Odd One Out - Game

[Nerwen Nuke-queen]

I pick Ulmo - he's the only picture with a beard!

[Androthelm]

Clearly the correct answer is Yavanna. The others might have spears and armor and horses and whatnot, but she is the only one with... a pitcher.

[Zôrzimril]

All great answers! I was thinking of Manwë because he was closest to Eru and because, in my mind anyway, he had a much less active role than the others in shaping tangible things or events in The Silmarillion (aka he doesn't really do much ).

I loved @Dwim's reasoning for Ulmo, so you're up next!

[Dwim]

Thanks @Zôrzimril ! I thought @Androthelm might win that one for his keen spotting of the pitcher!

Okay, here's our new round:

[Lirimaer]

I see you have removed 'Doesn't have a rhyming name' as an option ...

Only Balin has a naughty twinkle in his eye. (Fili's clearly in training to be someone's wicked uncle though!)

[Drífa]

Hey Dwim! Good to see you!

I think Kili is very odd. A beardless dwarf. How unnatural. Tsk, tsk..

[Gwai]

Balin for sure, because he's the only one without a moustache. Rocking it Abraham Lincoln style! No doubt it's so he doesn't get mistaken for Santa Claus

(There's some significant noses here, the more I look at the pics!)

[Zôrzimril]

I vote for Oin because he's the only one who doesn't appear to have a foreign object stuck in/placed near his beard

[Dwim]

Hi Drifa! Great to see you too.

The answer I had in mind was that Gloin was the only one to attend the Council of Elrond.

I'm going to give the next round to Gwai, because I never really paid any attention to the fact that Balin doesn't have a moustache!

[Dwim]

Because I forgot to mention @Gwai, and because mentions don't work in an edit, I'm doing it now.

[Gwai]

Thanks @Dwim!

The next category is...Supporting Characters!

[Lirimaer]

Butterbur does not have an i in his name.

I know, I'm going deep.

[Zôrzimril]

My vote is for Figwit because he's the only one whose name came from the fandom

[Androthelm]

I choose Butterbur, the only one pictured who appeared in the Rankin and Bass animated version of the movies

[Dwim]

Imrahil is the only one who had a noble title (Prince of Dol Amroth).

[Drífa]

Who is a Figwit? I am going with Quickbeam as the odd one out because there are 3 men, one elf and a Figwit, who I assume is an elf, and one Ent.

[Gwai]

The answer in my head was Figwit, because everybody else did stuff, and he did basically nothing (even Butterbur did more than Figwit!). @Zôrzimril you’re up with the closest!

[Zôrzimril]

Figwit was quite useless but he gave us a lot to talk about in 2002

Okay, next round is ... Fortresses of evil!

[Lirimaer]

Angband. The first one, where Morgoth sulked his way through an Age. Teenagers, honestly.

[Dwim]

I'm going with Dol Guldur, as the only one of the places that was referred to in The Hobbit.

[Drífa]

I will say Tol-in-Gaurhoth is odd one out. All the others are either, fortresses, towers, lairs or citadels. Tol-in-Gaurhoth (the fair isle of Tol Sirion) is the actual name of the island, not the stronghold. Now there was a stronghold on this island but it was built by Finrod, not an evil dude, and this fortress was called Minas Tirith,.

[Androthelm]

I choose Carn Dum. Each of the other fortresses were destroyed / torn apart / foundations ruined etc etc when their defenders were destroyed. Carn Dum was attacked and left abandoned...

...but never brought to ruin...

[Allacan ob Burzum]

I choose Tol-in-Guarhoth, because its the only name I don't know how to pronounce

[Zôrzimril]

@Androthelm chose the location I was thinking of! Great reason - I also was thinking that it was the only one not held by an Ainu. You're up, Andro!

[Androthelm]

Peep my INCREDIBLE FANCY collage that definitely wasn't just made in a word processor (also apologies for the SIZE of this bad boy)

[Dwim]

I really like this theme, Androthelm!

I'm going to pick the Tower of Ecthelion as the only one that became home to a member of the Fellowship.

[Gwai]

I’m going with Mindon Eldavliéva, because it’s the only place not in Middle Earth

[Zôrzimril]

I choose the Endless Stair because it is the only one that was notable for also extending deep underground.

[Drífa]

I am going to say the Endless Stair, too. My reason for choosing it as odd tower out is, it is not a tower, it is a stair. It leads to Durin's Tower, which is, a tower.

[Lirimaer]

Mindon Eldaliéva. The only one in Aman.

[KingODuckingham]

The Tower of Ecthelion is (I think) the only tower named after a person rather than a quality the towers possess, so that's my choice.

[Wamba_the_Fool]

@Androthelm

[Drífa]

Should we move on with this? It has been over a month now.

[Dwim]

Yeah I think we should move on too. Androthelm is busy away from the Plaza at the moment.

So how about we call it an open floor!

[Drífa]

Sounds good to me!

[Androthelm]

Whoops, but I am finally back! I didn't realize how many things I was involved in when I got stressed and went away for a bit. @Drifa takes it with the "what is the tower" angle. Although points to @KingODuckingham as well -- I hadn't thought about the names!

[Drífa]

The Odd Inn Out! Cheers!

[Nessa Saelind]

My vote is on The Forsaken Inn! If memory serves me (and the name of the inn helps me) it's the only one that's not working aka it's abandoned.

[KingODuckingham]

The Ivy Bush is the only one with a name that could realistically double as a person's name in real life (I think).

[Drífa]

Two weeks is up! Yep, The Forsaken Inn is what I was thinking was the odd Inn out! Your up @Nessa Saelind !

Actually, Ivy Bush is quite an awesome name when you think of it, eh?

[Nessa Saelind]

Thank's @Drifa

Please excuse my poor photo editing skills, they're on par with my drawing skills

The Odd One Out, weapon edition :-)

[KingODuckingham]

Man, this is a tough choice, I feel like there are a lot of options even with just the four blades.

I think perhaps Sting is the odd one out because it's the only one whose name is both a noun AND a verb.

[Lirimaer]

Herugrim is my choice because it's the only one I don't know anything about - whether that's poor memory or just ignorance!!

[Drífa]

Herugrim would have been my choice too - it is the only sword that was not forged in the First Age that we know of - but seeing that Lirimaer chose it I will go with my second choice, Andúril. It is the only sword created from the shards of another sword, that we know of, Narsil.

[Wamba_the_Fool]

You all have missed it, plain as the nose on your face: The odd one out is "Gamdring" because it's misspelled! What the "L" happened there‽

[Nessa Saelind]

It's been a week, so if I got this correctly I'm supposed to pass the photo editing baton to someone right?

All of you had interesting choices, some of them that I didn't even think of when I was making this, but I pass the photo editing baton to @Wamba_the_Fool for noticing the glaring typo that I missed The floor is yours!

[Wamba_the_Fool]

Eala!

Okay, well, if y'all are amenable to a non-photo version, I'll list it below. If that's not copacetic, then I shall release any claim and it shall be an open floor!

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Odd One Out, Lords of the Eorlingas Edition:

Eorl

Helm

Theoden

Eomer

(Fill in the diacritic marks using your imagination. You know where they go.)

[Boromir88]

Ah drat, I did not discover this game months ago. Ah well, never too late to start?

I choose Eomer because he is the only king of Rohan on that list not to have been killed in battle.

[Drífa]

Welcome to the game, Dumb Orc!

I choose Helm because he is the only one that does not have the letters eo in his name.

[Wamba_the_Fool]

Never too late to start, @Boromir88, and never too late to win! Your turn!