Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? I wish I could speak another language! I know some Spanish but could not actually converse with someone. Communication is so important and there have been times I wished I spoke someone's native language and/or sign language.

2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? I'm pretty proud of playing the violin. I tend to dabble and try a lot of hobbies and things and it is the one thing I've managed to really stick with. It was important to me growing up and as an adult, its been nice to meet people through playing.

3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) I have favorite restaurants everywhere I've lived its impossible to pick just one but I will say the Indian restaurant where I live now. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, the food is delicious and they have an AWESOME buffet.

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? To be able to draw, I would love to be able to draw my characters and the stuff they get into. Always been an itch I never could scratch
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? My evil stare.. hey it takes a lot of practice to get it perfected!
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) Im a simple gi.. dragon, give me a chicken and cheese burger from KFC and I am happy

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? Oh there's definitely more than one. I wish I could draw and I wish I could play an instrument (probably piano, guitar or drums), both for the same reason of wishing I could bring things from my imagination to life. The other one is to learn new languages, both for practical purposes and to help uncover the beauty of linguistics.
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? I'm really good at drinking. But nah, for real skills, well I am a great judge of character and excellent at reading body language. It's something I've put effort into studying, although it's also just an instinct I've always had. It helps that I haven't always been the most trusting person, so I tend to look further into people's words or actions.
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) There is a terrific Thai restaurant near here. Most people I speak to about it say it's the best Thai food they've ever had. The flavours are incredible and the meal sizes are huge (so there's always extra to take home for lunch the next day). They were right up the road from us, so we used to go at least once a fortnight. But they outgrew themselves so they moved further away to a bigger venue, so now we only get to eat there every couple of months or so.

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? Hmm. I'd say to make people laugh. I'm not a stick in the mud, but I mean like Robin Williams or George Carlin level of comedy. That ability just to be able to immediately brighten up an entire room with laughter.
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why?
I've always been a great orator and enjoy public speaking. I've done quite a few speeches for groups with good causes I care about. Heard most of my life I have a voice for radio, which I always walk into the trap of people saying "You do...and the face for radio too."
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) For breakfast places, there's a small town family restaurant called "C's Waffles." I've never had a bad meal or bad customer service there. But I'd have to put my absolute favorite place to eat..."Melt." It's a "gourmet" grilled cheese sandwich place, where they have like 25 different massive grilled cheese sandwiches. It was on "Man vs. Food" because they have a 5 lb sandwich with 22 different cheese. That's something I would never get. I like cheese and all, but the sandwich has 3.5lbs of cheese

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? I wish I was better in the garden. I've always loved it, but I've not got a green thumb so much as a yellow one. Sometimes that's close enough. Sometimes... not so much.

2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? I am stupidly good at in-person icebreakers. I blame growing up doing theatre all the time -- I'm just really solid at starting conversations / friendships with people I've just met / making people comfortable. I also worked with kids for a while, and that was very helpful. Unfortunately none of this translates to Zoom / online, so the last few months have been a bit of a ringer.

3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) There's this greasy tex-mex place that I grew up going to every Sunday after Church. Whenever I'm in my hometown I stop by -- it's just so good, and I've got so many memories there. It's gross, but it's home.

I loved reading all of these! We have some very talented plaza peeps here.

@Laintaen, croquettes are the BEST. You’re up next!

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why?

I wish I could swim. The reasons for why are lifesavingly obvious.

2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud?

Huh. I’m sort of a jack of all trades but master of none. I’m just moderately good at learning other languages, picking up musical instruments, and art, but I’m not good enough to compete with actually good people and say I’m proud of it? I guess I’m particularly proud of my ability to touch type whilst staring dead into someone’s eyes and speaking about something else at the same time, mostly because it really freaks people out in meetings.

3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course)

It’s this little family owned Italian restaurant and all the waiters know you and remember your orders even if you only go 3 times a year and are somehow also either stunningly attractive or incredibly maternal/fraternal and ugh it’s just the best

As it’s been a few days, I declare an open floor!

Inspired by a convo with @Vampire Bob the other day, let's go with a theme! Guilty pleasures (because life is hard right now.)

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it?

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.)

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?

@Lady of Shadow I did not mean drink solely in the alcoholic term. Anything *you* like to drink and indulge in, regardless of alcohol content. I'll edit my post to clarify though.

1. Food - what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Chinese food - satay is my weakness.

2. Drink - ditto. I never overindulge in any drink, but I do swing between hot vimto and mocha for favourites.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? I watch a few TV shows repeatedly with a few months break in between (Stargate Atlantis, Hannibal, Steven Spielberg's Taken, The Magnificent Seven, Chuck seasons 1-2, White Collar) ... Movies: Mamma Mia 1&2, Fast & Furious 1,2,4,5,6,7, Star Trek reboots, MCU with Bucky or Loki in ... there are certain stories/character types I am drawn to. Also, pretty faces.

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? I was only going to say KFC, but then I noticed @Lirimaer say Chinese food, which reminded me that I am the same with that too.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Beer. And energy drinks. Which sounds really bad.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? Well there's the obvious; Tolkien books and PJ movies. Then there's Dragonball/Z/Super, which never gets old for me. And Star Wars, the other love of my life. As for music there are certain metal albums which I have played many, many times over the years to the annoyance of my partner.

OKAY because I am an over achiever...

I may suggest listing these in the first post for the sake of having all of them for losers such as me:

1. Would you rather fight 3 duck sized Narvs, or one Narv sized duck?
2. Tell me about a book you’ve read or show you watched since you were last on Plaza
3. What is one of your favourite Old Plaza memories?1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if he was stuck in Windy's torture chamber?
2. What's the most lasting impact the Plaza has had on you in the years since its (initial) closure?
3. Which of Sil's immense number of positive qualities do you remember the most?
1. How many times have you changed your plaza name?
2. If you could spend one day with any one famous person, who would it be and why? (living or dead)
3. Did you in your wildest dreams imagine that Narv of all people would be the saviour of the Plaza?
1. What three kingdoms did you spend the most time in when you were most active on old plaza?
2. If you could live in any fictional world or setting what would it be?
3. Were you ever married on the plaza (the weird wedding page) and if so, to whom?

