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-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.
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.