I feel as if apart of me was left behind with the characters

wow those were amazing posts! I agree, tolkien has introduced me to a world that my goodness i would do anything to live in, it seems to be so much more peaceful than the real world, in the past 3 years watching these films and reading the books, ive experienced such a magical world, ive experienced everything the characters went through, emotion, happiness, peacefulness, scaredness, everything, and thought to myself, i would love to live in a world like that, ive grown fond of the nature around me, the woods, the sky, the mountains, like a new elf exploring a new part of a fantastic world, watching the films and reading the books are surreal, and take me into a world that...i could forever live in, i mean...who wouldnt wanna live in a place like the shire, or rivendell, or gondor, or lotherian, or any of those places? I would love to! Middle earth now is like a 2nd home to me, a place where i can escape the real world and live in peace, and be fascinated by, just like frodo...a place he would finally be happy at is in the grey havens, to the undying lands, and middle earth seems like a world...that i would be happy in, finally be happy, not live in fear, as where in the real world, everyday i worry of more terriost attacks and more violence, middle earth is a peaceful place to me

if im upset about something or im having the most horrible day ever, all i have to do is just start reading the books and watching the films, and instantly, im happy and full of smiles and fascinated! Like elves, oh my god, im fascinated with them, i think they are amazing! And hobbits...brilliant, absoulutly brilliant! All the creatures im fascinated by!

people can call me a freak or obsessed or what not, but i dont care, all i have to say is im damn proud to be in love with LOTR because its so amazing to me

yes, it is the perfect place to escape to. Whenever there is violence, or my parents fighting, or anything bad happening, i go outside to somewhere peaceful, and i read TOlkien. It just has opened up a new world of peace and love and friendship that i have never experianced before. I dont know what my life would be with out it 🙂

yes, people say i have problems or am way too obbssesed, but they just dont understand the amazement and wonder of it all, and what they can experiance by being exposed to it so often where would i be with out tolkien

I agree, middle earth is definetly a place to escape to, and i love escaping the real world to visit it, it just seems such a amazing place!

i agree. I wish it was real like s-b said, so i could live there in peace instead of this stupid world with terrorism and violence and having metal detecters to get into school 🙁

yeah i dont care what others think, they just dont understand the beauty of it all, most people who say im obsessed and a freak, havent even seen it or read it, they havent experienced what ive experienced in these movies and these books

All i can say is im damn proud to be obsessed and in love with such a beautiful and incredible trilogy

when i walk through woods, i cant help to escape the real world, and feel like im an elf walking through the woods of middle earth, it just seems amazing, and elves are just..incredible, i would love to be one, they are just so beautiful

i don't care what other people say i think it is real

there is too much history for it not to be 😛

*crazy?*

This is quite amazing. I have to admit that I'm not sure if what I'm talking about has anything to do with this topic, but I think it does.

Ever since I've read the book, I've felt like I wasn't supposed to be here. I used to say to people that it was a mistake. Someone made a mistake and I wasn't supposed to be here. I have to be in Middle-earth.

I think people in general usually ignore statements like that.

Ever since I've known the world of Tolkien, I used to have dreams and memories of beautiful forests and lakes or fields. I would be running through a field.

And sometimes caves or marshes covered with mist.

I used to feel a warm glow whenever I got these "thoughts". Like I felt at home at last.

Ever since I've been to Middle-earth, I firmly believed we should all become more in touch with nature.

I have a yearning in my heart for fields and mountains and freedom.

Infact, not long ago, I got rather depressed about it. I thought that I couldn't take living in this world anymore. That I needed to go "home", wherever home was. (but it's not what you're thinking...LOL...I will NEVER do that)

I feel a thirst for magic, mystery, adventure and freedom and a longing for a world of freedom and nature.

Okay, I sound pathetic now. Goodbye...

no, it sound beautiful. 🙂 i feel the exact same way.

actually no s-b you make a lot of sense well to me anyway when we all die maybe but yea i get shivers when i think about living in their world...good shivers though, excitement shivers 😛

me too 🙂

Oh wow! that was a very very incredible post shadowy! It made me so teary eyed! Because your right about everything you said, middle earth seems like a home to us lotr fans, like our home home, when i escape to middle earth, i feel like...this is where i belong, this is my home, where i belong!

I have the same dreams, of me being a elf, and running through the fields, the woods, having adventures, climbing mountains, just looking around at the beautiful world

Im like you, ive grown fond of the nature around me, the fields, the mountains, the woods, the lakes, everything

yes, nature is wonderful 😛 and so peaceful 🙂

I think that Toiken wrote this for a reason...maybe because there is a true middle earth out there, and in the future, maybe it will come about, and the world of elves, dwarves, orcs, men, hobbits, will be a brand new world, and we can go and experience the true meaning of middle earth, and live the world that we all desire to live in, and be finally....at peace..and at home

Oooh nature is amazing to me now, i used to not think much of it, but ever since reading the books, and seeing the films, ive become very fascinated in the nature around me, we went into this flower place at the mall the other day, and there was so many beautiful flowers and stuff, and i was just SO fascinated at it, i used to not be, i used to be like: ugh flower shops, big deal but now its like: WOW!!!!

maybe the creatures wont ever exist, but maybe LOTR is a metaphor for how teh perfect world would be. Hmm. maybe everything could symbolize something. i shall go and contemplate this, and find everything a metaphor in todays world 🙂

wouldnt that be amazing if the creatures ever existed?? Wouldnt hurt to wish, maybe someday middle earth will come about, and we can all finally live in a peaceful world

And the fantastic thing is, when i escape the real world to go into middle earth, i get these chills of excitement, because its just a fantastic world!

it does exist just not in this dimension 😛 Tolkien travelled there and borrowed the red book of westernesse lol 🙂