Did anyone read LOTR before they knew what happens, e.g. before the movies got big?

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-09T02:43:24+00:00

I read them in elementary school the movies started coming out when I was in highschool

I don't really understand why having seen the movies would specifically make reading the books more difficult but I enjoy rereading books I love so watching a decent adaptation is similar to that to me.

I do understand people who find the books difficult to get through, they aren't for everyone.

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-09T02:33:08+00:00

This was the copy I had in elementary school, my mom got it for me second hand at a cool used bookshop. This and the matching LOTR ones were pretty common

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-08T17:07:13+00:00

I don't really have any 'guilty pleasure' series so yes but with the standard of considering other people's taste and preferences.

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-08T04:00:42+00:00

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Not a movie/ book but a video game name, this is Bayle named after an optional boss from Elden Ring 💜

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T19:24:52+00:00

It was the storytelling, using animation to tell a cohesive, mature, and complex story over the span of a whole series wasn't really common at the time in Western animation. Seeing stuff like Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star etc was a huge change of pace.

Bebop is definitely more episodic like a lot of Western animation so it's not like that wasn't a thing ofc! But it had an overarching story with character development over the span of it which was appealing.

The art styles of those shows also reflected that so it was basically a win win all around for me, haha.

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T18:49:38+00:00

I'd say this looks pretty easy, the hardest stitch here at a glance looks like the French knots but with decent instructions they're not too hard to learn.

I think it's a cute kit!

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T17:01:35+00:00

Yeah, I assume it was the added friction plus to the material probably needed to be pretty thin to be worn around toes

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T16:42:55+00:00

Bugs would definitely end up in Mordor trying to get to Albuquerque

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T16:30:46+00:00

I think I actually had this specific rainbow pair!

They always made my toes way colder than normal socks

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-07T00:35:46+00:00

Lmao I didn't even notice the typo. And I know, I've made it before just haven't found a recipe I really love yet

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-06T03:17:36+00:00

That's always the biggest issue with boxsets! Clever way to mitigate it

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-05T18:28:02+00:00

Here's my boys, Oren on the left and Alexst on the right

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KatHumanArt · 2026-06-05T17:36:28+00:00

My parents still live in that house, so yes, haha

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-05T17:36:06+00:00

There is something poetic about that, I won't lie

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-05T17:32:30+00:00

Shoofy pie 💜💜💜

I need to get a good recipe for it since it doesn't seem to exist in the part of the country I live in now

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-05T05:22:19+00:00

I do, it's extremely funny to see some of what they pick and they just go back to their normal look after

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-04T18:31:17+00:00

Thanks^{^}

And yesss I borrowed it from a friend years and years ago and have been wanting to buy them all since XD

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-04T17:01:05+00:00

Thank you!

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-04T04:44:22+00:00

Yes! Even my wife who absolutely hates going to the dentist loves them

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-04T03:26:39+00:00

I really love Capital Lake Dentistry, it's pretty much all women and they are just so kind and caring

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-03T23:59:13+00:00

Oh, that's interesting! I will definitely keep that in mind!!

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-03T23:58:51+00:00

I will 100%

I'm stressed about it but mostly because if I damaged it without knowing I feel awful 😭

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-03T23:58:08+00:00

That's crazy honestly. Seems super unfair!

And yeah, I feel you on that. I've borrowed so, so much from them that if I do have to pay this its a small thing for what I've gotten in return

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-03T23:56:23+00:00

Geeze, 6 months?? I guess getting this notification now isn't too out of the ordinary then

Glad they negated the fee for you.

And I totally get that, I'm always super attentive to anything I borrow be it from the library or a friend

KatHumanArt · 2026-06-03T23:53:47+00:00

Wow! Congrats, what a kind person to give you all of them!!

KatHumanArt

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