RF's resident hobbit is taking your questions :)

[Helvetios]

Ask me anything! Answers not guaranteed.

My responses to Sunstone's questions: http://www.religiousforums.com/thre...ease-pretty-please.185195/page-2#post-4690827

 

[Debater Slayer]

What are your favorite songs?

What do you hope to do after college graduation?

Are you a gamer?

Why do you post only so rarely?

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Is it true that a typeface is named after you? If not, why not?

 

[Helvetios]

What are your favorite songs?

What do you hope to do after college graduation?

Are you a gamer?

Why do you post only so rarely?

Favourite songs: Let It Go from Frozen, Motorhead by Amplifier, Beautiful Mine by The Butterfly Effect, Fehu by Wardruna, Power and Control by Marina and the Diamonds, Falling Apart by Neverending White Lights, Korkokengät by Stella, Olette kauniita by Happoradio, Leaving Tonight by The Birthday Massacre, and of course Helvetios by Eluveitie. Those are a few. I go through phases!

After my undergrad I'm hoping to do a master's degree, and then some kind of research. Doesn't need to be academia, but I want to solve problems and learn new things.

I wouldn't call myself a gamer. I do play games sometimes like Portal, which is my favourite, but right now I'd rather focus on drawing and painting when I have the time.

As for my posting habits, I'm a lurker by nature so it requires a lot of motivation for me to stop reading and start commenting. I feel more at home in chat where the topic shifts and I can jump in and out as I please, but I'm thinking about posting more anyway once I find some interesting topics.

 

[Helvetios]

Is it true that a typeface is named after you? If not, why not?

Not yet, you mean.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

What has happened to Hobbiton after the end of the Lord of the Rings?
Are you still happily ensconced as royalty there?

And, whilst it's already kinda been asked, would you consider posting more if it was the only way to avoid me constantly pestering you to post more?

 

[Quagmire]

What have I got in my pocket?

Oh wait, you're a Hobbit.

OK, what have you got in your pocket?

 

[Revoltingest]

Ask me anything! Answers not guaranteed.

How do you put hinges on round doors?

 

[Quetzal]

Is it true that you are dating Usher?

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Have you ever read Bored of the Rings?

 

[Helvetios]

What have I got in my pocket?

Oh wait, you're a Hobbit.

OK, what have you got in your pocket?

String! Or nothing! I don't really remember... *checks pockets* it seems to be some chocolate eggs, my phone, salmiakki, an appointment card for my doctor, and 99.9999999999% empty space.

 

[Helvetios]

Have you ever read Bored of the Rings?

I have, actually! It was delightfully campy. I was raised in a Tolkien-friendly household, which greatly influenced my interest in mythology.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I read it shortly after it was published, before I had actually read The Hobbit or LOTR. I must have been 11 or 12 at the time...

 

[Thief]

just what IS a hobbit.....anyway?

 

[Helvetios]

How do you put hinges on round doors?

Very carefully.

Alternate answer: Gandalf did it for me.

Alternate alternate answer: I found a forum thread where they discuss this very question, with beautiful photography of the doors in question! http://www.permies.com/mobile/t/41290/labs/designing-door-hobbit-house-style?foo=a

 

[Helvetios]

Is it true that you are dating Usher?

Alas, he is too old for me. And married. They make a lovely couple.

 

[Helvetios]

What has happened to Hobbiton after the end of the Lord of the Rings?
Are you still happily ensconced as royalty there?

I am happily esconced in a small human-populated city. See, what happened to the Shire is that it really took a beating during the War of the Ring. Saruman's actions directly caused a great amount of environmental damage. I give all credit to Sam for using soil from Galadriel to heal the area and introduce much-needed microbes into the earth again. After the landscape was well-healed and the people were able to move on with their lives, Hobbiton residents consented to turn their town into a tourist attraction (http://www.hobbitontours.com/) and that's when I left. I hear they're doing well, and the extra income and travel certainly don't hurt the local economy.

And, whilst it's already kinda been asked, would you consider posting more if it was the only way to avoid me constantly pestering you to post more?

But you never pester me! Are you going to start now? Maybe I should consider posting more as a prophylactic measure, to prevent you from bothering me in the first place.

 

[Quagmire]

String! Or nothing! I don't really remember... *checks pockets* it seems to be some chocolate eggs, my phone, salmiakki, an appointment card for my doctor, and 99.9999999999% empty space.

Hmmmmm,. . . trickzzyyyy Hobbittssezzz . .. .

 

[Helvetios]

just what IS a hobbit.....anyway?

My answer to that question, in comic form: http://www.loadingartist.com/comic/life-is-complicated/

Or, you could look up Hobbit Man (a very short extinct hominid) if you want to learn some cool things about anthropology and human evolution. And read The Hobbit if you want to learn some cool things about wizards.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

But you never pester me! Are you going to start now? Maybe I should consider posting more as a prophylactic measure, to prevent you from bothering me in the first place.

I'm not sure whether to take you associating me with prophylactic measures as a compliment or an insult...lol