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Putri Prihatini
BlogTolkien
Without Christopher Tolkien (21 November 1926 - 16 January 2020), the world of Tolkien studies and our understanding of his vast expanse of imagination would not have been like now.
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đJasmine Maps the Unknowable Beingđ
jasmine_maps
IDK about you guys but i haven't been excited about anything #Tolkien related for a long while now. Its pretty much just "Norse+Celtic myth but sorta racist-er and super conservative."1/3
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Helen Young đłď¸âđ
heyouonline
Claiming Tolkien was anti-racist also contributes to erasing and ignoring the lived experiences of fans of colour. It makes fandom less welcoming to POC. Donât do it 10/ The racism
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URSULA Edelheid (no, that's not my real name)
dietweeterei
1/ Ursula K. Le Guin started publishing in the 1960s when the hype for #Tolkienâs #TheLordOfTheRings was at its peak. She is also the source of one of the most
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GrĂmnir Mäyrä-Parta: Master skeptomancer & skĂĄld
Grimasaur
Orcs in fantasy are mostly traced back to Tolkien, but they also stem from the myths and legends Tolkien drew from, particularly pre-Christian Celtic, Scandinavian and Finno-Ugric myth (trolls, fomorians,
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Gareth Hanrahan
mytholder
Thread 2! We're starting in THE TREASON OF ISENGARD, Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth. (I lost my copy of 8 and haven't actually read ever gotten to read
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Kazumi Chin
kazumiochin
Thereâs a bit of truth to this troll post. My relevant training here is in cultural studies, which is based in a Marxist understanding of cultural changes during the 1950s
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URSULA Edelheid (no, that's not my real name)
dietweeterei
1/ Have you heard about the story of Maura Labingi, a cĹŤbuc from Suzat who one day has to go on a big adventure to save the world? Maybe not,
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christina
floozyesq
cannot conceive of a more immersion-shattering line than âLooks like meat is back on the menu, boys!â uttered by an Orc soldier in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Chris Plehal
ChrisPlehal
The Fellowship of the Ring: Quarantine Edition. Made with LEGOs and random household objects. #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #Tolkien #lego #legos #Quarantine #stayhome Part 2 Part 3
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Evan
EvanCooney
NEW LOTR THREAD As per request via poll; here is my take on Tom Bombadil. Bear in mind I have taken an official position on this character and not
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Helen Young đłď¸âđ
heyouonline
This is only half true, at best. In Tolkienâs Middle earth, biological race is real. It is structured into the cosmology. Tolkien was anti-Nazi but that is NOT the same
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Monkey's Paw Games
nicholasmasyk
anime avis: "Tolkien wasn't racist, there's no connection between how they're described and how white people (used to)(100% still do) view BIPOC"J.R.R. Fucking Tolkien: Pointing out racism isn't "the REAL
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Joshua Stein, philosophy, ethics, politics
thephilosotroll
It's maybe not a great indicator that a runner for one of the world's biggest fantasy franchises apparently doesn't know even the basics of the history of fantasy, but (since
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Lari Huttunen
larihuttunen
"Entmoot" by @larihuttunen. https://photography.huttu.net/pics/010849529-entmoot #fantasy #lotr #lordoftherings #ents #treeshepherds #limousin #france #blackandwhite #monochrome #tolkien #entmoot If you havenât guessed, Iâm a
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Evan
EvanCooney
I was asked to do a thread on why âlore contextâ for Gandalfâs fight with the Balrog in the Lord of the Rings is so important and makes the scene
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