Yiuel
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I took it from Quenya Feäsúro (as is the name Feänáro), so it would be Faesúl (or Faehúl). But fo between h and s, I can't say.
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The White Council
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At least, you have left...
In Canada, we do not. Well, officialy, we have, but the party (NPD) is collapsing in front of the new-rightist parties (Liberal and Conservative). And we have an unofficial one, called Bloc Québécois, but it's only for Quebec, a quarter of Canada : that doesn't give a government.
And now, were having elections... De la marde, de la marde, que de la marde. (Translation : Sh*t, sh*t, only sh*t.)
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I read some quotes of that sort in the article of Ardalambion. But Tolkien in those quotes seems not sure about that fact, but he does think so...
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Akya : I understand painkillers (as Nienna), but I prefer worldbuilders (as Aule)
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I have read some articles about the Hobbit kin, but I still have this question, where are they from? They never appear in ME's history before the third age.
In the Encyclipedy of Arda, they think that they are Human in descent. We could quote Tolkien, thinking that they might be human. But I am doubtful, and Tolkien never states fully that they are human in descent.
That's why I have doubts. But, that is not all. If we closely read the Prologue in LotR, Hobbit are fast and agile, if they want. They seem skillful in everything they do. But they have some strange pride (about their name (i.e. family)) but not a full pride, and they can resist a lot if they need to do so. It doesn't look really human to me.
I rather think that it may be a mixture of people. At least Elf-Dwarvish. They seem fast and skilled like Elves (but not as Elves) but resistant and prideful like Dwarves (but not as Dwarves). They do have a human nature in some way, but it doesn't tell and show everything.
I know this may seem strange, because who would think that an Elf and a Dwarf would do it. Also, there are some stranges facts that doesn't go with this : they die at about 100 (150-200 for Dwarves, World's end for Elves...) and they have not memory of themselves or forefathhers (while both Dwarves and Elves do).
Well, maybe some people can awnser me about my query.
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av_nefardec : I just want to notice : you have a bad quote here.
All that is gold does not glitter/Not all those who wander are lost" : This is not Gandalf, it's Gandalf that quotes Bilbo, who wrote those lines when he met Aragorn. So you must quote Bilbo and credit him
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Sorry Curufinwe, but I must agree with Gilluin for that.
Brilliant and skillful but stupid and uncareful he is.
I hope that you're not totally his human counterpart : I wish you much of his skills, much of his intelligence but more wisdom and care.
That's why I chose my own Sindarin surname to be Faesûl (Spirit of Wind) to represent Manwe's wisdom and Feanor's skillfulness together.
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That's what I read in Ardalambion (Of the tongues of Arda), that it's quite Babylonian, but I have difficulties with this because Babylonian is a language bases on Assyrian, which is Semitic language that works quite like Arabic... I would see the Mannish Adûnaic as a Babylonian-like language.
But the feeling I get of Valarin is more like a kind of strange Japanese or language that doesn't use a lot of consonant clusters and a lot of vowels (as for Algonquian languages, in Quebec).
P.S. : I read again the article about Valarin in Ardalambion. It is said that the feeling about Valarin to be Babylonian-like is quite unsure. We should look elsewhere. I think about that langue Burushaski language in the Himalaya, or maybe the Mezo-american languages. But I'm sure it's not like Babylonian.
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I read the 6 books after the first movie, I read the Silmarillion after the third, and I did not read the Hobbit (shame on me).
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You'll see, Faramir is way cooler in the book
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That's true do... Well, I liked the movie for the landscapes and screenshots of how they imagined the countries. That's what I really would like to see
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Speaking about the movies.
I read the entire book after I have just seen the first movie. I did like the first movie, and maybe because of that, I didn't knew quite well why Tom Bombadil was there.
I read the book and there are two characters that I really liked : Fangorn the oldest Ent and Faramir. About Fangorn, I liked his calmness en friendliness (he lost the second in the movie... I was so angry!) About Faramir, I really liked him for... Well since there's a reader, he'll discover why I liked Faramir.
Indeed PJ was too imaginative in some parts. Not having read the book, I would have totally liked it. But the book is way better.
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In the French translation I read, everytime she, Luthien, uses magic, the story calls upon her Maia ascendant. About the drowsyness of her hair, there may indeed be no magic at all, at least for living beings : cut all the light somewhere, you'll feel a little drowsier. Her hair was pure black (pure black takes all the light), then it could easily make asleep someone.
The only magic she uses is when they cover themselves and when they are in front of the great wolflike creature. Ainur were supposed to be able to give themselves every thinkable form they wanted to. Luthien would have a least form of that ability in the way she could desguise perfectly herself in something to not be seen (as in her hairy robe or vampire costume).
Almost everything could be explain.
Note that in LotR, Gandalf uses many times magical powers. But he does not, except once, in front of the Childrens. Luthien did not have that rule for herself, therefore she used magic in front of whoever was with her, if it was needed.
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I voted perhaps...
There is something about the years between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ring. "Thorondor" is the main character of that period.
At least, the joke about Gandalf young isn't totally true, we would actually see some young characters : Denetor II the last Steward, Thorondor's "rival". We would also see a young Theoden. But Gandalf youth was in Aman, long before the Ages of the Sun...
Or they could do something better. The Quenta Silmarillion is full of great stories, every chapter being one. They could easily make a movie about the Lai of Leithan, since it is almost classical-like (but there is a maiden-hero, Luthien). And I would like to see how they would put the stories into great images like in the trilogy LotR.
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For what I know of Valarin, it is my favorite.
The language is full of long words (but not too long, as in the Entic language), and the sound are numerous. It has 7 vowels [Most of Tolkien's languages have three or five vowels, without counting lenght] (that I can distincly pronouce, without mistaking), and most of the consonants I can prononce. most of the words are in the format C V C V C V C V... It looks somehow as Japanese but not totally.
The glitter of swords...
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Wasn't too difficult to guess... If you were the one to pick Morgoth. I took him not because Saruman and Sauron were of his people, but because he likes to make, and cares only about the making. He is easy on giving (The Dwarves he gave to Illúvatar, willingly.)
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I guess you voted for Morgoth
Why, then... I can't tell. Maybe only because he's the asskicker.
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My favorite is Feanáro [Feanor].
He's so lifeful, he's full of energy, he does whatever he wants, whether it goes or not with what the people want him to do. He's powerful and skilled (he is the one who made the Silmarilli). Only look at him, in front of the Valar L he would have almost said to them "you-know-what" and it would have make no difference. He have so much pride about himself.
I do not like everything about him though. He was the first killer of his own people, killing Teleri people. He's also quite stupid...
The best is that he's the most humanlike among the Eldar, he is not perfect... and that's why I really like him.
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in The Green Dragon
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As for we know about true Rohirric (because it is not Old English)...