TLA-discussion

[Earniel]

Aaah, that has been a while, isn't it? Go us indeed! :p

Posting is indeed a little slow, people must be busy. There's no rush but it would be nice if posts came a little faster. Still, there have been longer times of silence and we always pulled through. :) So, no worries, eh?

I'll try and post in the story thread on friday or saterday. (as soon as I determined what I'm going to post. ;))

[Finrod Felagund]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURELYN!!!!!

[Christiana]

Congrats Laurelyn!:)

[Tanoliel]

A friend of mine (and Willow's...er....) emailed me...
Among other things, the question:
"And how insane ARE all you people in the TLA?"

Hm. Shall we give him an answer? :D

[Christiana]

Words couldn't describe us! :D

Tell him to read the TLA, Return of TLA, and The Sillymarillion

[Count Comfect]

*cough* AS the person who asked that (unless Tano has other mysterious friends who also know Willow who are stalking me and asks the same questions) *cough* let me concur with Christiana that your previous works, which I have just finished reading, stand as quite the answer to my question.

[Tanoliel]

Why, good morning, county!
If you've read through everything, I'm fairly sure you can join...we need a little new blood about now. Things are going slow.

And I like your choice of signature. :)

[Earniel]

Another Seattle-ite eh? Darn things are breeding faster than rabbits.... ;)

You've read through all the three games?! Wow, you're brave! :p

Sooo... how insane do you really think we are? :)

[Christiana]

Originally posted by Eärniel
Another Seattle-ite eh? Darn things are breeding faster than rabbits.... ;)

I know. They're taking over the board. :D ;)

[Willow Oran]

Another Seattle-ite eh? Darn things are breeding faster than rabbits....

Breeding? No, just recruiting, besides, if my Count joins, then I'll relinquish my claim on Glorfindel to Elf Girl if she still wants him.

You've read through all the three games?! Wow, you're brave!

Braver than you think. Tano's right though, we do need someone new, we're running out of ideas, much as it grieves me to say it.

[Christiana]

Hey! I've got ideas, just not many on Beren and Luthien. I got plenty of ideas for Tears Unnumbered.(or, should i say, Beers Unnumbered)

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Willow Oran
Braver than you think. Tano's right though, we do need someone new, we're running out of ideas, much as it grieves me to say it.
Are we running out of ideas? I didn't know that, I thought we were just running out of enthousiasm.

There is what, still a handfull of us posting? That is very little compared to our cast we had in the middle of LoTR. So why are the people we still have not posting? Is it the lack of time? No inspiration? I don't know. :( Maybe we do need some new blood.

[Count Comfect]

If I may make so bold, I think you all are actually just going through a periodic dip in posting. As one who has VERY recently read through your entire discussion thread, I've noticed points with posts along these lines before... and it always perks up. *does looooong double take, and starts nodding very rapidly* On the other hand, maybe you really do need someone new - can I join up?

P.S. It didn't take much bravery to read them... they're very very funny. And you are all totally, completely, and utterly insane. But that's a good thing where I come from.

[Earniel]

Thanks for your encouraging words, CC. :) And you're welcome to the TLA. Now all we have to do is find a decent spot to get you in.

Originally posted by Count Comfect
And you are all totally, completely, and utterly insane. But that's a good thing where I come from. Good to hear we haven't lost our touch. :D

I trust the 'count' in your screen name signifies that you're a boy?

[Count Comfect]

Yes, I am a boy. At least, last I checked. SOME people I know in this group seem to keep wanting me to play girls... ;)
And thank you very much. Good to hear someone I didn't already know say I can join. :)

[Tanoliel]

Well, you would be funnier as Juliet than me. (Wow, that grammar was terrible...) And humor is what it's all about.

I'd post, but I haven't read much of the Sil and I really don't know what else happens at this point.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Count Comfect
Yes, I am a boy.
I thought so but I wanted to be sure. :) We haven't had many boys in the TLA yet. They usually go mad after a while. :p

Originally posted by Tanoliel
I'd post, but I haven't read much of the Sil and I really don't know what else happens at this point.
*grabs Tanoliel by her collar, puts her in a room with no windows, shoves a copy of the Silmarillion in her hands and a handful of chocolate bars. Then locks the door with Tano inside.*
You're not coming out until you read it through, missy! ;)

[Tanoliel]

Originally posted by Eärniel
I thought so but I wanted to be sure. :) We haven't had many boys in the TLA yet. They usually go mad after a while. :p]
Ja, no kidding. But I wouldn't worry. County Comfection is entirely mad already, aren't you?
Yeah. He is. So no worries. :)


*grabs Tanoliel by her collar, puts her in a room with no windows, shoves a copy of the Silmarillion in her hands and a handful of chocolate bars. Then locks the door with Tano inside.*
You're not coming out until you read it through, missy! ;)

Meeep! No windows! *sulks* Fne. I'll read it eventually! I'm in the middle of the beginning of the end of my senior year of highschool! Stress and lack of time are constant companions! *meebles away, hugging Sil to her*

[Count Comfect]

Mad? Why, yes I am. Thought that was plain enough already without me saying that. I mean, I want to join you guys... think about it. ;)
And Tano, you now have no excuse to not read, since you are done with college apps!
Question: since the next thing that happens in the Tolkien version is the Carcharoth/Beren showdown, can I do Carcharoth (who doesn't appear to have ..er... appeared)?

[Finrod Felagund]

Hmmm...we could do some very fun stuff with Carcaroth, however, we've also still got Turin...and Tuor...so you have some options!

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Tanoliel
Meeep! No windows! *sulks* Fne. I'll read it eventually! I'm in the middle of the beginning of the end of my senior year of highschool! Stress and lack of time are constant companions! *meebles away, hugging Sil to her*

The beginning of the end... How dramatic. Don't worry Tano, I won't lock you up but it would be nice if you knew the Sil well enough to write on the RPG. :) But no need in stressing you overmuch.

Originally posted by Count Comfect
Question: since the next thing that happens in the Tolkien version is the Carcharoth/Beren showdown, can I do Carcharoth (who doesn't appear to have ..er... appeared)?
Well I just posted an intro to Carcharoth... or Countaroth? ;) So if you want to do the big puppy, be my guest. We'll just have to work our way around you dying soon because otherwise, you'll have a very short TLA-career.

For everybody else- I brought Mr. Nelson in again, now he may be a little more suspicious and might realise there may be some people from his own time around too. (That be us, if I'm not mistaken, the memory is turning a little fuzzy once in a while) Just creating a little suspense. :D

As usual: will edit if somebody doesn't agree.

[Count Comfect]

As you can probably see, decided not to actually BE Carcharoth, just write him/it in. It would be awfully awkward to die about 3 posts after appearing. :)

[Christiana]

u can die and then come back, about 50 people have done that.

last time i checked, the ones still posting are me, CC, FF, Earniel, tano, and willow. Can some of you guys go and wake up all the other Seattleites? That would bring a couple of people back into the game.

[Willow Oran]

For everybody else- I brought Mr. Nelson in again, now he may be a little more suspicious and might realise there may be some people from his own time around too. (That be us, if I'm not mistaken, the memory is turning a little fuzzy once in a while) Just creating a little suspense.

