| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1956 Registered: 9-2010 |
She opened her email. Then, she screamed. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2137 Registered: 7-2009 |
she 1 = she 2? = HAF? Did she scream because of something read in the email? Something on the computer? Something she saw? heard? felt? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 591 Registered: 8-2010 |
she = you? Tortie? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1958 Registered: 9-2010 |
she 1 = she 2? = HAF? Yes to all Did she scream because of something read in the email? Yes Something on the computer? Something she saw? Something seen in the email, no to rest heard? felt? she = you? Yes, me Tortie? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9664 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the scream out of happiness? Sadness? Exasperation? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1960 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the scream out of happiness? this is closest...I think it was what I called "ecstatic shock", lol. Sadness? Exasperation? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9669 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did this happen this past year? Giants winning the World Series relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1962 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did this happen this past year? This morning, actually. Giants winning the World Series relevant? Not at all. Although that elicited a similar reaction when I saw them do it. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9671 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the email from someone relevant? A family member? Someone on the LTPF? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1964 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the email from someone relevant? For svv of 'someone'. A family member? No Someone on the LTPF? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9677 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the email from a certain website? Mailing list? Server? | ||
| Ktinus (Ktinus)
New member Username: Ktinus Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2010 |
How much time has passed between the opening of the e-mail and the scream? Was the scream caused by some text that was read, or an image that was seen? Was the scream caused by an email message or the list of messages? The message content? The subject? The email sender? Hello, this is my first post at this forum:-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1965 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the email from a certain website? This Mailing list? although there's a related yahoo group, so this would work Server? How much time has passed between the opening of the e-mail and the scream? About two seconds Was the scream caused by some text that was read, or an image that was seen? I read about half a sentence Was the scream caused by an email message this or the list of messages? The message content? The message content, yes The subject? The email sender? Hello, this is my first post at this forum:-) Welcome! Glad to have you! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9678 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the sentence you read bring awesome news? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1966 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the sentence you read bring awesome news? Most definitely!!!!! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9684 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you the only person with this reaction? Would everyone subscribing to the website have this reaction? Could we call this a "newsletter"? Was the news about a relevant person? More than one person? About you? Did you win something? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1967 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were you the only person with this reaction? I am sure everyone who received similar news had some sort of reaction Would everyone subscribing to the website have this reaction? Perhaps Could we call this a "newsletter"? "Notification" would work better Was the news about a relevant person? It applied to me More than one person?Other people got similar notifications. About you? Indeed Did you win something? Yes, but may mislead if you're not careful | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 534 Registered: 9-2010 |
School is closed? You have the day off from work? You won a prize? By luck (like a lottery)? As a reward (like if you won a trip to Miami for being such an awesome person)? The Giants signed some awesome free agent? Something related to some current news? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1970 Registered: 9-2010 |
School is closed? I've graduated, so not this You have the day off from work? Not found a job yet, though if someone offered me one, this'd be my reaction then too You won a prize? It's an award, actually By luck (like a lottery)? There is a certain amount of luck involved inasmuch as earning the points which let me win is out of my hands, but not a lottery type thing As a reward (like if you won a trip to Miami for being such an awesome person)? It's somewhat like this, though not a trip anywhere. However winning such a prestigious award (well, prestigious within a certain circle...) is definitely rewarding The Giants signed some awesome free agent? The Giants and sports in general are completely irrelevant; try another of my interests, Mr. Coke, sir Something related to some current news? Er...it's not "news" in a general sense, but it's a recent happening within that "certain circle" I spoke of. Once you get closer, Google may be helpful, but it probably won't be yet | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9693 Registered: 4-2010 |
LOTR relevant? HP? Any of your fanfics relevant? Is one being published? Earning an award? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1971 Registered: 9-2010 |
LOTR relevant? Well, just a Tolkien fanfic generally. No characters from the LotR trilogy. HP? No. Any of your fanfics relevant? Yes, indeed Is one being published? They have been "published" by being posted on a website, but other than that, no. Earning an award? The one in question most certainly did! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1973 Registered: 9-2010 |
RECAP: Yesterday, when I got up in the morning and checked my email, I screamed. This was a scream of "ecstatic shock" because, in beginning to read the first sentence, I realized I'd won an award for one of my Tolkien fanfictions. The email was from the person who arranges the rather well-known (within Tolkien fanfic circles) awards, informing me of the fact I'd won. ...On second thought, I doubt many of you would necessarily know these awards. Google is definitely allowed, and of course you may still ask me questions...or ask me to $poil, since you've really got all the most important info other than the name of the awards. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9700 Registered: 4-2010 |
Award - was it for the story as a whole? For writing it? Was it a "Best X" award? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1974 Registered: 9-2010 |
