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'Good often does evil': JRR Tolkien on 'the most tragic moment' in The Lord of the Rings
Hate to post clickbait, but I knew what this moment was as soon as I read this headline. I'm sure the rest of you can too.
Unrelated excerpt:
Aspyre Gaming just did a re-release of The Lord Of The Rings War In The North game to modern consoles and PC. This is a personal favorite game of mine that inspired me with ideas, as you will see in some future posts I plan to do. It's not the best game in the world by any means but I always...
Did JRR Tolkien plagiarise himself when he wrote The Lord Of The Rings?
A controversial question no doubt!
But let's take a closer look that led to the question.
The good professor had great success when The Hobbit was released and his publisher, George Allen & Unwin Ltd was keen for a sequel...
Gandalf: Now comes the age of the Frog! May they be blessed!
(Places crown on head)
Kermagorn sings: "Croaka croaka ribbit. Ribbit ribbit roo.
(Porkelrond nudges Miss Pigarwen out from behind a bush).
(Kermagorn's eyes bug out!
There are very few if any evil women in The Lord of the Rings. Queen Berúthiel is briefly mentioned in the appendices I believe, but she's not a major character (is she really evil?). All the wizards are in the form of men I believe, but wizardess is a word that has been coined elsewhere, and...
So my first reaction to this is.
Why?
I mean i know Peter Jackson sadly screwed up the Hobbit movies. Going from Acceptable to Lame. The only Hobbit visual medium i can recommend, is that 2003 video game released on PC and PS2/Gamecube/Xbox. Though consoles is said to be the best to...
I cant seem to find it online
Why does it matter? Eh i wanna rename some Chocobos in FF7 to those horses. But it wouldnt feel appropriate to pick Male names for them.
My ultimate dream is to one day, get ShadowFax. The Lord of all Horses!
First off, I wasn't sure where this exactly fit and by my powers of debatable deduction I decided here was probably the best location. If this is incorrect please feel free to move it where it belongs or remove it and let me know where I should be placing it! It's my first post and I don't want...
I must have missed that part? Would that mean Frodo Baggins was 36-40 years old by the time Gandalf first visited. Then turned 50 when he left the Shire with the ring?
However... timeline consistency feels weird here.
I dunno. Can someone fact check me. My apologies...
I saw the movie once but... eh i didnt like how it ended, felt like something "Del Toro" would write, if you know what i mean. Not a fan.
But the original story is said to be good. Just curious to what you think?
I assume its either
Folk Music - Hobbits
Hymns - Elves
Ballade - Men
Epic poems - Dwarves
Well... with Orcs its likely improper stuff. So i won't mention it here.
That's right, 22 years after seeing all three movies in a theatre on 'Trilogy Tuesday', Alqualisse and I are going to do it again on January 24th.
The content of the movies and my well-documented issues I have with then aside, it's more of a 'life' thing for us...
If it weren't for the making of...
What do you think? Why did good in LOTR eventually win? Did evil stand a chance? Especially since Eru once told Melkor he'd put his disturbance into play to create even greater goods?
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My opinion:
Each challenge the heroes of Tolkien face is a display of courage in dire times. In a universe...
Good morning everyone, I am an Italian student of Languages for International Communication.
This is a questionnaire about invented languages, especially the elvish language (Sindarin): about perception and use in fan and scholar communities.
The compilation is anonymous and will only take a...
Or did J.R.R Tolkien say. Just English, and it wouldnt matter if its Cockney, Redneck, Australian, British or American accent.
Just overall curious?
edit: found this reddit post. Unsure if this is quote by Tolkien, but here is what it says
(Tolkien wrote about this to the BBC when they were...