Whoo! Finally someone's using the plot! It's a miracle!

*twirls off laughing insanely*

[Earniel]

Glad you liked it Willow. :)

Don't say your cat is named Jinx too!

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Mr. Nelson is going to become my sworn enemy right now. Bringing guns into Middle Earth. Bastard.

The reason I haven't been posting is that my charactor is DEAD! Oh well, that's never stopped me before. See ya later.

[Earniel]

You died? I was thinking Sauronkatt had gotten away alive after the show down with the giant chihuahua.

Yes, Mr. Nelson is some nasty piece of work but with the proper nudging, he might become an interesting villain.... We haven't had a decent enemy since the Smaugettes.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Oh, whatever. I got away. Something.

MR. NELSON is gonna get it from me when he's finally defeated. Only evil can give evil what it so rightiously deserves.

Muah ha ha!!!!! (Five exclamation points. The sure sign of a deranged mind)

[Arcala]

Originally posted by Christiana
u can die and then come back, about 50 people have done that.

last time i checked, the ones still posting are me, CC, FF, Earniel, tano, and willow. Can some of you guys go and wake up all the other Seattleites? That would bring a couple of people back into the game.

Hey, wait a nanosecond! I'm still posting!

...just don't have any Carcharoth ideas.....

By the way, welcome to the TLA Count Comfect! The world of the pink fluffy bunnies, dead people who aren't really dead, strange plot twists, and chocolate-crazy-people awaits. Have fun. :D

[Willow Oran]

My cat is named Jinx too. :D He's a adorably demonic little feline who likes to think people's hands are mice, catches birds and spreads feather all over the place, and attacks the feet of whoever is unlucky enough to get up first. (Which is why I never get up before 6:00 to do homework...:rolleyes: )

What's your Jinx like?

[Christiana]

Yes, we ARE all insane here. but proud of it:D
btw: love your sig willow. thats a cool poem

[Earniel]

Another Jinx, how nice! :D My Jinxie a big black cat. He follows me around and sleeps on the table next to me when I'm working on the computer. He doesn't hunt people's bodyparts, in fact hunting is far too much excercise, he likes getting his food in his bowl better. :rolleyes: But he can be so incredibly moody at times.

Christiana, Mr Nelson isn't spreading evil, just modern inventions. And the TLA would never be sane enough to stop chasing chocolate, at least I wouldn't. :rolleyes: :p

[Willow Oran]

Thanks, it's the last two verses of The Highwayman.

My Jinx is black and white, sort of a short hair Sylvester cat if you know what I mean. He can be really sweet, but he's still just a couple years old and in the more playful stages of life. :rolleyes:

[Finrod Felagund]

Well, my next post will bring back Miriam, let's say she's been hanging out in Doriath with Caladriett!

[Finrod Felagund]

Originally posted by Eärniel
We haven't had many boys in the TLA yet. They usually go mad after a while. :p


I went mad long before TLA came around!

[Claenoic]

... In-credible. Wow. So much has happened since I got sidetracked *cough*. It'll take me forever to get caught up, but when I do... will ya have me back?

[Elf Girl]

I love you guys. I've stopped posting because the Curse of the Serious Tolkienite has fallen upon me, and I honestly can't stand Tolkien parody anymore. Too much Silmarillion can be dangerous to the mental health.

:( I'm so sorry. :o

:( :( :(

Good-bye.

[Tanoliel]

Oof. No kidding.

Well, we'll miss you, Elf Girl (or I will at any rate). Poke a head in sometime. Where are you posting nowadays?

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Claenoic
... In-credible. Wow. So much has happened since I got sidetracked *cough*. It'll take me forever to get caught up, but when I do... will ya have me back?
Sure, your name still popped up here and there after you ... got sidetracked. It'll be like you never left. ;)
Originally posted by Elf Girl
I love you guys. I've stopped posting because the Curse of the Serious Tolkienite has fallen upon me, and I honestly can't stand Tolkien parody anymore. Too much Silmarillion can be dangerous to the mental health.
You can't stand Tolkien parody anymore? Ouch, that's bad. I suppose that's a side effect of being a PPC-agent.

Still, we'll miss ya, Elf Girl. :( I suppose I should refrain from calling you Gandgirl from now on then. You will continue to post on the 'moot in the other forums, won't you?

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Tanoliel
Well, we'll miss you, Elf Girl (or I will at any rate). Poke a head in sometime. Where are you posting nowadays?
Not much on the Moot anymore. Over at the PPC (http://oddlots.digitalspace.net/PPC/) , as Luhtarian.

Originally posted by Eärniel
You can't stand Tolkien parody anymore? Ouch, that's bad. I suppose that's a side effect of being a PPC-agent.
Yep.

Originally posted by Eärniel
Still, we'll miss ya, Elf Girl. :( I suppose I should refrain from calling you Gandgirl from now on then. You will continue to post on the 'moot in the other forums, won't you?
As much as I can. I have hideously little time now, though.

[Christiana]

Bye Elf Girl! We'll miss you!:( I couldn't stand Tolkien parody for awhile myself, but that phase is past now. Hope you'll come bakc!

[Arcala]

Namarie, Elf Girl! I'll miss you!

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I did it! I've got the whole Silly online up to where we are now! GO ME!

The Silly (http://pub58.ezboard.com/fthemobfrm8.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

yay!

[Count Comfect]

Great, Katt! Means other persons like me (who read your edited versions of the original and the Return) can read this too!

[Finrod Felagund]

Everyone please support me for Prez, you know me, you know what I stand for...and If you'd like a position onm my staff, feel free to PM me! I open this up to TLA members because, well, we've been through a lot...:D

And here's (http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=339972) the Finrod support av.

[Mango]

Suddenly, and without warning, Mango the Uber Noob burst on the scene in a shower of yellow feathers and crimson sequins and squeaked heartily in a mid to post pubescent voice:

"Can I join?? Can I? Can I?"

Although I haven't read the Sil all the way through a do have a copy to my name, and this threaded sounded far to good to pass up.

[Finrod Felagund]

Really you need to read the first two TLA RPGs first, they're kinda long, but if you have then we are always welcoming new members.

[Willow Oran]

I say we let Mango join, I'm sure it'll catch on quickly enough.

[Mango]

It?! I take offence to that! :P (I'm actually of the female persuasion, if that helps your use of gender modifiers.)

As for the TLA, it's all chocolate, elves and insanity right? (I'm reading the thingy..."Silly" from the beginning and that seems to be the gist of it.)

[Finrod Felagund]

Have you read the actual Silmarillion, 'cuz that would help. That's what we're parodying, but I see no problem with you joining!

[Earniel]

I gather from her post that she has read at least some part of it, Finrod.

Welcome to the Entmoot, Mango. :) I hope you'll like it here. Chocolate and insanity and Tolkien are pretty much the basic requirements for the TLA. :D

Try and read the other two role plays we've done when you've got a large amount of time on your hands. Personally I think they're a little better at times than our current game. It's also convenient knowing from them what's the history behind our game. But I suppose Willow has a point that you'll probably catch on quick enough without them.