Award - was it for the story as a whole? For writing it? That seems to be the same thing to me... Was it a "Best X" award? Well, it didn't win first place, no, but it still placed... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9739 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the award about the quality of writing? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1975 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the award about the quality of writing? Well, I suppose that would factor into it... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9744 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it simply a "Best Fanfic" award? Is the topic of the fanfic relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1977 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it simply a "Best Fanfic" award? No Is the topic of the fanfic relevant? Yesish. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9753 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the award specific to Tolkien fanfics? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1986 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the award specific to Tolkien fanfics? Yes, because the awards group is Tolkien fanfic-specific. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9761 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the award for one of your characters? Did you only use existing characters? Invent a new one? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1988 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the award for one of your characters? No, the award was for the ficlet Did you only use existing characters? Yes, but not the usual ones... Invent a new one? No, but they were (and the situation was) unexpected to many of my friends. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9774 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you have characters interact that never did in Tolkien's works? Is the setting of the fanfic relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1992 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you have characters interact that never did in Tolkien's works? Oh no, quite the contrary. But the manner of the interaction was unexpected in a relevant way. :-D Is the setting of the fanfic relevant? Yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9778 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the fanfic set in Middle Earth? In the Grey Havens? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1994 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the fanfic set in Middle Earth? In the Grey Havens? No to both, but remember that Middle Earth is the term used to refer to the continent that the Sindar, Exiled Noldor and their descendants, Men, Dwarves, etc., dwell on, and is not the whole of Ambarhini ("The Children's World" aka Earth) or Arda (used colloquially to mean Earth, actually means the solar system) or Ea (the Universe). To make things easier: It's set in Valinor, in Aman (Aman is the Blessed Realm, aka "The West"). | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9782 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do recall, I know much less of the Tolkienverse than you do... Are the characters in any of the LOTR trilogy? In The Hobbit? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1996 Registered: 9-2010 |
Do recall, I know much less of the Tolkienverse than you do...I recall. I offer these puzzles for your education, my friend. :-) Are the characters in any of the LOTR trilogy? In The Hobbit? They are mostly present in The Silmarillion; I will go ahead and tell you that they were the Valar (recall my first puzzle here?) and two of the Istari, Alatar and Pallando, aka "The Blue Wizards" for their garb...the Blue Wizards, unlike their three brethren Olorin/Mithrandir/Gandalf the Grey or White/he of the many names, Curunir/Saruman the White or of Many Colours/Sharkey/etc. and Aiwendil/Radagast the Brown, "travelled into the East" and their fate was not recorded...at least, not by Tolkien. What did *I* have in store for these two wanderers? You may also probe me for information regarding my Tolkien fanfiction pen name, which would quickly avail you of the answer, I'm sure. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9788 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you have the Valar and Blue Wizards meet? In a land foreign to both of them? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2000 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you have the Valar and Blue Wizards meet? Yesish...closer would be 'reunite', as the Istari were Maiar (think of the Maiar as similar to angels, the Valar as similar to archangels, in line with the good Professor's Catholicism), except that these five Maiar "clothed" themselves in flesh, becoming Incarnates on their mission in Middle Earth. In a land foreign to both of them? No, the Valar remained "home" in Valinor, so the Blue Wizards... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9791 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the Blue Wizards end up in Valinor? Your pen name - does it have to do with the Valar? With the Blue Wizards? With Valinor? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2002 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the Blue Wizards end up in Valinor? They did. Proving that...(*insert title of story*) Finding out when, and what they brought with them, would be helped by reading the tale. Your pen name - does it have to do with the Valar? With the Blue Wizards? With Valinor? None of the above. The title of the story, however, refers to the Blue Wizards...but only because I used it for that purpose. It is in fact a phrase Tolkien used, but NOT in reference to the Blue Wizards. It was featured prominently in LOTR. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9793 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the phrase-title a LOTR chapter title? A quote? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2004 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the phrase-title a LOTR chapter title? I do not think so...but... A quote? Part of one. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9796 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the quote spoken in the movie as well as in the book? Is it spoken in FOTR? TTT? ROTK? Would it help to find out which character spoke it? Was it spoken more than once? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2005 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the quote spoken in the movie as well as in the book? Is it spoken in FOTR? TTT? ROTK? Er...yes I *think* so, and FOTR, I'm fairly sure. Would it help to find out which character spoke it? Was it spoken more than once? I think, in the book, it was actually read off Gandalf's letter at the Prancing Pony...drat not having my books on me. *searches* Ah. It appears twice in The Lord of the Rings' first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring. Firstly, it appears in chapter ten "Strider" in Gandalf's letter to the hobbits in Bree. It is repeated by Bilbo at the Council of Elrond. In the films, part of the quote, but not the relevant line, appears in ROTK, spoken by Arwen. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9800 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ditto on the not-having-books-accessible...I think my sister has them. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2006 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ditto on the not-having-books-accessible...I think my sister has them. Poor Balin...The title of the story comes from the Riddle of Strider, as I've seen the poem called. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9811 Registered: 4-2010 |