1. What's your favourite thread from the new version of the Plaza?
2. How often are you reading Tolkien's books and/or watching PJ's movies these days?
3. What's the oddest or most fun thing you've done during COVID lockdown?

1. What other websites do you spend the most time on these days?
2. What music are you listening to right now / did you listen to most recently?
3. Who is Middle-earth's greatest heartthrob and why is it Gollum?

1. Please explain why you like the thing you like and what is likable about it:

2. If someone was to ask someone what they thought about someone, what would that something be?

3. How can everything be every way but not every situation be every day?

1. If you could eliminated one (1) character from the LotR canon (not including movies because that's just too easy), who would it be and why?
2. If you could change the casting of one (1) character in the Hobbit/LotR movies, who would you change and to what actor?
3. What's your favorite breakfast?

1. What are you drinking or eating right now, or what did you eat or drink last?
2. What's your guiltiest pleasure?
3. If you could take one plaza member's name and change it - whose would it be, what would you change it into AND why?

1. If you could live in any fantasy world OTHER than Middle Earth, which would it be and why?

2. Favorite fruit or vegetable?

3. If you had to switch kingdoms and RP in *only* your new kingdom for the rest of time, which would you choose?

1. What's your favorite thing about playing a baddie?
2. What is your favorite species of baddie to play? Why?
3. If you're hanging out here and haven't played a baddie yet, why not?

1. If your main character had to pack up and move to another region tomorrow, where would they go?
2. Which character would you want to trade lives with if you could go to Middle-Earth?
3. If there was a zombie apocalype in Middle-Earth, who would start it and why?

1. How tall do you think Sauron was at the end of the Second Age, just before he lost the Ring?
2. Do you think Farmer Maggot weighed more than a wizard-sized Duck, and/or should he be counted as a witch?
3. Do you know any languages other than your first one? What are they?

1. You need to bribe a Hobbit to keep quiet about a minor crime (possibly light treason). How do you do it?
2. Which realm in Middle-earth would produce the finest whiskey?
3. What skill do you not have, that you would like to have at a hobbyist level?

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT?
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO?
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb?
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending?

1. Where are my glasses?
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why?
3. Tell me something new you have learned today.

1. Describe your ideal first date. (Even if you are already coupled.)
2. Watching any good shows right now?
3. Do you believe in ghosts or spirits?


1. What is your quest?
2. What would happen if Gandalf the Grey and The Black Knight crossed paths on the same bridge?
3. Who would be the first 3 characters, from any of Tolkien's books, you invite to your dinner party?

1. Great taste or less filling?
2. What Tolkien character would you vote for to be a Plaza admin?
3. There are 106 miles to Chicago, you've got a full tank of gas and ____ in your pocketses?

If the Plaza were a dessert, what type of dessert would it be?
Create a line of deodorant or perfume based off of a Tolkien character.
If you had a theme song, what would it be?

1. What was your favourite thing you did today, or the best thing that happened to you today? (Or yesterday if your day only just started)
2. If the virus didn't exist and you could travel anywhere in the world for a holiday right now, where would you go?
3. What do you think about the upcoming Middle-earth series on Amazon? Is there any event or character you're hoping to see?

1. What's your favorite kind of chicken? (Chicken for eating, or if you're a weirdo like me who *raises* chickens, favorite breed. Or both!)

2. Have you ever had a near-fae experience? (Like back in November when I was driving to a NaNo Thing and the wind was doing weird swirly things in the road and I *swear* I almost got sucked into a fae portal. Kinda regretting missing out on the pandemic now. )

3. Should @Thalionwen forgive Taethowen for touching Orco (@Dwarrow Elf) in a completely non-romantic way? (relevant posts: [url =viewtopic.php?p=15081#p15081]Number 1[/url], [url =viewtopic.php?p=15132#p15132]Number 2[/url]) (Yes, I know I'm going to get eaten alive for this question.)

1) What's the smallest amount of sleep you've ever functioned on?
2) Who would you elect to be Mayor of The Shire?
3) Which thread should I post in next?

1. If you could make your own planet, what would you name it and what would it be known for?
2. Do you collect anything, either as a hobby or for practical reasons?
3. What's your favourite kingdom rank?

1. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
2. If you had a time machine (that did not cause motion sickness), what era would you choose to visit?
3. Name one thing (could be an item, place, peoples, whatever) you wish had been explored or explained more in Tolkien's works.

1. If you could compete in any Olympic event, what would it be and why?
2. Let's say I am paying a professional artist to create a work of art for you in a day. What do you commission from them?
3. Teach me something about something you are interested in!

Why the heck are you targeting Mushu and not helping him?
What one thing from the Old Plaza would you like to see here, that hasn't been done yet?
What one thing about NuPlaza would you change, and why?

1) What genre of music do you listen to that others might no? Introduce us to it.
2) What suggestions do you have for games we could RP in kingdoms to make sure they get some traffic?
3) What do you think Frost's (the character not me) real name is?

1) ... have lunch with Gollum or Grishnákh, and why?
2) ... steal from Smaug or Glaurung, and what?
3) ... be the dwarf whose axe woke up the Balrog in Moria, or the one to suggest to Elenhir that it was canonical for Balrogs to have wings?
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1. Breakfast, brunch (breakfast food for lunch), or brinner (breakfast food for dinner)?
2. Should the trolls have roasted, minced and boiled, made them into a pie, or sat on them and squashed them into jelly?
3. Who would you rather have as pets...Farmer Maggot's dogs or the cats of Queen Beruthiel?

