This article from theage.com.au – The Age is a few years old, but I think it was talking about the Lord of the Rings community I was in (still am, theoretically, though the site doesn’t work and the admin disappeared on us), Elenath. Funny how I didn’t know it then…wonder if I can resurrect the site.

(ETA 01-19-05: Here’s the relevant bit from the story, since the Age requires registration now. Feel free to visit the link and read the rest of the article, though. it’s rather amusing.)

Elenath

Is there anyone out there in blogland who hasn’t taken sides on the Legolas/Aragorn debate?

If so, get thee to Elenath, where you’ll read more than enough about their respective merits, not to mention the radical Elijah Wood theory held by an active minority. You’ll also learn not to call him Legolas: it’s “Orli” (for actor Orlando Bloom).

Elenath serves as a kind of chat room for its 18 or so female members, who download their day’s news, with obligatory passing references to their chosen character.

These blogs come not singly, but in sets, or in blog parlance, cliques, also known as Web rings, which you can follow around the many, many Lord of the Rings fan sites on the Internet.

There’s one ring Tolkien didn’t think of.

one-magic-day.net/elenath (Ed. Note: This is the site that doesn’t exist anymore. Sniff. Perhaps I can get it up again.)