Turin’s Weakness Is His Lack of Tolkien’s Greatest Weapon: Friendship

Peter Jackson did some interesting things with Elves in his movies, and Legolas’ personality is the main victim. Far from the always-steady, joyless stoic portrayed by Orlando Bloom, Legolas was much ...

20 Mar 202319min

I have one final theory about wizard staves to share, and this one is much more speculative and likely not true, but hinges on some...interesting words that Saruman has for Gandalf. For my previous tw...

16 Mar 20239min

I know I’m late to the party on this, but at long last here’s my review of The Fall of Numenor, edited by Brian Sibley and illustrated by Alan Lee. Do you need to get this book? Probably not, but yo...

13 Mar 202321min

Earlier this week (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1GRzWjH_V4) I took a look at whether the Istari, or wizards, of Middle-earth actually needed their staves to perform magic. In this follow-up, I ex...

9 Mar 20238min

The Wizards we meet in The Lord of the Rings always seem to be carrying a staff, and those pieces of wood sure seem important, but are they actually necessary to the Wizards’ use of magic? Other Links...

6 Mar 202327min

A viewer suggested this topic, and particularly asked for any lessons we moderns could learn from the Numenorean’s folly. Other Links: Utreon: https://utreon.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/ Rumble at https:...

2 Mar 20238min

Many of us at one point or another had an idealized conception of hobbits, but whether you’ve grown out of that or not, this book will give you a fresh look at hobbits and probably teach you a few les...

27 Feb 202330min

David Rowe (who has appeared on my channel in a criminally underwatched video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHLbX0u8EI) recently noted on Twitter that while he understood the logic, he still wonde...

23 Feb 20236min