1. Which would you rather have as a pet: Gwaihir, the Witch-King's fell beast, or an oliphaunt?
2. What is your favorite Old Plaza memory, whether IC or OOC?
3. Insert your favorite Plaza emoji here:

1. What is your favorite emotion to role-play? And if you don't RP, what do you think WOULD be your favorite?
2. You must choose: would you rather wear foo pink toe stockings (visibly, so in sandals and with a skirt/shorts) to work/a class presentation or give a weird speach in front of a crowd?
3. Another choice: beard of bees or maggot gloves?

1) What genre of fiction do you think you should read more of?
2) What is the best lost Shakespeare play?
3) More a thought exercise than a question, design your own library, expense and space are no issue.


1. How's the weather?
2. When was the last time you broke a bone?
3. Why did you not (or would not, if you missed the last go) answer 'horror' as Frost wanted? Be brutal; we can change that disappointment to anger.

1. Tell me about an excellent food you ate and why it was excellent.
2. What's your favorite obscure fun fact to share about a subject you love?
3. What's the worst book you ever managed to read cover to cover?

1. What word do you always misspell?
2. If you could make up your own nickname, what would it be?
3. What time period would you pick to live, if you had a choice?

1. What is a band/musician you're a big fan of who is in a genre of music you're generally not a fan of?
2. Denethor did well as a single parent trying to raise 2 children. Fair or foul?
3. As Fight Club is one of my all time favorite movies...a Tolkien edition. If you could fight anyone in the history of Arda, who would you fight?

Do you like serious role play threads? Elaborate
Why do you think my shops in the Gondor Market and the Rohan Market hasn't had a single visitor?
Do you prefer serious pubs or silly pubs?

1. What sort of nonfiction do you/would read?
2. What's the longest post you've made on NuPlaza?
3. Structured RPGs vs Free RPs, which do you prefer and why?

1. What is your plaza character's (or characters') true alignment?
2. How many glasses of Dorwinion wine could you drink before you fell asleep?
3. Which Tolkien character is your very favourite NOW, and why?

1) What are your thoughts in general on alignment charts?
2) What role is Sean Bean's best outside of Lotr and Game of Thrones?
3) What's your favorite bit of weird Tolkien lore?

1. What would the Mordorian version of Eurovision be like?

2. What has been the funniest thing you have participated in/read on the plaza?

3. Which Middle-Earth location you would compare your real-life location to, and why?


1. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
2. Give me a) a must listen song b) a must read book and c) a must see movie
3. How well can you multi-task?

1. When you were a kid, what job did you want to do when you grew up?
2. Do you prefer board games or video games? What's your favourite board game/video game?
3. If you had to become a supernatural being for the rest of your life/existence, what would you choose to be?

1. What’s your least favorite household chore, and how do you get around doing it (or do you?)?

2. If you got to pick an animal to come back as in your next life, what would it be?

3. What’s the first thing you do if you won the lottery? (First fun thing, I mean!)

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why?
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why?
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course)

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it?

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.)

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?

And now my answers


1. Would you rather fight 3 duck sized Narvs, or one Narv sized duck? 3 duck sized Narvs. I have threatened to punt children so pint size Narv's I wouldn't even feel bad about.
2. Tell me about a book you’ve read or show you watched since you were last on Plaza So I got really into Battlestar Gallactica (the remake) for a long time I still watch it in the background whenever I need to have background noise.
3. What is one of your favourite Old Plaza memories? Me posting something and having Beebs respond to me in my first few months of being on plaza.

1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if he was stuck in Windy's torture chamber? None She's a bloody dragon there shouldn't be any surviving wood in the room.
2. What's the most lasting impact the Plaza has had on you in the years since its (initial) closure? I mean it did get me to learn CSS and includes for coding eventually so I could start working on my own websites since I as called the worst Coder ever - and legit I was not suppose to be the coder so it made me rage
3. Which of Sil's immense number of positive qualities do you remember the most? Honestly just how fun she was to post with and goof around with as an admin/ruler tandom
1. How many times have you changed your plaza name? 0. I have always been Fuin Elda.
2. If you could spend one day with any one famous person, who would it be and why? (living or dead) Honestly, I'd say Christopher Lee - The man was a legend in every single way
3. Did you in your wildest dreams imagine that Narv of all people would be the saviour of the Plaza? Not really I figured it was dead very pleasantly pleased by this development
1. What three kingdoms did you spend the most time in when you were most active on old plaza? Imladris, Mordor, Rohan. In that order.
2. If you could live in any fictional world or setting what would it be? Middle earth Duh.
3. Were you ever married on the plaza (the weird wedding page) and if so, to whom? Uhhh no I don't think so? Almost married Aig on there but nope.

1. What's your favourite thread from the new version of the Plaza? Currently the ToNR Might... by my post count anyways. I would adore several in Imladris but the elves here are related to Ents for their posting speed.
2. How often are you reading Tolkien's books and/or watching PJ's movies these days? Fairly often, I have read all of Sil, UT, Children of Hurin, and the Hobbit for series I've been doing on twitch ended up stopping because I got hella busy fundraising for Australia and just needed to sleep. I watched the LOTR trilogy extended while building an entire fursuit in 2 weeks it and BSG lol
3. What's the oddest or most fun thing you've done during COVID lockdown? Cleaned out a '39 Plymoth car with suicide doors to start the restore process.

1. What other websites do you spend the most time on these days? These days?Apparently Nuplaza has taken top spot, but gmail/facebook for work. Netflix/Primevideo for background noise.
2. What music are you listening to right now / did you listen to most recently? Wasabi - Little Mix
3. Who is Middle-earth's greatest heartthrob and why is it Gollum? Because he can get me fresh fish for sushi.

1. Please explain why you like the thing you like and what is likable about it: Sleep. Because it's like death without the commitment.

2. If someone was to ask someone what they thought about someone, what would that something be? Probably about how shire their tattoos are... and or how best to destroy another local tattoo shop because I am still highly vindictive when it comes to liars.

3. How can everything be every way but not every situation be every day? This requires more brain power than I'm willing to dedicate to this thread to explain.