Now we'll only need to find a good spot for getting your character in. We still have to do the same with Count Comfect if I'm not mistaken....

Which reminds me, the chapter of Lúthien and Beren is nearing its end. How will we continue to the next chapter?

[Mango]

Hee hee. Thank you Earniel! (If I knew how to do those little dots over the "a" I would have. Sadly, not too computer savy...)

I would like to appear in the form of a small fuzzy gray and white flop eared rabbit named Bun Bun. Between evil kitties devouring hands and Giant chihuahuas and werewelves and TLAers running a muck nobody quite knows where the Sillymerils are at the moment. How about I'll just pick them up and barter a place into the TLA with them?

[Finrod Felagund]

Well, actually, the evil puppy swallowed it and we're hunting him!

[Mango]

Exactly! I'll have something you want! So going to post now...

[Christiana]

Earniel, i believe that after Beren and Luthien live happily ever after and all that, the elves try to assult Morogoth's domain. However, the scouts (aka us) who were supposed to be watching for solicitors, found a large stash of chocolate and mirivour and beer. Thus they were too drunk to give warning, and the armies got slaughtered. The battle should be christianed Beers Unumbered

[Count Comfect]

Just sort of a question: Where is everyone?

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I'm busy drinking at the Teacup Cafe.
Sorry

[Arcala]

Actually, I have no idea what to post, as well as not knowing where we are. :o :D

[Earniel]

I'm working on my thesis/final essay thingie. It's going to be at least a week before I can role play again. :(

[Christiana]

*sighs* i'll be away in WA for a week. ill post before i go though

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I'm back! what did I miss?

I've just been reading the book of lost tales while locked in a theater over break.

What's happening?

[Count Comfect]

We just finished up Beren and Luthien.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Oh goodie. What's next? Godsdamnit, where is my Sil?

[Arcala]

Next, I think, is Of the fifth battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad. In which there was a fifth battle and Hurin is captured and his family is cursed. Any ideas?

[Count Comfect]

Well, I started it. I don't have any great ideas though. Any thoughts? Anyone?

[Earniel]

I'll repost the list of what we still can do with the sillymarillion from a previous post of mine.

1. Have fun at the feast of reuniting.
2. Haul in the weeklings... I mean... Men.
3. Battle of the Sudden Flame and death of Fingolfiana.
4. The tale of Beren and Morauthien
5. Turin's tale
6. The end of Doriath
7. Gondolin (from Eöl to the end)
8. Eärendil's tale
9. The big battle (in which we hopefully we'll have a final show down with melkor, Ulrica and Mr. Nelson.
10. We can do the Akallabêth as a dessert if there's anyone still interested in it after all of that.

Hm, seems I forgot to mention this battle in its entirety. :p Oh well, could we perhaps keep it brief? I'm not all too fond of battles and since this particular battle is so terrible for the Elves, it'd be extremely hard to make it funny. In any case I don't have much good ideas for it. So could we wrap it up in a post or 2 and move on to Turin's tale? What do you say?

[Count Comfect]

That sounds great! But I'm not going to do it... idealess. Hope someone has an idea.

[Earniel]

Give it a day or two and if nobody has had a good idea for this by then I'll try the slightly lousy one I had.

[Earniel]

No takers then? Alrightie...

EDIT: There, not perfect but we're all set for the next tale. I hope nobody minds I stuffed the whole battle into one measly post. Does anyone has any good idea for Túrin's tale?

[Arcala]

Morwen could have tried to send Turin to Thingol with whoever was available, and perhaps (unfortunately for Turin) the TLA are the only ones that Morwen sees so little Turin gets to travel with us to Thingol!

I don't know. Is that a bad idea?

Do we have someone who is playing Turin?

[Finrod Felagund]

Here guys, for quick reference here is

Tolkien Lovers Anonymous (http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3585&highlight=Lovers)

and

Return of TLA (http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5380&highlight=Lovers)

[Earniel]

If it's okay with you I'm going to make it a little bit earlier so that we'll escort Turin to Thingol instead of already taking Morwen there.

Turin will probably be a public character, for everybody to play unless somebody wants to have him.

[Count Comfect]

Sounds like a good plan.

If no one objects, I would like to play Turin.

[Earniel]

No objections from my part. :)

[Earniel]

Out of curiosity I'd like to know just how many are still here playing. Judging from the game thread I think we're down to 5 players or so. I'd like to be proven wrong, very much so. So raise your (virtual) hand, all those still playing the Sillymarillion. :)

[Tanoliel]

I am, in a vague sort of way. I don't know the Sil but I'm following along anyway.

[Willow Oran]

I'm still playing. I've just had a monumntal streak of uninspiredness in regards to role plays. I'll try and think up something to post...

[Arcala]

I'm still playing but I don't have any ideas. Still, school is now OUT!!!!!!!!! so I think more people will have time to play.

[Count Comfect]

Present and Voting!

Oh, wait, this isn't Model UN. I'm here though.

[Earniel]

Good, for a moment here I thought the game had already utterly dead of lack of attention. :)

Originally posted by Tanoliel
I am, in a vague sort of way. I don't know the Sil but I'm following along anyway.

After all these months you still haven't read the silmarillion, tssk tssk. ;)

[Tanoliel]

Tsssk, yourself. I was finishing my secondary education, Sea-Elf. :D

(I graduate on Tuesday!)

[Count Comfect]

Hey, no hiding behind seconday education! I read it recently and I graduate on Wednesday :p

And you bloody well have time to read it... you have no homework except what you put on yourself. ;)

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Tanoliel
Tsssk, yourself. I was finishing my secondary education, Sea-Elf. :D

(I graduate on Tuesday!)
And I'm finishing my second higher education (hopefully to graduate the end of this month) and that hasn't stopped me from reading the Sil, Chocolate crow. :D

[Tanoliel]

Phsaw.....

*goes off to slog through it* :D

[Earniel]

Slog through it? :eek: You don't slog through the Silmarillion! You read it and absorb the stories. :D Oi, you Seattlites, you're with enough people, make sure she does. ;)

[Count Comfect]

Aye, aye! *gets out whip for Tano*

Read! And study lines for our play! But Read! ;)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Waaa! I keep loosing all the library books I check out to read about the sil and many other things! :eek: :(

Let me guess, we are going to be helping Beleg on his quest. I am right? I need to bloody post more.

[Count Comfect]

We could be helping Beleg, it all depends on what people post about it....

if they ever do

[Earniel]

We could... or we could not. Question is: Does Beleg need our help?

Or more accurate: does Beleg want our help?

And the most important: Did we ever care about what somebody else wanted? :p

Originally posted by Count Comfect
if they ever do
Yes, yes, I get the hint.

Now that you've claimed Túrin, how are we going to call your sillymarillionified Túrin-character? Count Túrin? Comfecin? Comturin? Countúrin? Hm, I quite like the last one... :D

[Christiana]

Sorry sorry sorry!!!!!!! I was up to my neck in term papers.... but now school is over! mwahaha! I will be posting more often hopefully

[Count Comfect]

I agree with you about the name, Eärniel. (see post). Runtogether names are funny.

