#middleearth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #middleearth, aggregated by home.social.
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Q: Why Did The One Ring Allow Frodo To Hand It To Bombadil?
ANSWER: I had half-written this article and then had to stop working on it. I left the browser window open but when I came back to it the article vanished. So it’s possible I haven’t reconstructed all my previous ideas and I may miss something in what follows (as I wrote it hastily). I received the following questions in December […]
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It’s pretty clear all the elves in Peter Jackson's interpretation of Middle Earth are just tired of all this shit.
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ARGENTINA! 🇦🇷 Un grupo de Gandalfs se reunió delante de la casa de Peter Thiel en el barrio Palermo Chico.
🎶 Vos querés Palantir para ver el futuro. Mirate en el espejo, vas a ver un boludo... ¡Vas a ver un boludo! 🎶 😘
Llevaron una bandera con el "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" escrito con la tipografía del ya legendario trapo de Malvinas :blobaww: 🔥
MI PAIS! 😆
📽️ El Grito del Sur via IG @elgritodelsur
#PeterThiel #Argentina #AI #IA #Gandalf #LOTR #Palantir #MiddleEarth #Tolkien
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If you haven't tried @[email protected] yet, or you did and were confused, time to ask questions and submit suggestions!
Middleearth.quest is a DM-based #ATgame set on, well, #MiddleEarth! It's very casual and will only consume a minute or two of your time every 24+ hours.
Give it a try!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nwxpzxyajtoqytsorxuwgolt/post/3mtcbmznsjc22
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Q: What Was Sauron’s True Name?
ANSWER: Sauron’s “true” name must be one of the most popular topics among Tolkien fans who dive deep into the minutiae of the books. When Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were discussing the Orcs whom Boromir had killed, they pondered what the “S” rune on their helms might represent. Aragorn dismissed the idea that it could represent “Sauron” because “he does not […]
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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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Q: What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used ‘Swart’ And ‘Swarthy’ To Describe Elves And Men?
ANSWER: I have deferred answering this question because of my recent post about Andy Serkis. I received this question in September 2025 and as I process my queue of visitor-submitted questions it was coming up when Andy made waves in the news. I hope enough time has passed that people won’t mind my […]
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There are two compliments about my home that I treasure when visitors say them:
It smells good in here
It looks just like a hobbit hole; it's cozy.
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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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Q: Why Didn’t The Elves Destroy The Three Rings?
ANSWER: People have asked many questions about the Rings of Power. I received the following question about the Elven rings in July 2025:
… why did the Elves keep the Three Rings all those years, instead of destroying them? They had access to Mount Doom for at least the first millennia of the 3rd Age. The Keepers wanted to keep the power […]
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Q: When Does A Tolkien Question Stop Being About Tolkien?
ANSWER: Through the years I receive occasional thoughtful opinions or responses to recent posts on this blog, where long-time readers feel I may have strayed beyond their expectations or – in some cases – comfort zones. Those two areas are not the same (in my eyes). There may be other, unseen boundaries I occasionally cross. Years ago, […]
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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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I had to put down Robert Tally's "Mismeasure of Orcs" partway through. His thesis (that Tolkien's orcs encode racism and classism) is pursued with genuine dedication, but the evidence keeps coming up short, and what's there is consistently lifted out of context or misread.
I'm not saying Tolkien was without blind spots when it came to race and class. He was a man of his era (or, perhaps more correctly, of even earlier eras).
#tolkien #orcs #fantasy #mythology #worldbuilding #middleearth
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Q: Why Were Arnor And Gondor Separate After Isildur Died?
ANSWER: I received the following question from a reader in November 2025:
Why were Armor and Gondor sundered after Isildur’s death, if long-range communications with the Palàntiri was a thing?
Technically, the realm of Elendil persisted until Third Age year 861, when Amlaith and his two (unnamed) brothers divided Arnor into three […]
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War of the Ring - The Card Game: Hope and Despair expansion announced #tabletopgames #lotr #middleearth
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I rather guiltily have to admit that I met LOTR via Ace books...
#MiddleEarth
https://magazine.1000libraries.com/how-a-novel-nobody-expected-to-sell-became-a-legend/ -
Q: Did The Mouth Of Sauron Survive The War Of The Ring?
ANSWER: I received this question in October 2025:
Do you think the Mouth of Sauron could have survived Sauron’s defeat?
Therefore, could he still be alive during the fourth age and still roaming Middle earth and represent a menace?
I can see different ways he might have survived. So far as I know, unless there is some letter out there […]
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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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Since I am in #LordOfTheRings mood, I call this Numenor
#MiddleEarth From #Space
🗺️ New Zealand's Banks Peninsula 🇳🇿, shaped by two extinct volcanoes, meets the Pacific Ocean in this striking #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay
🛰️ The imagery supports the monitoring of coastlines, land cover and vegetation.
https://eu-space.europa.eu/explore-euspace/images
via Copernicus EU
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The One Ring is nigh
#MiddleEarth
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Q: Were The Shire Hobbits White-skinned?
ANSWER: This question was inspired by Andy Serkis’ recent response to criticisms about his casting for The Hunt for Gollum. Serkis, according to Variety and other sources, said that “… I don’t think we will be doing a politically correct just-casting-for-the sake-of-casting-and-ticking-boxes version of the film…” He added, “So, it’s where […]
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"If you want to be a 'Tolkien based his elves on Norse mythology' purist [...] yes, there ARE (probably) black-skinned Elves in Middle-earth. [...] Period. End of argument. If you want all your so-called “Tolkien elves” to be white-skinned, you lose. You’re wrong. Get over yourselves. You don’t deserve to be called Tolkien fans. You’re just people who obsess over hateful, toxic ideas and you ignore the author and his own points of view." 👍
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/are-orcs-and-elves-the-same-race-or-not/
#Tolkien #MiddleEarth