The Book of Lost Threads [Basic Lore Archive Thread]
My plan with this thread(s) is to provide a link to as many Basic Lore threads as are openable and discoverable in the archives. There were obviously many other lore fora on the old plaza, but unlike kingdoms, lore did not disappear in 2009, and so I am worried that this thread may grow unmanageably long if every thread from every lore forum is shoved into one thread here. I may revise that opinion depending on how many threads open, of course, but for now my plan is to open separate threads for other fora, perhaps grouping the smaller lore fora together while leaving more populous ones (and I assume this will be the most populous) to stand alone. If the organization of the archives is no more readable than the archives themselves, I figure, then the whole exercise was one of complete futility.
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Some organizational notes:My plan with this thread(s) is to provide a link to as many Basic Lore threads as are openable and discoverable in the archives. There were obviously many other lore fora on the old plaza, but unlike kingdoms, lore did not disappear in 2009, and so I am worried that this thread may grow unmanageably long if every thread from every lore forum is shoved into one thread here. I may revise that opinion depending on how many threads open, of course, but for now my plan is to open separate threads for other fora, perhaps grouping the smaller lore fora together while leaving more populous ones (and I assume this will be the most populous) to stand alone. If the organization of the archives is no more readable than the archives themselves, I figure, then the whole exercise was one of complete futility.
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I will be arranging posts by year.
From about 2007 onwards, the threads have multiple pages. Unless otherwise stated, only the first page loads.
I will tag people I spot in the archives just in case they want to look in on an old thread, but as a habit, I tag no more than once per year. People can go a-searching if they want beyond that. If the tagging bothers you (like it does for me) just let me know and I will be sure to stop.
If the majority (or entirety) of a page capture's threads load, I will simply post the page capture, with explanations of any exceptions that do not load.
Without further ado, 2002, when there was no basic/advanced lore distinction, and the forum was simply called Middle-earth Lore:
A capture from August 2002, where most of the threads load, with the following exceptions listed below in ascending order:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020803134 ... ForumID=21
Mithril Stainless Steel?
The Magic of the Mirror
Why did Tolkien base the story upon RINGS? (I am actually curious what people have to say about this one, would be a good redux thread)
Another capture, this time from October. There's a thread from baby Hoth in here, asking about the Kinslaying, and also some poor soul who thought Theoden and his family might be inbred rednecks because they misread the term sister-daughter. Oh dear
:https://web.archive.org/web/20021011070 ... ForumID=21
name of saurons mouth (liutenant)
Not totally Convinced
Greatest Battles/VOTE
So even though this post looks kind of short, a bunch of threads actually load, I think about 25 or so? It's probably mostly only good for laughs, unfortunately, I didn't see any particularly deep discussions. To be fair, the forum was still relatively small and was already being bombarded by teenage fanboys and girls who mostly wanted to say how much they loved Legolas or whatever. I have to say, it's at least worth the peek (to me) just to see some of the shocking or hilarious titles back then.
(jk about the ban part)
(jk Winddy don't kill me)
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the face of his fathers -
Thank you for that memory too, I felt so honored. If I recall correctly, there was a question someone asked about who would be more powerful with a the Ring, a balrog or an Ent? And my immediate reaction was, wait, why would an Ent want the Ring?