[Finrod Felagund]

How dreadful...has TLA DIED?!

[Earniel]

Perhaps, it was bound to happen some day.... I was hoping we could keep it off until we finished it. So I'm thinking people are a little bussy right now with holidays, colleges and whatnot and that some at least will post again soon.

[Earniel]

It's over more than a year now since the Sillymarillion started, so let's get a status report.

I'd like to know just how many of us are still here and how many still want to continue. Many have moved on to greener pastures so I'd like to know how many of us remain.

I'd like to see the Sillymarillion ended properly but there is no shame in giving up now. The TLA went on for 2 years and a half and that is some achievement! Besides we won't be the first who broke their teeth on the Silmarillion.

So, my friends, what say you?

[Lief Erikson]

Just wanted to pop in briefly to say good job! Excellent work on keeping the RPG going so long! Marvelous what a bunch of dedicated roleplayers can do :).

[Elf Girl]

Hi guys!

I don't exist, I'm just dropping by to say I LOVE YOU ALL.

I had a bizarre dream last night where I met a bunch of you at a Tolkien convention, but none of you would tell me which one of you was which, so I thought Tano was Eruviel etc. And then it got all twisted up with the Olympics and you were all volleyball players-

...okay, I'll shut up.

School starts in a few weeks- I might come back and start RPing then, I've had something of a change of heart... but I'm technically not online at all until then.

*massive hugs for all TLAers*

GandGirl

[Tanoliel]

Lordy, I haven't been here in FOREVER!

...how bizarre. It's changed, hasn't it? Whoa...

(Yeah, you can see how up to date I've been.)

I too would like to see the Silly ended properly, but I can't really do much myself since I don't know the book very well. It feels like TLA has sort of died out...which is sad, but it had to happen sometime. If someone wants to write a big happy ending post I wouldn't object...*sheepish grin*

[Earniel]

Elf Girl! How wonderful to see you in here again. :) It would be nice if you could rejoin us but it will take a wee bit more than me and you to restart the TLA again, I fear.

Tano! long time no see too. :) You don't feel any urge to read the Silmarillion and enter the game again, do you? If not, I understand but you see, I had to ask.

Supposedly if I have enough time and inspiration I might attempt to conclude the Sillymarillion on my own but it wouldn't be half as funny without the input of the rest of you. It will in no doubt require more than a big happy ending ;) as we're quite in the middle of things.

In any case, I've decided to wait until the end of the month and if no one else wishes to continue by then I will consider the chapter of the TLA closed.

[Finrod Felagund]

know what...I've been lacking in inspiration, but I'll go back and skim the Sil, and our first 2 TLA's and see if my mind can be peaked...
I'd love to see this baby finished...

[Renille]

TLA?
TLA is still alive???
WOW! The only reason I'm here is because I,too, had a dream about this site...and I wanted to check in to see if my lovely TLA is still in existance.
AND IT IS?
Wow. Good job, everyone.

[Tanoliel]

Hehe...it's kind of still alive. I think it needs life support. :o

[Renille]

Well that shouldn't be too hard...I want to be an ER doctor someday. What's wrong with practicing 9 years early?

Call out the virtual defibrillators! :p

[Earniel]

TLA?
TLA is still alive???
WOW! The only reason I'm here is because I,too, had a dream about this site...and I wanted to check in to see if my lovely TLA is still in existance.
AND IT IS?
Wow. Good job, everyone.
It's still alive as yet, but you may have come just in time to see its demise, though...

Are you still interested in playing?

[Renille]

Well I WANT to. It's just that I don't know if I CAN. I'm so busy this year. But to see TLA through to its conclusion might be worth getting even less sleep.
So I'll do it. I have to read the Silm some more, though, it's been a few years since I read it. And I actually don't have a set character in this, as I've only actually posted a few times. But that's okay. I can make things up as I go.

[Earniel]

Well, considering that in a month time only 4 players have stated their interest in continuing the TLA, the game -if it gets started up again- will not move too fast. So you might be well able to keep up. But it's your decision, I don't want you to tax your year overmuch, least of all your sleep, but you yourself will know best if you're able to participate again or not.

But I'd love to see our baby take off again. :) It would be nice if you could visit post on it, it doesn't have to be every week.

You do sort of still have a character, we've kept circulating the names of the TLA-members somewhat, even if the owners hadn't visited for a long time. If I'm not mistaken, your character Ren is still there, saying a few things once in a while and ready to be played again by you. But I trust you'd have to read up on a lot of material.

[Renille]

I DO have alot of reading up to do...hmm...I should go search for that thread now.
And Ren is still there? Oh goody! Oh, I miss Aragren. And Thoren. I was reading the first TLA again, and it was wonderful...insanely wonderful, but wonderful.
I really hope more people come...that would be incredible. I do want to see this through.

[Count Comfect]

*a very tired person raises their hand in the back* I also want to try to continue doing it, if possible. I've been very busy with moving to college (turn in my study card on Monday! Whee!) but I am now moved in and willing to continue.

[Finrod Felagund]

As am I!

[Earniel]

Great! Thank you guys! :) Then I think we officially have enough people to at least keep the game going; Although it would be nice some more people join or come back.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I was scolded for not giving Conturin a propper torture scene.

Moop.

Fine.

I'll get him later.

What next then? When's he gotta slay the dragon and all that?

[Earniel]

What next then? When's he gotta slay the dragon and all that?
Not just yet. First he has to get cosy with Gwindor's girl friend, bring on the downfall of Nargothrond, run off, marry his sister and then he gets to slay the dragon and visa versa. Do you have aspirations to be Glaurukatt? ;)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Glaurukatt sounds very nice. I've always been fond of dragons...

[Count Comfect]

Hey, Gwindor's girlfriend gets cozy with HIM. Let's not place ALL the blame on poor, cursed Counturin. Untortured though, as was apparently pointed out to Katt.

[Earniel]

Hey, Gwindor's girlfriend gets cozy with HIM. Let's not place ALL the blame on poor, cursed Counturin. Untortured though, as was apparently pointed out to Katt.
Yes, yes, blame it on the girl instead, why don't you? Really, all you whimpy men are just the same! ;)

[Count Comfect]

Well, yes. Although the Sil does say Turin wasn't aware of it. :p

[Christiana]

IM BAAAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so sorry, i had a bit of a reality cheack and stopped watching LOTR and eating chocolate. :eek: But dont you guys worry, i just watched all tree movies back to back and ate good belgium chocolate while doing so,so i think that i have recovered. im in spain for a week, so i dont know how often i will be able to post, but im still a live and kiking!

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Hey, I had a CRAZY idea, but that's what brains are for.

Why don't I be Gwindor's girlfriend?

I think that is propper torture for "poor, cursed Conturin."

Heh heh heh...

[Count Comfect]

Like... a FinduKatt? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *runs* :p

[Earniel]

Heeheee, I like that. No wonder Counturin left Findukatt to her doom at the sack of Nargothrond, he knew he only had one chance to get out of that relationship! :D

[Count Comfect]

's a good idea. Dooooooom cometh for Counturin...

