Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza

Hi all,

I've known of the Plaza for about fifteen years, ever since I had a conversation with this really cute nerdy guy one late night in one of our college dining halls. Even though I'd been an active online Tolkien fan since high school, somehow I'd never come across it. Life hit and I wasn't very active online anymore (I married said really cute nerd and we have a bunch of kids). Then the Facebook group started and he said "hey, you should check this out!" but I really don't do Facebook anymore, and then he said, "Well, now we have a forum again and it's nostalgic and awesome," and after a few weeks I said, "OK, but I'm probably going to mostly make fun of you to all your online friends."

(I do dig the format though. Why mess with greatness?)

And even though we just met, you are very welcome to call me Mrs. Mojo for short. :smiley8:

Glad to be here!

MistressofJesters wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 6:37 pm Hi all,

I've known of the Plaza for about fifteen years, ever since I had a conversation with this really cute nerdy guy one late night in one of our college dining halls. Even though I'd been an active online Tolkien fan since high school, somehow I'd never come across it. Life hit and I wasn't very active online anymore (I married said really cute nerd and we have a bunch of kids). Then the Facebook group started and he said "hey, you should check this out!" but I really don't do Facebook anymore, and then he said, "Well, now we have a forum again and it's nostalgic and awesome," and after a few weeks I said, "OK, but I'm probably going to mostly make fun of you."

(I do dig the format though. Why mess with greatness?)

And even though we just met, you are very welcome to call me Mrs. Mojo for short. :smiley8:

Glad to be here!

I AM SEEN

Welcome Mrs. Mojo! :D

Welcome Mrs. Mojo! You've stepped into a Strange New World

Wow! @Mojo has struck again!

Welcome, Mrs. Mojo!

The big question is, why aren't you wearing a tree yet? Mojo not convinced you yet?

Hi Mrs Mojo! Glad you're here to join the party.

Hi Mrs Mojo! @MistressofJesters
Welcome to the NuPlaza!

Yey @Idesinholde you made it!

Yay for Mrs. Mojo joining, we are happy to have you!

Yay Mrs. Mojo! Hello! So glad to have you!

Welcome, Mrs. Mojo!!

Pretty sure this has been said before, but: I Have Returned. It's been, what, sixteen years? And it is very good to be back. Sing ho for the glory days and a bottle of Dr. Pepper! (hi Wamba)

Welcome back! :)

welcome back, @Amhran !

Welcome, Mrs Mojo - love your romantic story. Always marry a cute nerd. :)

Mrs Mojo - welcome!! Excited to have you here. :)
Amhran!!!! good to see you again!!

Balfur! Woohoo another name blast from the past! Hey! :smiley8:

Welcome! :D

Welcome back, @Balfur! I totally get being overwhelmed by the nostalgia. It's an strange and wonderful thing to be here again.

@Balfur Pretty sure we agreed your name was Mr. Nerwen... welcome back my friend

Welcome @MistressofJesters and welcome back @Amhran and @Balfur!

Welcome, @Balfur !

Welcome Balfur. I'm late to the welcoming party, but it is good to "see" you none the less.

Hi all! I made my way here from the Facebook page that I have been checking for the last two years about plaza updates. (I'm not on Facebook, by the way.) I first joined the plaza back in 2004 as Nenedhel, a Teleri archer that loved Lothlorien. I had the privilege of being Galadriel for about six interesting months back in 2005-2006, but then life and studies got in the way and I had to step down.

I'm really excited to see the old plaza pages and format. It really IS very nostalgic. And the people!! I do believe I recognise almost everyone and it's lovely! I am not sure how active I am going to be, it's just nice to be here and know that the plaza is still running! ^_^

Hi Nen! I remember your name, though I do not think we reacted much if at all before. Welcome to our new home!!

Thank you, Veowyn! I wasn't a very active member most times. I would make a flurry of posts in a short time (a month or two) and then disappear and come back again a few months later for the next flurry of posts. Looking back I realise I'm pretty seasonal in my habits! Also...towards the latter part of my activity I would constantly change my username and kingdom. So I was Helm of Rohan for a season, and Nen the Wizard, and I think my last avatar was Nen Lalaith. When I was Galadriel, I was Nenedhel Shadowheart and then Shadowheart for a season.

...quite a messy presence, really. :roll:

Hi Nen! Glad to see you found the place.

Welcome back Nen!

Welcome back, @Nen - I don't suppose there's any chance of you popping along here and telling us which of the faces were yours? :smiley8:

@Dimcairien Luiniel I'm glad too! :D

@Winddancer Thank you!^_^

@Lirimaer Thank you, Lirimaer! *goes to check out HERE*

I appreciate it! Thank you!

Welcome, @Nen!

It was my pleasure, Lirimaer!

Thank you, Tarawen!^^

Welcome back, @Nen! Good to meet you. :)

Thank you, @Sil’s Fool! Same here! :D

"'Well met, I say to you again, Legolas!'...

'Gandalf,' the old man repeated, as if recalling from old memory a long disused word. 'Yes, that was the name. I was Gandalf.'"

(TT, The White Rider)

Hello! My name is Nolewen, I've joined the Plaza almost five years ago, and was quite active, especially in the RP threads.

I was the Lone Lands Mayor (as Gandalf), then the Shire Mayor as Sam.

Perhaps my most famous character was Jadis, Queen of Angmar; in the Shire I ran the Watch as Shirriff Took; in Rivendell, where my heart dwelt, I was Nolewen and Elsliner; Elmentar in Rohan; the chief rebel in Mordor, and a Black Númenórean; I had a Ranger, a dwarf, I was the Minas Tirith / Ithilien newspaper editor (that wasn't a very successful project), and others besides.

I'm very excited to come back, and very grateful to the makers of this new site.

@Nolewen !!! Welcome back indeed !

I am so glad to see you again ! I was just thinking of you this morning, trying to remember who were our mayors in old Eriador. There’s a thread about it, if your memory is (undoubtedly) better than mine.

Looking forward to seeing you around.

Moriel, thank you! I would be delighted to assist with both Angmar and Mordor :smiley8:

Well met, Cassie! Well met indeed. I've contributed to the best of my ability in said thread, and I'm also looking forward to wander again in Middle-earth... I've been waiting for the site to reopen for so long, this is rather like a dream come true.

Welcome back, @Nolewen ! Good to see you!

Hi Nolewen! I’m not sure if our plaza times overlapped as I was mostly gone by 2015, but glad you found your way back to this chaotic and wonderful mess!

Welcome back Nolewen! :D

Thank you all! Good to see you too, Tara! Thank you, Dimcairien! I'm also glad! Hi Eldy, it's great to see someone remembers me from Lore :) Thanks, Winddancer!