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Quotage

“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."
~Doctor Who

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy."
~Scrubs

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl - you find someone to carry you."
~Firefly

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he’s just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just."
~Finding Neverland

"Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don’t make any sense at all."
~How I Met Your Mother

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legoline

23 March 2006 @ 10:39 am

LOTR much?

Yesterday

lyxzen and I found something rather - curious at our bookstore downtown. It's a fantasy novel called Elfen Zauber (Elf magic) and while that title didn't necessarily made us go WTF the cover certainly did:

Okay. Did they really believe they could get away with that?

For comparison: The real deal.

Just...*speechless*

Tags: books, lotr

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little-cinnamon.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:36 am (UTC)

*giggle*

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:42 am (UTC)

:o)

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<3.14

apple-pi.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:38 am (UTC)

They didn't even try, did they?

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:43 am (UTC)

Nope. *shakes head* They really believe we're stupid I guess :o)

OOOOOR they thought "Let's put Legolas on the cover to hide the crappy story so all obsessed fangirls will buy the book!"

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miss-nightowl.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:49 am (UTC)

We guesses that the people responsible for that book falls into the "OMG-they-have-made-a-book-outta-the-movie!" category...

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:55 am (UTC)

We guesses the book itself is rubbish and they want the Leggiiiiieee fangirls to buy the book :o)

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miss-nightowl.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 11:49 am (UTC)

*sighs* I don´t know what is worse...

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 12:46 pm (UTC)

I vote for the second :o)

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miss-nightowl.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 01:06 pm (UTC)

Hrmmff... they might as well put up a big sign that says: "This book is so crappy that we don´t know any other ways of getting people to buy it!"

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 01:11 pm (UTC)

I thought the cover image made that clear? :p

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miss-nightowl.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 01:16 pm (UTC)

That´s what I´m saying. They might as well have put up a big sign where they spelled it out directly.
I guess they thought they were being subtle. Not unless their costumers are blind, deaf and live on Mars.

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 03:17 pm (UTC)

Or just plain stupid.

Grrrr my internet crashed down...

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lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 10:56 am (UTC)

*ROFL*

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 11:02 am (UTC)

:o)

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lyxzen.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 11:44 am (UTC)

hrhr ;)

and remember... ♥ --> http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/3492285945.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 12:46 pm (UTC)

Ja, stimmt! Das brauche ich unbedingt noch! :o)

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snuffkin.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 12:54 pm (UTC)

wtf O_o *lol*

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 12:57 pm (UTC)

I know O_O

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 02:53 pm (UTC)

Oi.

Bonuspoints for having balls the size of Hindeburg?

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 03:18 pm (UTC)

Okay, we'll grant them that :o)

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 03:32 pm (UTC)

But nothing more.

What did they do, download a trial version of photoshop and mess around with poor Leggy for a couple of minutes before printing? That's truly pathetic!

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 03:57 pm (UTC)

Indeed it is. Like I said above my guess is they're trying to hide the book is rubbish and attract Leggyyyyy fangirls....

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 05:31 pm (UTC)

Yeah - I was one of them myself in the very beginning, before I realised how many batshit crazy girls there are, and that pretty much scared me away from him. Besides the fact that I realised that while he's pretty to look at, Orlando hasn't really done a lot of good acting. I liked him in LotR, since he didn't say much, and word has it he's good in Elizabethtown, but... that's pretty much it. I also discovered Hobbits;)

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:10 am (UTC)

Besides the fact that I realised that while he's pretty to look at, Orlando hasn't really done a lot of good acting.

*lol* Exactly - but yeah, I thought he was pretty good in Elizabethtown.

I must admit I used to be a Leggyfangirl, too - for about three months. Then ROTK came out, and Merry & Pip finally stole my heart :p

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 10:14 am (UTC)

I haven't seen Elizabethtown, so I'll take your word for it:)

Hang on, I have The Calcium Boy laying around on my computer... he's got that really cute post-LotR look, with short hair and just a hint of curls, maing him look really young - I think I'll watch that one this weekend:) He did it before the big hurrah started, just after LotR and either right after or right before Black Hawk Down, I think. Anyway, I never hear these crazy chix talk about it, so I can be all superior and "what do you mean, haven't seen it? I thought you were a Orli fangirl? *tuts*" :D

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glorfinniel.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 08:15 pm (UTC)

*sneaks in* I agree with what you and everyone else is saying but....would now be a bad time to point out your username and the reason behind it? :-P

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 08:36 pm (UTC)

*whines* I know I know but - I was young and - I want to change it and ..... JENSEN! :o)

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 10:14 am (UTC)

*snickers*

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aryana-filker.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 05:29 pm (UTC)

Argh - are they allowed to DO that?????

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:10 am (UTC)

No idea *shrugs*

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aryana-filker.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 10:14 am (UTC)

Hmph....

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airefanya.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 05:52 pm (UTC)

Hihi, das ist mir auch schon aufgefallen. Ziemlich dreist, würd ich mal sagen, aber ich vermute auch, dass das Buch absoluter Müll sein muss, wenn man zu solchen Methoden greift.

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:11 am (UTC)

Das vermute ich nämlich auch stark :o) Erschrocken haben wir uns trotzdem :o)

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lisande.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2006 07:02 pm (UTC)

*g* My colleague showed me a catalogue (might have been "Weltbild", but I'm not sure) with a pic of that cover. We were very amused! :)

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:12 am (UTC)

Can imagine that :p

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pleasant-valley.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 12:14 am (UTC)

I find that picture quite scary actually, its like his evil twin. *shudders*

Btw, i am loving your icon. :)

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:14 am (UTC)

I know!!! Like Lore in Star Trek

/random

Thanks - I rewatched the episodes the other day and I had to make an icon of it :o)

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schnoogles.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 12:21 am (UTC)

Like... WTF.

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legoline.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2006 08:14 am (UTC)

Word :o)

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schnoogles.livejournal.com on March 26th, 2006 02:07 am (UTC)

OMG there's an old book by Terry Brooks on the sale table at the library where I work, and I swear, the cover is Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas with curly hair instead of straight.

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schnoogles.livejournal.com on March 26th, 2006 02:08 am (UTC)

SHORT curly hair.

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morelindo.livejournal.com on March 30th, 2006 03:50 pm (UTC)

*falls off chair and dies laughing*