[Willow Oran]

You bloody well bet it does. Especially now that I'm back and posting.

I'm fairly busy with school and applying to colleges so my posting might be a bit erratic, but I will post, and I will bring DOOM upon my least favorite characters, of whom turin is one.

[Count Comfect]

Good luck with those college apps then. And senior year, come to that.
Hello doom, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again...

[Earniel]

About time you started postin', Maggie! But being busy with school, now that I can understand. *eyes heap of schoolwork that needs to be done A.S.A.P. and sighs* Best of luck with those applications.

[Count Comfect]

C'mon guys, it's been a week (I know, I know, we've had many many longer breaks. But I don't want this to die again)! I don't like doubleposting...

Oh, and you can look up the section in the Silmarillion Project (Ch 22, of Turin Turambar) if you haven't read the Sil... I know it's cheating, but you can :)

[Earniel]

Yeah, sorry. Had a bit a lot to do this week and I thought I had had the last post. Silly Eärniel.

[Count Comfect]

No problem. I always post about 3-5 hours after you do (time change?) and so you probably miss it because it's right when you have to be doing other stuff.

[Earniel]

Yeah time change, I'm in Europe. But I get email notifications when somebody posts in this thread, I just stupidly overlooked it this time. :rolleyes: Oh well...

OOC: YAY! Killing! I can't belive I have to play a weepy little helpless devotchka. Anyway, I just realized that I torture this guy, let him go, fall in love with him and ultimatly kill him. What a twisted relationship. That's what happens when you triple cast!
Triple casting? You're going to be Nienokatt too? Oh wait, Saurokatt, Findukatt and Glaurukatt. I get it, I'm a little slow today. It reminds me of a T-shirt text: "I used to be schizofrenic but we're okay now." :D

[Count Comfect]

Hmmm... as Christiana very accurately points out, we've been calling Finrod King of Nargothrond... and he isn't... in fact he's sort of deadish. What do we do?

[Earniel]

No, not really. This Finrod is our TLA-er also better known as Finrollum. If I'm not mistaken he came back from the dead just like Christiana did when impersonating Fingolfin, if I'm not mistaken that is.

EDIT:I just checked in the game thread. I'm not mistaken, he did return, check the end of the Morauthien and Beren chapter.

[Finrod Felagund]

(guys, could anyone who posted in Nargothrond with Finrod since Counturin got there just change it to Orodreth please? He was made king before the Sillymaril quest, and a lot of this stuff is out of character...and Finrod is ...elsewhere right now, thanks)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Yeah time change, I'm in Europe. But I get email notifications when somebody posts in this thread, I just stupidly overlooked it this time. :rolleyes: Oh well...


Triple casting? You're going to be Nienokatt too? Oh wait, Saurokatt, Findukatt and Glaurukatt. I get it, I'm a little slow today. It reminds me of a T-shirt text: "I used to be schizofrenic but we're okay now." :D

Wait, who is this Nienokatt?

ARG! I haven't read that far!

[Count Comfect]

Nienor is his sister/wife. Ew.

[Earniel]

OOC: Woah! What happened to Miriam's name? Where'd the "y" come from? Not that I'm complaining, just how do you want me to spell it when I edit?
My mistake. I just know somebody named Miriam with an 'y' and it just slipped in here. I'll edit it out.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Don't worry about it. I just HAD to make trouble.

[Arcala]

Wait, Katt, are you Nienor? 'Cause I didn't see that before posting, sorry... And your sig rocks!

[Earniel]

Don't worry, she wasn't. I just miscalculated in her multiple characters and asked if she was going to be Nienor too.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I don't know who she is or who is playing her.

I think I am done collecting characters for now.

PHILLIP! WE MISS YOU!

[Count Comfect]

Apparently enough that you forget how to spell my name ;). Kidding, Katt. Miss you too.

Do we have to have someone play her, or is she ok as just "Nienor" for now?

[Earniel]

Who would want to be a woman that goes running naked into the wild and marries her brother?

Rethorical question, BTW. :p

Anyone who wants Nienor can play her for all I'm concerned, otherwise we'll keep her a public character like the late Beleg, Thingol and all the other ones.

[Arcala]

Hey Comfect, in your post, what does LLC mean? :confused:

[Count Comfect]

Limited Liability Corporation. I was joking that they incorporated the Wild Men.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Who would want to be a woman that goes running naked into the wild and marries her brother?


Oooh! Me! Aw... It's rhethorical

[Earniel]

Oooh! Me! Aw... It's rhethorical
Heheh :D, you just concentrate on getting all those characters that you allready have straight. Or would you like to add Nienokatt to the ever growing list of Katt-personaes? ;)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

um, no. I am fully content with the list of characters I have.

They don't, by any chance, have children, do they?

[Earniel]

Nope. They would have, I believe. If she waited a couple of months before throwing herself of a cliff, mind you.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I might have if they had had kids. I'm adding to my collection again.

[Count Comfect]

No, no eating my kids. They don't have them. :)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

No, no eating my kids. They don't have them. :)

Who said anything about eating them? :(

[Count Comfect]

Just that I know you're always a threat on that... no aspersions meant :)

[Earniel]

So Counturin's tale is coming to an end. Count Comfect, I hope you will remain with the TLA under another incarnation? (It's just that if you stopped posting now, it seems I'll be the only one left. Please don't do that to me. :( )

According to the list of events-to-do (http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showpost.php?p=287996&postcount=1159) we compiled earlier, I think the end of Doriath is the next chapter to do. But seen the marginally interest in the TLA these days, maybe were best if we go to Gondolin if we ever want to finish the Sillymarillion. What'd ya (all) think?

[Count Comfect]

Not leaving. Wouldn't dream of it :) I love the TLA.

I personally would support Doriath, but I'd do whatever, so I think it is more important that we get input from some of the members who don't post so often (so maybe they'll come back?).

[Earniel]

*relieved sigh*

Thank you. :)

You aren't in Seattle anymore, are you? Too bad, you could have poked the Seattlites awake again.

Maybe I should go and harass them all on LJ. :evil:

[Count Comfect]

Oh, I'll poke away when I come home for Winter Break, trust me... :evil:
It's just the "being away at college" thing that I'm not in Seattle.

LJ poking is good too, though, come to think of it ;)

[Earniel]

Excellent. :evil:

*cackles evilly while lighting flashes, thunder rolls and some creepy music plays*

[Tanoliel]

I'm here! I'm sort of following along. It's just that I don't KNOW anything, so I'm really no help whatsoever at all. Sorry.

I can sort of...go along and be annoying and sidekick-like and poke people though. Yeah.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I'm here. I still have no idea what happens next.

WAIT! I JUST FOUND MY SIL!

I shall post forthwith.

No, I dont' know how soon that is.

[Count Comfect]

Glad to hear so promptly... could we have votes on which one to do next (Tano: That's still no excuse. Read :p)?

I should warn you, I'm still poking you guys when I get back :evil:

[Earniel]

I'm here! I'm sort of following along. It's just that I don't KNOW anything, so I'm really no help whatsoever at all. Sorry.

