SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agoThat’s where I keep my list of elvish naughty words!lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down11
arrow-up1346arrow-down1imageThat’s where I keep my list of elvish naughty words!lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoMy true shame as a LOTR fan is that I’ve read the books five times but I just never read the appendix.
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoSHAME SHAME SHAME
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoit’s no shame on them, but they’re missing out on Angamaite and Sangahyando, which is a shame
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoHOW? it’s got some great bits! the history of gondor and arnor, the pronunciation guide, info on the languages
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoAnd if you like the appendices you’ll love The Silmarillion.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agowell yes, it leads nicely into that, which leads nicely into unifnished tales, which leads nicely into HOME (all 12 books)… after that it gets tricky
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI do need the encouragement, thank you!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoit also has the story of aragorn and arwen, which appears nowhere in the book because tolkien couldnt find a place to put it. he did of course find a place to but bombadil…
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI have honestly always wondered why that was such a huge story line in the movies!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoit’s a very significant event in the history of middle earth, but it’s always at the edges of the story. and you have to have read the silmarillion to really get why it’s so significant, and of course it’s some bloodline stuff, because it’s tolkien.
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI also have not read that, is it worth it?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoyes. but it can be a tough read at first. lots of new names and it’s not a novel, it’s a condensed historical narrative
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI do have a degree in history, I’ll give it a shot.
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoAndy Serkis on audio book makes it easy.
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThey do the appendix?! I’ll have to look into that!
My true shame as a LOTR fan is that I’ve read the books five times but I just never read the appendix.
SHAME SHAME SHAME
it’s no shame on them, but they’re missing out on Angamaite and Sangahyando, which is a shame
I can feel it.
HOW? it’s got some great bits!
the history of gondor and arnor, the pronunciation guide, info on the languages
And if you like the appendices you’ll love The Silmarillion.
well yes, it leads nicely into that, which leads nicely into unifnished tales, which leads nicely into HOME (all 12 books)… after that it gets tricky
I do need the encouragement, thank you!
it also has the story of aragorn and arwen, which appears nowhere in the book because tolkien couldnt find a place to put it.
he did of course find a place to but bombadil…
I have honestly always wondered why that was such a huge story line in the movies!
it’s a very significant event in the history of middle earth, but it’s always at the edges of the story. and you have to have read the silmarillion to really get why it’s so significant, and of course it’s some bloodline stuff, because it’s tolkien.
I also have not read that, is it worth it?
yes. but it can be a tough read at first. lots of new names and it’s not a novel, it’s a condensed historical narrative
I do have a degree in history, I’ll give it a shot.
Andy Serkis on audio book makes it easy.
They do the appendix?! I’ll have to look into that!