1. If you could eliminated one (1) character from the LotR canon (not including movies because that's just too easy), who would it be and why? Legolas. Unnecessary now that I'm older.
2. If you could change the casting of one (1) character in the Hobbit/LotR movies, who would you change and to what actor? Bard. Find someone that does look like Orlando Bloom Light. Bugger literaly out Orlandoed Orlando.
3. What's your favorite breakfast? Bacon.

1. What are you drinking or eating right now, or what did you eat or drink last? Coke - the liquid.
2. What's your guiltiest pleasure? Haahahaha NICE TRY TO GET ME BANNED.
3. If you could take one plaza member's name and change it - whose would it be, what would you change it into AND why? @Silhouette to Eyeball permanently. Why??? I present:


1. If you could live in any fantasy world OTHER than Middle Earth, which would it be and why? The Forbbiden Realms pretty close.

2. Favorite fruit or vegetable? Raspberries

3. If you had to switch kingdoms and RP in *only* your new kingdom for the rest of time, which would you choose? Mordor

1. What's your favorite thing about playing a baddie? Nobody questions me when I stab someone.
2. What is your favorite species of baddie to play? Why? Human. I can be pretty AND stab a female dog.
3. If you're hanging out here and haven't played a baddie yet, why not? I have Umoya. So I am sorta. And also because I am first and foremost an elf

1. If your main character had to pack up and move to another region tomorrow, where would they go? Mordor. Because she's insane.
2. Which character would you want to trade lives with if you could go to Middle-Earth? Gandalf - gets to travel, dies but ends up getting buffed hard core.
3. If there was a zombie apocalype in Middle-Earth, who would start it and why? Dwarves. They'd unearth something they shouldn't have.

1. How tall do you think Sauron was at the end of the Second Age, just before he lost the Ring? 7 foot 2 and a half inches.
2. Do you think Farmer Maggot weighed more than a wizard-sized Duck, and/or should he be counted as a witch? More,and yes most certainly
3. Do you know any languages other than your first one? What are they? Profanity and Sarcasm exceptionally fluent. THough I am slowly getting better at Spanish since I normally go to mexico once a year

1. You need to bribe a Hobbit to keep quiet about a minor crime (possibly light treason). How do you do it? Musrhooms. Lots of them.
2. Which realm in Middle-earth would produce the finest whiskey? Shire - they plant grains more than anywhere else and spend more time brewing than anywhere else, after them Rohan.
3. What skill do you not have, that you would like to have at a hobbyist level? uhhh...shire. I do too many things apparently.

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? I mean it depends if you want to mount the skin or if it's going to be thrown away.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? We are dumb
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? THE HOTTEST I CAN FIND.

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? *
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? None, they wouldn't they prefer the dark.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Tom Bombadil popping the ring on and walking to Mordor because it's Tom Bombadil

1. Where are my glasses? On your head
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Starbuck/Kara Thrace
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. That apparently I am not allowed to be near my pets while in covid isolation.. I live by myself with a dog and two rats so that'll be ignored.

1. Describe your ideal first date. (Even if you are already coupled.) Someone gives me a ton of money and buggers off.
2. Watching any good shows right now? Nope
3. Do you believe in ghosts or spirits? Yeah there is a grey man in my house and I need to be careful becuase if I don't smudge occassionally he gets antsy.


1. What is your quest? To finish all these questions.
2. What would happen if Gandalf the Grey and The Black Knight crossed paths on the same bridge? Well the black knight telegraphs too much so I suggest the battle would be over in favour if Gandalf in two moves.
3. Who would be the first 3 characters, from any of Tolkien's books, you invite to your dinner party? Sam, Elrond, Glorfindel - I feel these would be the least problematic in terms of manners.

1. Great taste or less filling? Great taste.
2. What Tolkien character would you vote for to be a Plaza admin? Eowyn - has an excellent sense of fairness.
3. There are 106 miles to Chicago, you've got a full tank of gas and ____ in your pocketses? HAHAHAHAHA I'm a woman I have no pockets

If the Plaza were a dessert, what type of dessert would it be? Soufflé rich but not for everyone.
Create a line of deodorant or perfume based off of a Tolkien character. I actually have one that I think Thranduil/Mirkwood elves would wear... it's currently called Horned God and is Woodlands/Oak, sandlewood, and honey. It smells hella good. No idea what I'd rename it.
If you had a theme song, what would it be? The In-Between by In This Moment (there is another one by them but I'm sure it will get censored if you know it you know it)

1. What was your favourite thing you did today, or the best thing that happened to you today? (Or yesterday if your day only just started) Slept. yesterday was spent traveling to day was spent getting a q tip shoved up my nose so far. It's been a shire few days.
2. If the virus didn't exist and you could travel anywhere in the world for a holiday right now, where would you go? Australia/ New Zealand
3. What do you think about the upcoming Middle-earth series on Amazon? Is there any event or character you're hoping to see? I'll believe it when I actually see it existing, but I want to see the battle of sudden flame

1. What's your favorite kind of chicken? (Chicken for eating, or if you're a weirdo like me who *raises* chickens, favorite breed. Or both!) Tikka Masala (homemade with extra hot peppers)

2. Have you ever had a near-fae experience? (Like back in November when I was driving to a NaNo Thing and the wind was doing weird swirly things in the road and I *swear* I almost got sucked into a fae portal. Kinda regretting missing out on the pandemic now. ) Daily I swear. This is why I leave honey and fruit out at least once a week.

3. Should @Thalionwen forgive Taethowen for touching Orco (@Dwarrow Elf) in a completely non-romantic way? (relevant posts: Number 1, Number 2) (Yes, I know I'm going to get eaten alive for this question.) I'm too lazy to read these I'm going with no.

1) What's the smallest amount of sleep you've ever functioned on? 2 hours.
2) Who would you elect to be Mayor of The Shire? Sil she's mildly insane it would be hilarious.
3) Which thread should I post in next? Tingdain.