I can sort of...go along and be annoying and sidekick-like and poke people though. Yeah.
That's no excuse, young lady. You will borrow somebody's Silmarillion, add it to the first place in your reading list, sit down and read the thing cover to cover. Pronto! :evil:

You've been saying you're going to read it for the last half year or so. No more excuses! :p But do go on and spread the poking.

I'm here. I still have no idea what happens next.

WAIT! I JUST FOUND MY SIL!

I shall post forthwith.

No, I dont' know how soon that is.
Make it soon, or thou shalt be poketh. :evil:

[Count Comfect]

I would also point out for the EXTREMELY lazy, the Silmarillion discussion project on this very site has summaries of the action of the different chapters. So there is no excuse for not being able to post :evil:

[Earniel]

Ahem, people, did I say you could leave? :evil: No, I didn't. :p Now get back here and help us decide how to proceed: the destruction of Doriath or the destruction of Gondolin?

[Count Comfect]

I already voted, but I have to concur... VOTE. However, I don't remember getting an opinion from you either, Eärniel. ;)

[Earniel]

Hey, I posed the original question! :p I don't have give out opinions, I'm asking them! Although on re-reading, you may note a slight preference for Gondolin, if no one else but the two of us starts to post seriously again.

[Count Comfect]

Oh, be that way :p but then we're at loggerheads without *cough* ANOTHER VOTE *cough* because I lean ever so slightly to Doriath. Slightly.

[Earniel]

Fne.... hmpf...

I could say I yield to the will of the majority but if you lean slightly to Doriath and I just as slightly lean to Gondolin AND NOBODY ELSE VOTES, we're so screwed. :p

[Count Comfect]

Exactly my point. Unless SOMEONE ELSE THINKS TO VOTE, this is going nowhere :evil:

[Arcala]

Um. Don't both get destroyed, in the Sil? Or are we just ignoring that?

[Count Comfect]

We're deciding whether to actually enact the destruction of Doriath, or just skip on to the destruction of Gondolin. Clearly, both occur in the actual Sil, but we're trying to gauge interest in doing Doriath.

[Earniel]

Yeah, the point is that PEOPLE DON'T POST ENOUGH, so we were wondering -with so few players - whether we should skip wrecking Doriath and go straight to wrecking Gondolin. :evil: If we skip Doriath, we have less material to cover and we might be able to finish the game before what little interest there is left, runs out. So we're trying to get people's opinion on this, but clearly people aren't being cooperative... :p Why am I laughing? That isn't a good thing. :mad:

[Count Comfect]

Indeed it is not a good thing :(, but if Arcala helps us :) then it gets much better. We might even be able to get some momentum :eek:

Quietly lobbies for Doriath

[Elemmírë]

I'll get involved!

I'm leaning towards Doriath. Getting to see Thingol get killed :evil: will make up for missing anything at all to do with Finrod and Nargothrond...

*sigh*

;)

[Earniel]

Ooh, you want to join us, Elenmire? :) Nice! You do know what you're getting yourself into? Note to self: No! Don't tell her that, she'll run away! Eh, too late... I said it... :rolleyes:

Well then, IF NOBODY ELSE VOTES QUICKLY, we'll be doing Doriath indeed.

[Count Comfect]

Welcome, Elenmire! :)

I believe the destruction of Doriath begins with Hurin and Morwen, yes? And have we had a Hurin before? I can't seem to find one.

Yippee! Doriath!

[Earniel]

Nope, didn't have a Hurin before, I don't think we ever even mentioned him. I believe we literally fast forwarded through that battle-chapter where he featured.

[Count Comfect]

Yeah, looks like it. He seems to have been mentioned only once, by Finrod saying "and Hurin is captured."

Well, now I mentioned him.

[Arcala]

Well, whichever way we go is fine with me.

...Although I think both of you are in different times zones than me, so we'll probably never be posting at the same time.

And welcome to our insane RPG, Elenmire! Please leave your brain at home.

[Earniel]

Yeah, definitely different time zones, I'm in western Europe and CC is in America. But frankly that doesn't really matter, it's posting at the same time that would be a problem! :D All the posts would get mixed up.

No,don't tell Elemmire to leave her brain at the door! She'll need it! She just has ... to put it in insanity mode.

[Count Comfect]

Which is like hero mode, only smarter.

And indeed, I am in the US (East US at the moment) but that is no problem at all!

[Earniel]

Didn't know which side you were on so I just went for the whole continent. ;)

Once Hurin has delivered the Nauglamir, he can go back to Turin's grave and say his goodbye to Morwen there.

[Arcala]

I'm in the eastern time zone in the US. (So, East US too!)

And I will be out of town this weekend, sorry.

[Count Comfect]

No problem. We just want you to come back after the weekend and post, alright :D
And yes, that does put us two in the same time zone. It's just Eärniel who is out of it :p

[Earniel]

Yeah, fine, gang up on me, silly East-coasters. :p

[Count Comfect]

Well, if it's FINE, then we'll do it more :p

But, of course, when I go home I become a West Coaster again, so no worries :)

[Arcala]

Guys, can you believe this place's got INTERNET?!
...of course, I left my Sil at home, so this doesn't help me any. So this post is just spam, really.

Yeah! Gang up on the Belgian!

Earniel, do not look at the above...

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Yes, Count Comfect abandoned us Seattleites in favor of a cozy upstart eastern college!

HOW COULD YOU?

oh well, we'll kick your ass when you get back.


I am so lost in this story. Are all my characters dead yet?

[Count Comfect]

I sooooo did not abandon you. I'm coming back in a week and 2 days (wheeeeeeeeeeee!) . But yes, that is why I'm on the East Coast. Bahston.

Saurokatt's still going strong, last I checked. Glaurokatt's dead though, as is Findukatt. We're on to the whupping of Doriath.

[Arcala]

OOC: Counturin, regrettably, just died. Going to have to come up with some sort identity for myself, but this one is dead. I sent flowers to my own burial. Anyway.


Well, I know that, but I didn't know what else to call you, I guess. :confused:

[Count Comfect]

Interesting question that. I think I'm sort of not actually a traveling member of the TLA under the TLA brandname. More like a (hopefully, recurring) personage.

On another point, has anyone seen our counsellor? I heard a peep a few posts back, but nothing else since, oh, before Beren and Luthien.

[Count Comfect]

Good news! On Friday I can atta... poke some nonposting TLAers.

[Earniel]

Excellent. :evil: Poke them for me too.

[Count Comfect]

Ohhhh yes, they shall be poked. With special Belgian import pokes, no less. :evil:

[Earniel]

Special import, they're the best. :evil:

I know we still have to wrap up Doriath with Dior and the second Kinslaying but maybe we can plan ahead a little.

The tale of Gondolin (or Gondolina, the city of gondola's as we TLA-dified it, I believe) will finally be next.

For Gondolin we should start from the very beginning with Aredhel and Eöl and the birth of Tuor. This will mean we have to go back in time a little. Anyone any original ideas how to do that?

[Count Comfect]

Doesn't Willow still have that remote control? That's an unoriginal idea ;)
Perhaps my actual ME could show up and have some way of doing it... no idea really though.

