOU CAN BARELY BREATHE, BUT YOU DON’T CARE BECAUSE IT’S AN AVALANCHE OF PUPPIES, SO YOU JUST SUBMIT TO THEIR OPPRESSIVE CUTENESS. THAT’S WHAT JUST HAPPENED WHEN I READ THIS CHAPTER."
I love the idea of a puppy avalanche! I suspect Shirebound would love it, too!
There is also a plaintive comment about missing Gandalf, which has cause much rot.13 gloating in the comments as we all await tomorrow's review of "The White Rider"...
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Date: 2012-01-26 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-26 08:08 pm (UTC)I was having an rot.13 fit at the end of FotR, wanting him to notice that "Fool! Take it off!" that was my first clue Gandalf might come back.
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Date: 2012-01-26 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-26 08:09 pm (UTC)I hope that I am both UP and online at 8AM, and that if I am, the post goes up on time!
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Date: 2012-01-26 06:05 pm (UTC).
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Though just occasionally, based on some of his comments, I wonder if he's trolling us...
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Date: 2012-01-26 08:11 pm (UTC)No, he's actually not. I've gone back and checked some of his posts on other books, movies, or shows-- he had an unusual upbringing, and comes to them either mostly or completely unspoiled.
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Date: 2012-01-26 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-26 07:46 pm (UTC)I do hope you're feeling better now, though, Dreamflower! (And NOT just because I'm hoping for updates! *snerk* But I can't help THAT...you should see the fit my genealogy-Muse is throwing over not having any more Tuk lads and lasses, and we've done over the Hobbit Tree four times!!)
Kaylee Arafinwiel
*clearly extremely bored* =P
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Date: 2012-01-26 09:09 pm (UTC)I have been working on "Ancestress" but have some word-tweaking to do. That 300 word limit can be frustrating at times.
(And, BTW, if you read my Potluck challenge story "House of Mirth" and my Yule story "Broad Between Us the Seas Have Roared", you will find a number of new hobbits to add.
Have you seen this? http://lotrproject.com/
It's only in beta, but it looks like it might be your cup of tea.
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Date: 2012-01-26 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-27 12:01 am (UTC)Hee! Puppy avalanche. If that doesn't scream "Shirebound!!", then I don't know what does!
Oh... I can just imagine what his reaction is going to be for The White Rider...
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Date: 2012-01-27 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-27 01:26 am (UTC)I keep forgetting about this. I'll have to check it out tomorrow. Maybe it'll cheer me up.
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Date: 2012-01-27 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-27 02:06 am (UTC)I am so in love with his enthusiasm for our favorite story-- it makes *me* as happy as a puppy avalanche!
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Date: 2012-01-27 12:42 pm (UTC)(It took me forever to figure out that the gibberish in the comments was ROT13... I rarely take the time to translate but I figured it was a lot of "Oh wait until he gets to the White Rider" type things, because that was exactly what I was thinking! LOL)
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Date: 2012-01-27 03:46 pm (UTC)That is such a cool invention!
*sigh* Now I have to get through a weekend without Mark.
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Date: 2012-01-29 06:09 pm (UTC)