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| + | <blockquote>"To refer to Rivendell as Imladris was to Men and Hobbits as if one now was to speak of Winchester as Camelot. Save that the identity was certain, while in Rivendell there still dwelt a lord of renown older than Arthur would be, were he still living in Winchester today." </blockquote> | ||
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| + | Years of writing fanfic from the POV of men (isn't that also what we do here?) rather than elves (who like dwelling in the past - this seems another prime example), prefering LotR to the Silmarillion (and isn't that the main source for what we do here?), makes me use Rivendell rather than Imladris. --> | ||
--[[User:Admin|Admin]] 7 September 2005 08:19 (GMT) | --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 7 September 2005 08:19 (GMT) | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 7 September 2005
Isn't rather Rivendell the commonly used name, and Imladris archaic term?
Probably
As far as I recall (I don't have my references handy) elves call it Imladris and it's Rivendell in the Westron tongue the hobbits use.
Gondorian (which Faramir and Boromir speak) appears to be close relation in language terms to Sindarin: in the book in the chapter where they're captured by Faramir's men, Sam and Frodo comment on the fact that when the two rangers who are keeping guard over them speak to each other, it's in a tongue close to the elven tongue. So I've always assumed that Faramir and Boromir would call it Imladris rather than Rivendell - and it's that name it was given in their shared dream-vision-thing, "Seek for the sword that was broken/In Imladris it dwells..."
But...we are still only playing with this system, aren't we? And in any case if we decide it would be handier for us and for users to change it, we can change it.
--Lexin 7 September 2005 07:55 (GMT)
Yes we are only playing with the system...
...and I think you have proven you have figured out how it works. Now -please- let other people have a go.
--Admin 7 September 2005 08:19 (GMT)