1. If you could make your own planet, what would you name it and what would it be known for? Bob. nobody but me could live there.
2. Do you collect anything, either as a hobby or for practical reasons? DND figures and enviroments. Because I'm a bleeding DM
3. What's your favourite kingdom rank? The burny flower.

1. What is one thing you are grateful for today? that my dog is pouting in the corner over me leaving as early as I did so he isn't begging for pats since I'm suppose to avoid him
2. If you had a time machine (that did not cause motion sickness), what era would you choose to visit? Right around when the Norse were spreading around less likely to get burnt as a witch.
3. Name one thing (could be an item, place, peoples, whatever) you wish had been explored or explained more in Tolkien's works. The lands beyond Mordor and Harad the map doesn't cut off there and it would make my life as a DM playing a LOTR based game way easier

1. If you could compete in any Olympic event, what would it be and why? Swimming 100M front crawl. I use to be a lifeguard.
2. Let's say I am paying a professional artist to create a work of art for you in a day. What do you commission from them? An elven functioning forge.
3. Teach me something about something you are interested in! So tattooing is not actually done with needles. It's done with super fine pins. And when we are lining we don't use a 'single needles' there area actually 3 pins used. You can get singles but that is the ultimate ridiculous nightmare and generally only used for micro realism which very few people do. 3 tends to be just fine

Why the heck are you targeting Mushu and not helping him? I feel like you think I'm far more active doing things than I am
What one thing from the Old Plaza would you like to see here, that hasn't been done yet? The Library, it was my baby on old plaza and as a mod of it I basically revamped 1/3 of the pages that were lost before I became the librarian and then I revamped them again as the librarian. I'd like to see it as a quote repository this time for mentioning things for those that have issues with access to books. Also a good place to store the halfirian Light Articles as I call them.

What one thing about NuPlaza would you change, and why? Stim shots for slow posters please thanks. I need more to do.@Aigronding Mordagnir LOL

1) What genre of music do you listen to that others might no? Introduce us to it. I dunno Gothic Metal???? Look up In this Moment
2) What suggestions do you have for games we could RP in kingdoms to make sure they get some traffic? Rotating games around different kingdoms rather than having the same games in the same kingdom or all kingdoms (things like Mafia and tub racing etc)
3) What do you think Frost's (the character not me) real name is? Gertrude.

1) ... have lunch with Gollum or Grishnákh, and why? Gollum - sushi is good.
2) ... steal from Smaug or Glaurung, and what? Smaug Arkenstone piss off the dwarves.
3) ... be the dwarf whose axe woke up the Balrog in Moria, or the one to suggest to Elenhir that it was canonical for Balrogs to have wings? Soooo I totally did the latter on old plaza (not directly to him but he was the first response) and @Elenhir descended on me and it was one of my first posts on plaza. I did not return to Lore for over 4 years because of him and only when halfir promised he wouldn't let him eat me and I think I was an admin by then too... Now I would just laugh in their face because I'm not a terrified 15 year old but an old cynical tattoo artist that doesn't give a flying flip and now understands exactly what a simile is.
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1. Breakfast, brunch (breakfast food for lunch), or brinner (breakfast food for dinner)? BReverything
2. Should the trolls have roasted, minced and boiled, made them into a pie, or sat on them and squashed them into jelly? roasted
3. Who would you rather have as pets...Farmer Maggot's dogs or the cats of Queen Beruthiel? Dogs I can send them outside to poop on a farm

1. Which would you rather have as a pet: Gwaihir, the Witch-King's fell beast, or an oliphaunt? Gwaihir. He can feed himself and I could get some pretty awesome feathers when he molts and less poop to clean up.
2. What is your favorite Old Plaza memory, whether IC or OOC? Finding out I was the last Admin to get the triple approval of Mo, Peeg, and Beebs unanimously.
3. Insert your favorite Plaza emoji here:

1. What is your favorite emotion to role-play? And if you don't RP, what do you think WOULD be your favorite? I go between rage and happy/goofy
2. You must choose: would you rather wear foo pink toe stockings (visibly, so in sandals and with a skirt/shorts) to work/a class presentation or give a weird speach in front of a crowd? Foo socks. I have a hard enough time doing opening and closing speeches EVERY year as the convention chair don't want to do more
3. Another choice: beard of bees or maggot gloves? Beard of bees. We have an understanding I water them and plant flowers they don't sting me when they land on me. I may be partially fey

1) What genre of fiction do you think you should read more of? Dystopian
2) What is the best lost Shakespeare play? Meh Shakespeare is over rated
3) More a thought exercise than a question, design your own library, expense and space are no issue.
It would very very much be the library of Elrond.


1. How's the weather? Sunny and nice.
2. When was the last time you broke a bone? Apparently I may have broken my toe/foot last year judging on the fact my middle toe want's to splay out slightly.... I dropped an anvil on it moving the anvil into my garage after it was built last summer. I did not go to the hospital because who has time for that.
3. Why did you not (or would not, if you missed the last go) answer 'horror' as Frost wanted? Be brutal; we can change that disappointment to anger. Because horror tends to be boring and not terribly entertaining as a book. Or a movie. I don't read and drink to excess but I can drink to excess and watch a movie which makes them better.

1. Tell me about an excellent food you ate and why it was excellent. So I made a chocolate Kahlua cheesecake. With homemade chocolate ganache and raspberry syrup That should tell you how excellent it was and why. (Also the fact people fight to get my recipes should explain the why)
2. What's your favorite obscure fun fact to share about a subject you love? If you go deeper than 2 mm when tattooing you blow out your lines because you hit the fatty tissues of the dermal layers and these are shaped more like rectangles rather than tight circles so the colour blurs out into the fat tissue of the entire cell rather than staying nice and tight.
3. What's the worst book you ever managed to read cover to cover? HP the Philosphers Stone. HIS FEET WERE LIKE BABY PORPOISES .... HONESTLY what kind of trash uses baby propoises as a simile for feet?

