The Ringwraith Review

[Winddancer]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? 3.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Because we are complicated beings
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? I dont like curry

[KingODuckingham]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? There's no wrong way to eat a Ree...er, I mean, probably even more ways than there are the skin the cat, given the greater surface area of the average person versus the average cat.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? I think rather that things are already very complicated, and life is much about simplifying them.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Man this is a tough question. Some kind of yellow curry is probably the correct answer, but I've had some really good red currys too. Not so much a fan of the green. Nationality-wise, I need to diversify, but I think Indian has been my favorite so far.

[Túrin]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? - We are legion.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? - Because keeping things simple would be ,too simple.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? - False premise. BBQ is the best food.

[Eldy Dunami]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? The traditional authority on skinning people who skin cats, Queen Berúthiel, documented 69 techniques, but some experts maintain there is no strict upper limit, given sufficient creativity.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? If things were simple, we'd have too much time to contemplate how little time we really have.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Also vindaloo.

[Burnt Toast]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? More ways than there are to skin a cat.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? For our own amusement and general stress.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? All of it.

[Silky Gooseness]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Infinite ways. If you make it last long enough, their skin will start to grow back, too
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Because their given time is limited.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? I also don’t really like curry. All the more for you, Lord.

[Fairy Nuff]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Only one way...painfully. Poor cat.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? I think it is linked to our innate search to find either a short cut or an improvement - we try things for the first time, and sometimes we fail, but even if we try again and succeed the next time, we still have to face the consequences of the first failure. Sometimes we face it and deal with it, and sometimes we run away from it. If we didn't try the short cut or improvement, life would be simple. If we try it, and then also run away from the failure, life is incredibly complicated. But out of this complication also comes things like better quality of life, innovation etc.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Massaman, mmm mmm

[Arnyn]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Two ways. Slowly and fully. Or even more slowly and fully.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? It's our way to feel important when we're really nothing more than a speck of dust in the universe.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Yellow curry

[Moriel]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? I'm pretty sure that's a permutation equation and I don't do that kind of math anymore.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Time doesn't feel limited when you're experiencing it.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Not too spicy.

[Rior Laegiel]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Way more ways than to skin a cat.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Time is limited?? There goes my plan to live forever.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Spicy curry.

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Ways limited only by the collective imaginations of cat-lovers, which are infinite.

2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Because the world is complicated?

3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? A good Keralan prawn curry is a wonderful thing. Although I am fond of most curries. Depending on how exactly we define 'curry', I also make a good red lentil dal.

[Dwim]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? Don't fredegar with cats.
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? To make your job a little bit more difficult.
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Thai green curry

[Nerwen Nuke-queen]

1. IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO SKIN A PERSON WHO WOULD SKIN A CAT? If you need an expert you are definitely in the right place!
2. WHY DO MORTALS, IN THEIR LIMITED GIVEN TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLICATE THINGS SO? Because variety is the spice of life
3. WHAT TYPE OF CURRY IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Massaman!

[DEATH]

DWIM IS CORRECT. YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD IS THAI GREEN CURRY. I ALSO VERY MUCH ENJOYED THALIONWEN'S TREATISE ON EFFIECIENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

YOU ARE BOTH DISQUALIFIED.

FAIRY NUFF, YOUR SECOND ANSWER MADE MY HEAD HURT. IN A BAD WAY. THE QUESTIONS ARE YOURS.

[DEATH]

@Fairy Nuff DON'T MAKE ME COME AND FIND YOU.

[Fairy Nuff]

Haha, oops sorry, didn't get the memo first time!
OK, three questions:

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb?
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending?

[The Good Hunter]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Life
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? This is a trick question, no Nazgûl knows what a lightbulb is
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Honestly, none, everything played out the way it had to, that's how mythic fantasy goes

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? 9. One to change the lightbulb and the other eight to yell at the one changing it about how he is doing it wrong.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? The only thing I can think of is maybe the death of Theoden?

[Taethowen]

*hops into the game very late*

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? How many times does a rooster crow in a day?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to replace the light bulb, and the other to make sure the light stays switched off until the change is complete and both have exited the room safely. Because clearly as slaves of the dark lord, they are allergic to light.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? I can't believe no one's said Boromir's death yet?! Like. All the events in Minas Tirith would have been SO DIFFERENT (I think in better ways) if Boromir had lived. At the least, Faramir would not have had to face Denethor at his father's worst without someone to lean on.

[Zôrzimril]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? What even is life?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Why would Nazgûl want the lights to come on?
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? I'd make Sam a talking bovine and he'd be Frodo's security cow and he would just carry Frodo through Mordor. So I guess no changes to the ending, just a cow-friend along the way.

