{"id":70491,"date":"2013-04-02T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70491"},"modified":"2013-04-04T11:46:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T16:46:02","slug":"torn-message-boards-weekly-roundup-april-2-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/04\/02\/70491-torn-message-boards-weekly-roundup-april-2-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"TORN Message Boards Weekly Roundup \u2013 April 2, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a class=\"thickbox\" id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" title=\"Set featured image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=70491&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 alignright no-lazyload\" alt=\"Balrog wings or not\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Balrog-wings-or-not.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" \/> <\/a>Welcome to our collection of TORn&#8217;s hottest topics for the past week. If you&#8217;ve fallen behind on what&#8217;s happening on the Message Boards, here&#8217;s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you&#8217;re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORn&#8217;s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the <b>Reading Room<\/b>, we never tire of the old debate about Balrogs.\u00a0 Are they winged or not?\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 Check it out <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=588212;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>It seems the topic of baddies in Middle-earth continued over in the Main Discussion Board where they labeled Azog with slogans.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a fun new twist to discussing<b><i> The Hobbit&#8217;s <\/i><\/b>most recent villain found right <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=587202;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\"><i>here<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over on <b>The Hobbit Discussion Board<\/b>, there was a flurry of angst about <b><i>The Hobbit<\/i><\/b> being adapted into 3 films.\u00a0 There&#8217;s great debating to be found, both pro and con, <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=588867;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\"><i>here<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll share more topics next week and hope you can join in on the conversation!\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget, TheOneRing.net&#8217;s Message Boards have over 9,400 registered Tolkien fans, just like you.\u00a0 Let your voice be heard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our collection of TORn&#8217;s hottest topics for the past week. 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