Merlin
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Don't engage much, but read alot.
Frank Kelly has the basic outline ready to go...
youtu.be/E8OPuwa783g?...
youtu.be/E8OPuwa783g?...
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Frank Kelly, 1983
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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Frank Kelly has the basic outline ready to go...
youtu.be/E8OPuwa783g?...
youtu.be/E8OPuwa783g?...
Then Lamb is:
a sesame street cartoon with elmo and ernie
Alt: a sesame street cartoon with Oscar the Grouch
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October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Then Lamb is:
Baby catalogue had a profound affect on my girls. The baby falling in the toilet picture scared the eldest shitless and delayed transition from the potty for months. Years later, youngest saw the same picture - and promptly fell in on purpose.
July 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Baby catalogue had a profound affect on my girls. The baby falling in the toilet picture scared the eldest shitless and delayed transition from the potty for months. Years later, youngest saw the same picture - and promptly fell in on purpose.
Depends how big they are.
July 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Depends how big they are.
Also, how independent is the Mouth? Is he more or less free to act on his own than the Naxgul?
If less, then this is all Sauron's play - who has the ring?
Or if more, is this his own scheme to impress the big boss and get an Orthanc shaped reward - who is this spy?
If less, then this is all Sauron's play - who has the ring?
Or if more, is this his own scheme to impress the big boss and get an Orthanc shaped reward - who is this spy?
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Also, how independent is the Mouth? Is he more or less free to act on his own than the Naxgul?
If less, then this is all Sauron's play - who has the ring?
Or if more, is this his own scheme to impress the big boss and get an Orthanc shaped reward - who is this spy?
If less, then this is all Sauron's play - who has the ring?
Or if more, is this his own scheme to impress the big boss and get an Orthanc shaped reward - who is this spy?
The children of Mithrellas don't seem particularly long lived. Galador made it to 125 which is short for a Numenorian never mind a half-elf. Perhaps they were a great disappointment to her.
March 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The children of Mithrellas don't seem particularly long lived. Galador made it to 125 which is short for a Numenorian never mind a half-elf. Perhaps they were a great disappointment to her.
The Elfyness of Imrahil has always puzzled me, Legolas confirms it is true when they meet.
Such a fuss is made of the two unions of elves and men that the gods get involved and make the offspring choose between a mortal life and immortality.
Does it not matter because it was wood elves?
Such a fuss is made of the two unions of elves and men that the gods get involved and make the offspring choose between a mortal life and immortality.
Does it not matter because it was wood elves?
March 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Elfyness of Imrahil has always puzzled me, Legolas confirms it is true when they meet.
Such a fuss is made of the two unions of elves and men that the gods get involved and make the offspring choose between a mortal life and immortality.
Does it not matter because it was wood elves?
Such a fuss is made of the two unions of elves and men that the gods get involved and make the offspring choose between a mortal life and immortality.
Does it not matter because it was wood elves?
I thought this was part of the power of the stone of Erech, brought from Numenor by Isildur.
March 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I thought this was part of the power of the stone of Erech, brought from Numenor by Isildur.
I think this is the closest we get to Tolkien explaining his magic system - it is tied up with legal authority. Aragorn is the true owner of the Palantir so he gets advantage on his contested control check and wins. Saruman had no right to the Orthanc stone so he loses the battle for control.
March 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think this is the closest we get to Tolkien explaining his magic system - it is tied up with legal authority. Aragorn is the true owner of the Palantir so he gets advantage on his contested control check and wins. Saruman had no right to the Orthanc stone so he loses the battle for control.
I'm not fond of the way T's later additions tend to diminish the tragedies of Saruman, Borromir & Denethor. D being jealous of young Aragorn etc.
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm not fond of the way T's later additions tend to diminish the tragedies of Saruman, Borromir & Denethor. D being jealous of young Aragorn etc.
Yes, lying doesn't seem true to the character, but stealing a quest to gain glory does.. I like that we're left not knowing, I'm not even sure if JRRT wanted us to be suspicious but if not, I think he over-eggs the whole 'this was meant to be Faramir's quest' plot.
