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A lovely path, I used soft focus as I took this and an increase in saturation as I took thia shot, no other modifications except a resize. Best seen in Full ViewRelated content
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oh my goodness this is so lovely!! i think of tom bombadil's abode when i see this, or maybe it's something else...either way, this is positively stunning!
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Tom Bombadil singing as his opens the door, I hadnt thought of that nice perpsective
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there are probably others just as nice and lovely, but i just haven't thought of them
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I cant think of any,I think the abode of tom bombadil is the best
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awesome!! i'm glad you like that thought
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Hey any LOTR thought is good, though the trees arent evil enough to swallow people, though I do have a pic of one that defintely is
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well, in the book, i think Old Man Willow was some distance from Tom's house, so i don't think there would be any evil looking trees near by
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True, so tourists can skip happily down the trail unaware of the fate that will meet them*laughs manically. I cant believe the film missed him out, he was a great charachter
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I know. I was so irritated, but it's true, the movie can go forward without him, he's not essential to the plot line, but in a way, the power of the ring doesn't seem quite so threatening with him in it
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It does kind of deter from the evil we have to destroy the ring theme, but his part in the text makes a sort of whole new world where everythings more cool and relaxed, tom bombadil is a hippy I think
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have you read 'bored of the rings'? it's a parody of the lord of the rings, and tom, in that book, is turned into a hippy. i couldn't finish reading it cuz i was too angry at how they portrayed aragorn, but i am going to try finishing it later, cuz parts of it are very funny
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gimlet son of groin sorry, the book tails away abit towards the end actually. I think I quote tom bandabil when I say "Clean clean clean for jean, cuthbert dribble grub, though by speed my brains destroyed Im not half that paranoid". Anyway thats my bit of surrealism for the day
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My favourite is Giml;et son of gloin, I liked tom bandabil (his name in bored of the rings). I thought the ring wraiths on toohbrushes funny, though Ill admit its sacrilidge to poke fun at lord of the rings. Blasphemy in fact Il kill them all and burn the author at the stake
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yes, capital offense to do such wrong!
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Capital offense, I think perhaps a more feudal frm of punishment maybe the stocks, or some sort of lord of the rings crusade?
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hmm...a quest for one of the silmarills, overthrow sauron, destroy the one ring, hunt-a-gollum, survive the entmoot...oh there are so many possibilities from middle earth
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We could be original, hunt a hobbit, overthrow denethor and theoden and march with orcs to destroy middle earth, though Ive got to admit bringing peace and tranquility does have a ring to it. Maybe its possible to hire the easterlings to round up the authors of bored of the rings
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lol...those could potentially be very fun games, either to uphold the goodness of the Company, or to fall on the side of the Eye. I also like the idea of someone trying to control the ring themselves, taking the gollum path themselves. interesting thought, that
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Id sooner not become bald and wander round with a loincloth on, though the idea of wearing armour and leading dark armies to bring middle earth into irrevocable doom does hold slight appeal, I dont think the ring would turn me much im no paragon of virtue. What do you think would have happened if gondor had taken the ring to use as a weapon?
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Nothing good, that's for sure. I think if Boromir had happened to win out some how, and take the ring to Gondor, I think it would have consumed him the momment he tried to put it on, or the Nazgul would have swept down on there Winged Steeds, and taken him to Mordor, where Sauron would have once more risen to such power that Middle Earth quickly fell under his dominion. He probably would have risen to such power that he was able to threaten the land of the Valar, just as Morgoth did many ages before.
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But sauron was morgoths slave, he could never be that powerfull ...could he? I think hed take the lands of southern gondor that he opriginally handed to the easterlings, he wouldnt be happy with anything less that total dominion.
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NO, Sauron was one of Morgoth's Servants. Morgoth mainly had servants, while Sauron mainly had slaves. The Council of Elrond left me with the impression that Sauron, once he had the ring again, would be able to return to his former strenght, and without the help of the Elves(since most had left middle earth by this time), would be unable to stop him frim returning to his former strength, and Men were too weak to keep from faling under his sway.
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We are weak, but kickass dwarfs are much better they wouldnt be swayed by the power of the ring. Its a shame they were chased out of moria. Sauron was minion his orcs his slaves, what species is most noble do you think?
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Hobbits, of course. They are always sharper than someone first would make them out to be, and they seemed to be the most stout-hearted and stubborn of the bunch. Once given the chance, they seem to have combination of the best qualities of all three races, Elves, Dwarves, and Men.