1. What word do you always misspell? because when typing fast often becomes becuase
2. If you could make up your own nickname, what would it be? I mean I did and I am regularly called Chi now by over 1000 people because I refuse to telll most of them my real name. Chi or Squeaky.
3. What time period would you pick to live, if you had a choice? 800-1000 Norther Europe

1. What is a band/musician you're a big fan of who is in a genre of music you're generally not a fan of? Post Modern Jukebox as jazz is an issue for me.
2. Denethor did well as a single parent trying to raise 2 children. Fair or foul? Foul
3. As Fight Club is one of my all time favorite movies...a Tolkien edition. If you could fight anyone in the history of Arda, who would you fight? Thranduil I'd muss up his hair and face something fierce.

Do you like serious role play threads? Elaborate Yes. Takes me longer to post in them so keeps me entertained for longer.
Why do you think my shops in the Gondor Market and the Rohan Market hasn't had a single visitor? Because I haven't been there yet. and probably by this point people have visited but I'll still probably show up eventually. That said small population of actually posting people is spread out, some are almost exclusively Lore (though I've summoned Elenhir here with my tag I'm sure temporarily)
Do you prefer serious pubs or silly pubs? Silly. Serious pubs there are only so many things you can do that it gets boring pretty fast.

1. What sort of nonfiction do you/would read? Science generally space based though Ships and building things.
2. What's the longest post you've made on NuPlaza? This one.
3. Structured RPGs vs Free RPs, which do you prefer and why? Structured, or vaguely structured Free RPs as an end goal is nice and you tend to get more interactions.

1. What is your plaza character's (or characters') true alignment? Chaotic good leaning to CN
2. How many glasses of Dorwinion wine could you drink before you fell asleep? 1 sip. I'm allergic to wine I react like I've drunk a bottle of tequila (which I HAVE done and it had less effect than wine)
3. Which Tolkien character is your very favourite NOW, and why? Sam, because honestly it's SAM.

1) What are your thoughts in general on alignment charts? needs to be more fluid than it is.
2) What role is Sean Bean's best outside of Lotr and Game of Thrones? LOTR
3) What's your favorite bit of weird Tolkien lore? Snow flakes were basically inadvertently created by Morgoth. I'll fight anyone that says otherwise. I don't care.

1. What would the Mordorian version of Eurovision be like? No idea I've never seen it. Probably more blood though.

2. What has been the funniest thing you have participated in/read on the plaza? The attempt at the foo revival on Old Plaza after Imladris went too far serious

3. Which Middle-Earth location you would compare your real-life location to, and why? ATM? Isengard. I'm in a city that honestly has been the murder capital of Canada more than once for years at a time. Yesterday I was in the Shire/Rivendell. rolling green hills with good tilled earth, tucked between mountains (really short ones OKAY) and there is actually a Rivendell a few hours away from it that's a cross country skiing destination in a ravine


1. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
2. Give me a) a must listen song b) a must read book and c) a must see movie a) This one sure. b) Morbid Magic by Tomas Prower c) Dunkirk
3. How well can you multi-task? I mean my mom can't keep up with me sometimes.

1. When you were a kid, what job did you want to do when you grew up? Astrophysicist (which is why I got 100% on my midterm in the 101 Astrophysics course absolutely sloshed drunk after partying with people from another university all night... I knew that when I was 5 that's how hard core I wanted it)
2. Do you prefer board games or video games? What's your favourite board game/video game? Depends on the mood but generally video games... mario kart 64 because Screw friendship.
3. If you had to become a supernatural being for the rest of your life/existence, what would you choose to be? Fey not sure what type but fey.

1. What’s your least favorite household chore, and how do you get around doing it (or do you?)? As I live with me myself and I... they are all my least favourite and I just have to suck it up and do them all. except watering plants. I enjoy that.

2. If you got to pick an animal to come back as in your next life, what would it be? Snow Leopard

3. What’s the first thing you do if you won the lottery? (First fun thing, I mean!) Buy a small island from a government and make myself Numenor.

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? Ability tp learn languages easily. I learn languages slow and hard. And because I like to travel.
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? Coal black smithing. I can make some pretty crazy things if I wanted to even at the end of the world (as part of learning to coal smith is learning how to make a forge if you're related to my dad and uncle)
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) Wayback Burger or Carls Jr

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Cheesecake.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Minute Maid Limeade

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? Battlestar Galactica

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Cheesy enchiladas
2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Tea, sweet
3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? Tv show: Breaking Bad. Movie: What we do in the shadows. Book: Best served cold by Joe Abercrombie. Music: Ice Queen by Within Temptation or Babel by Mumford and sons

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? The free chips and salsa at Mexican restaurants

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? Rick and Morty or (and) Key and Peele. Watched every episode so many times, and quote way too much these days.

1. When you were a kid, what job did you want to do when you grew up? I never had one fixed thing - too many ideas. Astronaut, detective, writer, ballet dancer. To name a few.
2. Do you prefer board games or video games? What's your favourite board game/video game? Haven't played many video games; definitely enjoy board games, particularly strategy ones. Risk is great.
3. If you had to become a supernatural being for the rest of your life/existence, what would you choose to be? Do elves qualify as supernatural? Then an elf, please.

1. What’s your least favourite household chore, and how do you get around doing it (or do you?)? Either dishes or taking out the garbage. The trick is to volunteer to do the cooking (and to be good at it), and then other people feel guilty and do the dishes. Which is a great system as far as I am concerned.
2. If you got to pick an animal to come back as in your next life, what would it be? Let's say a wolf. Or an owl. It would be nice to have wings.
3. What’s the first thing you do if you won the lottery? (First fun thing, I mean!) Probably order myself a hard copy of the unabridged Oxford English Dictionary. Or book myself flying lessons (see below).

