What's the story behind your avatar and forum name?

[Lhunithiliel]

The title of the thread tells it all.
And here's something more...
What has made you choose THIS avatar? How did you come to the idea of chosing this particular picture? What does it show/express...? And why do you change it from time to time (IF you do)?
And your TTF-name? How did you chose it? Does it have a meaning?
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As for me, I, being "in love" with the misterious race of the Elves and the beauty of that mythical land Valinor, decided to combine them both. As for Valinor I think I have found a very good picture - misterious, beautiful and with the star of Earendil..., the seas...
As for the "elf" - part.... well I could not find anything else that could look "elvish"-ly enigmatic and I liked this photo of Liv...
Then Nom assembled the pictures (Thank you, Nom!) and here it is.

As for my forum name, I received it from the "Barrow-downs" site. There the "Name generator" gave it as the Beleriand Elvish for "a lonely eagle". I liked it so I accepted it.

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Now, it's YOUR turn!

 

[Mablung]

Hmmmmmm well my name wasnt hard and it is as you all know: Mablung whos character 1 I rather liked and 2 his name is just cool Faramir was already taken. The rangers are my favorite characters in Tolkien's books I don't know why something just clicks about them. My avatar wins the most unorignal Im sure since I just chose a random image that looked good since my original choice couldn't be cut down properly so its basically a place holder until TTT comes out and I can get an image of that Mablung to put here (YES He is in the movies and have seen a picture of him offline... he actually looked a bit creepy in that particular picture but thats ok.) .

 

[Arvedui]

The name first:
I actually came up with the name while trying to learn as much as possible about Arnor and the ancestors of Aragorn. I have always wished there were more about the lost kingdom of Arnor to be found, as I find that part of ME the least described in Tolkien's works. And the Last-king came natural as a name-selection.

The avatar? Well, I haven't yet found a picture or drawing of Arvedui, or someone who might be him. And believe me, I have searched! On one of my searches across the Net, I found this image, which I thought was beautiful and descriptive. So, until I find an image of Arvedui, I will, probably, keep this one.

 

[Rangerdave]

1. My name is Dave and I was at one time a Ranger.
(Special Forces Dave just doesn't have the same ring to it.)

2. I like penguins, especially Opus.
(past avies have included Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, and Ralph Wiggum)

Kinda dull huh?

RD

 

[Anamatar IV]

Avatar:

I like Elendil. End of story but really. I ran a search on Elendil for a new avatar and this came up (Nom made it into the really cool journeyman/heren istarion one.)

Name:

I had just read a part of the appendixes in RotK and I had read the list of the kings of Numenor and Atanamir stood out. But when I was registering I couldnt remember the name! So I put what I thought it was. You could be looking at Atanamir IV

 

[Khamul]

We are supposed to have a reason? I was just searching google images for some good avatars, and have stumbled across quite a few that I found quite funny.

 

[Ithrynluin]

All my avatars are Tolkien-based...and they express the things I like in one way or another.
This current avatar of mine is a painting of The Tower of the Moon by Ted Nasmith. This probably can't be seen very well, so here's the picture. I think it's a stunning piece of art. When I first saw it my initial reaction was "Wow".
The changing colours... well I think they're very neat and Christmas is coming so we need something Christmas-y, e.g. Christmas lights (we already have a Christmas tree
---> see Eledhwen's avatar).

My name? I couldn't think of something I REALLY wanted to have as a name, so I chose "ithrynluin," the Blue Wizards, because they are Maiar and their destiny is pretty mysterious and shrouded in mist.

 

[Talierin]

Name:

I originally made it up for a character in a story I was writing, but I liked it so much that I use it now for all my net stuff. The story is long since dead, but the name lives on.

Avatar:

I change my avatar a lot, mostly to reflect my mood, but the current Calvin and Hobbes avatar is because a) I love Calvin and Hobbes, b)Goldberry insisted I put one of my C&H avvies back on, and c) I've been in a really good mood lately, and I'm feeling bouncy bouncy bouncy.

 

[ILLOTRTM]

I don't have an avatar because... because... actually, I dunno. I guess I've just never gotten around to getting one! Maybe someday...

Name:
Heeheehee, I've had SOOOOO many people ask me about my name! However, I have a policy: I only tell it to people who try to guess what it means. It stands for something. I thought that was obvious in the beginning, until people started asking me how to pronounce it!

 

[Azog]

Me and my friends were fooling around, and one of them thought that he could ollie off of the roof. We, being teens, urged him to do so, and I got a great pic of him right before he fell and broke both legs. Luckily, that is all that he broke. He would do it again too.

 

[Uminya]

AVATAR:

The sun-looking thing is the zia symbol of friendship, and the figure is of kokopelli, the flute-player. Both are Pueblo symbols (the red zia on the yellow field is also the flag of New Mexico)

NAME:

A great king of Gondor...and I like humans. The name has a pleasant sound and interesting meaning, too.