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yes, lying doesn't seem true to the character, but stealing a quest to gain glory does.. I like that we're left not knowing, I'm not even sure if JRRT wanted us to be suspicious but if not, I think he over-eggs the whole 'this was meant to be Faramir's quest' plot.
I've always thought it fishy that Borromir had the dream... after his brother had it twice and described it.
We only have the word of Borromir that he did indeed have the dream.
We only have the word of Borromir that he did indeed have the dream.
February 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I've always thought it fishy that Borromir had the dream... after his brother had it twice and described it.
We only have the word of Borromir that he did indeed have the dream.
We only have the word of Borromir that he did indeed have the dream.
What really rankles for me is that movie Theoden is right in nearly every argument he has with Gandalf and Aragorn. Ride out and meet that army! Not with the handful of men the movie gives him.
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
What really rankles for me is that movie Theoden is right in nearly every argument he has with Gandalf and Aragorn. Ride out and meet that army! Not with the handful of men the movie gives him.
You don't want to be a Dr Who fan in Ireland, worst place in the world to be a Dr Who fan is Ireland.
February 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You don't want to be a Dr Who fan in Ireland, worst place in the world to be a Dr Who fan is Ireland.
With an asterisk to exclude the French and British empires post Napoleon.
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
With an asterisk to exclude the French and British empires post Napoleon.
Perhaps add
or England
or England
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Perhaps add
or England
or England
I've always fancied that as followers of Oromë, they rode great steads, the descendants of which became the Mearas.
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've always fancied that as followers of Oromë, they rode great steads, the descendants of which became the Mearas.
J. D. Vance is "Wormtongue".
February 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
J. D. Vance is "Wormtongue".
Glorfindel, Balrog, I've heard that song somewhere before.
Gandalf doesn't always seem to know why something has to be done, and done in a certain way, but his wisdom does seem to be in picking the unlikely path that happens to be the right one.
Gandalf doesn't always seem to know why something has to be done, and done in a certain way, but his wisdom does seem to be in picking the unlikely path that happens to be the right one.
January 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Glorfindel, Balrog, I've heard that song somewhere before.
Gandalf doesn't always seem to know why something has to be done, and done in a certain way, but his wisdom does seem to be in picking the unlikely path that happens to be the right one.
Gandalf doesn't always seem to know why something has to be done, and done in a certain way, but his wisdom does seem to be in picking the unlikely path that happens to be the right one.
This is a bit of a stretch, but it's totally in keeping with Gandalf making hail Mary passes all over the pitch.
January 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is a bit of a stretch, but it's totally in keeping with Gandalf making hail Mary passes all over the pitch.
I think the reason I favour this reading is that Gandalf always seemed rather eager to go to Moria, even before the attempt on the Redhorn. He senses an urgent threat that must be dealt with now, not some slumbering malice they can counter at their leisure later.
January 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I think the reason I favour this reading is that Gandalf always seemed rather eager to go to Moria, even before the attempt on the Redhorn. He senses an urgent threat that must be dealt with now, not some slumbering malice they can counter at their leisure later.
Yes, but I would venture this; that the presence of Orcs from Mordor in Moria tells us that Sauron was aware of the Balrog when the Wise were not and that Sauron would have plans. .. the assault on Lorien could then have been two pronged.
January 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Yes, but I would venture this; that the presence of Orcs from Mordor in Moria tells us that Sauron was aware of the Balrog when the Wise were not and that Sauron would have plans. .. the assault on Lorien could then have been two pronged.
I've always wondered about that. The Moria chapter mentions Orcs from Mordor and I've read many people assuming the Balrog would lead the assault on Lorien. Maybe not a servant, but certainly an ally.
January 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I've always wondered about that. The Moria chapter mentions Orcs from Mordor and I've read many people assuming the Balrog would lead the assault on Lorien. Maybe not a servant, but certainly an ally.