Melkor was one of the most powerful of the Ainur. But why did he turn into such a shithead and how did he become known as Morgoth? Tl;dr: Boredom and loneliness. No, really. Oh, and also a good heaping measure of wanting the power of creation for himself, that too.
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Ok. I’m finally getting around to watching the next episode. Here we go! Liveblog for initial watch-through of Rings of Power S1 E2 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. Needless to say, spoilers abound.
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In February 2023, two of my very, very close friends and I started a journey of self-improvement by working on grown-up merit badges. It’s like scouts for adults. Not quite sure how or when I became an adult, as I certainly didn’t sign up for it, but here we are.
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He may have been super skilled, but Fëanor might just have been the biggest dick in the history of Middle Earth. Allow me to make my case.
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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?