1. What’s one skill you wish you had but don’t currently possess? Why? I have wanted to get my pilot's license for a very long time. It's definitely on the list as soon as I am done education/have a job that will permit me to have the money.
2. What’s one skill you *do* have of which you are particularly proud? Why? This isn't so much a singular skill, but I am really good at making things. Whether that be sewing/crochet/crafts or electrical wiring or construction or whatever - the day a theatre production needs item X on a budget of basically nothing, I will manage to produce X. Even if that means building a 1950s style radio from scratch. Or making a 'brain' that the actors can tear apart and throw all over the stage. Or wiring LED tape into the entire set.
3. Tell me about your favorite place to eat out (in normal times, of course) For cafe/lunch stuff - Taylor's in Oxford. For fancier meals, any nice seafood restaurant.

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? I do not eat small amounts of popcorn. I will make popcorn and then eat the entire bowl.
2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Don't drink much alcohol; but will cheerfully drink large amounts of cran-raspberry juice when I can get it.
3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, obviously, what kind of question is this?

Wow I must be really boring. I struggled to answer these.
1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Cheese! Too much gives me a migraine but if I'm going to a party, there better be cheese and I will try hard not to eat it all!!

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) I don't usually overindulge but I do enjoy a good beer! IPAs are my favorite. Beer pairs well with cheese, by the way.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? TV show: I don't re-watch a lot of shows but I did just finish my second-ever re-watch of Lost. I actually liked it even better this time and I maintain it is the best show on TV ever. I could totally watch it again.
Movie: old James Bond movies. even though there are some awful scenes/attitudes portrayed particularly in regards to women and non-western cultures.
Book: any of the Riyria books for the stress-free reading and bromance.
Music: here's the one thing I can consume over and over! I tend to go through phases where I find something new and listen to it heaps. Right now that's Lord Huron, Milo Greene and The Paper Kites. I could also never get sick of anything by the Mumford & Sons and I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit Coldplay (since people seem to love to hate them).

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Chicken parmesan and pasta. w/garlic bread. I over-indulge on everything but definitely the garlic bread.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Coffee. I probably average about 8 cups a day. Can drink it at 10 o'clock at night and still be asleep within 30 minutes (but that means I'm usually waking up by 5 or 6 am. "Sleeping in" is now considered 7.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?

TV Show: Forged in Fire. They do a marathon of previous shows and the new episode every Wednesday. And every Wednesday my dvr is set to record it all, even if I've seen the episode several times.
Movie: Besides Lord of the Rings, it's the Princess Bride. I've seen it an inconceivable! amount of times.
Book: I don't think I have another answer for this besides Lord of the Rings. I think it is the only book I've read cover-to-cover multiple times.
Music: Tom Petty

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Panang Curry

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Maybe ginger ale? I don't really do this with any drink, to be honest.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? This is me with so many things. A few that stand out: Downton Abbey, Parks and Recreation, Marvel films, His Dark Materials, Jim Dale-narrated Harry Potter audiobooks.

@Boromir88, my partner and I love Forged in Fire! Hardly anyone we know is into watching that sort of thing, so it's great to find someone here who does. Have you also watched Forged in Fire: Knife or Death?

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? I never feel guilty about eating things, but if I had to pick something I know wasn't the best for me, I'd say M&Ms, there is a story my family loves to tell about my youth when I ate an entire (full) gumball machine's worth of M&Ms and no one noticed me do it.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Again, never guilty about it, but I do drink Bailey's straight from the bottle

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?
TV Show: Hannibal, Hannibal, Hannibal
Movie: The VVitch and Midsommar
Book: The Croning, by Laird Barron
Music: oh honey...

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? sour cream and onion pringles. yes, I know the fat is directly injected into it through needles.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.)
I’m not really an indulger. I need water to live.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? What, besides Lord of the Rings? Book wise, I rave about Robin Hobb; my most ubiquitous music is Sufjan Stevens because he is very easy to fall asleep to. I don’t often have the attention span for TV but I could probably watch the Avengers films on repeat

@Dwim @Morim, yes Knife or Death is a good spinoff series too. They're basically the only shows on the Hitlery Channel I'll watch now, because a lot of the other ones have become to scripted for "reality TV"

There's some fantastic answers in this bunch! I'm going to have to go with @Moriel for the next round, though, because eggnog will always win! I just can't over-indulge with eggnog because it will make me ill. But I love it so much, ugh.

My answers:

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? There's this recipe for bruschetta pasta that is to die for and I can eat it for days (and overeat it for each meal) when I make it. Pro tip: double the amount of the tomato topping if you *really* like tomato.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Tea. In particular, Harney & Son's Hot Cinnamon Spice, but I really like many different types of tea.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?
TV: going foreign here for the most part. Downton Abbey. And then some Korean dramas - Suspicious Partner, Arang and the Magistrate, Legend of the Blue Sea, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Her Private Life.
Movie: The Corpse Bride and/or Klaus. Both of those movies hit me in the feels, somehow in the same way.
Book: the original Firebird Trilogy by Kathy Tyers, Arena by Karen Hancock, and the His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers (the final book of the original trilogy--Mortal Heart--is by far my favorite.)
Music: the soundtrack for Anastasia on Broadway. Our local lock-downs went into effect literally the week before I was supposed to go see this live.

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Mud cake

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) Carbonated water

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?
TV: Lucifer and New Legends of Monkey
Movie: If the Shoe Fits (cinderella style movie with Jennifer Grey and Rob Lowe)
Book: Pride and Prejudice
Music: Chris Young

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it?
Probably... Rather, for sure - chocolate!

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.)
Does water and tea even count? :D


3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others?
LOTR related stuff maybe.

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? -- Yes. Oh, you mean just one? Not sure I can do that. Pizza, fresh baked bread, many desserts. Milkshakes.

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.)
-- Black tea (hot to cold), Coke zero, Whiskey, Sparkling wine, Still wine, Whisky.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? -- Huh, that's a good one. I'm not sure. I know there are some that I really like and could watch many times, but not sure that I could do so endlessly.
Shows: The Stargate shows (SG:1, SGA, SGU), Battlestar Galactica, Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
Books: Basically anything by Brandon Sanderson. I really liked the Virga series by Karl Schroeder. All the Tad Williams stuff I've read is good. Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding.

