The Fellowship is TOTALLY different in the book...
In The Lord of the Rings film adaptation, the fellowship is very unbalanced. It’s essentially Aragorn doing all the work, and Sam is the real hero, but I have to say, as I am reading through Lord of t...
8 Elo 202513min
We need to talk about Saruman
We need to have a long talk about Saruman. That’s it. That’s the whole intro. Because I don’t even know where to go with this because he is so vastly different in the book and the details that you get...
7 Elo 202517min
Elrond is Lying in the Movies
In the Fellowship of the Ring, when Elrond says, “you’ve been summoned here to answer…” He’s lying. And it’s actually the coolest part of the whole Council of Elrond section in the book.
6 Elo 202510min
Revisiting the Lonliness of Bilbo Baggins
I want to revisit the very first essay I published on the very first chapter of Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring. In that essay I talked about the Loneliness of Bilbo Baggins and how I tho...
6 Elo 202510min
Why Boromir is my Favorite Member of the Fellowship
There are no shortage of essays discussing the legend of Boromir in the books and the movies. He seems to be having some kind of resurgence in the last few years because enough time has passed from th...
6 Elo 202516min
The Two Towers: Bk 4 - Ch 1-3
Jon, Jenn, Danny, and Lizzy talk about how even though there isn't a lot that happens in the first three chapters, there is just so much character development. And they talk about what the Two Towers ...
15 Heinä 20251h 42min
Sauron Wanted to Unite with the Dwarves...
This blew my mind.
14 Heinä 20257min
The most beautiful line that JRR Tolkien ever wrote
My grandmother died when I was 9. She was the kindest, most gentle and amazing woman I have ever known. When she laughed she had a kind of hiss to her laugh, not really a menacing one like a snake or ...
13 Heinä 202512min
