Happy Birthday, Tolkien / One Last Time Q&A

 Hullo there. Today happens to be the 123rd of J. R. R. Tolkien!

 I'm not sure who made this, but I love it and agree with the saying at the end:

 

Also, Sarah awarded us the "One Last Time Q&A". Thank you so much, Sarah!

R U L E S 

1. You Must be tagged to take the Q&A quiz

2. You must tag (notify) at least three other bloggers (or whatever they are on) for this Q&A

3. You must answer the following questions to the best of your ability

4. You must have seen The Battle of the Five Armies to be tagged/take the quiz

Q U E S T I O N S

 1. Tell your story of how you came to see the movie(s) or got into Tolkien in the first place.

 Myrtle: I was a wee lass, my father put on The Fellowship of The Ring, we were watching Bilbo's birthday party, and I thought: People having a party.

  Yyyess. (You know how Bilbo says it)

 

Les: Once upon a time, I turned the leaves of an ancient book unto one
titled, "The Elf-Dragon." And you beheld it, and that was my story. Enda.

S. F.: Oh, Middle-earth has pretty much always been in my life. In fact, I have been told that when we were watching "The Two Towers" along time ago, I turned around to my parents after watching Gollum and said to them, "My precious!" :)

2. Who are your three favourite characters in The Hobbit Trilogy?

Myrtle: That's like: What's your favourite, Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner? 

Les: My eyes were cheated by some spell when first I glanced over
this question. I mistook a little "deaths" between "characters" & "the"
And that did not make my sisters' answers any more cohesive.
But then I read the question. Hmm. Favourite character trios:
Thorin & Nephews + Thranduil & Son & Tauriel + Bard & Family
...with a dragon and every other elf included for good measure.

S. F: What? This is a hard question. *cough, cough* *scratches head* Bilbo. . .Thorin. . .FiliKili. <- They can count as one character, can't they?

3. Did you cry in The Battle of the Five Armies, and if so, which scene(s) and what type (sniffling, sobbing, choke-crying)? 

 Myrtle:  Bain and Bard gave me the feels,but I didn't cry. With Fili, I tryed to cry, but the tears would'nt come, neither with Kili. Inside, however,... well you know; you've felt it. I turned my head when Thorin ... was ... given the fatal ..............

'twas, of course, Master Baggins' first, heart-wrenching, breaking sob, that drew my tears. No sobs. Just tears. I bear my scars inside. My biggest cry was the end credits; I saw Les and S.F. sobbing, and quietly followed them, One Last Time.

Les: By all means. That is why I accepted bringing a very comforting pocket handkerchief with me to yonder cinema.
Response to № 2: when Bain came to his father's aid + Durin's Sons passed into the Timeless Halls + many other occurences.
The ilk of tears: all of the above, most strongly in the mentioned scenes. To say nothing of my weeping on S.F.'s shoulder and snuggling under her arm and pulling away when...Kili...and bowing my head in sobs...and sometimes vocalising queer squeaks and chokes. Bilbo rent my heart. I entirely understand not why, yet Thranduil provoked me to much pity and sorrow as well.
Let us stay away from what the end credits song did, darling.

S. F.: A LOT. Tears came to my eyes when it said "The Hobbit", Bard and Bain made me sniffle, Smaug made me sob, Bilbo's acorn scene made me cry hard, the "One Last Time" scene started tears that basically didn't stop until the credits were over, Fili's you-know-what had me screeching into my pocket handkerchief, Kili's you-know-what had me choking up, and Thorin's you-know-what was a mixture of both and many tears. And Hobbiton/the Hobbit theme/Bilbo and the Last Goodbye made me CRY.. Did I cry? Yup.

4. Were the deaths compelling to you, and if so, whose?

Myrtle: Yes. Our

Les: The above, the below. Although some felt—including Smaug's—rushed.

S. F.: All of the Durins were, I can't pick just one.

5. Overall, were you satisfied with the movie itself?

Myrtle: I do not know what "Satisfied" means right here. I CRIED. And I need a movie about Arda's afterlife.

Les: To Myrtle I gratefully say, Gi hannon! Already doth my minde compose happier endings.
I offer thanks unto Sir Peter & his company for the long and dedicated journey they took us on.

S. F.: Absolutely. Thank you so much, Sir Peter Jackson and Co.!

6. Describe the movie in one word.

Myrtle: I don't know if that is doable. But then again, mayhaps it is.

Les: Enmeshed-with-emotions.

S. F.: NOPE. Also, epic. Also, majestic. Also, emotional. You see? "One does not simply choose one word to describe BOTFA."

WE NOMINATE. . .

Kara
SW
and anyone else following this blog who hasn't been nominated for this yet!

Until next time,
S. F. and all of us 3FS!