Hi, Everlid! Great idea! Since you mentioned your love for Tolkien, would you be interested in joining my Lord of the Rings RP? 

Greetings, Everild! As you can see, I am Esthelle. I enjoy writing, in poetry and in prose, each form as rambling and randomized as the other. Like the overwhelming majority of Chatterboxers here, I love to read. Although I tend to prefer more "classic" forms of literature (mainly in the form of novels), I also enjoy many more modernized works. 

I'm excited by your introduction, as it presents a collection of many of my own interests! I've only read from Charlotte and Emily, none of Anne, so my taste of the Bronte-esque is incomplete. But I do enjoy what I've sampled! I prefer Emily, even though Charlotte's are the "greater" and more edifying works. 

Austen and Dickens are some of the most honest, most engaging, and funniest books I've encountered. Even those of their characters that appear at first glance to border on the caricature are remarkable in their true depth and authenticity, especially when you consider that many of these characters probably set the archetypes of their various sorts. It amuses me to reflect that  the stories we consider relatively high-brow now, like Dickens and Austen, would have been thought idle and vulgar by people of the times they were written. Things certainly change!

Tolkien is my favorite author, and has been for some years now. He's helped me through some darker places, and expresses parts of me in ways I'm not equipped to do. How many of his works have you experienced? I really enjoy his extra-Arda material -- his essay "On Fairy Stories" continues to shape the way I approach worlds, both Primary and Secondary, whether  investigating someone else's or exploring my own.

Yessssss!!! I've only just disturbed the surfaces of those works, having neared the end of Tolkien's Beowulf translation, and started the Mabinogian and Kalevala. Do you have a favorite among the three?

Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes. I factually love T. H. White's take on Arthurian legend. I didn't know a story could be so funny and so heartbreakingly sad at once, conveyed almost casually, and yet so carefully. White's Camelot is a paradox-beacon of all that is desperately worst and best of Humanity. 

You own a real harp? And take real lessons? I'm both impressed and envious. All I have after the fashion of a harp is a little 12-stringed affair, and there's no chance of even locating an actual harp-teacher, let alone affording their guidance! Or a full-size harp, for that matter. Is yours a pedal, or a lever harp? Or neither? How many strings does it have?

And who doesn't like eating chocolate. ;) I've been considering starting French, but I guess I'd better improve my German first. You speak Russian? Is it as difficult as it sounds?

Hum, that was characteristically long and rambling. Namarie! 

Wow, you live with a harp and you speak Russian? Two things I wish happened to me! :)

Anyway, it is nice to meet you, Everild. I am Pooki P, but you may call me Pooki. I like to draw, write, sing, and I live with three very special dolls and a boatload of plushies and porcelain cats. I also love to cook and eat. 

Hey, All!

My name's Ferris, and this is also my first post on here, if you couldn't tell. It's really cool that you can speak Russian, I always thought Cyrillic looked cooler than Latin characters. But I think it's amazing how many languages are out there, and how different and similar some of them are. I'd love to develop a language from the ground up, like Esperanto. And then let it develop into a bunch of other dialects, like a mother language. Of course, even if that did happen, it'd take way longer than my lifetime.

Other than language, I love literature and film, especially disecting really interesting scenes and making alternate endings and all that stuff. I see people like to do RPs on this site, so that'd be right up my alley too.

I do love fantasy and sci-fi and superhero RPs and all that, but I would also love to give some underappreciated subgenres some love, like gambling or sports literature. You'd be suprised how tense and exhilerating some well written gambling/sports novels can get when the stakes are high!

Well, somebody let me know if you'd like to collaborate on something like that. I look forward to meeting some of you.

Hi Everlid! I'm Cockleburr. I've been on the Chatterbox for two years. I took harp lessons a while ago for about a year, but I haven't for a long time and I wouldn't exactly call myself a harpist. I do gymnastics and am a level 7. I have pet chickens and I know some Hebrew! I'm a self taught draw-er (I feel like calling myself an artist sounds pretentious) and my favorite subject is science. I've been a big fan of Sherlock for almost a year now and I have started watching Doctor Who, which is phenominal! I love it! My favorite authors include Philip Pullman and Tamora Pierce. The book I'd reccomend to everyone is The Golden Compass. 

Everlid, I also enjoy chocolate and I'm learning French in school! I'm not brilliant at it, but it's cool to learn new languages. See you around!

Hello Everild!

I am Spring Flower! I am also relatively new here.

I have not read any of the books you've mentioned, but I consider myself to be an advid reader. One of my favorite series is Greenglass House(which if you haven't read, you definetly should). Also, I love watching Avatar: theLast Airbender(or rather rewatching).

I love the sound of the harp, but I play piano(and am also learning ukulele). I have a friend who is into flutes! He has this really cool Native American made one. No matter what notes you playon it, they all blend together and sound really traditional. 

My other interests include eating chocolate(YUM!), researching stuff for my writing, and reading new books!

I can aslo speak Mandarin Chinese!!! I'm not so good yet, but the characters in my location spot mean 'Chunhua' which translates to Spring Flower.

I’m Sorrelshine and I’m also fairly new here.

I don’t do anything cool like speaking russian or play an instrument..... but i’m gonna be in band next year!

I’m a huge bookworm but sadly I haven’t read any of those listed above. Yes, not even lord of the rings. :( I know, I know. ‘Call yourself a bookworm?’

However, I’m an uber-super-gigantic Warriors nerd. I feel sorry for Bumblestripe: the cat who exists to get his heart broken. Sigh. Also, age difference is a huge problem. Among other huge problems. Sigh again. It’s completely messed up but I still love it. Also i may create a thread just to rant about Warriors. Oh well.

Nheo(my Captcha) says aipf. What does that even mean? aipf? What? Pat pat. (Patting Nheo on the head) Whatever go eat the backyard or whatever you Captchas do.

Hi, I'm Zeus. I've been here for almost two years, but I don't really post much except once in a while when my girl problems overwhelm me. I love Tolkien, because Lord of the Rings is awesome, but I'm also a big T.H. White fan. I like Guenever in particular from "The Once and Future King." Who's your favorite character in his King Arthur books?

I don't play harp, unfortunately. However, if this redeems me, I speak fluent French. I think it's really cool that you speak Russian! I'd love to learn someday!

It's nice to meet you, and I hope you enjoy the Chatterbox!