[Earniel]

I think I depleted the batteries of Willow's remote to make sure it wouldn't get used much. Maybe we can find new batteries though. Or steal them from Mr. Nelson. That might give the bad guy some more screening and a better build up to our final confrontation.

Yes, you can show up, that may be more original and that way you'd have yourself a real TLA-character now that Counturin is 5 feet under. Only need a good way to do it...

[Count Comfect]

I'm thinking lone survivor of Doriath/Oh wait, it's someone from our world, wonder how they got here/I've been tracking you through three flipping adventures, finally caught you.

But ooooh, good idea with stealing from Mr. Nelson...

[Earniel]

How about we combine both ideas somehow... *just some thinking out loud brainstorming here, feel free to hit me over the head when I over-do it.*

How about this crazy thing:

So you've found a way into Middle-earth.

Let's say - by using our nice, twisted TLA-logic - that all things anachronistic tend to gravitate to the largest concentration of modern things in Middle-earth, which in this case is Mr. Nelson's workshop in Angband.

So you end up there.

Meanwhile we, meaning the already present members of the TLA, notice we have to go back in time to show Miriam the whole story (I bet she'll have a field day psycho-analysing Eöl and Maeglin). Since the remote control needs new batteries to do so, we decide to break into Angband to get some.

We meet, we get chased out. Mr. Nelson finally finds out we're from the modern world too and we go back in time to escape him and end up hiding in Gondolina since that's virtually the only place Morgoth, and thus Mr. Nelson, haven't descovered yet.

We'd have a bit more of an own, active story for the TLA since we've been basically only observing things here (which may be one of the reasons why so many people dropped out)

[Count Comfect]

That actually sounds like a really good idea.

[Earniel]

Really? You don't have to say that just to stay polite, you know. If my ideas suck, you can say so. ;) I can take it, I do!

I suppose it's little use asking other TLA'ers what they think of it since they post only once in a blue moon.... (This is were everyone says "I'm still playing!" and hits me over the head for presuming they're not :p)

Anyone else still here? Arcala? Anyone? No? Well, it was a nice try...

I suppose the idea is accepted then *ahem* unanimously. It's not really hard when there's just the two of us, CC, you need to do more poking over there!

[Count Comfect]

I will tell you if the idea sucks... but I can't tell you it sucks if it doesn't ;) And it doesn't.

I've TRIED. Tano just stuck her tongue out at me when I mentioned it...

[Arcala]

Ah, guys, I'm really sorry...I've got a science project due Thursday and it's taken over my brain...sorry! I'll post tomorrow, I swear! (And thanks for making me the smart, sarcastic one in all your posts too! It's cool when you come back from break and read that. :D )

[Earniel]

It's okay, Arcala, RL gets precedence over role plays.

At this point CC and I are glad if somebody else even occasionally can throw in post or their own.

[Arcala]

Thanks Earniel. Now, I said I would post, but Willow Oran got there first...anyway, do we have any plans for Gondolina?

[Count Comfect]

Just go ahead and post, Arcala. We ALWAYS want other people to post.

And no, no plans for Gondolina except that that baby's gonna FALL. Hence the name "the Fall of Gondolina" actually. :p

Assuming they read this, Maggie and Katt, why weren't you at Nakka's birthday party on New Year's?

[Willow Oran]

I don't know Katt's excuse, but mine is that I had a headache, and it was my Dad's birthday, and I didn't want to deal with the stress of dressing up and socializing and being around you for the first time since 'As You Like It'. Sorry Count, but I didn't have time to be mad at you before, and it's been building up since summer. But perhaps this is better left to a pm.

[Count Comfect]

Most likely is better left to something else. I was just wondering.

So that makes 4 posting members in the last month... doubling the month before, I think. Excellent.

[Earniel]

Alright! Postage! Woohoo! :D

Isn't it sad to see me getting so happy about a third person posting in this RPG in weeks' time? Sad, sad.

Nothing else is planned for Gondolina, except its fall and I think its resemblance to Venice...

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Now I feel really bad. Bad llama.

but I do feel bad. I will post tomorrow or you'll see me around with a red face.
:mad: :o :( kinda like those three combined

[Count Comfect]

Gah... I don't have my Sil and I can't find in the Discussion Project what happens next... ack. Help, Eärn?

[Earniel]

I was thinking we go and see the meeting between Eöl and Aredhel of Gondolina. You know, they get married, they get a son Maeglin, and then Aredhel and Maeglin flee to Gondolina with Eöl on their track. Eöl and Aredhel die and Maeglin fancies his cousin Idril. Rings a bell?

Or am I doing this to soon and were you planning on first following Tuor's whole journey to Gondolina before switching to Maeglin? Then I'll only need to edit the last few sentences from my post.

[Count Comfect]

I had no plan. I just had no idea where we were. Thanks :)

[Earniel]

Oh. Okay then. :)

[Count Comfect]

Alright, where are we going from here? Willow evidently wants us to be in Gondolin with ... a certain elf... ;) but are we going to follow Tuor? or Eol? (I'm guessing not, from the statement that Eol bores Willow) or what?

[Earniel]

Well, since I'm not looking forward to a lot of posts of Willow cooing over Glorfindel in Gondolina ;) while Maeglin, Aredhel and Tuor take their time to get to Gondolina, I think this is a nice spot to split up. :D Made all the more easier since Willow didn't mention me yet. I'll follow Maeglin to Gondolina. Anyone else with me?

We can post Tuor's trip without us being there, or maybe the batteries in the remote are starting to get depleted and some of the TLA ended up somewhere halfway, which happens to be where Tuor is. That would be the end of that convenient plot device, so we won't be able to escape Mr. Nelson that way again later.

[Arcala]

Not that big a fan of Glorfindel...so...hi Earniel! (And I liked Maeglin's tale a lot, so....yeah.)

[Count Comfect]

Sounds good to me. Can I take someone (who do we still have) with my still-confused character and follow Tuor? Or, as I'm thinking, maybe drop him himself, and get him even MORE confused.

[Earniel]

Sounds good to me. Can I take someone (who do we still have) with my still-confused character and follow Tuor? Or, as I'm thinking, maybe drop him himself, and get him even MORE confused.
You can take one of the posters-who-character-we-still-use-but-who-haven't-been-here-in-ages like Christiana and Ren, or you can take Miriam with you too. Hehee, confusion... :D

[Count Comfect]

Sounds good to me. Confusion it is! :evil:

P.S. If any other poster does show up and want to follow me and the Counsellor (and Tuor) just say so, I can edit the number of people who fell from the sky.

P.P.S. Wasn't one of the ideas behind this trip that Willow would try to kiss Elven nobility to break a curse about her own body being in Middle Earth? And now she's in Gondolin? With Glorfindel? Right.

[Earniel]

P.P.S. Wasn't one of the ideas behind this trip that Willow would try to kiss Elven nobility to break a curse about her own body being in Middle Earth? And now she's in Gondolin? With Glorfindel? Right.
I had nearly forgotten that! So yes, I think we can expect faery Willow to change back intoHuman Maggie anytime soon. :p

[Count Comfect]

I had nearly forgotten that! So yes, I think we can expect faery Willow to change back intoHuman Maggie anytime soon. :p

I just hope good old Glorf is obliging :D . But hey-ho, time to go catch Tuor.

