{"id":89908,"date":"2014-06-08T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T02:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=89908"},"modified":"2014-06-08T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T02:48:16","slug":"torn-message-boards-weekly-roundup-june-8-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/08\/89908-torn-message-boards-weekly-roundup-june-8-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup &#8211; June 8, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70493 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Balrog-wings-or-not.jpg\" alt=\"Balrog wings or not\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" \/>Welcome to our collection of TORn\u2019s hottest topics for the past week. If you\u2019ve fallen behind on what\u2019s happening on the Message Boards, here\u2019s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you\u2019re 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\u2019s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join the fun!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This week on Main, Elarie has shared a photo which they think is just like Bilbo\u2019s road. Is there somewhere near you that you think is just like a part of Middle-earth? Tell us about it <a title=\"This is SO Shire\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=747129#747129\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And in LOTR Movie W1tchK1inG wants to know if Tolkien made a mistake when he described the deaths of two of the Balrogs (Gothmog and Durins Bane), \u201cGothmog was killed by Ecthalion when he knocked him into the water. In both movie and the book Durin&#8217;s Bane falls into water in lowest dungeon with Gandalf while fighting him but &#8220;from the lowest dungeon to the highest peak&#8221; they still fought.\u201d Do you have a theory about this? Share it <a title=\"Tolkien's mistake ???\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=745125#745125\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst in Off Topic, Eruvandi has told us about finding one of the spawn of Ungoliant on their front porch. Have you ever encountered a large spider? Why not tell us <a title=\"One of the spawn of Ungoliant was on my front porch!!!\" href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=747621#747621\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll share more topics next week. We hope you\u2019ll come and join in the conversations! Don\u2019t forget, TheOneRing.net\u2019s message boards have 10,991 registered Tolkien fans, just like you. 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