![]() Or prehaps I wasn't listening to my friend properly and thought she said "Starbreeze" when she really said sneeze.?But anyway, I'm glad you like it, its always nice to have feedback on this type of thing. Well, I write fantasy part time and I'm always coming up with new "words" and "names" to use in my stories, for example, I (think) made up the place names in my latest - "Tironë, Bamaur, Chelak, Bul'levan and Haladie" (awful aren't thay?) from combining the ends and middles of random words, maybe "Starbreeze" was born that way, but as far as I can remember I was walking down the corridor one day and lightning struck me and whispered "Starbreeze". How did you come up with it?I really don't know the answer to that actually. Quote:Originally posted by River Jordan:Hi Starbreeze! Just wanted to say howdy - I like your name! It's a very "elven" name - very "ElfQuesty". I don't see it, because it just isn't there.Hope I don't offend too many people here. Now, someone is going to say, 'I saw this, and I am not gay,' to which I say you have been sensitized to consider it in such a fashion. My opinion is they just want to be a 'part of,' which is ok.but I guess they can't help reading things into texts and images that are there only in their imaginations. One manifestation of their fight to become mainstream is the making of dubious claims on various pieces of art, film, or literature. Now, before you think I am a homophobe, I just have a problem with children being exposed to some of the more outrageous antics in the Gay Pride parades. The contemporary context is one in which homosexuals are actively and publicly forcing themselves into the mainstream. My visceral response was one of discomfort, because I was concerned whether or not Sir Ian's orientation would distort my perception of his playing Gandalf. My first response from reading this interview was 'whaaa?' Why ask these questions in the first place? Incidentally, I had never heard of Sir Ian before LoTR, didn't know his sexual preferences. ![]() He was asked about Gandalf's sexuality, and Sir Ian basically said that Gandalf was probably asexual. ![]() It is no wonder that they become close.Now, the first thing I read about the homosexual or homeoerotic subtext in LoTR was an interview with Sir Ian McKellen, who is openly gay. ![]() The Fellowship is thrown together in the face of a monstrous Evil that seeks their annihilation. When your life is in the hands of others, close ties occur. Remember, the only combatants in those days were men. Anyone who goes through something like that will be seriously affected, when one second you are talking to a buddy, and the next second his brains are all over your tunic. Know the book(s) well, never saw it there, never saw it in the movie. Ya know, I am new here, so I will probably give opinions that have been offered ad nauseum to questions that have been beaten to death.That never stopped me before. The Two Towers is going to be rated R because it is rather violent, not because of imgagined 'homoerotic' subplot. None of the movies are suited for children due to the violent content. so he wants the ring? It is OUR minds that make something out of nothing. What is wrong with that? Then there is Boromir wrestling Frodo. Aragorn kisses Boromir goodbye as his King, not as a guy who would have wanted to get cozy with him.Sam and Frodo are best friends, Sam would die for Frodo. One asks if the Two Towers will be as, ummm, not suitable for young children? Did anyone slse notice this, or was it just me, and were there any others, and were they deliberate? aren't we a little homophobe? kissing someone goodbye after they die is a very common griefing ritual in many cultures. For example, when Boromir is wrestling the ring from Frodo he lies on top of him yelling "give it to me, give it to me" and of course, there is the "farewell kiss" from Aragorn to Boromir, and did anyone see the way Sam looks at Frodo in the last scene? I'm sure there were more, and there were definately more in the book, but I can't remember them right now. Quote:Originally posted by Starbreeze:Hey! Did anyone else notice some rather dodgey scenes in the FOTR? (I apologise to anyone who does not wish to read this, go home now ) Well, I didn't notice the first time I went but the second time there were some quite.umm, homoerotic.
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