 

[Aerin]

Forum Name... hmm... Talierin convinced me to join (not really hard - after Redwall, LotR was the big thing we had in common when we met, heehee), and I couldn't think of a good LotR name that hadn't been taken. A book I was (re)reading at the time was Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown, in which Aerin was the main character. (Funny coincidence: Tal says I'm just like Aerin from the books..)

Avatar? Weeeeeeell... I was traipsing through the forest late one night, and the words "Sea Shell" were whispered into my ear by a small lightning bug, who, when I kissed him, turned into a handsome prince and... *ahem*

I was bored on MSN one night, and decided to change my screen name. The words "Neurotic Turtle" popped into my head, and I immediately went to go find a picture of a turtle.

10 points for the first person who can point out why the animal in the picture is a turtle, and not a tortoise.

 

[Lhunithiliel]

Hey, thank you folks for sharing all this!

Talierin, your avatars always make me smile...especially the present It's killing me! What a dance!

Azog, as you know, I LOVED your previous avatar! I was ready to search for that thread of "the best avatar" and vote for yours ...Now you have changed it!

Aerin, why "triste"? .....if this is the spannish word

 

[Aerin]

It's actually the French word triste... and it's a long story...

 

[Rangerdave]

Originally posted by Aerin
10 points for the first person who can point out why the animal in the picture is a turtle, and not a tortoise.

You mean other than the fact that Tortoises (tortoisi?) can't swim? what is the plural of tortoise?
They do however do a very good rock impersonation if submerged.

Is the avie a pic of the Great God Om?

Now consider the tortoise and the eagle.

The tortoise is a ground-living creature. It is impossible to live nearer the ground without being under it. Its horizons are a few inches away. It has about as good a turn of speed as you need to hunt down a lettuce. It has survived while the rest of evolution flowed past it by being, on the whole, no threat to anyone and too much trouble to eat.

And then there is the eagle. A creature of the air and high places, whose horizons go all the way to the edge of the world. Eyesight keen enough to spot the rustle of some small and squeaky creature half a mile away. All power, all control. Lightning death on wings. Talons and claws enough to make a meal of anything smaller than it is and at least take a hurried snack out of anything bigger.

And yet the eagle will sit for hours on the crag and survey the kingdoms of the world until it spots a distant movement and then it will focus, focus, focus on the small shell wobbling among the bushes down there on the desert. And it will leap...

And a minute later the tortoise finds the world dropping away from it. And it sees the world for the first time, no longer one inch from the ground but five hundred feet above it, and it thinks: what a great friend I have in the eagle.

And then the eagle lets go.

And almost always the tortoise plunges to its death. Everyone knows why the tortoise does this. Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. No one knows why the eagle does this. There's good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there's much better eating on practically anything else. It's simply the delight of eagles to torment tortoises.

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

Sorry, I couldn't resist
RD

 

[Éomond]

~Well, my first name was Isildur because it was a name metioned a bit so I choose it. But now have changed it (thanks WB!) to Éomond. I didn't like being a "dead" guy in a sense and I'm really liking men and the people of Rohan, they're so cool from the books. I also liked the dash thingy above the E, and wanted something close to Theoden or Éomer of Éothian, and Éomond just sounded cool to me!
~As for my av. I tend to change it very often, I usually look for the better looking next best thing, but, I only have Paint on my computer so it's hard to make avatars.
~As for the one I have, it's the Brooch of Rohan. If you can't tell is a horse with some swirlys, I like this one and might keep it for a while.

 

[Lhunithiliel]

Originally posted by Rangerdave
Sorry, I couldn't resist
RD

And I am HAPPY you couldn't !
Your story helped me wake up better than the two mugs of coffee I 've just had !
Especially this part: (I just can't resist not quoting it )

And a minute later the tortoise finds the world dropping away from it. And it sees the world for the first time, no longer one inch from the ground but five hundred feet above it, and it thinks: what a great friend I have in the eagle.

And then the eagle lets go.

And almost always the tortoise plunges to its death. Everyone knows why the tortoise does this. Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. No one knows why the eagle does this. There's good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there's much better eating on practically anything else. It's simply the delight of eagles to torment tortoises.

Thank you RD!

 

[Gil-Galad]

Well,I chose that name because Gil-Galad is my favourite character and because I like the meaning of the name:"Star of Radiance".
My avatar is again the face of Gil-Galad from the movie LOTR.In the very beginning of the movie there two short scenes in which Gil-Galad kills an enemy with Aeglos and the elves who have the three rings of elves are shown.
I want to thank to Ithrynluin and Nym,because if weren't they I wouldn't have this avatar.They give it mo as a present.
Thanks guys!!!!

 

[Goldberry344]

Well, my fav. character in tolkiens works is Tom Bombadil, but im a girl. so used Goldberry. At the time there was no other user with the name goldberry, but for some reason i just added a 344 after it. dont ask me

my old av was really self explanitory, but this one is a bunch of grateful dead bears. i was named after a greatful dead song. and they rock my socks.

 

[*Lady Arwen*]

Well my username is *Lady Arwen* because I like Arwen.
I put the * in the begining and in the end because the already was a Lady Arwen.

My avatar ia about TTT sinceI really wan to see it!