Tbh my exposure to LotR is literally just reading The Hobbit and hearing about the Aragorn toe thing.
Go watch the movies, they’re good.
I plan to, but I haven't read the books yet. Does it make much of a difference whether you watch the films or read the books first?
Honestly I’d recommend watching the films first, the book is not an easy read and it’s extremely complicated. The movie gives you a stripped down version of the book, managing to keep nearly all of the book but making it a bit simpler and more digestible. And then reading the books after watching will expand and enhance your experience.
Oh yeah and DO NOT watch the Hobbit theatrical editions. Watch the extended, or don’t watch it at all. The theatricals are awful and don’t even feel Tolkien.
I've seen the Hobbit films. They're really very good standalone films, but not the most faithful of adaptations.
Tolkien's writing style isn't complicated at all. It can be somewhat hard to follow at times, but it's by no means complicated. I'm probably going to read the books first.
Actually, virtually every change in them is completely Tolkien, he wrote that he wanted to rewrite the Hobbit and most changes were following what he outlined. So everyone screaming that it’s not Tolkien just doesn’t know Tolkien enough.
Actually, no. It’s got nothing to do with his style. LotR is ridiculously complex, with dozens upon dozens of characters, plots, events, and all. I didn’t even understand half of it when I first read it cause it was so hard to follow. The introduction of LotR is more complex the the entire Hobbit book.
Dude, you're the one who brought up the Hobbit films not being "Tolkien".
I'm reading through the into and yes, it's basically a huge loredump but it's really not that hard to follow.
Tbh my exposure to LotR is literally just reading The Hobbit and hearing about the Aragorn toe thing.
Go watch the movies, they’re good.
I plan to, but I haven't read the books yet. Does it make much of a difference whether you watch the films or read the books first?
Honestly I’d recommend watching the films first, the book is not an easy read and it’s extremely complicated. The movie gives you a stripped down version of the book, managing to keep nearly all of the book but making it a bit simpler and more digestible. And then reading the books after watching will expand and enhance your experience.
Oh yeah and DO NOT watch the Hobbit theatrical editions. Watch the extended, or don’t watch it at all. The theatricals are awful and don’t even feel Tolkien.
I've seen the Hobbit films. They're really very good standalone films, but not the most faithful of adaptations.
Tolkien's writing style isn't complicated at all. It can be somewhat hard to follow at times, but it's by no means complicated. I'm probably going to read the books first.
Actually, virtually every change in them is completely Tolkien, he wrote that he wanted to rewrite the Hobbit and most changes were following what he outlined. So everyone screaming that it’s not Tolkien just doesn’t know Tolkien enough.
Actually, no. It’s got nothing to do with his style. LotR is ridiculously complex, with dozens upon dozens of characters, plots, events, and all. I didn’t even understand half of it when I first read it cause it was so hard to follow. The introduction of LotR is more complex the the entire Hobbit book.
Dude, you're the one who brought up the Hobbit films not being "Tolkien".
I'm reading through the into and yes, it's basically a huge loredump but it's really not that hard to follow.
The theatricals, yes. Extended? Nope.
Good, wait till you get to the political intrigue of Rohan/Gondor/Isengard. With the 30-odd characters involved.
Tbh my exposure to LotR is literally just reading The Hobbit and hearing about the Aragorn toe thing.
Go watch the movies, they’re good.
I plan to, but I haven't read the books yet. Does it make much of a difference whether you watch the films or read the books first?
Honestly I’d recommend watching the films first, the book is not an easy read and it’s extremely complicated. The movie gives you a stripped down version of the book, managing to keep nearly all of the book but making it a bit simpler and more digestible. And then reading the books after watching will expand and enhance your experience.
Oh yeah and DO NOT watch the Hobbit theatrical editions. Watch the extended, or don’t watch it at all. The theatricals are awful and don’t even feel Tolkien.
I've seen the Hobbit films. They're really very good standalone films, but not the most faithful of adaptations.
Tolkien's writing style isn't complicated at all. It can be somewhat hard to follow at times, but it's by no means complicated. I'm probably going to read the books first.
Actually, virtually every change in them is completely Tolkien, he wrote that he wanted to rewrite the Hobbit and most changes were following what he outlined. So everyone screaming that it’s not Tolkien just doesn’t know Tolkien enough.
Actually, no. It’s got nothing to do with his style. LotR is ridiculously complex, with dozens upon dozens of characters, plots, events, and all. I didn’t even understand half of it when I first read it cause it was so hard to follow. The introduction of LotR is more complex the the entire Hobbit book.
Dude, you're the one who brought up the Hobbit films not being "Tolkien".
I'm reading through the into and yes, it's basically a huge loredump but it's really not that hard to follow.
The theatricals, yes. Extended? Nope.
Good, wait till you get to the political intrigue of Rohan/Gondor/Isengard. With the 30-odd characters involved.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
I WANT THAT.
