Liveblog for initial watch-through of Rings of Power S1 E1 I’ve put my initial thoughts as I was watching in the main bullets, and then pulled out any additional info I added afterward into sub-bullets.
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Screenshot of show cover image from Amazon Prime So I’ve been putting off watching Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Not for any specific reason, mind you.
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No doubt you recognize the two towers in the DVD cover of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
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Glorfindel. Elf of elves, forgotten by Peter Jackson, but always in our hearts. Was he a great elf or the GREATEST elf? Hear me out.
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So in Tolkien’s mythology, there is the physical, visible world, referred to as the “Seen”, and the world of those things and beings that belong to magic, which is called the “Unseen”. Let’s talk about this.
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We’re familiar with wraiths from The Lord of the Rings book and the movies, but how does one go about actually making a wraith?
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One of the most confusing things in The Silmarillion is the sheer number of names and terms to know. So let’s dive into the creation myth in Tolkien’s world and learn a little bit more about all of these beings.