[Earniel]

Well if he isn't obliging, they would have enough to keep themselves busy to make him so, until we get to Gondolina on the respective trails of Tuor and Maeglin. :p

[Count Comfect]

I have a disturbing urge to kill Tuor and become him... would that be alright, or should I let him go unmolested? *questioning, puppy-dog look*

[Earniel]

You could kill him accidentally (sort of like Homer Simpson "I wish,I wish I hadn't killed that fish"moment) and thus upset the Eru and the Valar so they command you to take his place so the story of Tuor unfolds as it should be. :D

Or you could attempt a merger of some sort between the RYM and Tuor, that way he would remain unmolested.

Gah! I'm torn! :mad: I like Tuor so I'd like to keep him unmolested, but I think accidentally killing him and taking his place may be .... interesting and fun. You can also accidentally misplace him so you have to take his place nevertheless to keep Gondolina's story going.

You decide whatever you think best.

[Arcala]

I have no idea why I made you disappear at the end of my post, Earniel...so hopefully you can use it to your advantage! And if not...tell me and I'll edit... :D

[Count Comfect]

Or she can just pop out and scare you ;)

[Earniel]

No worries, I'll be back! :D

EDIT: There, I've made us Maeglin's nannies. :rolleyes: That way we can ...um... encourage him and his mum to go back to Gondolina and go with them without having to tag along behind.

CC, so are you now Random Young Tuor? :D

[Count Comfect]

Guesso.
:D
I like that name, actually. ;)

[Earniel]

:D

OOC: Babysitters? AGAIN? Remember what happened with Turin?
Well, I don't see the problem. There's little more to Maeglin that we can possibly ruin. :D Besides, I never said that Eärniel was a imaginative thinker. ;)

[Count Comfect]

Did I say there was a PROBLEM? I was just recalling some history. *looks innocent*

[Earniel]

You were thinking it, admit it. In any case, if it is a problem, it's Eöl's and his wive's. :D

[Count Comfect]

Who, me?

Yeah, I guess I was. :p And yes, it is Eol and co's problem.

[Earniel]

I was thinking whether we shouldn't lay off turning every woman we meet into a chocoholic. Melian went fine, and Aredhel goes too but if we continue doing it, it might get boring after a while. Besides, chocoholicism used to be a characteristic of the TLA only. What do you think?

[Willow Oran]

I think you are entirely right. After all, it wouldn't do for us to be suddenly outnumbered by elven chocoholics now would it? :p They'd be competing for our chocolate... :eek:

[Count Comfect]

You may BE outnumbered by elven chocaholics soon. Eärniel's an elf, no? :p

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I'm kinda clueless as to what to do because my character just hangs out till after tis battle.

[Count Comfect]

Well, there are always scenes of plotting being done. :D

[Earniel]

I am an Elven chocoholic (mark my title) and one of the first as far as I remember, I may add. But that doesn't count really because I am one of the TLA too. ;)

Katt, you could put Saurokatt in charge of destroying Gondolina as soon as Mr. Nelson has located us all there. That way you have some more 'screen time' because I don't think Sauron is mentioned anymore until Númenor. And maybe you can 'switch sides' when you get there. That way you can flee Gondolina with the rest of the TLA and stay among us for the rest of the game and able to post more.

In other news I finally got around to colouring the last two TLA-character drawings from the Hobbit. (Will post them soon.) I was wondering, would any of those who joined us in the Sillymaril like a drawing of their TLA-character? No strings attached.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Katt, you could put Saurokatt in charge of destroying Gondolina as soon as Mr. Nelson has located us all there. That way you have some more 'screen time' because I don't think Sauron is mentioned anymore until Númenor. And maybe you can 'switch sides' when you get there. That way you can flee Gondolina with the rest of the TLA and stay among us for the rest of the game and able to post more.



Good idea, thanks. I don't think I'll switch sides though, but I am NEVER on Mr. Nelson's side.

Bloody Morgoth liking Nelson better 'n' me.

[Earniel]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If you don't want to switch sides, you might just decide to ask asylum in the TLA. ;)

In any case, do what you think best. :)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

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your logic escapes my mental processes.

but whenever I do something on the TLA, it is always in the best intrests of the TLA.

mooooooooooooooog

it is a moog day today

[Count Comfect]

OK, I don't want the thread to die, so I'm going to post. But I'd really like to see someone (anyone) who is in Gondolina at the moment to post, because Random Young Tuor/Miriam/Voronwe are about to arrive in Gondolina and I think you have some unfinished business of some sort.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I might just take a little trip to Gondolina but Nelson put a tracking device on me and finds the bloody city so we can get on with it.

Tell me if I'm screwing anything up there first.

[Count Comfect]

Well, Earniel and I have to get to the city first, otherwise I think you're all right. Earniel might correct me though ;)

[Earniel]

Well, I was sort of planning/wondering on letting Mr. Nelson maybe locate the city before we reach it and let him decide to wait it out until the TLA are complete again. Being the insane criminal mastermind he is, he wouldn't want any of us to escape by not being there when he finally launches his attack on Gondolina. So Katt is free to go on a recon-mission if she pleases as far as I'm concerned.

You've found Voronwë, already, eh CC? So there is nothing else you have to do before getting to the city?

Arcala and I still have to run in with the annoying Fëanor sons and put Eöl on our trail. So I better get a move on, don't I? :o

[EDIT: And why were you thinking I would correct you? Am I taking too much control in this game?]

[Count Comfect]

No, just because you have a better idea of what happens in the Sil, so I might have forgotten something, that's all :)

Yeah, I've found Voronwë already, so get a move on :evil:! But I can always fluff with him discovering quite how weird these Ulmo-ambassadors are...

Where is Willow and her contingent?

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Following "Glorfindel" (ptuie) around Gondolina. I have no doubt she'll post a scene soon enough.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

That's it, the Sillymarilion is now so long that Microsoft Word cannot underline all the "spelling mistakes" such as names.

GO US!

I've only edited half of it anyway. buggrit

You know, I'm getting really pissed at Nelson. I need to seduce someone.

How bout Morgoth? Right before I stab him in his ****ing Maiar heart for being such a whore.

How bout Glorfindel? The last time I tried it turned out to be his evil twin brother Glordifel. Hee hee...

[Earniel]

Seduce anyone you want but keep it PG 13. :p

But hands off of the Lord of Fountains or I'll have your hide for doormat.

Ye be warned.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I had to look up "lord of the fountains". His name is Ecthelion? And he slays Gothmog?

bummer

[Earniel]

Yes, Ecthelion, Lord of Fountains. Yes, slayer of Gothmog. And yes, off limits. :p

[Count Comfect]

Y'alls can squabble allllllll you want. :p

Katt, could you kinda... move Maggie in the direction of posting again, if that's possible? Because I'd rather not arrive in Gondolina yet, but we could use someone posting in the thread (and I am not going to post FOR her)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Heee heee.

I'll post for her. Stupid elves.....