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Post by MirkwoodArcher on Nov 7, 2003 2:02:13 GMT
Personally, I think the walking tree seen by a hobbit was mentioned for a reason, to show that the female ents had survived. I have known others to say they were all lost forever. What do you think?
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Post by Elessar on Nov 7, 2003 5:04:03 GMT
I'm with you... I doubt Tolkien would have added the Hobbit sighting of a walking tree if there wasn't a deeper meaning to it.
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Post by Marieke on Nov 7, 2003 16:20:42 GMT
The Ents are very strong and have lived for ages, so why would the Entwives die? They are Ents too.
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Post by Eloise on Nov 11, 2003 19:45:06 GMT
Yes but treebeard said the ents were becoming treeish. What if the entwives still existed but had become treeish and were living in the old forest? It would kinda make sense, they like agricultural things, the shire's pretty domesticed compared to fangorn!
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Post by Laerdan on Nov 11, 2003 23:40:09 GMT
I think the Entwives have simply become trapped in some distant place unable to return becaue of the dangers of the world around them.
Or they're so sick of the men they don't want t come back.
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Post by Arwen Evenstar on Nov 19, 2003 16:31:04 GMT
I agree that they still existed, and that was the talking tree seen by the hobbit. There's a reason that was said in there, and I think it was to show that they did still exist!
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Post by Brannwen on Nov 22, 2003 22:36:59 GMT
I agree!
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Post by Shieldmaiden on Nov 24, 2003 1:15:19 GMT
I think they still exist and are hidding in The woods of Buckland! Makes the most sense.
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Post by Arwen Evenstar on Nov 24, 2003 5:41:24 GMT
umm... I meant to saying walking tree, not talking tree!! Although I would imagine if a tree could walk, it could probably talk as well.
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Post by Laerdan on Nov 25, 2003 15:50:45 GMT
After all maybe the tree just didn't have anything to say to them
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Post by Marieke on Nov 26, 2003 19:12:03 GMT
What would a tree say to them?
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Post by Valandil on Nov 30, 2003 1:44:54 GMT
Just to add something in here:
I heard somewhere that The Brown Lands were once the great gardens of the Entwives but they were all burnt and destroyed by Sauron.
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Post by Mirkgirl on Jan 9, 2004 21:42:18 GMT
that's true... but nothing is definite as far as their fate is concerned... I do believe they around the Shire.. they'd love the place as Treebeard said... but a lot more treeish as someone said before...
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Post by Evenstar on Jan 19, 2004 16:17:33 GMT
Good point, Eloise. I think they might have became treeish, or are trapped in some distant land, like Laerdan said. Or maybe they got lost in the distant land, then became more treeish, so they couldn't get back.
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Post by Eruanwen on Jan 23, 2004 21:45:59 GMT
I think the Entwives definitely still existed and that it is a pretty sure bet they were somewhere around the Shire. I get this feeling they're a lot like the Ents- slow and not wanting to talk to anyone, to keep their privacy. I kind of have this image of them taking care of the environment of the Shire in their own, quiet way, so no one really sees them. I view them as very kind, gentle beings who love life, but want to enjoy it without being bothered by the cares of the peoples of Middle Earth.
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