I love Lobelia! I wonder if Sackville-Baggins was a reference to the Sackville-Wests.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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Connie Neil - Jul 13, 2009 10:00:30 am PDT #16454 of 30000
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StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 10:01:41 am PDT #16455 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Mmm...Shelob. I never think of her as a "female character", because she's a gigantic spider-demon. But you're right, she *is* hugely important.
Luthian isn't in Lord of the Rings. :)
However, you're ALSO very correct about Gilraen mother of Aragorn; though she doesn't appear in LotR, her behavior totally informs Aragorn's early life - and is so tragic.
"I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself."
Connie Neil - Jul 13, 2009 10:02:04 am PDT #16456 of 30000
brillig
The world is grey, the mountains old,
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;
The shadow lies upon his tomb
In Moria, in Khazad-dum.
I shivered the first time I read that.
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 10:03:01 am PDT #16457 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
But do you remember birthdays?
Except for very rare exceptions, no - that's what Google Calendar is for. (The exceptions are holidays - mine is April 1, my sister's is July 4, my mom's is Kitty Hawk Day - I got my maternal grandfather's birthday wrong by a week MY ENTIRE LIFE.)
My brain is full of *useless* trivia, nothing *useful*. :)
Jessica - Jul 13, 2009 10:03:03 am PDT #16458 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Goldberry is Bombadil's wife; you're thinking of Mrs. Maggot, "a Queen amongst Hobbits" :) I don't think she's given a first name.
Yes, those were meant as two separate guesses. (Perils of punctuation standing in for tone of voice)
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 10:03:33 am PDT #16459 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Yes, those were meant as two separate guesses. (Perils of punctuation standing in for tone of voice)
Oh! Sorry. :)
-t - Jul 13, 2009 10:04:33 am PDT #16460 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I never think of her as a "female character", because she's a gigantic spider-demon.
Best that we don't, probably. I was just being flip.
sumi - Jul 13, 2009 10:18:27 am PDT #16461 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Oh come on, without Luthian we wouldn't have Aragorn or Elrond!
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 10:18:44 am PDT #16462 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I was just being flip.
I can't ever tell - especially when my geekiness is engaged. It's all a serious question that needs a serious answer. (sigh)
-t - Jul 13, 2009 10:20:08 am PDT #16463 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am all for the serious answer to the flip question, actually. Makes for fun thinking.