-an interview with Lollypop

How did you find CoE?
I was searching for pictures from the films and found CoE’s gallery. I thought the site looked interesting and started to read the forums; after browsing for a while, I decided I wanted to take part in the conversations too and signed up. That was nearly 2 years ago, and I’m still here! CoE’s such a great community!

What are your duties here at CoE?
I’m the Fan Creations Administrator, so I oversee the Fan Creations section of the site. I search for artists and authors who might like to have their works published here at CoE, and also articles for the Creations Corner, which is a section that gives tips for people who wish to create something of their own. I also view all the fan fictions submitted to us with Aisheeya, our Fan Fiction Assistant. I’m also moderating the Creations Forum with Goldsand.

What are your favourite areas of the site?
Well, naturally my own area. Also the galleries. I used to post to the forums a lot, but lately I’ve been too busy to do that. I’ve probably used nearly every area of the site at least once, since CoE is a great resource site. I read the encyclopeadia, download fonts, translate names to Sindarin… I like cooking, so I’ve posted some recipes in the past, etc. Two years ago I practically lived in the Councilfree chatroom.

How often do you visit CoE?
Daily. If nothing else, I at least check the submitted fictions and the Creations Forum.

How many times have you read the books?
I’m not sure. I re-read lots of books, but I don’t necessarily re-read them from the beginning to the end. A book I’m currently reading might remind me of some passage in another book, so I put the first book down and go find the other one, look up the part I was thinking of and start reading… then I might finish that book again, the first book completely forgotten, or get reminded of yet another book… I have hundreds of books, so this can continue forever!

All I can say for sure is, that I’ve read LotR completely at least once. Some parts of it I’ve read dozens of times and some others maybe just twice.

Aisheeya and I are currently translating LotR to the dialect of Ostrobothnia (you can follow our progress in here: www.isoosormus.net, but the site is written in Ostrobothnian, so most of you won’t probably understand any of it. Sorry…) so I’m reading the books a lot right now.

Who is your favourite LOTR character?
All elves really. Most of my favourite characters are actually from the Silmarillion, or they make only short appearances in LotR. Descendants of Thingol and Melian are my favourites, so if I’d have to be more specific, I’d say Elrond and his children.

Do you have a favourite scene from the trilogy?
In the books, Gildor, the feast in the Last Homely House and the Hall of Fire, the Council of Elrond, Lórien, the Houses of Healing, Grey Havens.

I’m not a big fan of the films, but I liked the Last Alliance, the Council of Elrond, Arwen and Aragorn’s wedding and most of the scenes in Edoras. Unlike many others, I actually liked Arwen’s flight to the Ford quite a lot too, but that’s probably just because I like Liv Tyler… There was never too much of her in the films!

What character left out of the films do you miss most?
Tom Bombadil. I understand why they left him out, but I still missed him. I’ve said this before somewhere, but I’ll say it again: I’d love to have seen him played by Ardal O’Hanlon! He’s a bit young, but surely they could’ve aged him somehow with make-ups.

Do you know any Sindarin or Quenya?
I’ve picked up a few words, mostly from all the fan fiction I’ve read. But I don’t speak it, and wouldn’t understand if someone came to me and started talking in either one of those languages.

Quenya is partly based on Finnish, so many of the words are familiar to me, but the meanings are completely different. I’ve used this example before, but I’ll use it again, because I think it’s so good: The Quenya word ammë, which means mother, is bathtub in Finnish (without the umlaut).

What are you looking forward most to in ROTK EE?
The Houses of Healing, definitely, though I fear I might get disappointed again. Like I said, I’m not a big fan of the films and I fear they’ll have twisted the scenes into some lame “miraculous healing – hallelujah” thing.

I wouldn’t mind more Elrond & Arwen either… 😉

Short Bio
I’m a 23-year-old girl from Finland, I was born in Ostrobothnia (Western Finland) but I currently study travel industry at a polytechnic in Eastern Finland (so I live there).

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