:boogie: Hey! I feel like drawing art tonight because I have to get up early tomorrow morning... funny how that works? ^_^;;

Anyways, start chatting and I'll start making artwork for you folks. Rawr.

** I owe Lunanoura and Briannamal artwork. Don't let me forget.

Interesting topic to start us out: Do Balrogs have wings? (you don't have to know what they are to answer.)

Hmm I don't know what a Balrog is, but it sounds like they might not have wings o.o

The name doesn't sound bird-like at all, does it? xD
... not that they are bird-like... *makes art*

Hello

You're right it doesn't really sound bird-like. The name made me think that it might be some sort of mythical creature :3

I thought it did have wings, but I haven't seen the movie lately...so I might be wrong. ._.

To anyone who's curious, a Balrog's off Lord of the Rings...unless there's some other Balrog I'm not aware of. XD

What movie is it from? =o? It sounds like LOTR not sure XD

=X Oh you said LOTR just as I posted XD
In that case.. I don't think it had any wings o_O;;

Yeah, now that you say it...the Balrog did fall FOREVER with Gandalf...XD

They're actually described in the back of the Return of the King... I forget which index. : P

("Do Balrogs have wings" is a classic troll question in Lord of the Rings forums. I figured I'd be silly and drop it here... though I'm not giving up the answer just yet!!)

Hi Mayc and Silver! How are you?

I never got to read the books. =w= Gawww...I've just seen the movies.

I may have to cheat and call my LOTR expert of a friend xD
She's read all the books and seen the movies more times than I can count :3

@silver: I read part of the second book but I never got to finishing it before the movie came out XP

I went off the deep end and read all of the books after I saw the first movie. Now I can't stand the movies... but I understand why. : P


Plop!

Books always tend to be better than the movies :3 In some cases (harry potter) i can't seem to get into the books well enough to finish the first few chapters and have to say the movies are better D:

I know that feeling. It helps to read with someone, or have someone urging you to finish a book.

Borrowing books from friends is a handy trick, just don't lose them! ; )

*works on Silver's art since Mayc didn't stick around*

My ex bought me Harry Potter and I picked up the 5th one 4 times and I just couldn't get into it x.x I've borrowed a few books and I usually get those back to my friends. I just finished the 2nd twilight book. It wasn't to bad, I kind of liked it and now she is going to let me borrow the 3rd. The first book I really ever borrowed from a friend was "Wizards First Rule" by Terry Goodkind and it got me hooked. Now I own all the books and I've read them all two or three times.. I'm working on reading through them (with other books in between :P ) and I'm half way through the series again lol :D

:boogie: I love finding a good series!

...then again lately I've been all about the non-fiction books. Wacky, weird, wild, random, ridiculous books of all non-fiction subjects! From Cholera to Ultima Thule and beyond. : P

=D Ah yay I got arts. Woo <3 Thanks ^.^b


I need to get into a new series before i keep on reading this one. Most of the series I read are fantasy type novels. I should try to read other genres but this one is my favorite.

Hey if you like it you should definitely keep it. Tolkien is kind of thick to read because it's all epic-y. If you like epics it's AMAZING (and I love me some epics, mm-mmm!), otherwise I can see people preferring to avoid the mess all together.

Finding good Non-Fiction authors isn't as hard as finding good fiction authors, I'd say... just breeze through a few pages before you buy it to make sure it doesn't sound like a text book (unless that's what you're into...)


Silver's!

Aw I like the ears! :D You have an awesome talent for drawing :3

I usually read a few pages before I buy any book. But sometimes a few pages isn't enough =X I've bought books that started out really good but found out they were in the middle of a series so they got confusing or a little more into the book it just started to suck. I should probably make better use of the library. Because it's free :P

Aw, thank you! I'm working at getting faster. : P

Ew. Books so shouldn't do that! There should be laws... : (
I wish I read more fiction... past Classical myths, but my classes don't really allow for that anymore. Bummer.

I usually only read during my lunch break at work lol. I usually am studying otherwise. I bring my book where ever I go just in case I find a bit of time to read here or there.

Hmm... I should start carrying a purse around to stash books in. : P
Handy trick, that! Whahaha!

I used to carry a messenger bag just so I could carry one of my books. it was really big 800 page hard cover book =X now I carry around a little DS purse xD and i tried to get the paper backs. So much smaller :P

Heh... The last bag I carried around was a canvas thing which could just barely fit a notebook in it sideways along with pencils and what have you. I guess I should find that one- it wasn't too girly or sporty or whatever. Just a canvas purse.

I guess I'm done making freebies since no one new is coming in! xD

Well everybody will be missing out on your nice art :3

I should pick up drawing again. I used to draw a lot but then I got to critical of my drawing and stopped. I wasn't bad... Just not good enough lol >.<;