My sister says "there's something about a green stone in it". Relevant? Oh, and "part of it involved a broken sword". Is that relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2009 Registered: 9-2010 |
My sister says "there's something about a green stone in it". Relevant? That's "Earendil Was A Mariner", not "The Riddle of Strider" (aka "All that is gold does not glitter") Oh, and "part of it involved a broken sword". Is that relevant? Now she's got the right one, but the broken sword is not the relevant bit. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9829 Registered: 4-2010 |
Blade/broken relevant? Crowned king relevant? Found the book! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2010 Registered: 9-2010 |
Blade/broken relevant? Crowned king relevant? Neither. It's earlier in the poem. Found the book! YAY!! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9841 Registered: 4-2010 |
All righty...are any of the following lines relevant: "All that is gold does not glitter" "Not all those who wander are lost" "The old that is strong does not wither" "Deep roots are not reached by the frost" "From the ashes a fire shall be woken" "A light from the shadows shall spring" "Renewed shall be blade that was broken" "The crownless again shall be king" ? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2014 Registered: 9-2010 |
"All that is gold does not glitter" "Not all those who wander are lost" Only this one, which is the basis for the title of my story, like so: "Not All Who Wander Are Lost..." (missed the "those" out, but unlike you, my book seems to be permanently MIA.) "The old that is strong does not wither" "Deep roots are not reached by the frost" "From the ashes a fire shall be woken" "A light from the shadows shall spring" "Renewed shall be blade that was broken" "The crownless again shall be king" ? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9843 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the Blue Wizards wandering in Valinor? Did they get lost? And wind up in Valinor? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2017 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were the Blue Wizards wandering in Valinor? No Did they get lost? Yope And wind up in Valinor? They did end up in Valinor, yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9846 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the Blue Wizards wandering? Did they intentionally go to Valinor? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2019 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were the Blue Wizards wandering? In Middle Earth, yes Did they intentionally go to Valinor? They were found and brought home. It might be helpful for you to discover the circumstances of them being found...Finding the story would help, but you'll need my pen name for that. :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9848 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does your pen name have anything to do with the Riddle of Strider? Having the fanfic website would also help...may we have that please? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2022 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does your pen name have anything to do with the Riddle of Strider? it doesn't...but my first name in my pen name is "Kaylee". The second half will require some thought. Having the fanfic website would also help...may we have that please? I'm sure it would, but then it'd be far too easy. *grins* You'll have it eventually...but not now. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9852 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the other part of your pen name reference LOTR? The Hobbit? Some other part of the Tolkienverse? Some other interest of yours? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2024 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does the other part of your pen name reference LOTR? The Hobbit? Some other part of the Tolkienverse? It references Galadriel, after a fashion. Some other interest of yours? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9854 Registered: 4-2010 |
A fashion...as in her clothing? Her dress? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2025 Registered: 9-2010 |
No..."after a fashion" means "in some relevant, but a bit vague, way". Sorry about that. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9855 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it reference her family? Her race? Her history? Her life? Her home? Her homeland? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2027 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does it reference her family? This...it's her patronymic. Her race? Her history? Her life? Her home? Her homeland? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9858 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any of her aliases relevant? Having no clue how an elf has a patronymic... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2030 Registered: 9-2010 |
Any of her aliases relevant? See below. Having no clue how an elf has a patronymic...*sigh* It's Arafinwiel. Her father's name is Arafinwe, or Finarfin. So Arafinwiel "daughter of Arafinwe" would be the patronymic. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9861 Registered: 4-2010 |
So is your pen name "Kaylee Arafinwiel"? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2032 Registered: 9-2010 |
So is your pen name "Kaylee Arafinwiel"? It is. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9863 Registered: 4-2010 |
3rd place, Ficlet, General...nice!! Couldn't find the story, but did dredge up a review...fast food delivery, eh? I've got to read this. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2034 Registered: 9-2010 |
3rd place, Ficlet, General...nice!! Couldn't find the story, but did dredge up a review...fast food delivery, eh? I've got to read this. ***SPOILER*** "Not All Who Wander Are Lost" placed Third place, Ficlet, General, in the MEFAs (the Middle Earth Fanfiction Awards) which, in the circles I frequent, are the Tolkien fanfic equivalent of the Tonys, Oscars, you get the idea. Very prestigious awards. So I'm really thrilled to not only have had my first nomination, but actually placed!!! Read if you want to, the link is there. :-D lotrgfic.com is a wonderful place! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9865 Registered: 4-2010 |
NICE!!! That's a great story! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2038 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thanks, Balin!!! Favorite lines or anything? :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9870 Registered: 4-2010 |
Well, you can't resist the very last one, of course... =) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2039 Registered: 9-2010 |
*grins* Of course not... |