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True but dwarfs do have a stoicness about them, and elves have the nicest architecture, would you live in a world with just hobbit homes. They are the most lion hearted though
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of course, no one realizes this until they've been roused to defend what they hold dear
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And thus the moral of this story is dont threaten what hobbitls hold dear, ergo the shire. Though Minas Tirith is nicer than the shire I think, though possibly because I live in England equivalent of the shire
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Minas Tirith is a beautiful city, to be sure...but I think I prefer the Shire by a long shot. I would love to just walk about the fields and roads of the shire for days
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I pretty much live there so Im more in favour of looming white architechure and ethereal monuments, or the deep of moria, that has a charm in a sort of bal rok ish way
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that would be incredible to see as well, but living not far from dc, white architecture has kind of played itself out...at least in the classic roman style...i think it would be interesting if the looming white architecture took on the gothic style...somehow that just seems so cool to me
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Washington is suck with the whole greco-roman revival stuff, Im visiting Dublin for some architecture shots there in the autumn and thats still vaguely medieval. Theres a shortage of lord of the rings architechture, Minas Morgul would be the best for architecture, Rivedell as well thats quite nice. Since Tolkien used large amounts of Britian ans inspiration for his scenes Im lucky to be able to see its equivalents around me, whats the countryside like near DC?
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it depends on how far out you get...inside the beltway, it's suburbs, and urban area with lots and lots of housing and commercial areas. get out beyond Manassas, Westerly of DC, and it becomes more farmland, but with mostly Barbed wire sectioning off land. it ruins the landscape, in my opinion. I'm not as familiar with the Maryland side of DC, or the southerly side of DC. I do know, in general, the hills become greater as you move west, while easterly see flattening in terrain, and then the Chesapeake Bay...choked with sailboats and ships of other sorts...and eventually, the atlantic ocean
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I live in rolling countruside that levels out towards the ocean to the east and gets greater to become to peak district an hour away to the west, cliffs, mountains, lakes, plains, moors and forests are all about under an hours drive, that is one of britains few advantages
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here, the blue ridge mountains are about an hour away, but driving on the interstate is just too dangerous, and i avoid it as much as possible. the lovely chesapeake bay is less than an hour away, but once more, driving on the interstates only gets worse as you get closer to dc, and i don't know backroads well enough to try using them
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I live amongst a myriad of tiny country lanes, getting anywhere takes ages untill you hit the motorways. Its quicker to walk a mile across the fields to a nearbye village than drive, trouble is at night its spooky as hell so I used to try and hang round my ex gorlfriends for ages,
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lol...i wish it was that easy to get around here...i love walking...but it is so much faster to drive. 
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In the english case we stop to smell the flowers, admire the cows, have a cofee or a beer and put up a chair and wait for a while. I get to walk most weekends, nomrally in the peak district, Britains best mountains and my favourite photography haunt
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the longest most people over hear stop is long enough to smell the stench of exhaust of another car, and roll up the windows of their own vehicle. i spent a lot of time taking pictures up at my college, but i imagine it will be wonderful to go take pictures elsewhere in the appalachians
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The applachian trail, id love to walk that, I do a lot of long distance walking in britain and the trail sounds amazing, what are the appalachians like, I only have bill brysons word for it
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they are beautiful. i haven't ever walked the appalachian trail, but then, i'm only 19, and haven't had enough free time to do so, though i want to. i've spent some time in Shenandoah National Park, and that is just georgeous. Rolling hills, spectacular views, the tree growth is sort of thin, because it was all forested at one time by greedy bastards...no, i don't really know that, but I do know that the trees aren't as thick around as some I've seen. but there are wonderful hikes all over that section of the appalachians, and i've only hiked a few of them so far.
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Being only a short drive to the the most scenic parts of britain I seem to spend a fair amount of my time hiking, recently Ive cut back, I use to do full 12 hour hikes but I havent had the time more recently so Ive just spent an hour on the moors. Id love to visit the appalachians, though not the whole trail I dont think. Perhaps New Zealand, though my only real view of the landscape has been LOTR pictures, or the trails in Bhutan and Tibet but there a bit ambitious. Surely living close to a city has its advantages?
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so long as you don't live in that one particular city for too long. I've been here my whole life, and everything has lost it's excitement...well, i've become a bit more adventureous as i've freed myself from my mother's paranoia. maybe now i'll get a chance to be human, and be more myself without being hovered over constantly...
if you ever visit the appalachians, there are two parks you should visit. one being Shenandoah national park, and the other i think is called smoky mountains national park.
i keep thinking of this one hike i took back a while ago with my girl scout troop, where we came across this beautiful waterfall...and we found a gecko! i keep wanting to go back there and take pictures...that was beautiful. the camp hoover hike, i think the trail was called
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