Tolkien or Antidepressant?
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 11:15 last edited by
Take the quiz:
https://antidepressantsortolkien.now.sh
I've never read any Tolkien other than the first ⅓ of Fellowship of the Ring, so I scored poorly - 13/24.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 11:21 last edited by
Yeah, I just could not slog through it.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 11:29 last edited by
Read none of the books. Got dragged to the second movie but it was unintelligible to a newbie. They assumed you knew the story or had at least seen the first one.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 11:30 last edited by
But the idea of this quiz is funny. I saw it a few days ago and laughed without having to click on it.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 12:01 last edited by Doctor Phibes
I think I've read the books about 8 or 9 times, first time when I was 11 after stumbling across The Hobbit when I was 10. I was obsessed with them as a teenager.
I've never taken an anti depressant, but all my friends do.
I'm kidding, of course. I don't have any friends.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 13:04 last edited by
Fantastic quiz! 10/24, btw.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 13:17 last edited by
12/24 - lots of guesses
I remember in the 60s those books being popular among hippie types.
Of course I have watched all the movies but I, obviously, didn't memorize the names.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 13:31 last edited by
I can't read Tolkien, I've discovered. Loved the movie, but slogging through the prose was a total drag.
12/24.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 14:37 last edited by bachophile
19/24
And I’m with phibes, read the trilogy numerous times. First time about age 15. Last time about a couple of years ago. A masterpiece.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 14:38 last edited by
Had I not remembered Bilbo Baggins. It would have all been mere guessing.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 14:43 last edited by
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 15:04 last edited by
@brenda said in Tolkien or Antidepressant?:
Had I not remembered Bilbo Baggins. It would have all been mere guessing.
12/24Almost the same except I recognized several real drugs. I don’t believe all are antidepressants.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 15:06 last edited by Aqua Letifer
23/24, bitches. (Guessed on 3-4 though.)
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23/24, bitches. (Guessed on 3-4 though.)
wrote on 24 May 2020, 15:31 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Tolkien or Antidepressant?:
23/24, bitches. (Guessed on 3-4 though.)
Very Impressive. I’ve seen the movies multiple times and read The Hobbit out-loud but couldn’t retain any of the names...well at least the more obscure ones in the test.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Tolkien or Antidepressant?:
23/24, bitches. (Guessed on 3-4 though.)
Very Impressive. I’ve seen the movies multiple times and read The Hobbit out-loud but couldn’t retain any of the names...well at least the more obscure ones in the test.
wrote on 24 May 2020, 16:05 last edited by@Loki said in Tolkien or Antidepressant?:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Tolkien or Antidepressant?:
23/24, bitches. (Guessed on 3-4 though.)
Very Impressive. I’ve seen the movies multiple times and read The Hobbit out-loud but couldn’t retain any of the names...well at least the more obscure ones in the test.
I've read a lot of the weird shit, too, which helps. The Lays of Beleriand was really helpful to me when I was getting my Master's, along with Auden's Age of Anxiety and the letters between the two regarding alliterative verse.
When they came out I gobbled up The Children of Húrin, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, and Beren and Lúthien.
A lot of the non-LOTR stuff, too: The Monsters and the Critics, his version of Sir Gawain, the Beowulf translation, etc.
I also extracted all the songs and poems from the Hobbit and LOTR and made an eBook of them to read on my Kobo.
Big damn nerd.