Who Said It?

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:16 pm

This is Gandalf, at the Council of Elrond.

marbretherese · Post by **marbretherese** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:35 am

Close, librislove, but it's not Gandalf

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:25 pm

It was Elrond if I remember correctly.

marbretherese · Post by **marbretherese** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:31 pm

that's right, Philipa - your turn!

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:01 am

"Thus we meet again, though all the hosts of Mordor lay between us..."

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:21 am

This time I looked it up, instead of relying on memory

--Aragorn says this to Eomer at the end of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:00 pm

librislove wrote:This time I looked it up, instead of relying on memory --Aragorn says this to Eomer at the end of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Oh good...I stumped even you!

Well played your turn.

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:26 pm

No,no--I meant I missed the last one because I thought I knew it, and did not look it up--and I should have known better. Believe me, I don't know all the quotes from memory!

My LOTR is right next to the computer.

Quote will follow later, folks!

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:34 pm

Variations on "Don't be afraid," occur many times in LOTR--but whose utterance of "Fear not!" completely changes the way he is perceived?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:03 am

I'm doing this from memory, librislove, but I think this is Aragorn, paddling through the Argonath. There are several of these transfigurations in LOTR; it would be interesting to collect them all!

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:27 pm

Good on ya, Merry! I once did a bit of research into this concept, which occurs with Aragorn several times, with Gandalf, and with Frodo as well--I'm sure there are others. In the case of Aragorn at least, it seems to be part of the mythos of the hero. Your turn.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:32 pm

While I'm trying to find our next quote, let me ask you this: do you think Galadriel's big morph-out falls into the same category?

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:48 pm

Good question--her change certainly seems opposite to that of Aragorn and Gandalf, but akin to what happens to Frodo at the Crack of Doom--hmmm.
I'll have to think...

now see what you've done!

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:15 pm

Now don't get carried away, librislove!

I think Galadriel's 'event' was very much like Gandalf's at Bag End with Bilbo.

librislove · Post by **librislove** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:46 am

I hadn't thought of that aspect....but it rings true.