And I feel like I should already own one, or something similar....
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Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a giant map like that too and it’s great. Forgot to mention, I got a book of concept art of An Unexpected Journey too.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a giant map like that too and it’s great. Forgot to mention, I got a book of concept art of An Unexpected Journey too.
Do you have any favorite pieces of art from the book?
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Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a giant map like that too and it’s great. Forgot to mention, I got a book of concept art of An Unexpected Journey too.
Do you have any favorite pieces of art from the book?
Mostly the concepts of the dwarves. They’re really interesting and it’s amazing how much detail they put into each one, it puts the Fellowship to shame tbh. And the landscapes are awesome.
Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a giant map like that too and it’s great. Forgot to mention, I got a book of concept art of An Unexpected Journey too.
Do you have any favorite pieces of art from the book?
Mostly the concepts of the dwarves. They’re really interesting and it’s amazing how much detail they put into each one, it puts the Fellowship to shame tbh. And the landscapes are awesome.
Sounds sweet.
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If you guys lived in Middle Earth, say, ~300 years before Smaug arrived and settled down in his mountain, what would you be? As in, what race, occupation (i guess), stuff like that? What would you be doing?
I'm partly just asking so this thread can get a bit more activity, and also because I don't know a whole lot about the vast expanses of lore in lotr and the Hobbit.
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If you guys lived in Middle Earth, say, ~300 years before Smaug arrived and settled down in his mountain, what would you be? As in, what race, occupation (i guess), stuff like that? What would you be doing?
I'm partly just asking so this thread can get a bit more activity, and also because I don't know a whole lot about the vast expanses of lore in lotr and the Hobbit.
Probably human, likely not from Rohan or Gondor but Dale, probably heavily involved in the local library and archives. Likely low-born status.
If you guys lived in Middle Earth, say, ~300 years before Smaug arrived and settled down in his mountain, what would you be? As in, what race, occupation (i guess), stuff like that? What would you be doing?
I'm partly just asking so this thread can get a bit more activity, and also because I don't know a whole lot about the vast expanses of lore in lotr and the Hobbit.
Hmmm… I’d like to say elf, cause they’re my favourite and used to be the one I looked like; I’m mostly Scandinavian and Irish (with some Scottish thrown in and weirdly Italian too, dunno where that came from), and Tolkien based his elves off Norse and Celtic myths so being one of those is the closest you can get to being a Tolkien elf lol, and I’m both. So I naturally have the tall thin pale blonde look going on too. Tho I’ve been working out too much recently so I’ve kinda lost the thin look tbh…
I’d say in terms of personality I’m much more human tho. In fact I’m about as far away from regal, distant, wise, and mysterious as you can get. Heck, I’ve basically got a dwarf personality now that I think about it.
Ok screw I’m gonna combine and say Dunadain as they’re humans with a bit of elf in there, so it combines my personality and look. And one of my favourite things is hiking, bushwhacking, call it what you like. I see massive deep forest with no civilization in sight, I’m going in. I fully intend to become a Park Ranger when I’m older, so I’m literally already a Ranger. And I’ve been using bows, guns, and all forms of weaponry since I was 8 so I’ve got the whole fight expert thing too. Yeah, now that I think about it Dunadain Ranger is definitely what I’m closest too.
Wow that was a long thought process lol. So I’d be a Dunadain Ranger wandering the north beating up bad guys.
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If you guys lived in Middle Earth, say, ~300 years before Smaug arrived and settled down in his mountain, what would you be? As in, what race, occupation (i guess), stuff like that? What would you be doing?
I'm partly just asking so this thread can get a bit more activity, and also because I don't know a whole lot about the vast expanses of lore in lotr and the Hobbit.
Hmmm… I’d like to say elf, cause they’re my favourite and used to be the one I looked like; I’m mostly Scandinavian and Irish (with some Scottish thrown in and weirdly Italian too, dunno where that came from), and Tolkien based his elves off Norse and Celtic myths so being one of those is the closest you can get to being a Tolkien elf lol, and I’m both. So I naturally have the tall thin pale blonde look going on too. Tho I’ve been working out too much recently so I’ve kinda lost the thin look tbh…
I’d say in terms of personality I’m much more human tho. In fact I’m about as far away from regal, distant, wise, and mysterious as you can get. Heck, I’ve basically got a dwarf personality now that I think about it.
Ok screw I’m gonna combine and say Dunadain as they’re humans with a bit of elf in there, so it combines my personality and look. And one of my favourite things is hiking, bushwhacking, call it what you like. I see massive deep forest with no civilization in sight, I’m going in. I fully intend to become a Park Ranger when I’m older, so I’m literally already a Ranger. And I’ve been using bows, guns, and all forms of weaponry since I was 8 so I’ve got the whole fight expert thing too. Yeah, now that I think about it Dunadain Ranger is definitely what I’m closest too.
