The Elves leave Middle-earth at different points in time, with the last ship sailing sometime in the Fourth Age. It is commonly asked whether it was really fair for the Elves that leave Middle-earth when the time of war was looming. The most obvious answer was that the Elves ability to leave Middle-earth was known for longer than the War of Sauron. However, there were still many elves who remained, such as Galadriel and Elrond, two of the bearers of the Three Rings. It was even ...
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Tolkien’s thoughts on Disney
Tolkien is believed to have a strong opinion for Disney which is mainly critical - to the point where he didn’t let Disney remake his world. But is it as simple as we may think? I recognize [Walt Disney's] talent, but it has always seemed to me hopelessly corrupted. Though in most of the 'pictures' proceeding from his studios there are admirable or charming passages, the effect of all of them to me is disgusting. Some have given me nausea…—Letter to Miss J.L. Curry, of 15 July 1964]] By ...
The Life of Merry Brandybuck
Merry Brandybuck was born in 2982 of the Third Age to Saradoc ‘Scattergold’ Brandybuck and Esmeralda Took. His full name, Meriadoc, was initially supposed to mean jolly, though it is an abbreviation of the Buckland name Kalimac. However, this was seldom remembered. The Brandybucks of many generations lived in Brandy Hall where all hobbits were “clannish and reckoned up their relationships with great care, [drawing] long and elaborate family-trees with innumerable branches.” (LOTR, ...
3 reasons why I liked the ending of LOTR
Frodo leaves Middle-earth due to his wounds from his quest of the One Ring. This is often viewed as bittersweet, but sad even more and understandably so - as he: experiences pain and sorrow, leaves his friends, arguably without any hope that they will meet again, and we find out later that the Undying Lands do not make him, or any mortal that is invited there, immortal. However, recently I’ve actually learned to appreciate this ending and I will explore with you the reasons ...
How did Aragorn die?
At the age of 210, on March 1, 1541 (FA 120), Aragorn resigned life, as his son, Eldarion, takes his place as King of Gondor and Arnor - and recalls his final words to his wife, Arwen: “Lady Undómiel,…the hour is indeed hard, yet it was made even in that day when we met under the white birches in the garden of Elrond where none now walk. And on the hill of Cerin Amroth when we forsook both the Shadow and the Twilight this doom we accepted. Take counsel with yourself, beloved, and ask whether ...
Lothlórien: a land of the Elves
Lothlórien, a land of the Elves, was one of two lands, the other being Rivendell, where the bliss and beauty of the Elves remained strong in the Third Age - as Galadriel and Elrond had the Three Rings. The first people in Lóthlórien would be the group of Nandor who abandoned the march of the Elves. The Silvan Elves (Tawarwaith) were in origin Teleri, and hid themselves far beyond the Misty Mountains which would not be distinguish from the Avari or ‘the unwilling.’ Names and ...