Petition to remove the axe
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Voronwë the Faithful
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Primula Baggins
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Not the only hobbit who signed (though she did it incognito). 
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Primula Baggins
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Well, it actually is my Nóm de plume, but it's also my real name. 
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Voronwë the Faithful
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Cool. It's nice to see the word is getting around. But why didn't you recognize my name? After all, we are friends on Facebook (and I think you even have my book, if I remember correctly).
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
There was another online petition during The Hobbit, which, relatively speaking, people flocked to. It was predicated on the notion that the film was being held hostage.
It was being held hostage, but not in the way or by the people the petition sought to address. An axe in a workman's forehead speaks to that other situation... and not in an obtuse way, if people stop to think about it.
I suppose too it could be a symbol of tenacity or a "can-do spirit."
It was being held hostage, but not in the way or by the people the petition sought to address. An axe in a workman's forehead speaks to that other situation... and not in an obtuse way, if people stop to think about it.
I suppose too it could be a symbol of tenacity or a "can-do spirit."