[Winddancer]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? How many roads must a man walk down?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Their screeching shattered the bulbs, so they are never asked to do it.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Sauron getting the Ring! :D

[Moriel]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Why? (but really, Life, the Universe, and Everything)
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? A Nazgûl has no light, a Nazgûl needs no light
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? If the eagles hadn't come Sam and Frodo would've been really proper tragic heroes

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Qu'est-ce que c'est?
2) How many Nazgûl does it take to change a light bulb? One to break it, and the other eight to scatter its pieces to the winds.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Change? The Lord of the Rings??? What sacrilege is this? How dare you suggest such a thing? Dishonour on you, dishonour on your cow, dis ...

[DEATH]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? CORRECT. WHAT? IS THE QUESTION.
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? SEVERAL. THEY ARE TERRIBLE WITH ELECTRICAL MATTERS.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? SAM'S THROWN APPLE WOULD MISS.

[Idesinholde]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Ugh! I hate that book...
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Why would the Nazgul want to change the light bulb.. thats for lowly minions sooo basically they would not.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? I did not want to elves to leave for Valinor at the end.

[Nerwen Nuke-queen]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? 40+2?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? NEIN (only Gandalf has the light bulbs)
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Theoden dying

[Silky Gooseness]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question?
If the answer is 42, what is the question?

2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb?
One Wraith to change them all, one Wraith to blind them;
One Wraith to bring them all, and in the Darkness scream that the light-bulb has to really WANT to change

3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? ok so hear me out Aragorn ends up snogging Éowyn outside the Paths of the Dead and they have a brief but torrid wartime affair and their eventual child Éodarion challenges Eldarion for the Throne of Gondor, not being heir to Rohan but being a non-essential royal so anyway the kingdoms of Men collapse and a New Shadow arises

you know, something like that

[Thalionwen Hunigfolm]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? How many Nazgul does it take to change a lightbulb

2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? See above, this is why the electric lights are never on in Mordor

3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? I WANT WHAT @Sil SAID!!!!!!

[Dwim]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? How many things has @Mor Toast exploded today?
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Winddancer makes a good point.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? The ending point, so it could be longer and I could learn more about what happens after.

[Menolly]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Precisely.
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Don't Nazgul prefer the cover of darkness?
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? SACRILEGE. Although really I'm on board for @Tarawen's talking cow idea.

[KingODuckingham]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? Yeah, what IS the question? Give the computer several trillion more years to work on that one...
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? Man, I really like @Queen Nerwen 's answer, can I just refer you to hers?
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Frodo sacrifices himself with the Ring. I wouldn't actually make this change, but it's the only big one I can think of that would still be worthy of the story.

[Burnt Toast]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? WHO SUMMONED ME
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? 9 of them, naturally.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Mmm... just I think a general addition of farts.

[Dincairwen]

1) If the answer is 42, what is the question? So long and thanks for all the fish!
2) How many Nazgul does it take to change a light bulb? I don't have anything clever that hasn't been said.
3) What single event in LOTR would you change to give an alternative ending? Galadriel DOES take the One Ring from Frodo. She becomes Lady of the Rings, destroys Sauron, and begins a benevolent dictatorship of Middle-Earth.

[Fairy Nuff]

@Queen Nerwen the floor is yours, for choosing the only logical answer to the first question!

[Nerwen Nuke-queen]

@Fairy Nuff Me - Logical! Ha. Thank you friend

1. Where are my glasses?
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why?
3. Tell me something new you have learned today.

[Moriel]

1. Where are my glasses? On top of your head, or wherever you left them
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Argh. This is a terrible question! I can't pick a single favorite, but for the sake of the question I'll say Margaret of Anjou in Henry VI parts 1, 2, and 3. She was obviously a real person, but Shakespeare's characterization of her counts as a fictional heroine (or antiheroine) in my mind
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. I had a couple of breakthroughs in my kung fu class on circular movements that are super challenging for me!

[The Good Hunter]

1. Where are my glasses? Have tried your face? That's where mine usually are so I can only assume yours might be in a similar location
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Major Kira from Star Trek DS9. She was my first real TV crush. She wasn't a super extraordinary super human characters, she was "badass normal" and she taught me that it's okay to be angry, even if you want to be angry all the time, you just have to direct your anger into something useful
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. Orcs are beautiful too!

[Dwim]

1. Where are my glasses? Surely you've found them by now!
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Captain Marvel because she's a badass and super powerful and doesn't just look after our planet, she looks after other galaxies too.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. Queen Nerwen wears glasses (when she can find them).

