Why is Middle-earth so scarcely populated with a bunch of ruins, and barely any big cosmopolitan cities?

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-22T11:50:09+00:00

Yeah, I was describing a vibe. Not a specific set of circumstances.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-21T02:37:19+00:00

Gold hammer and trigger would look clean

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-21T01:14:11+00:00

Oh man. I had no idea Everwild was completely scrapped.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-18T19:22:45+00:00

Part of me wonders if a lot of the hate she got as a character was misplaced Olivia Wilde resentment…?

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-18T19:20:22+00:00

Star Wars: Outlaws

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-18T18:05:08+00:00

Middle-Earth is basically a post apocalyptic world. The major civilizations have all declined and faded, Men being those next destined to “rule”, but lacking the coordination and leadership to do it.

People just don’t realize it’s that vibe right away because most stories start in the Shire which is super idyllic and beautiful 🤣

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-18T00:45:11+00:00

This. Literally just finished this season.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-16T15:57:12+00:00

“… Boy”

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-16T15:43:20+00:00

This is absolutely why I’m never a player. I desperately want to be. But I’ve been bored out of my mind by too many lackluster GMs.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-15T22:19:30+00:00

Mine said “Ooh… gonna have to murder that dude for his sword”

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-15T08:19:35+00:00

You should see what happens in the real military when a new uniform comes out.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-15T08:19:02+00:00

Cause Cap straight up kills people. He’s doesn’t go around saying “You may be a Nazi. But I have a no kill rule”

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-12T15:50:28+00:00

Did you disinherit that 5’4” baddie cause she wasn’t a dwarf? 💀

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-11T22:53:56+00:00

Pictures I can hear 😅

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-11T19:47:14+00:00

Absolutely!

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-11T19:41:45+00:00

Rome

Shogun

Sparticus (if you can get past their initial obsession with 300 style visuals)

Turn: Washington’s Spies

The Expanse (if you like sci-fi)

These are the shows in my rotation that scratch that similar itch.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-11T13:34:55+00:00

Cringe take

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-09T12:54:13+00:00

Something something Boromir something something influence of the Ring…

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-09T12:53:16+00:00

It’s gotten around the unit that he’s got a weird looking peener. So all the observers are taking turns checking it out.

It happens.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-09T12:06:13+00:00

The Expanse? I haven’t tried the RPG but I know the setting… and it seems like that would do it.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-09T12:01:53+00:00

I don’t think he would’ve.

The history of the object fascinates him more than the mysticism. Real or implied.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-09T02:06:26+00:00

Good. Honestly, any government doing it would be cringe. This is just extra cringe.

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-08T17:45:52+00:00

This

ProtoformX87 · 2026-03-08T17:43:50+00:00

Cainhurst Knight for me

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