1. Food - no matter how bad it is for you (or even if it's good for you!), what is a food item/dish that you always overindulge on when you get the chance to have it? Oh this one is tricky, since I'm not really a foodie. I'm more of an eat to live person. I guess crab legs?

2. Drink - same as above! (Does not have to be alcoholic.) It used to be soda, but I quit last May and I'm really proud of myself for it! My guilty pleasure right now it probably a mudslide, but it's so sugar and calorie dense I try not to have it very often haha.

3. Entertainment - what tv show/movie/book/music is one that you never get tired of, that you consume over and over again, possibly even to the annoyance of others? Oh, I do this with a LOT of things. My current obsession is the Stormlight Archive, but I'm sure it'll snake back around to something else soon once the next book is out in November and my hype dies down a bit. Mass Effect for video games, Blackmill for music (possibly Singularity in there as well, add in some Trivecta and Seven Lions). Movies: How to train your Dragon and Stardust are a few of my comfort movies.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? I own 2 swords, so I guess swords
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Brandon Sanderson
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? 5

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Not spear, because I don't fancy having to constantly run and retrieve it. I think axe-wielding sounds more likely to give me back ache, so I'll pick the sword.
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? I think I'm going to be a bit of an abberation here. I don't really stick to one author I like (this is even more the case now I buy a lot on kindle and just go with recommended new authors). So it's probably something boring like JK Rowling, given I have the 7 HP books, the Casual Vacancy, and then 5 under her alternative pen name.
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? I moved flat last week, and we now have a depressingly tiny kitchen, so we could only fit two in. As a result, I have, with much chagrin, returned to my parents' house a rainbow coloured multi-set of stackable mixing bowls (it was like a set of Russian dolls and went right down to tsp size cups). My new aspiration in life is to own a kitchen large enough to comfortably fit them in.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Sword, because it just feels right and suits the way I'd want to attack.
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club.
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? Three, I think. Although we've been known to mix things in non-mixing bowls too.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? We mostly have swords in the house, but spears seem like they’d be most multi functional

2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Difficult to say without a thorough re-examination of the library. David Eddings, Robin Hobb and Philippa Gregory probably are quite high up there, just because they’re prolific writers. Maybe also Margaret Atwood?

3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? Three mixing bowls, one of which is never used for mixing. Two general purpose bowls that are sometimes mixing bowls sometimes salad bowls. My favourite mixing bowl has a little lip for easy pouring.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Hmm, perhaps spear? For no other reason than I’m short and I could use it to poke things I normally can’t reach
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Philip Pullman
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? 10 but it’s a couple sets of varying sizes plus some random ones from family

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? -- Let's go with spear. It offers greater reach/range, can be melee or thrown (not that I can do either, mind you), and can be easily non-lethal. At least, that's all what I naively presume.

2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? -- Brandon Sanderson. Though Tad Williams isn't too far behind.

3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? -- Three glass, three plastic, and one that goes on my stand mixer. So assuming I can do basic addition, that's 7?

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Axe. It can chop, slice, dice and mince.
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Stephen King. I believe we have close to one hundred books plus, we have doubles. We found one at a thrift store for $2.50, in fairly good shape, that is selling for $500.00 online.

Though Tad Williams isn't too far behind.

@Túrin : I am missing Tailchaser's Song (I would love to find it in hardcover) and I am waiting for, The Navigator's Children, which is currently scheduled for a release in October 2021, to finish my collection.
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? 12 - glass, stainless steal and ceramic.

@Tyrion Lannister Is the new Osten Ard series good? I've been reading other things (and too little at that) lately and haven't started them yet. I only have Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, and Shadowmarch (though that counts for 7 books!). I had War of the Roses at one point, but I haven't been able to find it. I suspect I lent it to someone and never got it back.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? before all of our weapon related conversations, I would have said sword easily, but now I’m leaning more toward spear. Better range, better mobility, easier to maneuver with
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? to the surprise of no one that knows me, Laird Barron has the most space on my “bookshelf” (aka my desk) with 8 books and an anthology dedicated to him
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? if we’re talking just the plastic kind for flour and eggs and such, 5; if we’re talking the smaller ones as well more for spices, 11

@Túrin I have to reread the whole Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy again before I can read the Osten Ard series. It shall sit on the shelf until I get through all the books, again. Last time I read the Dragonbone Chair was around 15 years ago, I believe. I am rereading it right now, actually. Memory is not as good as it use to be. My memory, not the series . I will let you know if time allows and hopefully plaza is still around, how the Osten Ard turns out.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Axe. Seems like it would be more multi-purpose to me. Sword and spear you're pretty limited in what you can do with them. An axe you can use as a weapon AND as a tool, if necessary.

2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? Grace Livingston Hill. She essentially created the 'Christian romance' genre in the early 1900s. While it's not a genre I prefer most of the time anymore, this was my late Grandmother's favorite author and when she downsized her collection a few years before her death, I took several of them. Now that Grandma's gone, I'm glad to have the memories of summer afternoons spent reading with her. I probably have 30+ books of hers.

3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? Um... at least 10? I've never actually counted them.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Probably an axe. Similar to Taeth, it's fairly versatile. I've also used a hatchet before, so I at least have some idea of how to probably use an axe.
2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by? C.S. Lewis. I have the Chronicles of Narnia, the Space Trilogy, some of his other fictional works, some non-fiction, and the letters.
3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? I think my apartment has about three or four, plus a couple of the tiny ones. And a stand mixer.

1. Sword, spear, or axe? Why? Do lightsabers count as swords?

2. Other than Tolkien (including Christopher), what single author do you own the most books by> Louis L'amour. They were like $1 each when I was 15 and didn't have any money, and I can't bring myself to get rid of them. After that, probably a tie between Tess Gerritsen and Brandon Sanderson.

3. How many mixing bowls do you have in your kitchen? 3, plus 2 little bowls I use for setting out candy (loving some Candy Corn this time of year!)