[Winddancer]

1. Where are my glasses? Check the top of your head..
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Does an anti-heroine count, if so Monza Murcatto from Best served cold
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. Well my day just started, but I can tell you it is ill advised to go take a shower and not bring towels for when you are done..

[Taethowen]

1. Where are my glasses? Under the bed.

2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Can it be one from one of my own stories that's not published yet? If so, I have a character named Zareja in one of my works-in-progress. She's been stuck in a lot of terrible situations and had to make some awful choices because of that, and she has a lot of regrets (and one Particularly Big Regret). But she doesn't let those regrets stop her from becoming more, and learning to fight and protect what she loves. I love her because a) I see a lot of myself in her, b) because there's aspects of her that are so opposite of me that she feels like a living person vs. a story character, and c) knowing how this character is going to change and grow despite all the obstacles put in her path gives me hope that, well, maybe I can do the same too.

Oops I wrote a novel there.

3. Tell me something new you have learned today. My city website lies about the animal welfare dispatch hours.

[Landy]

1. Where are my glasses? Where you last left them
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? That's a bloody hard question, especially when it comes to movies and tv. Buffy kicks butt, as does Zoe from Firefly. When it comes to books I guess I can try and be pretentious, but I'm going to be the usual HP nerd and go with Hermione She's pretty aspirational.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. I learned that adding lemon juice to water and spraying it on my plants makes my cats finally stop chewing the fudge out of them

[Androthelm]

1. Where are my glasses? Mine? on my nose.

2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? I'm a big fan of Letitia from Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country, but I did just finish that so maybe that's cheating. Lúthien is probably my favorite over a longer time.

3. Tell me something new you have learned today. There is a Wikipedia page on all the various types of Bottle. Because of this Wikipedia page, I have gotten nothing done.

There are more kinds of bottle than you think.

[Zôrzimril]

1. Where are my glasses? Hiding from you to cause mayhem
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Lyra Belacqua, though less so in The Secret Commonwealth than in His Dark Materials. I also really enjoy the meme that renamed Harry Potter books to be about Hermione.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. The PokéAPI changed its structure a tiny bit, so it is wild and unpredictable!

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

1. Where are my glasses? They're on my nose.
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Tough question. I think my favourite fictional heroine has got to be Lucy from the Narnia series. I love how spunky she is and how she doesn't let her fear get in the way of doing what she believes is right.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. I learned that Aduchi does not like Rivvy's view of literary analysis.

[Idesinholde]

1. Where are my glasses? hmm close to the location you do your skincare routine?
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Gosh there are a lot of deserving heroine's, but I'm going to choose Eowyn considering which forum I'm on. Because she was a strong female who would not be boxed in, and told she couldn't do something because of her sex.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. The amount of carbohydrates in a croissant.

[Fairy Nuff]

1. Where are my glasses? You ate them. Next time don't skip lunch :smiley10:
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Captain Janeway - she always did what was right, even if it wasn't easy, even if it cost her personally, even if she had to ignore her own feelings to get things done right. Never a shortcut, never compromising, sometimes earning the enmity of her friends and loved ones. That's strength, sticking to your principles no matter what. And in the end it earned her loyalty and respect, even if that took a while, and SPOILER (she got her crew home!)
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. Lithium ion batteries are dangerous goods, but only if sold on their own. buy them in an electrical item and they are apparently no longer dangerous....

[KingODuckingham]

1. Where are my glasses? Probably in the cupboard. Stop filling them with alcohol and you'll remember these things.
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? I had a crush on the American girl doll Samantha, does she count as a heroine? She's the protagonist of her book...
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. I learned how to snapshot deposit checks into my bank account from my phone!

[Uruva]

1. Where are my glasses? Presumably on your face.
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Going to second Frosty's Kira Nerys from Star Trek Deep Space 9. I love that she's far from a perfect person, but is still a hero.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. I learned the status of the wildlife crossings bring built for a railroad project I'm working on.

[Burnt Toast]

1. Where are my glasses? right here
2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Lt. Starbuck is pretty rad.
3. Tell me something new you have learned today. mm that these pumpkin cracker things are delicious!

[Uruva]

2. Who is your favourite fictional heroine and why? Gosh there are a lot of deserving heroine's, but I'm going to choose Eleowyn considering which forum I'm on. Because she was a strong female who would not be boxed in, and told she couldn't do something because of her sex.

I too greatly admire our own @Eléowyn, but I am guessing you mean Eowyn?