#middleearth — Public Fediverse posts
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This day we fight!
✅ War axe
✅ Bad attitude
✅ Suspicious amount of confidence
❌ Any actual plan
Men train.
Elves practice.
Dwarves prepare.
Orcs loudly announce victory before the battle starts.
@[email protected] #middleearth #orcs #CirithUngol -
How Many Castles In Middle-earth?
For screen readers [ Click to expand ] A six-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style follows Kael and Darvolo as they walk along a stone-paved road winding through a sunlit forest. Tall trees, wildflowers, moss-covered rocks, and patches of sunlight create a peaceful setting. Kael wears chain mail armor, a blue cloak, and carries a sword. Darvolo wears the elegant clothing of a wealthy merchant, including a feathered hat, embroidered robes, jewelry, and a decorative cloak. Their […]https://mytolkienlife.xenite.org/how-many-castles-in-middle-earth/
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Birthday present finally framed and hung. Two posters of #MiddleEarth maps done in schematic London Underground “Tube Map” style.
The schematic Tube Map style was first designed by Harry Beck and promoted until it became the London Underground standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map
These two designs, following that style, are by Don Wilde: https://donwildeart.com/collections/lord-of-the-rings-subway-maps
adapting Christopher Tolkien's original maps to the Tube Map style. One shows the First Age (as told in the #Silmarillion), the other shows the Third Age (as told in #LordOfTheRings). There are loads of detail to delight #Tolkien fans.
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Fast And Furious Food
For screen readers [ Click to expand ] A seven-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style follows Lily through a bizarre dream. The first six panels are arranged in two columns, with a final double-wide panel stretching across the bottom. Most of the dream takes place at the drive-thru window of a stone building with a wooden sign above it reading "Food to go." Lily leans out of the serving window as increasingly unusual customers arrive. The dream becomes stranger with each order […] -
Do All Elves Have Pointy Ears?
For screen readers < fieldset> [ Click to expand ] A six-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style shows Elara and Darvolo sitting together in a cozy music studio. The room contains musical instruments, microphones, sheet music, books, potted plants, and warm natural light. Both characters hold small harps, although Elara is the one actively playing throughout most of the comic. Colorful musical notes float from her harp whenever she plays, emphasizing the gentle melody. The […]https://mytolkienlife.xenite.org/do-all-elves-have-pointy-ears/
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Why Was Gondor Never Conquered?
For screen readers [ Click to expand ] A six-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style follows Lily, Mira, and Barath inside an ancient library filled with towering bookshelves, stone arches, wooden tables, candles, books, and rolled scrolls. The warm lighting and scholarly surroundings create the atmosphere of a place devoted to history and learning. Throughout the comic, Lily and Mira discuss why Gondor remained unconquered before Barath, an experienced researcher already studying […]https://mytolkienlife.xenite.org/why-was-gondor-never-conquered/
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And Now The Orc Mage Appears
For screen readers [ Click to expand ] A seven-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style shows seven recurring fantasy characters gathered around a large wooden table for a tabletop role-playing game resembling Dungeons & Dragons. The cozy room is warmly lit with lanterns and candles. The table is covered with colorful polyhedral dice, character sheets, pencils, books, and miniature figurines representing heroes and monsters. Kael serves as the game master from one end of the table. […]https://mytolkienlife.xenite.org/and-now-the-orc-mage-appears/
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New comics from My Tolkien Life.
"A Question About Dragons"
#middleearth #tolkien #lotr #hobbit #silmarillion #fantasy #literature #comics
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The Gardener of Middle-earth: Why Samwise Gamgee is the Actual Hero of The Lord of the Rings https://www.allforgardening.com/1731973/the-gardener-of-middle-earth-why-samwise-gamgee-is-the-actual-hero-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/ #actual #gamgee #garden #gardener #gardening #hero #is #Lord #middleearth #of #Rings #samwise #the #Why
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I haven't had much time to research answers to the questions that readers submit to the Middle-earth Blog this year. So to help me lighten the load, I've started a new series called Middle-earth Trivia (it requires less research). This is this first post in the series: "Little Known Details About Tolkien Elves"
#middleearth #fantasy #jrrtolkien #lotr #silmarillion #thehobbit
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/little-known-details-about-tolkien-elves/
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I always thought that #JRRTolkien's #Smaug was a metaphor for the #IndustrialAge and #WealthHoarding. It seems I'm not alone! #Tolkien was actually an #environmentalist and possibly a #socialist (though he describes himself as an #anarchist). Does that mean #LOTR will be banned by #Fascistic #Capitalists? Hmmmm...
#Dragonomics: Smaug and #ClimateChange
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Richard Fahey
Excerpt: "Today, we talk about dragons. I refer specifically to the greedy, northern (often fire-breathing) variety as described in Beowulf and featured in Tolkien’s #Hobbit, and I will consider how these monsters present #EnvironmentalCatastrophe as a direct result of #hoarding and #greed.
"My discussion of dragons and climate change continues my recent series of blogs interested in placing medieval literature (and in this case also modern medievalism) in conversation with current crises. This blog develops an earlier argument made in a paper at a 'Tolkien in Vermont' conference (2014), titled 'Dragonomics: Smaug and #Pollution on Middle-Earth,' in which I argue that pollution in Tolkien’s Hobbit is linked to both the literal destruction by the dragon, and the rampant greed that motivates Smaug and ultimately initiates the plunder and violence at the Battle of Five Armies."
#MiddleEarth #Capitalism #ClimateCrisis #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CapitalismMustDie
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Just watched The War of the Rohirrim finally (on my flight), and I'm left with mixed but mostly positive feelings. The story leans heavily on familiar tropes and at times it feels a bit too much like “Éowyn, but animated” with a classic rebellious daughter arc, but it still worked for me. It was gritty enough as well.
The animation, which I don’t usually go for, felt surprisingly fitting. A visual style that respected the world more than it tried to modernise it. Helm Hammerhand’s transformation into a spectral legend? That’s pure Tolkien saga, and it was handled beautifully. Easily the most compelling part of the film. And a bit of a relief after the somewhat corporate Héra storyline.
Compared to The Rings of Power, this felt less like corporate IP exploitation and more like someone actually read the appendices and cared. It’s not flawless, and you can feel the screenplay straining a bit under the weight of trying to build emotional arcs from sparse lore. But it gets the tone right, and that matters a lot.
Would happily take more Middle-earth stories in this style, as long as the writing keeps improving.
#WarOfTheRohirrim #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #Rohirrim #AnimeAdaptation #BetterThanRingsOfPower #HelmHammerhand
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Viggo Mortensen might return as Aragorn in the new LOTR film "The Hunt for Gollum"! What do you think about this epic comeback?
Here's all that we know about it all: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/viggo-mortensen-the-return-of-the-king-to-middle-earth-for-the-hunt-for-gollum
#LOTR #Aragorn #TheHuntForGollum #ViggoMortensen #MiddleEarth #Tolkien #FilmNews #ReturnOfTheKing #Cinema #FantasyFilms
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Happy Hobbit Day! Happy Birthday Bilbo & Frodo! Remembering our AWESOME 2019 pre-COVID trip to #NewZealand with a visit to Bag End, Middle Earth, The Shire, Hobbiton! #InternationalHobbitDay #HobbitDay #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #TheHobbit #Hobbit #MiddleEarth #Shire #TheShire #WETA #WETAWorkshop #FensterFreitag #FensterFriday #WindowFriday #WindowsFriday #WindowsFridays #Fenster #Window #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photography #Photo #Photographer #Aotearoa