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Author Topic: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3/LoTR discussion.  (Read 38357 times)

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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2012, 04:23:32 pm »
Wait, does that mean Gimli could be...

No. There is no way.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #31 on: May 24, 2012, 04:49:28 pm »
His title is "Gimli, son of Gloin". Male.

But it would have made his questionable "chummyness" with legolas a bit less creepy. (The books are really suggestive.)
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #32 on: May 24, 2012, 04:53:57 pm »
So, Gimli is a manly girl and Legolas girly man  ???
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2012, 05:03:39 pm »
Quote from: wierd on May 24, 2012, 04:49:28 pm
His title is "Gimli, son of Gloin". Male.

But it would have made his questionable "chummyness" with legolas a bit less creepy. (The books are really suggestive.)
If it helps you, as far as I recall, Legolas was married and Tolkein elves had this mate-for-life thing going on, but then turned up to eleven.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2012, 05:14:14 pm »
I don't think legolas was married.  As far as elves go, he was "young".  His dad, the king of murkwood, was against his leaving home, IIRC.

That still doesn't negate the extremely unmasculine "bromance" those two had.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2012, 05:22:59 pm »
In the books Dwarven women aren't referenced too often, and their appearences aren't mentioned at all.  This is why in LotRO there's no female option for the Dwarf race.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2012, 05:35:18 pm »
Quote from: corrosivechains on May 24, 2012, 05:22:59 pm
In the books Dwarven women aren't referenced too often, and their appearences aren't mentioned at all.  This is why in LotRO there's no female option for the Dwarf race.
Well, dwarfkind had 7 fathers but no mothers. Either there were females that were not mentioned, additional furry midgets getting created when they got woken up or Aule just made some "modifications".
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2012, 05:41:42 pm »
LOL!

(The only female characters in the whole series are rose cotton, lobelia sackville baggins, arwen, the river woman, goldberry, shelob, and galadriel. These are all love interests of one sort or another, something horrible, or a primal force.  Rose = sam's #1 flame (after frodo), lobelia baggins = something horrible, river woman = primal force, goldberry = tom bombadil's #1 flame, shelob = something horrible, arwen = aragorn's #1 flame, galadriel = primal force/celeborn's #1 squeeze.  Oh yeah, there was the rohanim chick that axed the witch king of the nazgul. Only non-sexist female char in the series.)

I can clearly see why gimli would get the hots for a sexually ambiguous legolas, what with the long flowing blonde hair, and willowy frame and all.

(ROFL!)
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2012, 05:56:43 pm »
Actually, the roharim chick ended up married to Farimir. She did her bit, and then she went home and married like everyone else in the novel.
That's what happens when you read a novel written during WWII.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #39 on: May 24, 2012, 09:29:36 pm »
Quote from: davros on May 24, 2012, 05:56:43 pm
Actually, the roharim chick ended up married to Farimir. She did her bit, and then she went home and married like everyone else in the novel.
That's what happens when you read a novel written during WWII.
... written between 1915-ish and 1956, you mean.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #40 on: May 24, 2012, 10:11:43 pm »
I've always preferred the Pratchett interpretation of dwarven gender roles. Everyone is a he, everyone wears leather and chain mail and a beard, and much of the courtship rituals are tactful ways to determine what parts the other dorf has. The feminist movement starts with the right to wear skirts, heels, and makeup.
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« Reply #41 on: May 24, 2012, 11:42:32 pm »
I love how derailed this has gotten  :)

Yeah, the Pratchett interpretation is my favourite too.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #42 on: May 25, 2012, 12:06:01 am »
Quote from: krenshala on May 24, 2012, 09:29:36 pm
Quote from: davros on May 24, 2012, 05:56:43 pm
Actually, the roharim chick ended up married to Farimir. She did her bit, and then she went home and married like everyone else in the novel.
That's what happens when you read a novel written during WWII.
... written between 1915-ish and 1956, you mean.
Quote from: davros on May 24, 2012, 05:56:43 pm
Actually, the roharim chick ended up married to Farimir. She did her bit, and then she went home and married like everyone else in the novel.
That's what happens when you read a novel written during WWII.

I can't believe none of you remember her name, Eowyn.
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #43 on: May 25, 2012, 12:57:32 am »
Well that explains why D3 took so long, they were playing DF!

Back in the Oblivion days there was a mod for equitable beards (no facial hair in vanilla Oblivion!), as an equitable item though you could enchant your beard.

Hang on a sec, *equips magic beard*, right ready!
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Re: Boatmurdered recognised in Diablo 3
« Reply #44 on: May 25, 2012, 01:04:56 am »
The axe giving you greater intelligence does seem pretty weird to me. Then again, I'm a little surprised by D3 having an "Intelligence" stat in the first place.

Quote from: wierd on May 24, 2012, 04:49:28 pm
His title is "Gimli, son of Gloin". Male.

But it would have made his questionable "chummyness" with legolas a bit less creepy. (The books are really suggestive.)

Why is it creepy to you? Because they're both guys?
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