Wow that was a long thought process lol. So I’d be a Dunadain Ranger wandering the north beating up bad guys.
The Elves always came of more Germanic than Norse to me. Its a very sleight distinction, but I think its an important one.
Dude, you're the one who brought up the Hobbit films not being "Tolkien".
I'm reading through the into and yes, it's basically a huge loredump but it's really not that hard to follow.
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The theatricals, yes. Extended? Nope.
Good, wait till you get to the political intrigue of Rohan/Gondor/Isengard. With the 30-odd characters involved.
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Can't wait 👍
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Merry Christmas Tolkienites! Get any cool LotR stuff for Christmas? My family surprised me with Anduril, Flame of the West! A nice surprise, since I bought all my other Christmas gifts myself lol.
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Member of the Cult of Cats, High Elf of the Elven Guild, and Sauce Priest & Sauce Smith of the Supreme Court of Sauce.
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Nice! Only lotr thing I got was a deck of cards.
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I got a huge poster of middle earth that I put up on my wall.
Back in black baby
I WANT THAT.
And I feel like I should already own one, or something similar....
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Oh yeah, I bought myself a giant map like that too and it’s great. Forgot to mention, I got a book of concept art of An Unexpected Journey too.
I'm the Valar (leader and creator) of The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/Anything Tolkien Cult!
Member of the Cult of Cats, High Elf of the Elven Guild, and Sauce Priest & Sauce Smith of the Supreme Court of Sauce.
If you want some casual roleplay/adventures in Middle Earth, check out The Wild's Edge Tavern, a LotR/Middle Earth tavern!
JOIN TIAMAT'S CONGA LINE!
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Do you have any favorite pieces of art from the book?
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Mostly the concepts of the dwarves. They’re really interesting and it’s amazing how much detail they put into each one, it puts the Fellowship to shame tbh. And the landscapes are awesome.
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Member of the Cult of Cats, High Elf of the Elven Guild, and Sauce Priest & Sauce Smith of the Supreme Court of Sauce.
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Sounds sweet.
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Happy New Year everyone!
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So like, LotR
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Mmm. I agree.
(Trying to think of something interesting)
If you guys lived in Middle Earth, say, ~300 years before Smaug arrived and settled down in his mountain, what would you be? As in, what race, occupation (i guess), stuff like that? What would you be doing?
I'm partly just asking so this thread can get a bit more activity, and also because I don't know a whole lot about the vast expanses of lore in lotr and the Hobbit.
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Probably human, likely not from Rohan or Gondor but Dale, probably heavily involved in the local library and archives. Likely low-born status.
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Luz Noceda would like to remind you that you're worth loving!
Hmmm… I’d like to say elf, cause they’re my favourite and used to be the one I looked like; I’m mostly Scandinavian and Irish (with some Scottish thrown in and weirdly Italian too, dunno where that came from), and Tolkien based his elves off Norse and Celtic myths so being one of those is the closest you can get to being a Tolkien elf lol, and I’m both. So I naturally have the tall thin pale blonde look going on too. Tho I’ve been working out too much recently so I’ve kinda lost the thin look tbh…
I’d say in terms of personality I’m much more human tho. In fact I’m about as far away from regal, distant, wise, and mysterious as you can get. Heck, I’ve basically got a dwarf personality now that I think about it.
Ok screw I’m gonna combine and say Dunadain as they’re humans with a bit of elf in there, so it combines my personality and look. And one of my favourite things is hiking, bushwhacking, call it what you like. I see massive deep forest with no civilization in sight, I’m going in. I fully intend to become a Park Ranger when I’m older, so I’m literally already a Ranger. And I’ve been using bows, guns, and all forms of weaponry since I was 8 so I’ve got the whole fight expert thing too. Yeah, now that I think about it Dunadain Ranger is definitely what I’m closest too.
Wow that was a long thought process lol. So I’d be a Dunadain Ranger wandering the north beating up bad guys.
I'm the Valar (leader and creator) of The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/Anything Tolkien Cult!
Member of the Cult of Cats, High Elf of the Elven Guild, and Sauce Priest & Sauce Smith of the Supreme Court of Sauce.
If you want some casual roleplay/adventures in Middle Earth, check out The Wild's Edge Tavern, a LotR/Middle Earth tavern!
JOIN TIAMAT'S CONGA LINE!
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Orcs are always fun.
The Tavern Mother (Trust me, it's not as weird as it sounds!)
I am the God-Queen of Trickery, Cunning, Lies, and Gaslighting- but you already knew that...
"Moon's Haunted." *Cocks shotgun with malicious intent*
"Eliksni must rise...yes?"
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When it comes to pronouns I prefer Variks-Senpai (But I'm a dude. Pronouns are weird.)
The Elves always came of more Germanic than Norse to me. Its a very sleight distinction, but I think its an important one.
Frequent Eladrin || They/Them, but accept all pronouns
Luz Noceda would like to remind you that you're worth loving!