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# I'm sorry
but I have been stunned into cowering silence by the sheer tectonic power of your lore.

therefore I agree. a catapult. or a team of butterflies, harnessed...
(I helped save b3ta! revmoola was thinking about a software problem, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:24, archived)
# To-day I haz bin mostly reading "Unfinished Tales" (JRR Tolkien edited by Christophen Tolkien)
Also the Silmarillion - This is my Lore and it is Strong!
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:29, archived)
# wow :)
decades ago I was given the Silmarillion, and upon reading the first page a spell of "Perhaps later" came upon me. it has never been lifted.
(I helped save b3ta! revmoola was thinking about a software problem, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:33, archived)
# Well it does have that sort of effect
at first try I couldn't keep up with all the names and events being fired at me - but after re-reading LotR, The Hobbit plus watching the DVDs and of course coming across The Encyclopedia of Arda it started to make more sense.

There are however massive holes in Tolkien lore he himself often get's muddled and therefore the likes of Galadriel and Celeborn get's a very mixed up history from various version of their lineage and no definitive guide is ever given to which Elf race Celeborn belongs etc.

I'll shut up now.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:43, archived)
# poor Celeborn
he seems to get a raw deal

I bet Galadriel makes him do the dishes and the hoovering
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:45, archived)
# "Celeborn where is my dinner!?"
"It's in the fridge dearest, can you get it I'm just fixing my elf makeup and hair for tonight's do!"

"FUCKING LEMBAS AGAIN!"
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Wed 5 May 2010, 9:51, archived)
# I love the Silmarillion
but then I've also been known to read the Prose Edda and Mabinogion for fun, so my recommendation may not be the most reliable.

(I've also been known to read both Unfinished Tales and also quite a few of the History of Middle Earth books. Morgoth's Ring and War of the Jewels are the best of them, that's the stuff he culled the Silmarillion out of.)

(Fuck me I'm a nerd.)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:05, archived)
# I know, I know
as I was writing the Eagle reply I was thinking "This is completely Nerd on all levels" yet I could not help myself I'm like the Incredible Nerd - "Don't quote me, you wouldn't like me when I'm quoted!"
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:26, archived)
# Ah well. We're happy.
Plus, you've reminded me that I need to read Unfinished Tales again.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:38, archived)
# Did you not finish it?
haha
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:42, archived)
# You deserve pain for that
(I did lose my copy of the Book of Lost Tales, if that's any help? It was shit, I didn't miss it very much. I didn't even finish it.)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:51, archived)